Word: kellers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Those elected from the area of Natural Sciences were Frederick C. Brown 2G, Horace C. Davis 1G, Julian Eisenstein 3G, and William 10. Keller 2G. Appointed were Herbert P. Broida 3G, and Gweneth Carson...
Natural Sciences: Nelson M. Blackman 2G, Frederick C. Brown 2G, Gweneth Carson 1G, Horace C. Davis 1G, Julian Eisenstein 3G, William E. Keller 2G, Shreekant A. Palekar...
James Walker was satisfyingly oily as the evil Fatt and the other incarnations Odets gives him, and Helen McCloskey was impressive as Joe's inspiring wife, Edna. The only other standout in a very competent cast was John Mann, who in the difficult role of Agate Keller was almost perfect, setting a fine pace at the beginning of his famous closing speech and faltering only in his failure to maintain a crescendo of voice until the final cry of "Strike...
This story is written with passion, but without soapbox oratory. It less reviles Profiteer Keller than it sternly reveals him: he has rationalized his guilt by telling himself that he acted like any "practical" American; he has sloughed off his responsibility to society by concentrating on his duty to his family. In Chris and his mother, too, tribal loyalties clash with human obligations...
...insists on individual responsibility. It also attacks the mind wholly by way of the emotions. And with its unblushing penchant for theater-tense atmosphere, patly timed revelations and whopping climaxes-it is a compelling rather than an entirely convincing play. The production adds to the impact: Ed Begley as Keller, Beth Merrill as Keller's wife, and above all Arthur Kennedy as Keller's son, play with consistent force...