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Word: mr (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Moreover, this sturdy little play aspires above its station. Obviously affected by delusions of tragedy, Mr. Miller has outfitted his work with a one-man chorus named Alfieri, who takes a small part in the action (he is a waterfront lawyer), but spends most of his time making superfluous references to the passionate nature of the Mediterranean peoples and the inevitable doom of Eddie Carbone. This device imparts to the play an air of pretentiousness, which Joseph Plummer does not dissipate by playing Alfieri like the dear old professor of a very recondite subject...

Author: By Julius Novick, | Title: A View from the Bridge | 10/15/1959 | See Source »

...deeply divided," he told a London suburban crowd. "Some are practically fellow travelers, some almost Communist." And in speech after speech during a tour of Scotland the Prime Minister boldly laid claim to credit for the greatest diplomatic event of the year. "Do you think," he asked, "that Mr. Khrushchev and President Eisenhower would have been discussing together at Camp David if I had not decided to break the ice and go to Moscow last winter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: In Dubious Battle | 10/12/1959 | See Source »

Twilight Zone (CBS, 10-10:30 p.m.). Playwright-Producer Rod Serling's exercise in fantasy. This one brings back that old pitchman Ed Wynn to play an old pitchman trying to outwit "Mr. Death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA,,THEATER,BOOKS: Time Listings, Oct. 12, 1959 | 10/12/1959 | See Source »

...fifth dimension, between science and superstition," are plotted as carefully as his more ambitious 90-minute specials and are written, acted, directed with consistent competence. Whether the hero is an Air Force officer suffering hallucinations after more than 400 hours of isolation, or a tired old pitchman bargaining with "Mr. Death," tales from the Twilight Zone are proof that a little talent and imagination can atone for a lot of television...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: Total Adventure | 10/12/1959 | See Source »

...arresting snapshot of Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Eliot, in which the wrinkled old (71) poet stands with his arms looped fondly but awkwardly around the neck of his wholesome young (32) wife, his face caught in a quizzical expression, half doubt and half delight-a portrait of J. Alfred Prufrock, who has dared to eat a peach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Peeping Tome | 10/12/1959 | See Source »

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