Word: romeos
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...KINGDOM for a stage!" cried Shakespeare, but he could only dream and meanwhile curse the "unworthy scaffold" he must needs make do with. The stage, when Romeo and Juliet was first presented, was little more than a gangway shunted shoulder-high through a roaring mob.*Down these bare boards an actor strode, and with a wave of the arm required his hearers to believe they were "in fair Verona, where we lay our scene." In later centuries, notably toward the end of the 19th, productions of Shakespeare became almost as richly furnished as they were badly played; but not until...
...date the trial has been disappointing. Reporters tried to pep it up by calling Dr. Sam "the Romeo of the rubbing table," got their doctors mixed by describing his extramarital girl friend, Susan Hayes, as the "orthopedic wench." "For an osteopath," commented the New York Post on Dr. Sam's calm courtroom demeanor, "he hardly moved a muscle." Headlines promised BOMBSHELL DUE AT TRIAL TODAY and NEW SHEPPARD SEX ANGLE HINTED. But no bombs burst, no angles materialized...
...Pressagent Brand's office to wait for the next bulletin. Brand had his script ready. "We're all sorry at the studio that it happened," he began. "It was a wonderful kind of legend, Joe and Marilyn. Everybody loves 'em both. Everybody thinks it's Romeo and Juliet. It's the All-American Boy divorcing the All-American Girl." Asked a hard-bitten Hollywood reporter: "But who gets custody of the Wheaties...
...prison clothes. "This gabardine I am wearing is newly cleaned and pressed," he explained, "and I don't want to get it dirty. I want to leave here like a gentleman.'' One of Montagna's first visitors was a handsome blonde driving a sleek Alfa Romeo, who was promptly turned away by the prison guards when she tried to leave him a bouquet of red carnations to decorate his cell...
...Venice, judges at the isth International Film Festival announced the win ners of this year's competition. Grand prize winner: an Italian-British production (in English) of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Four second prize winners: On the Waterfront (U.S.), The Street (Italy), The Seven Samurai and Functionary Sun-sho (both Japan). Best actor: France's Jean Gabin (for his work in L'Air de Paris and Touchez Pas au Grisbi). "Special" prize: MGM's Executive Suite. On the Waterfront, starring Marlon Brando, walked off with two additional prizes: one from the Italian Motion Picture...