Word: adeptly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Like the typical seaman he is, tall, lean Captain Hans Kieff of the Hamburg-American Line is adept at battling the elements, poor at talking about them. At 52, he has been everything on ships from cabin boy to U-Boat commander during the War. Lately he has been master of the S. S. Deutschland...
Robert Taylor's strong, dark features grin with all the sardonic glee of the cynical, hard-drinking, good-for-nothing; but later he is equally adept at registering first, tearing remorse and shame, and then calm and steadfast determination. And Irens Dunne, as his tranquil victim and ideal, gives us every nuage of her changing feeling toward him, and despond and exults to perfection. The others of the cast are fully as good as their names propels: Charles Butter worth, Betty Furness, Ralph Morga, Sara Haden, Albert Emery, Henry Armelia, and Arthur Treacher. The tenth "march of Time" vital...
...Baby Benedetto grew older it became obvious that he had very little coffinmaker in him. He roamed the streets, took to dicing and card-sharping at a tender age. While still a schoolboy he became an adept with the girls. The bishop, who took a paternal interest in the lad, rescued him from such scrapes as seducing a nun in her cell, but when he got to grave-robbing Benedetto had to leave town. He turned up in Venice under an assumed name, roistered it gamily with a night-livered crew. One faithless wench got his tongue wagging too freely...
...five bouncing, goggle-eyed babies, who with composure played scenes along unexpected lines, caused the speaking actors frequently to improvise. ¶ Yvonne Dionne turned out to be the best actress. Cecile was the musical one, waving her arms in time with a nursery rhyme. Marie was the least adept at walking. Emilie and Yvonne each cut her ninth tooth, causing Mr. Zanuck in Hollywood to fret: "We'll just have to hope . . . that audiences will not notice. . . ." Of Annette Mr. Hersholt said: "She had her big, devastating eyes turned full force on me, and when my eyes were focused...
First-Nighter Roosevelt, whose husband has been accused of some fairly impractical promotions, must have winced at Hero Hanna's befuddled, sketchy plans to make his town and State a social and political "model for America." Adept only at rough-&-tumble, Actor Tracy indicates strong emotion simply by blinking his eyes, bobbing his Adam's apple...