Word: oscared
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Importance of Being Earnest," presented last night by the Radcliffe Idler, is Oscar Wilde at his witty and fantastic best. Based on a trivial pun, the play is, nevertheless, almost perfection of its kind. The present production, sympathetically directed by Mrs. Mark de Wolfe Howe, shows that for all its fifty years, it is still excellent entertainment...
...Oscar Wilde was the epitome of the fin de siecle spirit and "The Importance of Being Earnest," first produced in 1895, is the epitome of Oscar Wilde. The pose of jaded cynicism and brittle sophistication thinly covers a high-spirited appreciation of the comic, and his wit, compounded of epigrammatic form and paradoxical and unconventional sentiments is, if less "shocking" today, still distinctive and sparkling...
...death, Rosenman packed up for Manhattan and a private law practice (possibly a partnership with ex-FEA attorney Oscar Cox). But someone had to help out Harry Truman. Resignedly, Rosenman briefed the new President on the Roosevelt work and policies, helped write Truman's first message to Congress and his foreign-policy speech, was soon reported to be exercising more influence over Truman than he had over FDR. But Rosenman was not interested in influence. Also, Democrats were beginning to talk about that shadowy figure again. This time, "Sammy the Rose" said he was gone for good...
Theodore Reeves; produced by Oscar Serlin) is a might-have-been. Playwright Reeves started-and ended-with an idea. He raises his curtain on a set-up that promises to crackle-and then merely crumbles...
...feeling. Even the musical numbers are not well produced, the dancing being particularly uninspired. Exceptions were the fine performances of the major works, including the "Rhapsody in Blue," the "American in Paris," and the "Concerto in F," this last chopped up and presented in sections throughout the film. Oscar Levant and Paul Whiteman (who play themselves) are responsible for these moments of excellence, and they deserve loud cheers...