Word: rolfe
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...player's, the general is not an expressive enough figure. And whether it is the production's fault or the play's, The Fighting Cock needs both more thrust and more evocativeness, a right blending of the aromatic and the astringent. A mood induced by Rolf Gerard's sets is not sustained, and neither, for all the play's good things, is the audience's interest...
...credit side, and almost worth the price of admission, is Johann Strauss's delightful score, notably the famed Treasure Waltz, a melting Act II love duet, and plenty of Hungarian themes, both martial and melancholy. Another plus: Designer Rolf Gérard's brilliant costumes and sets, particularly a Viennese throne room almost handsome enough to bring back the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. Heavily on the minus side are a preposterous libretto, not aided by Translator Maurice Valency's English lyrics, and Cyril Ritchard's uncertain direction...
...then, with fame sweetening the air, the world champion went about the business of cashing in. Two days after his homecoming, Ingo hit the road on an exhibition tour aimed at earning $50,000, climbed into the ring for a few friendly rounds with brother Rolf, an amateur boxer. At Osthammar, some 3,000 fans crowded in (at $1 a head) to watch in vain for The Punch, chuckle at the champ's cries ("Throw me some mosquito oil"), and cheer happily when the referee solemnly declared him the winner...
...Carmel was not Aimee. Author Thomas ends his book with a chapter telling what happened to all concerned in the case-all, that is, except Aimee and her immediate family. The record: after wrangling with her mother, her daughter Roberta and her fellow evangelists, Aimee died in her son Rolf's arms in 1944 as a result, said a coroner's jury, of taking "an accidental overdose" of sleeping pills. Three years later her iron-jawed mother died in her sleep...
Angelus Temple and the Foursquare Gospel did not pass away with Aimee. Today the movement flourishes, with 113,-ooo members, 720 U.S. churches and 800 missionary stations round the world. In charge of the sect: Aimee's quiet, unassuming son, Rolf McPherson, 46, who shuns publicity...