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...(Hall Bartlett, 1957) A hidden nugget of movie history, airborne melodrama Zero Hour! flips the later Hollywood script on its head by being set in Vancouver — but actually shot in California....
...Donizetti labelled his wondrous work melodramma giocoso, but Bartlett Sher, the Broadway-oriented director, pays more attention to the noun than the adjective....
...He found an awkward ally in Bartlett Sher, whose staging favoured clumsy clutter....
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