Word: cedric
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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General Electric Theater (Sun. 9 p.m., CBS). Best Seller, with Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Diana Lynn...
...other cities. The idea is an outgrowth of the readings which Laughton did in U.S. Army hospitals during World War II (TIME, March 31), and which also generated the record-breaking Don Juan in Hell tour of the First Drama Quartette (Laughton, Charles Boyer, Cedric Hardwicke, Agnes Moorehead). The biggest problem faced by Producer Paul Gregory: how to make Laughton stand still long enough for the filming of the 15-minute shows. Laughton finally made nine of them in two days. Sponsor Duffy-Mott plans to repeat the 26 shows after they have had one run. Said a spokesman...
...Ivanhoe, Robert Taylor makes a parfit gentle knight and troubadour, while Elizabeth Taylor and Joan Fontaine are the very models of ladies fair. Supporting them are some polished character actors: Emlyn Williams as Ivanhoe's faithful Squire Wamba, Finlay Currie as Ivanhoe's father Cedric, Felix Aylmer as the patriarchal Isaac of York, father of Rebecca, and a whole host of Normans and Saxons, knights and squires, lords and ladies and kings and commoners from the days when knighthood was in flower...
Familiar Look. On the other hand, he never bothered to read the attacks on him in the Madison (Wis.) Capital Times because its city editor "has refused to say whether he was one of the leading Communists in the county"-a charge McCarthy has made before. (City Editor Cedric Parker has repeatedly denied that he is a Communist...
...manage the First Drama Quartette (which plays Don Juan in Hell). He claims that his four prima donnas display surprisingly little temperament. Laughton, says Gregory, "has a reputation for being difficult, and he can be extremely difficult. But Charles and I work very well together." Agnes Moorehead and Cedric Hardwicke have the controlled emotions of veteran troupers. The only near blowup was caused by Boyer, who got a case of nerves during the chaotic train and plane rides of a series of one-night stands. Boyer called in Gregory and announced that he was quitting. Gregory silkily assented, but added...