Word: skillful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...lawyer's clerk is convinced he's the nephew of the Queen of Fairies, a knight that he will inherit the realm, the clergy that its pockets will be lined--and so on. The characters assume and discard identities with professional skill, and cavort from bedroom to laboratory with Elizabethan vitality...
Bogie has come through again in another Brattle resurrection. And he doesn't go it alone for once, but has a distinguished cast, excellent direction and photography with him. Walter Huston matches him every step of the way in skill at just the right amount of ham before the cameras, never ceasing to be delightful and convincing. Tim Holt plays well in his comparatively undemanding "straight" role...
...varsity's attack was somewhat weakened by the absence of outside right Ken McIntosh, who did not dress for the game. Sophomore Ken Marmar filled in adequately, but lacked the experience and ball-handling skill which McIntosh shows...
...degree is not, we said, a professional degree. Rather, it implies a high technical ability--and, we hope, taste and skill in the art of written and oral communication. The result should be original work, especially in the sense of having the work reported with individuality. We cannot require a man to be creative. To avoid further generalities an outline of a specific plan is presented...
...main difficulty is probably that the master builder is fifty years old, and Robert Jordan, who plays him with undeniable skill and versatile force, happens to have an extremely youthful face. This means, for example, that he can never smile fully; he frowns and glares and looks gloomy even more constantly than his part requires. His posture, his vigorous strides, and even some of his highly dramatic gestures also remind us too often that this master builder is a member of the very younger generation against which Ibsen's master builder carries on the fight that is the heart...