Word: patheticism
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Preston finally rejects all the proposed scripts, and his studio in effect tells him to write it himself or drop dead. When at the outset of Act III, he does produce a good script, he basks in a few short moments of glory until his fraud is discovered: he stole...
For the paunchy Seltzer "imitating the nature" of Falstaff in Henry IV, Part I was more an interpretive than a physical problem. "Although a rather old man to be enjoying the games of boys, Sir John must be prevented from becoming a pathetic figure. Somehow we must laugh at the...
A pathetic tale of no particular significance. However, it is told with care and tenderness in this Italian film adapted from a novel by Vasco Pratolini. The pace is lento, sometimes troppo lento, but the color photography tactfully subtends the mood of green and yellow melancholy, and Director Valeric Zurlini...
Bored by Jeanne's affection, Julien enlists the sensual services of a household maid. Jeanne, blandly innocent, forgives this transgression and more that follow it. But the marriage is hopeless. Put in motion by the pathetic mismatch between Jeanne and Julien, the relentless tragedy moves deeper and deeper into gloom...
The actor's performances also flickered unevenly. Pamela King played Rose, the highly nervous woman who hides from her past and herself in a cold but otherwise fairly comfortable room. Her jerky gestures--especially her habit of pulling her sweater around her defensively--were convincing. But her rheumatism and cracking...