Word: methodic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...weeks later will act with exactly the same mistakes as he had before. The English actor takes a long time to comprehend new ideas, but once he gets them he will give a consistently excellent performance. The American actor varies according to school. If trained in the "method school," he has no performance at all until he gets before the audience because one doubts whether he is feeling his part...
...picture of what the medium of the theatre actually is. He seems to be under the impression that the theatre has something to do with life--by citing for us the French company of Cannes and the classic theatre of Japan, two schools that have nothing to do with 'method' acting. To say that the goal of acting is a perfect photograph of human behavior is to say that poetry must not be poetical or music musical...
...league's executive secretary is one of those who are so preoccupied with the method that they lose sight of the result...
...campaign against the projected demolition of London's time-hallowed St. James's Theater, she got a well-bred bounce, but lordly mustaches fluttered in admiration. From a great commoner came stronger support; doughty Sir Winston Churchill grumped, "As a parliamentarian, I cannot approve your disorderly method," nevertheless pledged $1,400 to save the theater, which was to be replaced by an office building. Later, cooing, "Oh, how I do love millionaires; they are full of charm as well as dough," Actress Leigh announced happily that art-oriented A & P Moneybags Huntington Hartford and another tycoon had promised...
...used birth control, nearly all (except the subfertile) intended to do so at some future time. Even among Roman Catholics, Dr. Freedman found, 87% of the normally fertile couples had used or intended to use some means of family limitation. "Many," he reported, "use the rhythm method, but many...