Word: marchand
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Playhouse 90 (CBS, 9:30-11 p.m.). The irresistible force of political pressures meets what should be an immovable object: a scrupulously honest man. The Hidden Image stars Franchot Tone, Martin Gabel, Nancy Marchand and George Grizzard...
...Wives of the title (and, as Falstaff thinks, titular wives only) Nancy Marchand and Nancy Wickwire are properly merry. The latter (Mistress Ford) especially does some fresh things with her lines. For instance, when she is leading Falstaff on and tells him, "I fear you love Mistress Page," she raises the last name in pitch and volume as though in summons, whereupon Mistress Page pops into view by mistake. And Sada Thompson adds much to the humor of Mistress Quickly through a command of subtle inflections and timing...
...distaff side, Inga Swenson has in her first season proved an invaluable addition; lovely to look at, she can sing as well as speak beautifully. Nancy Marchand and Nancy Wickwire are already accomplished actresses, and show promise of further growth. And Barbara Barrie has a special gift for comedy...
...support. Nancy Wickwire, as his wronged queen Hermione, is cool at first, but warms up to moving eloquence in the trial scene. And she performs a remarkable ten-minute bit of inanimation in the final scene. Hermione's attendant Paulina is one of literature's great denunciators, and Nancy Marchand brings plenty of force to the part. It is no discredit to her that she cannot match the magnificent power that Florence Reed imparted to the role in the Theatre Guild production a dozen years...
ANDRÉ MARCHAND, 48, who has one of France's most vibrant palettes (TIME, April 14, 1952), varies his colors from the deep violets and greens of the Burgundy forest to glowing reds and yellows, the "solar world" of sun-drenched Provence...