Word: romanticized
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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"The greatest love story ever filmed" is the modest encomium reserved by MGM for its latest romantic outburst. David Niven and Teresa Wright are the protagonists in this cosmic match, and they are backed up by a talking house, a war, and 60-odd years worth of flashbacks.
This time the four hoopskirted March girls are played by blonde June Allyson (Jo) in a red wig, brunette Elizabeth Taylor (Amy) in a blonde wig, Janet Leigh (Meg), and Margaret O'Brien (Beth). Though the faces have changed, the girlish flutter and flummery are still the same. Curled...
After 80 years of circulation in one form or another, this gentle New England story in its latest version has few surprises. One of them is Producer-Director Mervyn LeRoy's success in bringing to life once more the faded sentiments and the tintyped situations. Another is June Allyson...
The Good Oar. The scion of a modest Gooderham inheritance was sent to a primary boarding school in Pomfret, Conn., then to Groton, which left another mark: he learned that he was of the elite, chosen and trained to serve, and to solve problems. With the notion of getting closer...
Cecil M. Bowra, Charles Eliot Norton Professor of Poetry, will discuss the work of Edgar Allan Poe in the second of a series of lectures on "The Romantic Imagination" at 8 p. m. tonight in New Lecture Hall.