Word: actor
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Lives won nine-almost all the important ones. The picture itself was Oscared as the best of the year. Sam was Oscared for the year's best contribution to the industry. William Wyler was Oscared for directing Best Years. Fredric March was named the year's best actor for his role in it. Handless Veteran Harold Russell was chosen the best supporting actor, and got another Oscar just on general principles. (Best supporting actress: Anne Baxter in The Razor's Edge...
...president, a veteran actor, carried three roles in the recent HDC double presentation of "Waiting for Lefty" and "The Ping-Pong Players...
...actor, Sugar Chile was as happy as his audience. Said he last week: "It's like a jigsaw puzzle. You come to rehearsal, do a little bit, then they put it all together. When the show goes on, you walk out, say your piece and that's all there is to it. When you play the piano, you really gotta play loud, then you gotta bow, then play again. You never know when you're through...
Chinese drama (hsi chü), like 100-year-old eggs, has few enthusiasts in the U.S. Westerners have difficulty staying awake through its mute, complex formality and its endless haggling with a ritual whose whole meaning may depend on the number of folds in an actor's sleeve. But last week a Chinese company of 14 did pretty well on Broadway...
...also farce at its most elegant- as insolently monocled in manner and as killingly high-toned in language as mischievous tomfoolery can make it. Three-fourths of the fun is lost if its monkeyshines are not performed as gravely as minuets. Actor-Director Gielgud's production, unlike most, is well aware of this. Until near the end of the play (when everyone indulges in a little burlesque), the cast plays with very straight faces and very grand airs; and the effect is delightful...