Word: misses
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Possibly because Deanne Durbin's formerly mature voice has now reached old age, possibly because other parts of her anatomy are now becoming mature, Miss Durbin's producers have given her a rest from opera and confine her vocal activities to two light songs...
...That Certain Age," which opened last night at the Memorial, presents one of the most vicious triangles ever screened, for to the utter confusion of Jackie Cooper, Miss Durbin bestows her love on Melvyn Douglas. The absorbing problem of how to cure a girl of her first "crush" is well handled by her parents(Irene Rich and John Haliday) and the urbane Mr. Douglas, but may not appeal to undergraduates as much as the accompanying football farce, "Mr. Doodle(Joe Penner) Kicks...
...Francis Farmer as his embittered Sweetheart gives a fine performance though she lacks dramatic finesse at times. Perhaps the best performance is presented by Morris Carnowsky as the fighter's father. Sanford Meisner is perfect as the gangster manager, and high honors are also due to Roman Bohnen as Miss farmer's elderly lover. Art Smith as the trainer, and John O'Malley as the fighter's brother...
...learned canon, Cedric Hardwicke acted with strength, irony, and restraint. Julie Haydon, playing Brigid, was naive and simple in a part which in less skilled hands might verge on Baby Snooks. And although Lloyd Gough overplayed the rebel pedagogue, Sara Allgood, uproariously funny as Miss Jemima Cooney, (a local spinster), and a superb cast more than made...
...folk tale of the Kentucky countryside, depends on no archaic trappings or high-flown language for its effect, takes place in a recognizable world of village gossip, youthful lovemaking, Kentucky feuds, with characters who are farmers, truck drivers, wise widows and runaway girls. The telephone and radio have reached Miss Roberts' countryside but the people have not changed much: they are superstitious, religious, poetic, great musicians, ballad makers, storytellers. They are also high-spirited: 23-year-old Dena Janes runs away with a truck driver, leaves him when he threatens to kill her, lives in dread of a shot...