Word: lessers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This leap would have scared lesser women than Mildred McAfee. She had to step into the shoes of the late Ellen Fitz Pendleton, in itself a terrifying job. Miss Pendleton had ruled the conservative New England college for 25 years and was tenderly remembered by Wellesley alumnae. Miss Mac stepped carefully. She started no revolutions. She was smooth and diplomatic, with just the right touch of tartness...
Both stars, crop-haired Ingrid Bergmen and Gary Cooper, do their usual good work as the passionate lovers. Topping the supporting cast is Katina Paxinon, who won an Oscar for her fine portrayal of Pilar, Pablo, El Sordo, and a host of even lesser roles are equally well done...
Though not claiming to have got everything right, I have historical justification for my guesses as well as my facts: for example, the marriage-night fiasco can be deduced positively from a variety of lesser sources and negatively from the ideal account of Adam and Eve's honeymoon in Paradise Lost...
...Grew's opposite number in Britain, Richard Kidston Law, last week explained British policy to the House of Commons: No. 1 war criminals like Hitler and Mussolini should be directly disposed of by the Allies; offenses committed by lesser Germans against Jews and other nationals of the Reich should not be considered "war crimes," but nevertheless should be punished by the government to be set up by the Allies in Germany...
Then come the tried and money-wise axis of Walter Wanger, Sol Lesser and Edward Small; the Crosby, Cagney and Leo (Going My Way) McCarey companies; and many of the profitable B producers. And perennially on the verge of making another picture are such formidable pioneers of independence as Charlie Chaplin and Mary Pickford, who helped found United Artists Corp...