Word: darden
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hairbreadth escapes from a herd of foreign agents trying to kidnap him for the secrets in his head and the men from something called the Federal Board of Regulation trying to kill him for the same reason. Coburn romps spryly through the part, with the comic cooperation of Severn Darden as a friendly Russian spy with an Oedipal problem, and Walter Burke as the uptight head of the FBR who exhorts his faceless men (all under 5 ft.): "Kill him . . . the nation expects it ... think of your mothers." Coburn's most dangerous and ingenious pursuer, though, turns...
...before the Pyramus playet, he has a grand time with the alliterative avalanche of b's. The other cronies are passable. The whole sextet of artisans is just no match for their counterparts in the 1958 production: Morris Carnovsky, Hiram Sherman, Ellis Rabb, William Hickey, Will Geer, and Severn Darden...
...fails to find Goldstein, or even to get a fix on his own identity. Instead, the sculptor falls in with Novelist Nelson Algren, who is interviewed at home among portraits of relatives, nudes and famous boxers. To raise everyone's low spirits, a pair of Manhattan abortionists (Severn Darden and Anthony Holland) are flown in to minister to the sculptor's girl friend. In a campy comedy sequence played for somewhat more than it is worth, they debate the merits of Leonardo da Vinci while performing their grisly chore, then depart for Kansas City. "One of the most...
...seeds of disaster were evident. Robby Brown, Princeton's 6-9 center, had already missed two shots from inside, and Bradley was getting one try and one try only before the monstrous Michigan front line of Bill Buntin, Oliver Darden, and Larry Tregoning cleared the boards...
...second half began, Michigan pulled inexorably ahead. Bradley was called for pushing Darden, a crippling fourth personal foul. Though Walters suddenly went beserk, scoring four straight baskets, beautiful work under the basket by Russell, Buntin, Tergoning, and Darden kept Princeton at a stable seven-point disadvantage. With Michigan leading 57-50. Brown fouled out, and the Wolverines ruled the boards almost without challenge...