Word: convincingness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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From a dramatist's point of view, the Scopes trial is very much a Good Thing, because it brought together two magnificent figures--William Jennings Bryan and the great lawyer, Clarence Darrow. As an added attraction there was H.L. Mencken, who reported the story for his Baltimore newspaper. The climax...
Diabolique was rather convincing in its assertion that the French can be grotesque. Now we learn that they can be brutal and still be characteristically merry about it. The only shocking thing about Rififi is that the French carry this justice nonsense--to the point of quoting Proverbs in a...
In the energetic Met production, robust Tenor Mario del Monaco as Norma's lover sang loud enough to be heard from Gaul to Rome, and Mezzo-Soprano Fedora Barbieri, as Norma's rival, was adequate though often wobbly. Since she looks much the way Callas did before her...
But he put the College's finances on a firm basis for the first time, chiefly by snapping up the important Hopkins legacy, which may or may not have been intended for Harvard. He also set up the College's first endowed chair through convincing Thomas Hollis, a London merchant...
But there are times when Aaron manages to find and convey the dramatic moments. The reporter describing New York's death by the black gas, James Stinson, has the reserve of an announcer and the sensitivity to horror of the actor. Colgate Salsbury brings a depth and a strength, mingled...