Word: actressing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...attempt to steal the show from Humphrey. Moreover, he himself realized that the delegates, on the night of the filmed tribute to Robert Kennedy, might be less than receptive. As it was, the memorial movie stopped the convention cold. With Broadway Star Theodore Bikel leading the way, and Actress Shirley MacLaine weeping freely, delegates sang chorus after chorus of the Battle Hymn of the Republic while the chairman futilely gaveled for silence...
...ABOUT EVE. Actress claws her way Up-as in the memorable 1950 Bette Davis movie...
Rachel, Rachel is A Jest of God reborn as a film, with all of the novel's considerable virtues and flaws. One virtue exclusive to the movie is Joanne Woodward, an actress who inhabits her part as a soul does a body...
...director who liked the script, Newman decided to do the job himself. "What the hell," he said, "I majored in directing at the Yale Drama School." Disdaining the usual directorial flourishes, he told his crew, Rachel-style: "I'm a virgin and I need your help." He coached Actress Woodward-his wife-in whispers and in a sort of private language. He had the camera dwell on her lovingly, so much so that one friend described the movie as Newman's "wallet." As a result, he infects the brief love affair with a tenuousness that everyone but Rachel...
...Saddle Sores. Oppenheimer deals in cattle and feed transactions that last year amounted to $15 million and yielded nearly $1,000,000 in fees and commissions. He caters to a solvent and not exactly saddle-sore clientele (among past and present customers: Banker Robert Lehman, Comedian Jack Benny, Actress Joan Fontaine). For would-be instant cattlemen, Oppenheimer will assemble a herd, buy a spread, hire a manager and oversee the whole operation. "Real crapshooters," as Oppenheimer calls clients who are able and willing to win or lose as much as 50% on their money in a single year...