Word: goerner
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There are plenty of juicy parts in Bolt's play, and Manulis's cast manages to carry most of them off with a fair degree of competence. Michael Kriesman as the Duke of Norfolk, More's friend, aptly embodies the gusty energy of Tudor aristocracy, while Jon Goerner seems made for the role of the slimy Spanish ambassador Signor Chapuys. Gene Sykes also turns in a clever performance as The Common Man, whose life, with its daily compromises and bartering of self, Bolt considers the analogue...
Bloomfield's failure lies in his decision to differentiate too sharply between the two ladies and the two gentlemen. Jon Goerner's Algernon--the best performance among the four leads--is a blatantly effeminate fop whose satirical jabs make him seem downright nasty. Davis Goodman's Jack, on the other hand, appears rather put upon, no better than a straight man to Algernon's wit. Goodman makes the balance still more unequal by his inability to vary sufficiently his intonations and break our of the sing-song which mars his delivery...
...reached, or even identifying exactly who makes them. Production Vice President Goerner, for example, constantly talks with Exxon's exploration chiefs around the world about where to look for oil; he also reviews their budgets. But if the head of an Exxon subsidiary in, say, Australia differs with Goerner on where the company should spend millions in drilling, both present their views to the management committee, which meets as often as necessary to consider Exxon's largest problems. The committee then mediates a compromise...