Word: parker
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...PARKER Pacific Palisades, Calif...
...varsity made its best showing of the afternoon in the sabre, losing only 5 to 4, as Mitch Thomas won two of his three bouts. In the epee, Bruce Parker also won two matches, but the other two fencers were able to add only one more win in six matches to give Cornell a 6 to 3 epee advantage...
...epee squad is probably the weakest part of the team because of its limited experience. Squad members are Bruce Parker, Anthony Enders, and Andre Nikitine...
...Haven't I always treated you as a human being?" splutters Lord Loam (Cecil Parker), the parlor pink. "Most certainly not!" gasps Butler Crichton (Kenneth More), the pantry tyrant. "Your treatment to me has always been as it should be." When Lord Loam insists, Crichton persists: "Any satisfaction I might derive from being equal [to my master] would be ruined by the footman being equal...
...motion picture is a charming combination of satire, whimsy, and melodrama. As Crichton, Kenneth More is proper--yet moving. Cecil Parker is a blusteringly good Lord Loam and Sally Howes is not only beautiful, but acts, too. The adaptation suffers somewhat from an inability to smooth out the entrances and scene changes which are an accepted part of the theater, but unsettling on the screen. The movie's ending was probably more convincing 50 years ago, but is still acceptable. The evening as a whole is quite enjoyable...