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...charm and initial love which wins Isabel's hand, Robert Flemyng's Osmund is to perfection the egoistic tyrant the script prescribes. With Archibald's assist, however, one performance makes all the others seem drab. Cathleen Nesbitt draws from the role of Osmund's vulgar sister a vibrant bitterness which bursts from the genteel monotony of the play. Her acid interpretation, less dilute with silliness than James' conception, gives the lines a brilliance which illuminates the last two acts. In her scenes there is an eloquent portrait of a lady; the play offers no other...
Hence Fanny's merits seem largely incidental. Harold Rome provides a pleasant, sentimental score that also has lilt. As the lover's father, Ezio Pinza is vibrant and masterful, but not once does the great voice of his opera days pour forth. Walter Slezak makes an excellent merry widower; no one middle-aged has more verve, no fat man more avoirdupoise...
Rodgers score, Slaughter on Tenth Avenue remains-when such ballets are no longer news-vibrant and exciting. There is a fine dancing rampage to go with the title song; Zorina, in the part she played in London 17 years ago, still has grace and charm; Bobby Van, in Ray Bolger's old role, has much of the master's ease and dexterity; Elaine Stritch stops the show with an aggressively lowdown warbling of an added song, You Took Advantage of Me. But for notable stretches there is torpor on 46th Street...
With mixed parts, mock science-fiction, spoof world government and vibrant nationalism, the film blends its "Yank (et al) Go Home" theme with broad comic touches. Most of the laughs are elementary, not far removed from slapstick. But they are so well timed and startling, often coming in the middle of a propaganda speech, that they are quite good...
Housemaster Reuben A. Brower, professor of English, is a subdued, modest man whose outward propriety obscures a vibrant originality. The casual visitor to his study or classroom is often initially disappointed by Brower's lack of flamboyancy, but after several visits invariably gets a good, long look into a sparkingly alive mind...