Word: pacing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...roles which more than any other express the religious-philosophical outlook of Shaw in the play. Mendy Weisgal was perfect as the pathetic Dauphin, from his neglected yellow robes to the fifteenth century hair style he had summoned for the occasion. H. M. Temple set the pace for the rest of the cast with a superbly stylish performance as de Baudricourt in the opening scene, and William A. West and Joe Everingham deserve mention for their smooth renditions of the parts of Warwick and Dunois...
...rather uninteresting pair of principals, and as a minor villain Peter Lorre plays another in a long line of roles which, in retrospect, seem all about the same. As chief heavy, a newcomer named Steve Cochran does little but scowl menacingly, in a picture wherein action moves at the pace of a snail and suspense is kept down to a minimum...
DeForest's performance not only set the pace in the 220 and 100 yard free-styles and the 150-yard breast stroke, but he didn't climb out of the water once in the three tries without engraving a Penn record in the scorebook...
...Scarlet started off by turning in a fast 3:04.7 for the 300-yard medley relay, with breast stroker Charlie Gantner setting an impossible pace for his share. Walt Bullard with first, and Jerry Gorman with third, evened things up temporarily in the next 220-yard freestyle...
...oily as the evil Fatt and the other incarnations Odets gives him, and Helen McCloskey was impressive as Joe's inspiring wife, Edna. The only other standout in a very competent cast was John Mann, who in the difficult role of Agate Keller was almost perfect, setting a fine pace at the beginning of his famous closing speech and faltering only in his failure to maintain a crescendo of voice until the final cry of "Strike...