Word: davison
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...them a chance is inexcusable, especially since some of the most dynamic people acting at Harvard now don't fall into any one theatrical complexion." She added that a play like "The Royal Family" is a dated vehicle, and needs deletion of offensive phrases like "shuffling two-bit." Marcela Davison, producer of "The Royal Family," says that she "never intended to have closed casting. That's a tenet of every show: I know that's a policy of HRDC...
...E.D.T.). Television's most gifted young actress, Kristy McNichol of Family, is sadly wasted in this glossy but dim-witted adaptation of a favorite junior high school book. Summer is ostensibly about a small-town Jewish girl in Georgia who falls in love with a German P.O.W. (Bruce Davison) during World War II. For reasons that are not clear, Writer Jane-Howard Hammerstein short changes the love story to dwell on the her oine's father (Michael Constantine), a surly merchant with unexplained psychotic tendencies. McNichol and Davison just do not have much to do; their scenes...
...John Davison Rockefeller...
...shyest and most unpretentious of the five grandsons-of the magnate who founded Standard Oil and created one of America's largest fortunes, John Davison Rockefeller 3rd always tried to stay in the background. While his brothers pursued more public careers, he devoted himself full time to the family's philanthropies, which annually donate millions to promote social welfare, health care, the arts and education around the world...
...genuine talent that needs polish. Though the morality parable in the film points to a considerable amount of insight and sensitivity, the motifs are at times carried out in a clumsy fashion. Short Eyes's mea culpa about his perverse affinity for young girls is riddled with cliches, and Davison's acting in the title role approaches the pedestrian throughout the narrative, making the character look like just another wimp with a kinky habit...