Word: gaudentius
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Gaudentius Lee and Georgia Boyko, as one of the three central couples, amaze the audience by their sudden excellence when they drift into scenes from the past. Two other young duets are rather tiring, except that Ruth Nason, as the lethargic but lovely adornment of a banker's bed, is the only member of the cast who seems really to be having a good time. Her acting is exaggerated, but happy. As the inevitable French butler, Earl Edgerton is dull, but in the role of a half-mad old man, David Roberts gives the finest performance of the evening...
...always give it, is careful timing to get the funny sayings across. Though the actors do well in the smaller scenes, the pace is harried enough in the group scenes that some of the wittier lines go by too fast. This weakens the performances of the main characters--Gaudentius Lee in the title role, John Timmons as the minister and Lucia French as his wife. Of these three Lee seems the best; Lucia French isn't always convincingly confused as a woman who can't understand heroism without renunciation...
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