Word: humes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Country, the Phoenix Theater is in its third year as the most ambitious, most professional of the off-Broadway houses. While not rich, it has both means and know-how. Among its angels are Rodgers & Hammerstein, Lindsay & Grouse, Elia Kazan; among its actors have been Montgomery Clift, Nancy Walker, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Farley Granger, Maureen Stapleton; among its directors, John Houseman, Sidney Lumet, Tyrone Guthrie...
...Truman says that he thinks the Post handled the news fairly when he was in the White House, but he has shown his dislike for its comment. Most famous example: his invective-choked letter of protest about Post Music Critic Paul Hume's criticism of daughter Margaret's singing in 1950. Publisher Graham has two far hotter letters from Truman that he says he will never make public...
...universe. In this nifty interstellar meller, however, the gadgets are so much more glamorous than any girl could be that in many scenes the heroine is technologically unemployed. The special effects should convince any wavering space cadet that it's ether/or; and the literately preposterous script by Cyril Hume will probably strike most grownups as being just as plausible as any irrational number...
...present, plans for the selection of the three plays are also in the formative stage. Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy, Arthur Kennedy, Judith Anderson, Mildred Dunnock, John Kerr, Siobban McKenna, and Richard Burton have expressed interest in the series. However, all arrangements are presently liquid, and no final committments will be made for several weeks...
...crooks have hidden in Rosey's spare tire. Unfortunately, neither the author, the director nor the actors seemed to realize that the strength of farce rests on credibility and surprise. The incidents that were not predictable were unbelievable, and both crooks and priests were written as amiable idiots. Hume Cronyn as one of the priests and Peter Lorre as one of the crooks did not help matters...