Word: roles
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...statement in question was attributed to Jansen by Donald F. McNell had been delegated by the committee to release publicity on the Republican youth movement in the state and on the HYRC's role...
...Pimlico Special, coming at the end of the season when all but the champions have raced themselves out of contention, is a far more important race than its purse value suggests. For 13 years it has played a leading role in the annual horse-of-the-year award, and it has sometimes resuited in a race of the year (such as War Admiral v. Seabiscuit in 1938).* Last week's renewal of the sporting Special-by invitation as usual, for $15,000 winner-take-all-brought together the two speed demons of 1949's two leading stables: Calumet...
Unfortunately, the picture is not saved by the presence in the Bogart role of a tired, beat-up-looking actor who no longer seems to project the hard combustibility that he made famous. But Director Stuart Heisler accomplished one notable feat: by expert trick photography, impressionistic lighting and a tense atmosphere, he gives the impression that the movie was filmed entirely in the streets and houses of Tokyo...
...part of Harry, the hoofer in Saroyan's "The Time of Your Life," was played on Broadway by Gene Kelly. Paul Draper took the role in the movie version. Frank Rettenberg '52, cast as Harry for the Adams House Christmas play production, is having a hard time following in their footsteps...
...authority, I think I would say that Raymond Massey is giving the performance of his career in the title role. However, I have not seen Mr. Massey as Abraham Lincoln--his most famous role--so can only say that his other stage and screen characterizations have never impressed me as much as this one does. Playing two acts as an insane person is a trying test for any actor, and Mr. Massey does a really credible job of it. Miss Christians, as the wife, is hard, unrelenting, cruel; she acts the part with great subtlety and restraint. The excellence...