Word: oscars
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...London, Mrs. Winston Churchill celebrated her 68th birthday. Among the activities: a trip to the theater with her husband to see Oscar Wilde's A Woman of No Importance...
Meanwhile, Oscar Handlin, associate professor of History, remained in the middle and moderator Al Capp sat laughing...
...Importance of Being Earnest is a delightful elaboration of a pun by Oscar Wilde. Adapted for the screen by John Davis, and directed by Anthony Asquith, the play loses nothing in the transition. In fact, the camera might have focused directly on the stage production, for it avoids any distant, or off-angle shots, and yet is never static...
With all its intricacy, the plot is a standard period vehicle for Oscar Wilde's epigrammatic dialogue and the abilities of the actors. One absurd climax follows another in the fantastic style of the nineteenth century. Fortunately, however, the lines have been spared any tempering, and are as fresh today as they were sixty years...
Speakers include Victor Lasky, John Ciardi, and Oscar Handlin. Al Capp will serve as moderator...