Word: duchess
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Viscount Astor's famed estate at Cliveden. "I know a lot of very important people and am often received in some of the most famous homes in the country," says Ward. "Sir Winston Churchill and many leading politicians have been among my patients; Prince Philip, the Duke and Duchess of Kent and Lord Snowdon have been among my sitters." Ward also had a genuine interest in young girls of humble origin. "I like pretty girls," he says. "I am sensitive to the needs and the stresses of modern living." To the great and near great. Ward introduced "attractive young...
...Louisville, the conquering hero stopped to let New York pay its respects. He stayed with Joe Martin in a Waldorf Towers suite that belonged to William Reynolds, vice president of the Reynolds Metals Co.-next door to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Reynolds asked him if he had brought back any presents for his family. Cassius said no, so Reynolds told him to go out and get some. He picked out a $250 watch for his mother, a $100 watch for his father, a $100 watch for his brother. Still wearing his gold medal around his neck, Clay...
...does not pursue many of them. He falls into the trap and explores only the lack of understanding between the very rich (Albert) and the poor (Amanda). And this conflict is the most trivial in the script, as well as totally overdrawn. Silverthorne underplays the pitiful position of the Duchess, and her inability to help Albert even though she desperately wants to. The real nature of Albert's melancholy is only suggested...
Laura Esterman obviously tried very hard to breathe life into Amanda, but lacked the skill to succeed. her struggle to retain sanity and individuality in the dream world of the Duchess and Albert was contrived and unconvincing. Her anger was that of a little girl-not a woman-and so was her love. At the end of the second day of impersonating Leocadia, Amanda finally objects and asserts herself as an individual. In a long monologue, Albert attempts to explain himself, his love and Amanda's inability to be Leocadia; he actually declares that he loves Amanda (although he doesn...
Similarly, Myra Rubin gives us only the madness of the Duchess; none of the tragic side of this eccentric character emerges. Lord Hector, the Duchess' companion, is meant to be a stuffed turkey and Atilla Dolanyi is a fine, pompous turkey indeed...