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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Liner is Hume Probyne, a gentleman steeped in the genteel tradition. ("It had been a better world when John was John or Jack, he ruminated. If this fad for men's names in 'y' or 'ie' was not a sign of decay, it was, he thought, proof that male infancy was being prolonged.") They meet when Hume is sent to New York on a family mission: to pry his nephew from Rose, who is presumed to be using her assets to earn Main Line dividends. Since she is really trying to dissolve the partnership, Hume...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Philadelphia Story | 1/18/1954 | See Source »

...groomed for Broadway in 1939 but closed out of town. Last week it became the first play offered by the Phoenix Theater, a professional, well-heeled repertory group that, to avoid Broadway costs, will produce on lower Second Avenue. The stars this time are Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Play in Manhattan, Dec. 14, 1953 | 12/14/1953 | See Source »

...bomb. Biggest upheaval comes on Sunday when a long parade of shows-long on drama, short on comedy-presents big stars, e.g., Helen Hayes, Fredric March, Rex Harrison and Lilli Palmer rotating on hosting NBC Star Playhouse, Sir Laurence Olivier in The Royal Theater, Jimmy Stewart in Six Shooter, Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy in The Marriage. The most original...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Blockbuster | 10/19/1953 | See Source »

...Marriage (Sun. 7:30 p.m., NBC) Starring Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RADIO: Program Preview, Oct. 5, 1953 | 10/5/1953 | See Source »

NORMAN E. HUME Long Beach, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 8, 1953 | 6/8/1953 | See Source »

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