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...Story of Robin Hood. Robust version of the old legend, with Richard Todd fighting for king, country and fair Maid Marian (TIME, June...
...London last week, at an exhibition of French primitives, Bombois' pictures were getting most of the attention. He had sent a portrait, robust circus scenes, romantic riverscapes. His most talked-about painting was Utrillo Kissing His Prayer Book, which shows the famed painter in a white coat, clutching a black prayer book as he faces a wooden crucifix; in the background is a black, star-speckled sky. Most British critics had pleasant things to say about burly old (69) Bombois and his innocent simplicity. Art News & Review. "Bombois is the hero of this exhibition . . . [Utrillo] is an extraordinary piece...
...Pain. Barkley's candidacy and withdrawal will not damage the widespread affection in which he is held. His age has only mellowed the robust geniality that has always been his political stock in trade. He combines a strong Methodist sense of personal honesty, loyalty and principles with a belief that U.S. politics is a process of compromise rather than an instrument of doctrinaire philosophy or a weapon of personal ambition. And he discovered early in the game that a sense of humor could ease the process for everybody, including Alben Barkley...
...does not trouble him. Like money, age is something he does not talk about. He is a robust man who gets along with little exercise outside of his fishing trips. He is still the simon-pure angler who never quite got over his horror that Calvin Coolidge fished with worms...
Puccini: Tosco (Maria Caniglia, Beniamino Gigli, Armando Borgioli; chorus and orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Rome, conducted by Oliviero de Fabritis; Victor Treasury series, 4 sides LP). Puccini's fieriest, reissued in the fine, robust performance that was a pre-LP highlight. Recording: good...