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...blonde, played by Barbara Bel Geddes, picks up an architect, played by Barry Nelson, on the observation tower of the Empire State Building. The scene shifts to the architect's home in the East sixties. There young love seems to be blossoming unchecked when a middle-aged, somewhat alcoholic rake played by Donald Cook crashes the party...
...minor offense, for 15. Posterity was shortly to commit a greater one in typing Robert Burns's career as a rake's progress. An early prohibitionist named Curne gave the legend a head start 150 years ago; in a biography written shortly after Burns's death, he portrayed him as a kind of Paul Bunyan of literary bad boys: a convivial roisterer of unslakable thirst and insatiable lust...
...Horseshoe. The same was true of Wonju, in the frigid uplands of central Korea. For 16 days, the U.S. 2nd Division (in which a French and a Dutch battalion had been incorporated) had held a horseshoe salient just south of the town, from which the allied force could rake it with artillery. Early last week, Eighth Army Headquarters announced that the salient was being given up in order to shorten and straighten the allied line. The withdrawal was carried out under artillery and air protection which prevented enemy interference...
Strictly speaking, the Wednesday night program of the Sadler's Wells Ballet did not contain much true ballet. "The Rake's Progress" is more a mimeo-drama than a ballet; and "Dante Sonata" contains a great many elements of modern interpretive dancing. The remaining two selections were the lightweight "Les Patineurs," and the brief pas de deux from Act III of "Sleeping Beauty," which was hardly more than a glimpse...
...Rake's Progress," with choreography by Ninette de Valois, is more interesting because it is at least a successful attempt to evoke atmosphere and, more important emotion. Rex Whistler's scenery and costumes are based on Hogarth's famous series of etchings, and the entire ballet is conceived in this spirit. In six scenes we follow the downfall of the young Bake, splendidly danced by Alexander Grant. Especially incisive and brilliant were Brian Shaw, as the Rake's Dancing Master, and Ray Powell, as "The Gentleman with a Rope," an inmate of a London madhouse...