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Word: rodingham (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1961-1961
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Donald is the disaffected younger son of the land-rich, tax-poor Rodingham clan. His elder brother (Denholm Elliott), an elegant spendthrift who likes to know where his next cobwebby bottle of wine is coming from, plans to sell the 500-year-old family mansion. The buyer (Torin Thatcher) is an upstart real estate operator who likes to tromp on the middle of other people's sentences. But he has a couth and cultured wife (Kim Hunter) who likes to write. Donald writes too and, with a short story contest in view, he helps her work out the mechanics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Chilly Will-he-do-it | 11/3/1961 | See Source »

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