Word: romanticization
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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The supporting cast is of varying quality, but no one in it is less than adequate. Jerome Kilty gives a good greasy performance in the double role of the pseudo-romantic brigand Mendoza and "that strange monster called a devil." If Mr. Kilty's Devil is put in the shade...
There is plenty that is pure Brahms in this work, such as the perfect balance between the Romantic material and its Classical treatment; the special textures and spacings in the scoring; and the frequent rhythmical and metrical subtleties. And idea after idea is characterized by what the Germans call "Schwung...
Most of Mr. Wilbur's poems were easier for the listener, for they are less compact, more filled out with sometimes excess adjectives. He began with several works probably familiar to many members of the audience, including the excellent "Love Calls Us to the Things of This World," and the...
The Toulouse-Lautrec, finally, is amazing. Its title, Messaline, suggests its romantic aspect, and a far cry indeed from the realism of the Moulin Rouge is its rather Redonesque treatment of lighting, color and brush-work. Its monumental figures (note the left foreground personage or Messaline herself) and themes are...
The worst thing about Goldwyn's Porgy, though, is its cinematic monotony. The film is not so much a motion picture as a photographed opera. Just to make sure the customers get the point, Vienna-born Director Otto Preminger has directed most of it as though it were a...