Word: bravura
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...claims to have heard that desperate C. I. O. thugs from the U. S. are ready to kidnap the Premier's adopted children. Such charges are typical "Dominion journalism" (in Australia even wilder words are flung), and on the side George McCullagh has done something regarded as bravura even by the Canadian press by deciding to devote huge editorial space in the Globe and Mail to his past adventures with strong drink and present successes in vanquishing Demon...
...reviewing Katharine Cornell's performance of The Wingless Victory (TIME, Jan. 4) you summarize thus: ". . . she was perfectly at home in another of her bravura roles . . . which have led her privately to observe that an actress of her stature cannot afford to appear in a good play...
...good play is rarely so constructed that one character monopolizes audience attention. When an actress reaches Miss Cornell's stature, however, her public demands that she appear in starring vehicles. Among the best known of Miss Cornell's earlier plays are such bravura works as The Green Hat (1925), The Letter (1927), Dishonored Lady (1930). Few critics considered these or The Barretts of Wimpoh Street (1931) or Lucrece (1932) mon than a theatrical frame for Miss Cornell's great acting ability. Candida, St. Joan Romeo and Juliet, regardless of their merits, are not strictly Miss Cornell...
...Actress Cornell's performance, spectators found it in her customary grand manner. In a sarong and dark makeup, she was perfectly at home in another of her bravura roles which please her devotees best and which have led her privately to observe that an actress of her stature cannot afford to appear in a good play...
...Morgan County, Ohio, where as a cow-milking moppet he was known as "Smiley." In 1889 he went to New York with $200 in savings, entered the Art Students' League, quickly got himself into the class of the late William Merritt Chase. Chase painted in the bravura style with which Italy's Boldini, and Sweden's Zorn were able to produce first-rate works of art. For nearly 50 years Howard Chandler Christy has used the same flashy style but without the same results...