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...auctioneer's son who, though thwarted at becoming a jockey, made the nation thrill to the turf's most exciting moments by the gravel tremor of his voice, particularly his annual (1928-50) calling of the Kentucky Derby; of a stroke; in Manhattan. Only once did Clem err, swapping first-and second-place finishers in the 1947 Preakness because they wore look-alike silks. Not the man to flinch, he rasped: "Ladies and gentlemen, I have made a horrible mistake. Babe Ruth struck out. Today I did the same...
...very easy to let social pathos of this kind slip into the maudlin, nor is it difficult to err the other way and harden a story to the point where it no longer engages sympathy at all (for example, The Four Hundred Blows. De Sica chooses the middle way, recording scenes that smack so authentically of life that the viewer often feels as though he were intruding. The actors, who are really non-actors chosen because they had no previous experience, respond to each crisis with simplicity, and without stagy affection. They are what they are: normal, undevious people...
...much harder to have fun doing a play without a terrific investment of work. The cast of Foucheval shows every sign of enjoying what it is doing. It is equally possible for a reasonably relaxed audience to enjoy some of the better scenes in the play. Freedom to err is valuable; but audiences should be warned that it is getting considerable exercise...
...gags, composed by a staff of scripters apparently believe that to err is make him visibly gag. (Question: "How could she afford a mink on her salary?" Answer: "Overtime.") As for Leading Lady MacLaine, she aptly illustrates the old saying that too many kooks the froth, but even so, she is the funniest thing...
...rate get on with Part One. If the Harvard community cannot at first offer an ideal performance, the project would still be rewarding all around. "For man must strive, and striving he must err," as Goethe has the Lord say to Mephistopheles...