Word: shiningly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...most of the dialogue is more literate than the Hollywood average; some of it, evidently contributed by Co-Scripter S. N. Behrman, helps Actor Leo Genn to shine as Petronius, the Roman satirist, whose dry wit enables him to needle Nero even while flattering him. As Nero, Britain's Actor-Playwright-Director Peter Ustinov is allowed to hog too much screen time, but he does some expert hamming to create the deliciously malign figure of a spoiled, sensual madman. Finlay (Great Expectations) Currie plays St. Peter with eloquent dignity, though his long speeches are marred by the camera...
...spontaneous smile to the Princess' face at taut moments. Philip's warm interest in the people and sights made him a solid hit with the crowds along the Canadian tour route. U.S. correspondents who traveled with the royal train fully expected that the handsome duke would also shine in Washington. Said one: "Philip could run for Congress on the Republican ticket in Texas...
Married. Jack Norworth, 72, composer (Take Me Out to the Ball Game; Shine On, Harvest Moon), oldtime vaudeville star with his second wife, Nora Bayes ; and Amy Swor, 56; he for the fifth time, she for the second; in Lovington...
...film's characters run the social gamut from the count to the streetwalker, but stick to the same single track. The episodes vary in length, mood and quality. The longest and best, strung together midway in the film, shine with a brilliance that the rest of the movie cannot match. These catch the essence of three classic situations: the willing maid (Simone Simon) and the nervously eager master (Daniel Gelin); the master and the other man's wife (Danielle Darrieux) who wants to be coaxed into infidelity; the faithless wife inciting and lulling the suspicion of her sanctimonious...
...line hardly charged at all, so that Columbia passer Mitch Price had time to shine his shoes before throwing. This threw an extra burden on the secondary, which allowed two touchdowns via the air lanes...