Word: falke
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Another academic, Richard A. Falk, an international law professor at Princeton University, was a sponsor of the conference until he discovered that his co-sponsors included such groups as the Revolutionary Student Brigade and the Revolutionary Communist Party...
...show biz conglomerate. Later, accompanied by California's Governor Jerry Brown, Carter starred at a reception given by Actor Warren Beatty at the swank Beverly Wilshire Hotel. Waiting to play Gucci-footsie with the Georgia peanut farmer were the likes of Diana Ross, Louise Lasser, Peter Falk, Carroll O'Connor and Faye Dunaway. Responding to Beatty's flip comment that the guests were "pinkos, leftists, Commies," Carter quipped, "It is a real thrill to meet the famous people here tonight. I hope I don't get to know too much about you." When Actor Tony Randall...
...genre, Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot and Miss Marples, Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade and Nick and Nora Charles, and Earl Derr Biggers's Charlie Chan are refurbished by Simon and his all-star cast, and introduced as Miss Marples (Elsa Lanchester), Milo Perrier (James Coco), Sam Diamond (Peter Falk), Dick and Dora Charleston (David Niven and Maggie Smith) and Sidney Wang (Peter Sellers). These, "the world's greatest detectives" have been brought together under one roof at the invitation of Mr. Lionel Twain, a fiendishly eccentric, rich, and rather repulsive murder mystery buff played by none other than Truman...
Despite the fact that the screenplay leaves the actors with nowhere to go in their roles, the performances are virtually all first-rate. Especially enjoyable is Peter Falk as the hard-boiled Frisco detective, Sam Diamond, whose uncouth manner provides an entertaining contrast to the cocktailparty elegance of Dick and Dora Charleston, played to perfection by David Niven and Maggie Smith, and the genteel prissiness of James Coco as the corpulent Belgian detective, Milo Perrier. Peter Seller's performance as the continually proverb-coining Sidney Wang is decidedly bland, however, which comes as a surprise and disappointment, since his impersonations...
...disasters, with an assortment of a dozen egos or so furiously stamping on each other's toes. But things are kept pretty much in control here--each star is given his own piece of the sky within which to shine. Particularly engaging are David Niven, Maggie Smith, and Peter Falk, while the only real gap is Truman Capote, who may have better luck in his current effort to become Marcel Proust. At the Cheri, in Boston...