Word: graydon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Mary Grayon is almost ideally cast as the nervously talkative mother, whose busy lack of understanding makes home unbearable for the children she loves. Miss Graydon's slim figure is adroitly made pathetic by the dresses Angela Brown has hung on her; and the break in her voice keeps always alive a sense that this woman lies on the edge of desperation. Moreover (much moreover), she is equal as an actress to the demands of the part--which is vastly more than can be said for anyone else I can think of in Cambridge. Her fluttery hand-gestures, her nods...
...Mary Graydon's mother conveys all the wit and essential fatigue of this intelligently vague woman who could only manage to be Christian in one direction at a time. Her brood--the handsome Humphrey (Joel Crothers) and the over-eager Nicholas (Paul Ronder)--are more than adequately rakish and frenetically inept, respectively; and to say this family gathering seems unusual would be extreme understatement...
...Appointed T. Graydon Upton, vice president of the foreign department of the Philadelphia National Bank, to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, in charge of international finance affairs, and U.S. executive director of the World Bank...
...children truants. The Wolfes politely turned down a request that they return the children to school, so last week the board met to take action. The law, in strictest letter, was on the board's side, yet from District Prosecutor Wayne MacGregor Jr.-supported by State Attorney General Graydon Smith-came an unexpected defense. Asked MacGregor: "May a person of school age no longer reside in a locality of his own choosing unless it is within walking distance of a school or is served by a school bus?" If the children could not get to school from...
...Question ... In San Diego, arraigned before U.S. Commissioner Betty Graydon on a dope-smuggling charge. David Hedrick was asked what he did for a living, replied: "Well, ma'am, lately I've been forging checks...