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Miss Bergman proves particularly inept as our fair heroine. The romantic side of the story completely fails to be convincing. Scarcely looking like a simple peasant girl in either attire or manner, most of her role consists of staring into the hero's eyes after love-at-first-sight and screaming after him, "Roberto, Roberto" as he departs courageously into the darkness...

Author: By Gerald E. Bunker, | Title: For Whom the Bell Tolls | 5/20/1957 | See Source »

...brief appearance as Signalman Urban. William Balchelder as the senior officer of the court martial proceedings has excellent delivery, albeit sepulchral, but no real acting demands are put upon him. Peter Kramer as Lt. Stephan Maryk is insipid, and John Dobbyn as Willie Keith is even more so, both inept and without any sense of development. Ronald Coralian, playing the prosecuter, is, like the rest of the cast, illcostumed, and lacks both in speech and manner the bearing of a military officer...

Author: By Gerald E. Bunker, | Title: The Caine Mutiny Court Martial | 5/3/1957 | See Source »

...there were just so much luck in the world and what Karp left over wasn't fit to eat." Morris Bober's troubles never come singly. Not only has a brand-new grocery opened around the corner, halving his already pitiful income, but a pair of inept hoodlums, passing up Karp's well-heeled liquor store, rob Morris instead and pistol-whip him when they find only $10 in his cash register...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Good Grocer | 4/29/1957 | See Source »

...minute last of the fifth was absurd, as inept Cornell moundsmen combined with the best Crimson hitting of the year. John Getch and Walt Stahura, each of whom had three hits, opened with singles. Phil Haughey popped to third, and Repetto struck out, but then Cornell pitcher Bob List walked Bergantino, Cleary and Simourian...

Author: By Adam Clymer, | Title: Crimson Nine Crushes Cornell, 15-5, With 9-Run Fifth Inning | 4/22/1957 | See Source »

...inept Brown cricket squad managed to score only 19 runs in its inning Saturday, so the Crimson cricket club was able to register an easy victory in its first match of the season...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Golf Squad Loses | 4/22/1957 | See Source »

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