Word: crotic
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...more intricate geometrics d'amour so deftly contrived by the remorseless Noel. At the apex is the immoral Gary Essendine (Webb), whom Noel has attempted to bless with his own aphroditie charm, the eomic pace of Grouche Marx and the caustic sauciness of Woolcott. Perched giddily atop the crotic ding dong of assorted amours is a rare fruit who barely manages to sublimate his passion for Gary. This catalogue of irregular and illicit love left the bean monde opening nighters in a happy sweat. In less than two weeks the divertisement will be over two hundred miles away...
...usual tommy-gunning with the Loyalists in Spain and which finally causes him to become the martyred lover. Miss Bergman, possessor of the kind of sensitive, intelligent charm that makes most of Hollywood's leading ladies look like female cigar store Indians in contrast, contributes a refreshingly different crotic appeal and some acting, to boot. Paul Henreid is a very credible Czech patriot, with just the right amount of anti-fascist fervor...
...tragic ballet to really rouse the audience, but even the dowagers stood up in the boxes and clapped for encore after encore. And the colorful "Bluebeard" which made a one hour sprint to the finish of the show couldn't efface the effect on the Schoenberg masterpiece. Startlingly crotic despite the Victorian costumes, and moving languidly to a climax, "Pillar of Fire" had the comprehensibility and emotional impact of a drama as well as the grace of ballet technique. But the entire program was masterful with the balance of contrasting classical, modern-dramatic, and comic techniques...