Word: convincingness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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For his setting Cocteau retains Thrace but he brings the action up, or perhaps the audience back, to the present. Orpheus, ably portrayed by Paul Schmidt as full of moodiness and intensity, becomes a young poet dissatisfied with success. In disgust he turns his search for meaning to the sayings...
Debating, therefore, virtuous or not, has its own rewards. Nevertheless, to a public moralizer like T. R., debating can be hypocritical. With its emphasis on sounding convincing despite personal belief, debating is the devil's tool. For, as often as not, the forces of good go down to defeat in...
Touch and Go, in contrast, is not the sort of movie that will ever win an award. A pleasant though unpretentious British domestic comedy, the film concerns itself with a furniture designer who throws up his job and decides to pack up his family and emigrate to Australia. His plan...
In its most impressive offensive display since returning from the spring trip, the varsity baseball team yesterday discovered its long-lost batting eye, belting out 14 hits in a convincing 11-7 triumph over M.I.T.
Mij Gohr, who was responsible for direction, choreography, sets, and costumes, handled her job with finesse. Poor Macdonald was meek and shy, as he should have been, while Cortright made a most dauntless limey sailor. At times the latter was slightly unconvincing, but his singing and a fine first act...