Word: scripted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...comedienne. But she does make the most voluptuous straight man in the world, especially when playing with such pros as Boyer and Vidal. The film is not notable for witty lines, but with a glance, a shrug, an understated double take, the two actors have turned the airy little script into one of the most buoyant comedies of the season...
...Rattigan's expert script and Miss Page's phenomenal performances should not easily be passed...
Willson lugged his memory-bag of "innocent Iowa" around for years, discussing it with producers, writing new material, throwing away songs, dashing off new ones. In 1956 Producer Bloomgarden told him that he would like to see the script. A year later, Willson called Bloomgarden from Hollywood. Says Bloomgarden: "I said to myself, 'Willson? Who the hell...
...Shape. With money and a cast, the show still had a long way to go. Willson's script needed cutting and shaping to give it a nonstop lilt and easy movement. Director Da Costa, a craftsman who has worked quietly in the theater for more than 20 years, buckled down. Says he: "I thought the time had come to send the public out of the theater light-hearted instead of depressed. I wanted this to come off as a story about a charming renegade who reforms, a show with a lot of love and no hate, one that...
...Young Lions. Irwin Shaw's bestseller about World War II, clarified by an intelligent script and two gifted actors, Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift (TIME, April...