Word: idealism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Although the twisting plot and sharp lines are constantly amusing, the acting is not. Gertrude Berg, as Abby Brewster, has the juiciest role, but she is no more than adequate. As Molly Goldberg she was ideal, and her summer stock performance of the Josephine Hull role in Solid Gold Cadillac was loudly praised; in her present fuller, more enchanting Hull role she proves mostly that she just is not Josephine Hull. Instead of being a lovable white-haired darling of great sweetness, charm, and madness, she is usually only a housewife...
...Americas. We have been suffering from the evils of a mild inflation but our peso still permits us to enjoy a standard of living which leaves nothing to envy in the U.S. Uruguay has resources and will undoubtedly overcome its difficulties in the economic field; its biggest assets: an ideal geographical position, a 3,000,000 all-white population and 100,000 sq. mi. of fertile land. With a political tradition of stability and freedom, full prosperity cannot be far away. We haven't noticed any special public or private favoring of trading with the Reds. If negotiations with...
...estimated cost: $1,000,000) to Commentator Walter Cronkite for Christ mas. But on NBC's popular, 16-year-old stunt show, People Are Funny (Sat. 7:30 p.m.), Remington Rand's Univac No. 21 turned Cupid, brought together a flesh-and-blood couple as scientifically selected "ideal marriage mates." It was a clear-cut victory for Univac, hormones and Trendex (which gives People a sizable 23.7 rating...
...Ideal Girl. By last week they were holding hands and looking deep into each other's eyes. Said Barbara: "Univac is a pretty good deal." But an old beau disagreed, and next day Linkletter received a message: "Dear Cupid: I come to you asking that equity be done for a grave injustice to me. The girl that might have possibly become my wife was taken by you and Univac and given to another. I therefore request that you bring to me the one ideal girl who can replace the one I lost and make my life whole again." Mused...
...Olivia Manning (313 pp.;Abelard-Schuman; $3.50), pull the chariot of the goddess of love, according to classic mythology. The doves of British Author Manning's novel are yoked to illusions about love. Dove No. 1 is a breathless 18-year-old country girl named Ellie Parsons whose ideal of love is losing her virginity to Quintin Bellot, a middle-aging charmer-about-London. Dove No. 2 is married to Dove No. I's Prince Charming, but Petta Bellot has always operated on the theory that variety is the spice of love. Since Quintin believes that...