Word: ever
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...didn't even cop second prize; but it has since taken its rightful place among the masterpieces of satire, rivalled only by some of the works of Moliere, Gilbert & Sullivan, and Shaw. It is particularly appropriate for the Cantabrigian community, for it is perhaps the most brilliant treatment ever given to the controversy over traditional vs. progressive education; arguments about "why Johnny can't read" are nothing...
...instead of an unbroken continuity of swiftly-changing action. Mr. Seltzer's blocking has some odd lapses, and falls apart entirely at the end. These final scenes also expose most pitilessly the limitations of his actors, and the concluding Battle of Shrewsbury is the soggiest and most lacklustre carnage ever to empurple the tented fields of Cambridge. Through it all, however, wanders the stubby, stubborn figure of Mr. Seltzer, imperturbable in his eminent eptitude, compensating for all shortcomings...
...minutes after it dwindles into wakefulness there is no question that things will be all right. The lump of course is Sir John Falstaff, in the considerably-augmented person of Daniel Seltzer, and the effervescent Mr. Seltzer is engaged in one of the most amazing tours de force ever perpetrated upon the risibilities of the Harvard community. He shows us an entirely fabulous creature, soaring in the Empyrean of obesity and insolence; he totters and grumbles with a rambunctious aplomb that never descends into querulousness, and--if I have not made the point sufficiently clear--he is hilarious...
...Henry IV has its inalienable glories, which frequently light up the Adams House production even when the Fat Knight is offstage. But while these have been and will be available elsewhere, there is no telling whether Mr. Seltzer will ever play Falstaff again after next Tuesday. Miss him at your own risk...
...because things move at such a frenetic pace. To Miss Monroe's chagrin, Wilder announced to the New York Herald Tribune's Joe Hyams (if memory serves) that he would never, positively never, make another movie with Miss Monroe. She should promise to be a good girl forever and ever on the studio lot, because Wilder and Monroe are a stunning combination...