Word: cyril
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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This production was not up to the Broadway one. Bert Lahr had a lot of fun as the visitor from outer space, but lacked the polished hauteur that Cyril Ritchard brought to the role. Kenny Delmar (Fred Allen's Senator Claghorn, for those of you with long memories) could have used more of Eddie Mayehoff's bluffness in the part of the none-too-bright general who has trouble with anything bigger than the Army's laundry problems...
Although this production is not up to the Broadway one, the play still stands up surprisingly well the second time through. Bert Lahr has a lot of fun with the part of Kreton, but he makes the visitor a bit too lovable; he lacks the polished hauteur that Cyril Ritchard brought to the role. Kenny Delmar (Fred Allen's Senator Claghorn, for those of you with long memories) could use more of Eddie Mayehoff's bluffness in the part of General Powers, a none-too-bright officer who has trouble with anything bigger than the Army's laundry problems...
Initiatates from Winthrop are Peter B. Edelman, David B. Haley, Ralph A. Lehman, Jerome A. Rabrow, Cyril V. Smith Jr., Sereno S. Streeter...
Protective Custody. In Cincinnati, after an argument with his wife, Cyril Fisher heaved stones through three plate-glass windows, finally got police to put him in jail...
Last week a smiling Irishman started buzzing around the U.S. in hopes of getting help for the Irish economy. Announced Cyril Count McCormack, new U.S. director of the Irish Industrial Development Authority: under recently enacted laws, Ireland will offer U.S. businessmen probably the most appealing climate for industrial investment in all Europe...