Word: shamed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Dusted off this week for presentation at Brattle Hall is an old play of about six years back, "Reflected Glory." In a way it seems a shame that the dust was disturbed, for the play was none-too-good when Tallulah Bankhead starred in it on its last appearance, and it makes a poor vehicle for the stage debut of Gloria Swanson, the well-known screen star. The play deals with the life of a rising actress and her feelings about life in the theatre. She babbles constantly about wanting to marry and have a home...
...story, those of the direction succeed in destroying whatever vitality was originally there. Miss Swanson is made to parade back and forth across the stage in search of either a cigarette or an ash-tray in a manner that resembles Mac West imitating Katie Hepburn. This is a great shame, since Miss Swanson has a definite personality of her own which appears all too infrequently. When the influence of the director is apparently absent, she does a very fine job, particularly in the opening of the third act. Her limited knowledge of the stage permitted the director to run wild...
...decided friend of the U.S.," he said, "and I can get along with Latins. I could have organized the production of things the U.S. needs. It's a darn shame...
...honorary degree system is] a sham and a shame. . . . If a man is made a doctor of laws, the public has a right to know whether it means he has fought a battle, or is on the right side in politics, or is the donor to the extent of $5,000 and upwards...
...tearful "no." Next year, when she sought Montana's senatorship, she was roundly defeated. Last December, 61, grey-haired and gaunt, she stood alone in the House against war with Japan, voted merely a nervous "present" on the declaration of war against Germany and Italy. Montana raged with shame. When the primary filing time closed in Montana last week, Congresswoman Jeannette Rankin had not filed for reelection...