Word: best
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...color story in Art on Libya's lost city of Leptis Magna started as usual-but did not end that way. The editors decided that Leptis Magna would be a good color subject, gathered a fat file of material on the lost city, considered what photographer would be best for the job, asked the Rome bureau to check whether any photographer there had taken any color pictures of the place that might serve for guidance. Back came Rome Bureau Chief Walter Guzzardi with the word that, while covering a political story in Libya, he took...
...with Macduff, Wager speaks with clarity, conviction, and nice rhythm. And, since Malcolm is the last person to speak in the play, it is good to have someone in the role who excels in classical diction. Richardson brings a force and earnestness that make his Thane of Ross the best of the dozen or so I have seen...
...authentic-looking, yet properly stylized set. The color, the lighting, Irene Sharaff's costumes--all beautiful. Andre Previn (winner of last year's Academy Award for his work on Gigi) did the arrangements, which bring a new fullness to the Gershwin score. They are lush in the best Hollywood tradition, but never maudlin...
Only Dorothy Dandridge, looking radiantly beautiful, seems to be not quite up to her dramatic chores. This is certainly her best performance to date; but, though she has captured the fierceness and passion of the woman, there is something missing of the warmth and sincerity of Bess...
Dana Bate is excellent as Marco, the older cousin, making the most of what could be a very colorless part. Francesca Solana has her moments as the niece, but she is frequently shrill and overly intense. She is at her best in her quieter moments. Margery Ziskind is unconvincing as the wife, Frank Langella also has his moments, but generally his characterizations is overdrawn...