Word: miramova
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Dates: during 1943-1943
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...play was written (they say on Broadway) by Nunally Johnson, and by-lined by Elena Miramova and Eugenie Leontovitch. It is well put on by Jed Harris, and the acting contains no really bad hackers. You could do worse...
Dark Eyes (by Elena Miramova and Eugenie Leontovich; produced by Jed Harris). Russian-American Actresses Miramova and Leontovich have scribbled a farce about Russian-American actresses and handed themselves the two gaudiest roles. They have banged away at the Slavic artistic temperament as if it were a set of bowling pins. Their game is good and rackety, their score not too high...
...Miramova's and Leontovich's skillful acting helps to hide their wobbly playwriting, and Jed Harris' expert direction helps further. But a whole evening of temperament, even when it is spoofed, is pretty monotonous. When it is Russian temperament to boot, it becomes downright exhausting...
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