Word: roles
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...floodlights in the Sofia courtroom came up full force, concentrating on the miserable defendant in the dock. The court asked Traicho Kostov, once Bulgaria's No. 2 Communist, if he wished to make a final statement. Earlier in the trial Kostov had refused to play his assigned role, had denied being guilty of espionage and treason against Bulgaria (TIME, Dec. 19). This was his last chance to redeem himself-and he rejected it. "I must say once again," he began, "that I was never a police agent, never an imperialist...
...employ, George Brent sneaks into her files some data on wealthy Robert Young, who is in on the conspiracy to discourage her. The drawing room dither that follows shows everyone falling for Claudette, but nobody very happy about it. Claudette, who appears to be slumming in her farce role, allows herself to be photographed catching a wrestler in her lap, getting belabored with mackerel and judoing Robert Young over her shoulder...
...short scene from Ferene Molnar's drama about a carousel operator, "Lilliem," Hawkins again had the titel role. Stanley A. Zemon '52 took the part of his accomplice. Wayland W. Boswer '53, William J. Burns '53, and England also had parts...
...Laurence Olivier, arriving in New York to make his television debut, was saddened because many people in England had misinterpreted the role of Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire, currently being played in London by his wife, Vivien Leigh. The character is not a prostitute, Sir Laurence explained patiently. "After the initial tragedy that affected her life, in her subsequent misguided search for beauty and romance, she came to lead an immoral life; but there was no intention to suggest that it was in any way professional...
Expendable Churches. But, says the FORUM, there is hope on the horizon. A handful of moderns are trying to restore to church architecture the pioneering role it once played. Their tentative answers to the problem (see picture supplement) may not seem equally inspiring to all worshipers, but they do suggest some brand-new approaches...