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...report this time was "The Communist 'Peace' Offensive," and the committeemen listed more than 350 prominent U.S. citizens-scientists, artists, "an inordinately large proportion of clerics"-who had signed up for "peace/' Russian-style. Well up on the list: Oscar Winners Jose (Cyrano de Bergerac) Ferrer and Judy (Born Yesterday) Holliday (TIME, April...
...Ferrer got his chance to make a speech, after all. As winner of the best-actor award (for Cyrano de Bergerac), he telephoned to the Hollywood gathering a message, broadcast across the U.S., which pointedly raised an echo of the movie industry's hottest current issue. Under subpoena by the House Un-American Activities Committee, Ferrer, who firmly denies any Communist ties, said: "This means more to me than an honor to an actor. I consider it a vote of confidence and an act of faith, and believe me, I'll not let you down...
Cyrano de Bergerac. José Ferrer's acting sparks a conscientious adaptation of the Rostand classic (TIME...
Cyrano de Bergerac. José Ferrer's acting sparks a conscientious adaptation of the Rostand classic (TIME...
Currently starring in the hit revival of Twentieth Century, and best known for his stage & screen acting of Cyrano do Bergerac, 39-year-old José Ferrer remains a frustrated Shakespearean actor. His only Broadway appearance in Shakespeare was as sharply etched Iago to paul Robeson's 1943 Othello. This week, with José Ferrer Presents Shakespeare (Sun. 10 p.m.) over Manhattan's station WNEW, he got a zealot's chance to share his bardolatry with a wide audience...