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Word: casca (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...minor roles, Edmond O'Brien is particularly convincing as Casca, infusing his lines with a natural fluency, while Deborah Kerr (Portia) and Greer Garson (Calpurnia) make the most of what are essentially bit parts...

Author: By R. E. Oldenburg, | Title: Julius Caesar | 1/7/1954 | See Source »

...gives the part of Cassius, leader of the conspirators, his meticulous diction, classic profile, and a lean and hungry look. Less traditional in their delivery are Louis Calhern, as a rather tired-looking Caesar, and Edmond O'Brien, in a departure from his usual cops & robbers roles, as Casca, the conspiracy's hatchet man. In the vital role of Brutus, James Mason gives an intense, brooding performance that effectively combines the poetic and the prosaic. Greer Garson and Deborah Kerr, as Caesar's wife Calpurnia and Brutus's wife Portia, are decoratively patrician, but have little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: New Picture, Jun. 1, 1953 | 6/1/1953 | See Source »

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