Word: joans
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Joan on trial, in short...
...20th Century squires whose bank balances outran their pedigrees. Alongside such ancient names as Wolley-Dod of Edge, Willock-Pollen of Little Bookham, Polwhele of Polwhele and MacLachlan of MacLachlan, Landed Gentry now lists Martins, Bartons and Fishers. It even mentions 700 people in the U.S., including Cinemactress Joan Fontaine and the International Harvester McCormicks of Chicago...
...other stars--Charles Laughton, Joan Blondell, Agnes Moorehead, Don Taylor, and Audrey Totter--perform their bit parts adequately and usually evoke additional pathos. But the only tears really worth shedding are for Wald and Krasna, who wasted so much talent on such an incredibly trite plot...
However, P. J. Kelly--drafted from a straw-hat version of "Finian's Rainbow" last summer was always entertaining, affording some relief to the succession of gloomy tribulations. Beyond Kelly, the "Child of the Morning" has two attractions. If you have seen and enjoyed Ingrid Bergman's "Joan of Arc" by all means go to the Shubert and have a good burst of indignation at the inhumanity of humanity. Or if you enjoy seeing a pigtailed, mortal-saint attacked in her bedroom by Lucky Luciano's nephew, see the "Child of the Morning's" last...
...other occasions: Queen Elizabeth, Mary of Scotland, Joan of Arc, George Washington...