Word: holbrooks
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...probably this fact that makes Hal Holbrooks "Mark Twain Tonight" a particularly noteworthy show. Besides presenting Twain's genuine humor ("I'm all abstinence. . . so long as it doesn't do anyone any harm,") Holbrook doesn't hesitate to show the "darker" side of Twain, ranging from a discourse on why men really aren't the best animals in creation to more pointed and direct statements, such as humanity is a "basket of festering corruption. . . for the support and protection of microbes...
...Holbrook looks like Twain, or at least like the picture one sees of Twain these days. He even talks and walks like one would expect Twain to walk and talk, and produces a very convincing portrayal of a vigorous old man. He acts some stories out, wanders from rostrum to table to chair and back again, puffs leisurely on a cigar, and generally presents an animated and engrossing performance, despite the fact that Holbrook is the only person on stage all through the two and a half hour program...
Mark Twain Tonight! Actor Hal Holbrook, 34, lends wit and wile to his re-creation of Samuel Clemens, 70, in a brilliant display of Americana...
Mark Twain Tonight! The white-mustached, white-suited, cantankerous old hu' morist burns as pungently as his own stogie when Hal Holbrook brings him to life in a brilliant solo...
Mark Twain Tonight! Actor Hal Holbrook, 34, ages, rages and charms as he brilliantly re-creates the wit and wisdom of the humorist...