Word: helene
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Says Miss Helen Bachrach, a cousin, "Gertrude was an exceedingly attractive buxom young woman of seventeen, quick thinking and speaking, original in ideas and manner, with a capacity of humor so deep that you found yourself laughing at every thing she found amusing, even yourself. Leo made you uncomfortable, you always felt he thought you were ridiculous...Everybody was attracted to Gertrude--men, women and children, our German maids, the Negro laundresses, even casual acquaintances she talked to on long walks we used to take in the country...
...Touch of the Poet. Eugene O'Neill's tale of a boozing innkeeper and his crumbling illusions is still the season's best drama. With Eric Portman, Kim Stanley, Helen Hayes...
Sentimentalists who had seen Maude Adams or Helen Hayes sweeten the role did not find the Maggie of their memories. "Maggie isn't so virtuous," says Siobhan in her rich resonance, the native Gaelic just a thin inflection away. "She can be a bloomin' bitch. I could play her all mealymouthed, the poor little rich girl, but I don't see it that...
...Touch of the Poet. Eugene O'Neill is as long-winded as ever, but it's a powerful wind that blows a lot of good in this tale of a boozing innkeeper and his crumbling illusions. With Eric Portman, Kim Stanley, Helen Hayes...
Author Ben Hecht, newly mellowed into the meek Wallace of TV interviewing, surrendered to impulse last week. In place of chatting with his usual guest, Hecht wrote a way-gone whimsy. The Three Echoes on a Cloud-a bull session on world problems between Helen of Troy, Empress Josephine and Joe Stalin, perched on adjacent clouds in limbo. Sample thought: "We'll divide this into East Cloudia and West Cloudia." Hecht himself played Stalin in full Red uniform with all the passion of a snowman in Siberia. Next week: Hecht as Casanova...