Word: charmingly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Actress Laraine Day cleared up a little something that had puzzled people who have never been attracted to the Brooklyn Dodgers' Leo ("Lippy") Durocher. "What do I see in Leo?" echoed the Mormon-bred actress rhetorically. "I see a great charm-a great magnetism, and he doesn't drink or smoke, either...
...Agnes de Mille's folk dances and reels and sword dances have spirit and style. The whole show, indeed-with its attractively youthful cast, its pretty sets and handsome costumes- has been carefully woven together. A good deal of Broadway's savvy lurks behind Brigadoon's charm...
...charm does not quite hold up all the way. Toward the end, having kept banality for so long at arm's length, Brigadoon springs forth to embrace...
...absence of philosophical thinking in a book by a professional philosopher might seem a damning defect. In Philosopher's Quest, as in its predecessor (the best-selling Philosopher's Holiday), it is meant to be a source of charm. Professor Edman's gift for talking about philosophy has made him one of the prides of Columbia's faculty and a crowd-drawing lecturer. The same gift, at work in his good-humored essays, will endear him to readers who do not wish to put up their hands and ask searching questions...
Donna Holabird shared her husband's triumph. She brought to the role of Joan an overpowering sincerity which combined with her technique, perfect appearance, and natural charm to bring her probably as close as anyone has ever come to Shaw's concept of the untutored but common-sense country girl thrust by her God into history. The play was more than a personal achievement, however, for the VTW had assembled a supporting cast with an unusual number of almost inspired actors. Under the expert direction of Jerry Kilty and Georgina Johnston, the difficulties of the play were overcome...