Word: brutes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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These vagaries are more irritating since they detract from what is essentially an inspiring production. Ruth Ford's Lady Macbeth is superb. She is not the Amazonian Lady Macbeth of brute strength and indomitable will; her strength seems to be drawn from an immense source of nervous energy. This, joined with her sensitivity and fragile beauty, makes it seem impossible that she should last as long as she does under the same strain of guilt which overcomes Macbeth. The sleep-walking scene, when the sham is gone and there is nothing left but the subconscious, is the finest moment...
...that his portrayal of Stanley Kowalski, 100% Polish-American, is entirely a mixture of brat and brute, as some reviewers have presented, doing scant justice to the range and subtlety of his acting. At his most manic, he still displays changes of pace as dazzling as an electric shower. At his very best, the show of force shades off into genuine strength and Kowalski becomes exactly life sized, a well-intentioned and sympathetic character...
Still Pursuing It For two days and one night last week, Barbara Payton stayed true to Franchot Tone. She visited Tone in the hospital where he was recovering from his fight with Tom Neal (TIME, Sept. 24), swore that she would marry him, and publicly called Tom Neal "a brute." There was even some twittering about a bedside wedding. But then Barbara was herself again...
When he stands up as pleading, in wavering, man-brute guise...
...first Roman emperor who rose from the ranks as a common soldier . . . his only recommendation for the job was his enormous brute strength. He was accustomed to amuse his soldiers by crumbling stones in his hand, and he could break a horse's leg with his heel. He was 8 ½ feet tall, and his regular diet included nearly 8 gallons of wine and 40 Ibs. of meat...