Word: martha
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...vase, and won a gold medal for capturing the musty golden light in his hideout. A New Hampshire housewife named Eugénie C. Cooney had won another medal with her painstaking portrait of a lonely pine overlooking the sea. Dr. Harry Smallen had studied the surf at Martha's Vineyard, Mass, and successfully avoided the soapy-water look that makes most amateur seascapes dreary as dishpans. An old New England mill seen through a stand of bare trees, by Connecticut's Samuel Meulendyke, was as gracefully rendered as it was unpretentious. With loving care, New York...
Since the Louisville Orchestra decided two years ago to stop hiring expensive soloists and use its cash to commission original compositions instead (TIME, Dec. 20, 1948), Louisville audiences have had many an ear-popping musical surprise. Last week they got an eye-popper as well: Modernist Martha Graham in a brand-new 25-minute dance to the accompaniment of the 50-piece orchestra...
...first, as the authors establish the situation and character relationships. After the first act, it picks up a good deal of speed and dramatic power. The same is true of the acting. Ralph Clanton is convincing, often frighteningly so, as the Earl, a man of almost demoniac evil. Martha Scott and Charlton Heston give rounded, creditable performances as Margaret and John Clitherow. Miss Scott's portrayal of the heroine is not inspiring, but she does an extremely competent job in a part that calls for straightforward acting...