Word: richardson
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Baines, the butler, Ralph Richardson does a very capable job of acting the part of a man over-whelmed by the misery of his marriage, and not strong enough to fight his way out of it. Sonia Dresdel, as his wife, is adequately hateful...
Bradley M. Richardson...
...Ralph Richardson's acting skill creates a highly idealistic, moralistic, and intelligent egoist who seems to be smiling behind every sarcastic remark. Richardson can flick his cane, turn a phrase or look mildly amazed with almost quicksilver brilliance...
Based on a Broadway misinterpretation of Henry James's Washington Square, the film shows a timid, plain heiress (Olivia de Havilland) courted by a charming idler (Montgomery Clift). Her father (Ralph Richardson), who regards her as a hopelessly unlovable girl, turns her into just that. Using her inheritance as a weapon, he drives off the fortune hunter and blasts her only chance of happiness. The Heiress is something less than the stern and oppressive tragedy James wrote (for one thing, Olivia de Havilland's seductive shyness and warmth make her an unconvincing candidate for spinsterhood), but it still...
...second quarter, two Harvard fumbles inside the Crimson 40-yard line set up Army's first two touchdowns. Eddie Boyle sprinted 17 yards for the first and Willie Ross bucked over from the three for the second. Then, with four minutes left in the half, Bill Richardson went over his own right side, cut to the sidelines, and dashed 70 yards to a TD. Grayson Tate, who had converted his first two attempts, missed...