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...speeches, the quality of mind Stevenson revealed was that of a man who feels that there are two sides to most questions, who is willing to give credit where credit is due, who believes that patience, hard work and understanding can solve most problems. But it was his sharp wit, directed at Republicans, which captured the imagination of his friendly audiences...
...ability as a wit, phrasemaker and aphorist gave him a reputation in the first month of the campaign. The Republican Party's slogan, he said, was to "throw the rascals in," and "as to their platform, well, nobody can stand on a bushel of eels." Discussing social security at Flint, Mich., he remarked: "Now as far as Republican leaders are concerned, this desire for a change is understandable. I suppose if I had been sewn up in the same underwear for 20 years I'd want a change...
...conference itself, Aneurin Bevan, the errant mate in Labor's house, started the fur flying with a pyrotechnic display of wit, venom, vituperation and mock humility. "The U.S.," he told the conferees, is "hagridden by fears: fear of war and unemployment, and fear of peace." He accused Churchill and the U.S. of tying Britain's "economy to a perpetual war machine. This is rake's progress." However, the pink-cheeked Welshman twinkled cheerfully as he castigated his private enemies and Britain's friends alike, "I know I must be careful, lest I make a controversial speech...
Fortunately, Behrman's wit never deserts the play, and even when his imagination falters, Jane is quite entertaining. Nevertheless, richly furnished with epigram and polished style, Behrman's drawing room still looks bare without a plot...
...bumbling, Mr. Chips style, Donat plays the idealistic inventor with a good deal of warmth and wit. Best sequence: Friese-Greene excitedly demonstrating his newly perfected magic box by projecting flickering Hyde Park scenes in his laboratory in the dead of night to an audience of one: a stolid, bewildered London bobby, pungently played by Laurence Olivier...