Word: cleverer
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...tiger escapes, and Maigret is forced to track him through some pretty tortuous back alleys of psychology-the sort of area a camera can easily get lost in. But Director Jean Delannoy knows exactly where he is going, and with the help of a good story, competent actors, clever lines and clear subtitles, he guides the moviegoer unerringly to the object he has in mind: excellent entertainment...
...Prospects Are Pleasing, by Honor Tracy. "Errorland" is what James Joyce called Ireland and so does Honor Tracy in this clever fictional spoof. The lady smiles when she says...
Howard Moss has obviously written The Folding Green to be a witty and cogent commentary in the mannered, whimsical style that Poets' Theatre comedies frequently affect. It is thickly scattered throughout with jokes and clever remarks--many of which were greeted by the opening night audience with a justifiably damp silence...
Other members of the faculty have expressed admiration for Curley's wit. Professor Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Warns against a priggish approach to the man. Mr. Louis Lyons, Curator of the Nieman Fellowships, grants him "talent, and a wonderful voice." To Professor John K. Galbraith, "He was clever and articulate, and had both an audacious sense of humor and a highly developed if somewhat indiscriminate imagination." Professor Oscar Handlin sees in the man "a certain kind of charm, and a lot of blarney...
...entire play unfolds as in a dream ... The movement of the actors should be either heavy or else extremely and incomprehensibly rapid, like flashes of lightning. If they can, the actors should deaden the timbre of their voices. Avoid clever lighting. As much light as possible...