Word: sheppards
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most successful formulas. Like the old immigrant movie moguls, Segal has a shrewd instinct for providing audiences with idealizations of America's traditional affluent classes. There can be trouble and even tragedy in Franchot Tone country, but no one shouts, keens, throws things or dresses badly. -R.Z. Sheppard...
...ambition, talent and professionalism of these people he calls "communications era artisans." Thirty Seconds is itself a series of finely perceived, artfully arranged vignettes. So, despite the book's tone of asperity, it is no small compliment when one superior craftsman acknowledges the work of others. -R. Z. Sheppard...
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...thoroughly that a subsequent biography is unlikely. One fact remains: although it was lived in tumultuous times, surrounded by power and prestige, Maugham's life lacked transcending drama. The strain of maintaining his facade against a threatening world exacted its price. He survived; he did not prevail. -R.Z. Sheppard...