Word: monk
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Nevertheless the incredible elements in the film are at least partly redeemed by a number of touches that have the ring of reality and pathos--Marcelino, the orphan, brilliantly played by Pablito Calvo stealing bread from the kitchen, or playing with an imaginary friend, or the monks' touching ineptness with the baby. Juan Calvo as Brother "Cooky" does a beautifully perceptive job of acting, depicting the conflict between his vocation as a monk and his fatherly love of the boy. The worst and most untenable scenes are those of the actual miracle and of Marcelino's absurdly saccharine inquiries about...
...Monk Muncaster, who starred against Middlebury Saturday night, made the greatest contribution to the squad's unblemished free throw record, sinking seven. His teammates added 12 to the total, to give the varsity its first perfect mark in several seasons...
Woolston and Harrington have been solid, impressive performers during the early part of the season and have lived up to expectations. But more important has been the showing made by two players who did not start last season--Bryant Danner and Monk Muncaster...
...resolutely highbrow listeners of the BBC's Third Programme, where these dramatizations were originally heard. Tightly edited, translated into modern English by Nevill Coghill (TIME, Aug. 11, 1952), this first album contains the roll call of the Pilgrims in the Prologue, and the tales of the Monk, the Nun's Priest, the Reve, the Manciple and the Man of Law-a cross section of stories gay and gloomy, garrulous and risqué. A fine item for a long winter's night...
...Monk Muncaster and company rolled over Middlebury's basketball team here Saturday night, 84-57, to give the Crimson its third victory in three games...