Word: actor
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...distinction in other ways: nobody stood on his head nor did any of the ladies put their feet on the tables. Before the curtain went up there were ovations for arriving celebrities, Federal Judge Harold R. Medina, dapper little U.N. General Assembly President Carlos P. Romulo, Tenor and Hollywood Actor Lauritz Melchior ("Ahhh, I'm grateful to the movies. I am discovered as a glamour boy before it is too late...
...time is the play dull. Mr. Keith, as Henry IV, acts with brilliant, sometimes incredible, imagination and control. At one point in the play, he held the audience's complete attention for at least fifteen minutes. The Brattle Company, no doubt inspired by working with such an actor, was in fine form. Bryant Halliday, Will West, Jerry, Kilty and a guest actress, Kathryn Eames, were especially good. Robert O'Hearn's set was extremely impressive-certainly the best work of his I have seen. And Miles Morgan's lighting was very skillful...
...doubt about it, Bernstein is an actor. A young lady once remarked she thought he'd make a divine dancing partner. But for all his shenanigans on the podium, Bernstein is an excellent conductor, and it's not unreasonable to suppose that had he had 20 years' more age and experience, he might have succeeded Dr. Koussevitzky as permanent conductor...
...upper-middle income. This time, besides being wittily urbane, both are lawyers. The determined deadpan whimsicality of their relationship is indicated by the fact that he calls her Pinkie and she calls him Pinky. Hepburn's elegantly arranged bones and Tracy's assurance as an actor make them worth looking at in any movie, but the stars are called on for some aggressive cuteness in this one. Item: during a courtroom duel between them, Pinky is forever dropping a pencil so that he can ogle Pinkie's legs and exchange intimate messages with her under the counsel...
Occupational Hazard. In Richmond, the Virginia State Industrial Commission allowed a claim of $176 for medical expenses to Actor Mell Turner, who said that during a love scene he misjudged the distance, broke his nose on the leading lady's forehead...