Word: soulfulness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...true niece of Bertie McCormick, Bazy could not resist a pat on the back for the Midwest as "the heart and soul and stability of the country" and the back of her hand for Washington, which she called "a parasite community." But she thought it her duty to settle among the parasites. As Bertie said: he and Bazy owed it to the U.S.-at a time when "the Administration and the State Department are disloyal"-to present "the American point of view in Washington...
...current issue of Britain's Marxist Modern Quarterly, Professor Haldane, after some obviously painful soul-searching, has found a fairly reasonable, though notably un-Marxian answer: these is much to be said on both sides...
...their credit Producer Pandro Berman and Director Vincente Minelli have stoutly refused to spice up the sin or gloss over the grimness of Emma's life. Instead, at a leisurely and often-lagging pace they have pried into every nook & cranny of Emma's avid, neurotic soul and the drab existence that nourished it. The handling of bumbling peasants and pompous tradesmen has an acid authority. One memorable scene-a whirling, overheated ball at a local château-is a wonderfully skillful projection of Emma's half-swooning sense of her own seductiveness...
This week found radio wrestling rather self-consciously with its soul. The tempter was that familiar old devil, John Barleycorn, represented by Schenley Industries, Inc. Schenley had quietly asked if the networks would now be willing to sell time on the air for whisky advertisements...
Traditionally hard-shelled British critics were moved to superlatives. The reserved London Times called it "this massive and relentless play." The Daily Express was ecstatic: "This play seems to lay the soul of America bare, throws across the footlights, flat in your face, all the hopes, fears, frustrations, inhibitions and terrible yearnings of a nation . . ." Stylish first-nighters, equally moved brought back Paul Muni (who played Willy) and his cast for 15 curtain calls. Said one sequined dowager: "I don't think I understood it all, but I certainly feel weak...