Word: accents
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...this smoky, battered memory sympathetic, rather than corny. Since her husband, a telephone man "in love with distance," skipped St. Louis, Amanda Wingfield (Melissa Mueller) has ruled her son and daughter with badgering questions and faded Southern charm. With bent wrist gestures pursed lips and an admirably even accent. Mueller aggravates Tom with admonitions that he smokes too much and chews his food too little, and tortures shy Laura with reminiscences of her years as a belle in Blue Mountain...
...conductor, cast and director. The overture, written and orchestrated by conductor Dean Herington, gathered the best of the tunes into a lyrical bouquet; Herington's tiny orchestra was amazingly equal to the task of blowing Gabriel's horn and other feats. Whether squealing in her best New York accent or rousing the company with a Heaven Hop, Lise Landis is the tops as Moonface's gun moll. Playing the frocked gangster, Bill Nolan displays a hilarious good-hearted gooniness. Ann Ungar is an entertainer playing an entertainer; though she is sometimes a little too charming, she's splendid as Reno...
Consequently he decided to film India with as little personal intrusion as possible, letting the landscapes and people speak for themselves. At the same time in his laconic French accent Malle narrates his reaction to what he sees and his problems filming. The result is a successful amalgam that is both about the subcontinent and the difficulties of a Westerner trying to understand...
Some people might want to criticise what I say, but I hope they notice my funny accent and keep in mind that I am a third-world person...
...super crimefighter. Since NBC put its long-running Western Bonanza out to pasture last year, Lome Greene has taken off his spurs. Next season he will don a business suit to play the star of Griff for ABC. In keeping with next fall's guns and chuckles accent, Griff will be a former cop turned private detective. Who knows? With a little luck, he may even track down a good show or two in what sounds like the most unpromising season in years...