Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...over how much authority they should have in company policy. Partly, too, they wanted to move on to bigger and better projects by themselves. Says Wooldridge: "Our product was scientific and engineering competence. What we hoped to sell was the ability to tackle some of the more difficult technical problems-not just establish that they were scientifically possible, but that they could be built within the state...
...tight gold dress as a wonderfully seductive Venus. In the role of Orpheus, Harvey White demonstrates the triple talents of violinist (good enough for light opera), singer (the same) and actor (a little too strained for comedy). Anne Wallace, as Diana, has a strong voice but it is difficult to understand her. And James Greene, who plays Styx, demonstrates a somewhat limited acting ability but nevertheless distinguished himself through his pleasant voice...
Some of the acting in The Rope, however, is a bit uncomfortable. John Sheppard works hard and often well at his difficult, mannerized role as the old man. William Searle, as his son, is fairly buoyant; his irresponsible sneer outweighs his awkward postures. Jane Connor assumes the character his slouchy sister with surprising completeness, even if her motions are occasionally static or self-conscious. By far the best person on stage is Eugent Gervasi, who plays her husband with the proud poise of a Greek statue. He is vitally alive and colorful whether soliloquizing or merely gesturing...
...Another difficult moment is the approach to the ground in tail-down attitude. The pilot has to watch the ground in some way. He may look over his shoulder with mirrors or other optical aids, but it is more likely that electronic instruments tell him his distance from the ground and the speed with which he is approaching it. An "automatic landing pilot'' may even control the whole operation...
...easily identifiable types with enough individuality to be convincing. Cobb perhaps is a little too obvious about his character's psychological condition, especially when he destroys his son's photograph in a moment of aberration, but Begley and Warner are especially good. Fonda himself has a role much more difficult than any other: the attitudes and attentions of all the jurors center on him, and he must handle each in a different way. His involvement is complicated by his own uncertainty about the boy's innocence. He fights his verbal and psychological battles with great power and agility: his naturalness...