Word: cowardly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Present Laughter--Noel Coward's new play, straight from its London success. John C. Wilson directed and Clifton Webb stars in this latest light comedy, which opened at the Plymouth last night...
Brief Encounter. Topnotch British-made tearjerker, expanded from a Noel Coward playlet (TIME, Sept...
...specious play. . . ." Wrote George Bishop of the Daily Telegraph: ". . . Magnificent poise ... the dignity of a queen. . . ." The News Chronicle's hard-eyed Alan Dent: "Eileen Herlie's powerful, central and splendid performance makes us long to see her in something saner." The often hard-boiled Noel Coward said simply: "We have seen the birth of a great tragic actress...
...Noel Coward, generally associated with David Windsor, Cole Porter, Alexander Woolcott and others of cointreau society, has, it seems, matured to the capability of writing and producing one of the most adult motion pictures over screened. "Brief Encounter," adapted from his own one-act play, "Still Life," is a realistic experience that fulfills all the tenets of tragedy and yet remain simple, restrained and powerful...
Augmenting fine photography, Coward uses the technique of the dream, using the same scene in the beginning objective, and seen in the end through the thoughts of Celia Johnson, finally weakened by her tragedy. The music, consisting only of Rachmaninoff's second Piano Concerto, is apt to become tiring after an hour of repetition...