Word: newley
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Cranks tries so hard to be different that there are no real skits at all-which are the lifeblood of a revue. Except for Actor Anthony Newley, there is no touch of that special drollery which is the backbone of British humor. And despite a good deal of moody strumming, there is little in the way of tunes. With its self-conscious patternings and posturings, Cranks, at times, less resembles a revue than the rites of some such sect as the Stanislavsky methodists...