Word: gilberts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...other winners from here and their fields include: John P. Emerson 8G, economics and the Japanese language; Joseph W. Elder 1G, South Asian studies and sociology; Joseph B. Grieder 1G, Chinese language and history; Harold L. Kahn 1G, Chine language and polities; and Gilbert D. Totten 1G, research on the recent history of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia...
...songs the lyrics speed by a little fast for those yet untrained by Gilbert and Sullivan, but the children are never bored. They always like noise, and besides the songs provide a chance for dancing and kicking, an essential in children's productions. Beverly Butte's choreography is a good blend of the clumsiness which delights children and the bland musical step. A modern minuet performed by Peter Parker and Earle Edgerton, the king's courtiers, is particularly successful in its slapstick...
...great talent was being spent on thin theater. Laurette did not seem much to care. Peg 0' My Heart had made her a favorite of New York and London; the movie made her a household heroine to the nation. Hollywood also introduced her to Movie Idol John Gilbert, a passionate love affair, and the beginning of discontent with her husband and with her life...
...Gondoliers-quickly becomes as complicated as most of Gilbert's plots, with two stalwart boatmen marrying three maids, one of the gondoliers to be a king who is legally married to a duchesses' daughter who loves a drumboy, and so on. Elizabeth Kalkhurst, one of the maids, catches the lighthearted spirit of the operetta perfectly. She sings as usual, with a full, beautiful voice, but this is the first time I have seen her completely relax in her acting--and the result is most charming. Her sister is played by Linda Latter, whose singing is clear without being shrill...
...Gilbert and Sullivan productions were supposed to approach realism, I would have to say Mr. Greene is somewhat wooden, and that Mr. Sperry reads his lines like a Sunday orator. But what Gilbert thought of as sentiment is now considered silly, and the overdone speeches fully contribute to the show. Stephen Bolster as the Duke and Jacqueline Crowell as his wife are a bit weak on their singing, but are sufficiently pompous in the role of aristocracy. The Duchess and her daughter, Merle Moses, flip their fans in fine precision, although a little too often. Miss Moses was nervous...