Word: bells
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...tried three times but I can't finish it," said Actress Maureen Stapleton. But Director John Frankenheimer was adamant. Before they started rehearsals for Playhouse 90's ambitious, two-part production of For Whom the Bell Tolls, every member of the cast had to read Ernest Hemingway's 472-page novel about the Spanish Civil War. Frankenheimer's request helps explain why the show was a disappointment. It reflected a reverence for Papa Hemingway's prose, an unfortunate reliance on words, phrases and tricks of speech that were downright embarrassing heard out loud...
...Broadway shows, even insisted that Robards move in with him so that he could keep the convivial actor under surveillance. One TV crew member summed up the strain in a ditty fitted to a My Fair Lady tune: "I'm getting murdered in the morning/ Ding dong the Bell is going to chime...
...Maria Schell, talking of the love affair with Robert Jordan, who came closest to summing up. "Frankly," said she, "I doubt whether real life could maintain that relationship." Even though the second half this week may be better, it is doubtful whether TV's For Whom the Bell Tolls can maintain that relationship either...
...Voices that live. Steven Bell presents a program dedicated to great singers, past and present...
...Voices that live. Steven Bell presents a program dedicated to great singers, past and present...