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...play called Desire Caught by the Tail, written in 1941 during the Nazi occupation of Paris by famed Artist Pablo Picasso, 68, was given its first public reading in London. The script called for the appearance on stage of writhing, disembodied feet, and a frying pan full of sizzling potatoes. Most critics agreed that Picasso had better stick to his paintbrushes...
...forced breakup and final reunion of-families gives the movie an emotional core that is undeniably affecting. But tearful farewells can pall when protracted and repeated as they are in this script, and Director Negulesco's treatment of emotional scenes, notably at the picture's end, is so contrived to wring the last tear from the audience that it comes perilously close to cheapening them...
...designed to repeat a success by imitating it. More often, as with this pale wraith of 1947's Dear Ruth, it succeeds only in running a good thing into the ground. With the same principals playing for farce in the same suburban setting, Dear Wife sadly lacks a script to measure up to the original...
...wartime beau (William Holden), but her meddlesome bobby-soxer sister (Mona Freeman) is still meddling. This time Mona puts Holden up for state senator without his knowledge. The rival candidate: her father (Edward Arnold), With Holden taking an interest in the campaign and family feelings already strained, the script drags a redhead across his trail to alienate his wife. Then it goes on alienating the moviegoer...
...This script is not a very suitable vehicle for its stars, Frederick March and Florence Eldridge. Mr. March somehow lacks the gusto required of his character, although he is by no means unsatisfactory. And Miss Eldridge has to grapple with a very unrewarding part; she is mainly called upon to interrupt the general's love affairs to moralize about his lust and to arouse his affection by attempting suicide. Two other parts, however, afford rich characterizations for the actresses who play them. Jacqueline Daly is very entertaining as the General's feline, hair-mussing French mistress, and Irene Moore...