Word: elliott
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Because of the political nature of Elliott's Ode, the Class Chorister said that he would be unable to sing it. The class committee therefore decided to choose Bettman as a second choice, John F. Ince. Class Marshall, said...
Before the reading of the class ode, written by Class Odist Gilbert S. Bettman III, Thomas Elliott, the original class odist, read the ode he had composed...
...class ode will be delivered by Gilbert S. Bettman III '70, instead of by Thomas R. Elliott '70, whose ode was rejected allegedly for its political content...
...patrol's commanding officer (Denholm Elliott) is a well-bred British fumbler who keeps getting his men bushwhacked on an island in the South Pacific. The cynic-in-residence is a cool-eyed cockney medic (Michael Caine), who alternates between bandaging the wounded and needling his commander. A reluctant Japanese-language specialist seconded from the American Navy (Cliff Robertson) is straight out of The Bridge on the River Kwai; he becomes the company pragmatist who is determined only to save his own neck. The rest of the motley crew consists of bellyaching foot soldiers (Ian Bannen, Ronald Fraser, Lance...
...most aggravating thing about Too Late the Hero is that Aldrich is a film maker of some accomplishment. He possesses a strong sense of atmosphere and characterization, and his actors all perform with roistering energy. Fraser whines expertly as a craven Scotsman, and Elliott proves once again that he is one of the most accomplished character actors at work in films today. Robertson gives his role just the right mixture of dumb impudence and shrewd calculation. And then there is Caine, an extraordinarily good performer with an apparent weakness for taking any role that comes along. Despite his mighty skills...