Word: brutuses
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...Though Washington, D. C.'s public buildings had no commemorative picture of the Constitutional Convention, other U.S. cities were better supplied. Famous examples: Thomas Prichard Rossiter's in Philadelphia's Independence Hall; Junius Brutus Stearns's in Clarence Dillon's collection in Far Hills, N. J.; Albert Herter's in the Wisconsin State Capitol; Joseph Boggs Beale's in Philadelphia's Modern Galleries of Arts; John E. Froehlich's in Harrisburg's State Museum...
...squeeze the natives of all their money. The first act, which moves a trifle slowly, finds the place empty of all the natives with only the Emperor and his white friend, Smithers. As the act closes the throbbing of a drum is heard in the hills, and Emperor Brutus Jones realizes that the time has come for him to flee the island. The rest of the play is made up of various stages in his flight, and the terrifying visions that haunt him in the forest. From the proud, gaudily-robed Emperor, he is broken down by his visions...
...begins to throb at the end of the first act and continues throughout, beating faster and faster as the natives come closer to their prey. To the drum he adds the visions of the fleeing Emperor, and in the murky forest appear the ghost figures of the men that Brutus Jones has killed. At each of these Jones fires a shot out of the precious six that he has until at last he shoots the sixth--a silver bullet he had saved for himself. It is this shot that gives him away to the natives that have followed him throughout...
...production is outstanding for the way in which the best has been made of this suspense. The settings are excellently done and create the illusion of a thick tropical forest with the moonlight filtering in. Brutus Jones is played by Theodore Brown, young Negro actor-playwright, with a great deal of feeling and deft interpretation of the character. The other outstanding performer was Toni Tucci who does a dance as a witch doctor that is truly worthy of Katherine Dunham. The other characters, minor though they are, carry out their parts well and contribute to a very complete and successful...
...case. More probably, it was rumored, Director Welles would give Publisher Hearst a private preview, make necessary adjustments. Seldom in Hollywood history had there been such a prospective buildup. Wiseacres shook their heads in wonder. Was it inspiration or luck? Orson Welles might not be the Junius Brutus Booth of his generation, but some thought he had a jumbo streak of the old Barnum...