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Take a glance at some of his female co-stars: the feisty newspaper woman Rosalind Russell in "His Girl Friday," the indignant Irene Dunne in "The Awful Truth," the noble Katharine Hepburn in "Holiday...
...instance, in "His Girl Friday," when Rosalind Russell walks into her ex-husband's (Grant's) newspaper office where she once worked as his star reporter, Grant says to her, "There's been a lamp burning in the window for you, honey...
Sources inside and outside the Met agree that Battle's downfall was triggered by her harsh treatment of co-star Rosalind Elias, 64, a veteran and locally beloved mezzo. In one high-comedy scene, Elias, as the Marquise of Berkenfield, is seated at the piano coaching the high-spirited Marie, played by Battle, in a proper old tune. Battle stiffly complained that Elias' piano playing was inept and was adversely affecting her phrasing; she issued a series of ultimatums culminating in a demand that the solo be played by a musician in the orchestra...
...actresses, the idea of emulating Merman is intimidating, but the part has proved irresistible. Rosalind Russell memorably played it on film in 1962. A 1974 Broadway revival brought Angela Lansbury a Tony award, and a 1989 revival did the same for Tyne Daly. Gypsy has never been better told nor Momma Rose more arrestingly played, however, than in the 3-hr. CBS television version to air this Sunday starring Bette Midler. If there is ever again to be a mass audience for filmed musicals more complex and less percussive than MTV videos, this is the vehicle to blaze the path...
...daughters, Lena (Lauren Tom)and Rose (Rosalind Chao), emotionally defeated bytheir American lives: They are afraid to speak,dependent and thus powerless. Their mothers aredisappointed at such weakness, remembering theirown unabashed acts of bravery in the face ofadversity. The imagery accompanying the tales ofLena and her mother Ying Ying (France Nuyen) isparticularly suggestive, contrasting theoverabundance of passion in the mother's past,with the daughter's current emotional void. In aflashback filled with thunder and lightening, YingYing recalls a fight with her unfaithful husband...