Word: kazan
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Odets still talks like Odets, can still be ardent, can still make a line ring out like a pistol shot, or a phrase cut like a knife to the bone. There are genuinely vivid and pulsing scenes in Night Music; and at least the hero (admirably played by Elia Kazan) is thoroughly alive...
With a cast that is almost perfect down to the last minor role, "Night Music" is a tribute to the abilities of the Group Theatre. In his characterizations, Odets is superb; in his final effect, jumbled and incoherent. As the wild and self-conscious Greek-American boy, Elia Kazan is one of the most fascinating personalities of the last few years. It is a part full of fight and bluster, and when the external shell comes off, insecurity, loneliness and an appealing love of humanity that cannot be hid. His barbaric naturalness wins the gentle Philadelphia girl...