Word: cloaked
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...night came Earnest I. Sligh, his swarthy, leering face hidden by the velvet lapel of his midnight-blue cloak. He slithered into the CRIMSON and darted into the hall closet. "Shhh," he hissed to the managing editor...
Unlike "Harvey," which treated the supernatural as commonplace, "Bell, Book, and Candle" becomes self-conscious after the initial novelty wears off. The first two acts are amusing, partly because of the fine acting of Harrison and Miss Palmer, who twirls a cloak with a professional eclat. Jean Adair, Scott McKay, and Larry Gates give excellent supporting performances, and Raymond Sovey's set is atmospheric and handsome. With some careful pruning and revision, "Bell, Book, and Candle" has a good chance to make the grade on Broadway...
...Cloak & dagger romance and bustles-and-bows nostalgia both have their merits-and faithful droves of customers. It is a lucky author who can straddle the two fields without coming a cropper. In Author Thomas Bertram Costain's case, a firm hand with historical fiction (The Black Rose, The Moneyman) has been no guarantee of success with the gentler, slower-moving Gay Nineties period piece...
...Challenge You." Said Oscar Chapman to poker-faced Andy Schoeppel: "I challenge you and dare you to shed the cloak of immunity and sit here under oath . . . and repeat the speech." Andy Schoeppel calmly blew a smoke screen with his pipe, sat behind it and ducked the challenge...
...which had its world premiere at Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera House in 1918. Gianni Schicchi, which still survives at the Met, is a bright and appealing piece of foolishness. In this recording, it is a roaring fine vehicle for first-rate Baritone Giuseppe (Falstaff) Taddei. Il Tabarro (The Cloak) is Puccini at his most melodramatic blood & thundering. These Radio Italiana performances give both operas their full due; so does the recording...