Word: helene
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...plan, no itinerary. He visits Helen of Troy and her husband Menelaus in Sparta. Helen is still beautiful, but the King has become a fat and greedy landlord whose subjects are on the edge of revolt. Helen and Odysseus are, up to a point, two of a kind. When he suggests that they run off, she agrees, and they slip away to Crete. There the King is old and sterile; there, too, the people talk revolution and the blond barbarians from the north are muscling in. The old King marries Helen, and Odysseus, after adventures of fierce brutality, leaves Crete...
...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, Helen Hayes, Kim Stanley...
...Touch of the Poet. One of Eugene O'Neill's favorite themes-man's addiction to illusion-reappears in a sprawling but powerful tale of a boozing innkeeper and his crumbling pose as a fine gentleman. With Eric Portman, Helen Hayes...
...Helen Stevenson-Meyner, 30 dark-haired daughter of Ohio's Oberlin College president, met New Jersey's bachelor governor when he was visiting her parents two years ago, married him in January 1957. She is slowly losing her early shyness, dutifully turns up at official fetes, fairs and fund-raising projects, plays tireless hostess for frequent luncheons, dinners and sightseeing tours at the gubernatorial mansion. She campaigned with her husband at election time but gave few speeches, has made a pincushion out of the back seat of the Meyners' state-owned Cadillac. "These women come...
...Touch of the Poet. One of Eugene O'Neill's favorite themes-man's addiction to illusion-reappears in a sprawling but powerful tale of a boozing innkeeper and his crumbling pose as a fine gentleman. With Eric Portman, Helen Hayes...