Word: plays
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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STAIRCASE. Rex Harrison and Richard Burton portray two bickering homosexuals struggling to stave off old age and loneliness in this unobtrusive film that never yields to the temptation to play its two deviate characters for laughs...
Here is a succinct guide to the characters, other than Kennedy himself, who are most likely to play leading roles in the inquest...
...announced her retirement two times in the last two years, and each time she has obviously meant it. But somehow it never lasted very long. This time the bait is a play written by her late husband, and a part she claims was modeled after her mother. How could Helen Hayes say no? So she will be back on Broadway Oct. 18, playing the "small but juicy" part of Mrs. Grant in the revival of the 1928 comedy The Front Page. Miss Hayes said that her husband, Charles MacArthur (who collaborated with Ben Hecht on the script), created Mrs. Grant...
...starred in high school football and track. Always lacking in self-confidence, he lost what little he had when he joined the defeatist Mets of 1963. Although Jones is a natural line-drive hitter, Manager Westrum made him swing for the fences. Later, Hodges decided to "platoon" him by playing him only against lefthanded pitchers. Cleon's batting average sagged, along with his self-assurance. Last year Hodges wisely decided to play Cleon regularly, and his average soared to .297. Now everyone is trying to keep up with Jones in the race for the league batting crown...
...their demonstrations. They chant of strong fathers with strong convictions." >"We should not overlook the symbolic meaning of the student invasions of the office of the president or dean. Big in size and age, those who sit in feel like little boys with a need to 'play big' by sitting in Papa's big chair...