Word: rabidness
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Last year Playwright-Actor Emlyn (Night Must Fall) Williams, a rabid Dickensian, got the idea, not just of repeating the Dickens readings, but of impersonating the author-clothes, whiskers and all. A hit in London, Williams-like Dickens-began a U.S. tour in Boston, last week reached Manhattan. His success on Broadway was more than a stunt: it neatly blended novelty with nostalgia, proved Dickens to be a "dramatic" novelist, Williams to be a colorful Dickens in a studiously varied program...
...Brando) as a somewhat crude but noble fellow with a nice regard for the social amenities. He is also characterized as a thinker and talker, as well as a brawler. According to the movie, he is a sort of middle-of-the-road democrat who repudiates both dictators and rabid revolutionists. When the real-life Zapata wasn't busy killing his enemies, he found time to go through bogus marriage ceremonies with 26 women, only one of whom he wed legally. The film Tiger is permitted only one beauteous señorita (Jean Peters...
...Rabid animal lovers will immensely enjoy watching Jerry Lewis in his and Dean Martin's latest film, Sailor Beware. He bounces like a kangaroo, twitches like a horse, warbles like a rooster and talks like a nanny goat. Non-zoophiles, however, will find Lewis' prancing decreasingly funny as the picture goes...
...distinct from that of man, whose dirty mouth, even if non-rabid, makes his bite the most likely to cause serious local infection...
...eight months off, local Taft at Eisenhower supporters are taking a cue from the activity of national organizations on behalf of their favorites. The organization of an "Ike for President Club, under the leadership of members the Law School, was announced sever weeks ago, while this past Tuesday notice rabid G.O.P.'s invited those interested to participate in a "Taft of President" Club...