Word: speaking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...does well. Directors John Houseman and Herbert Biberman were up against a particularly difficult task in casting Valley Forge. They had to get actors who looked like Colonial revolutionists instead of a table full of diners at Sardi's theatrical restaurant. And they had to get actors who could speak Playwright Anderson's semi-versified lines with conviction. Stanley Ridges is a particularly happy choice for the character of hard bitten Lucifer Tench. No less happy is the casting of Margalo Gillmore as the full-blown, romantic Mary Philipse. As Washington, Philip Merivale is close to perfect. Mr. Merivale...
Norman M. Thomas, former Socialist candidate for President, will speak next Monday at 4 o'clock in the New Lecture Hall about the developments in the Roosevelt program for the past year and the lessons they hold for democratic government. The meeting, which is open to all, will be held under the auspices of the Liberal Club...
...With the narration h e l d down to a bare minimum, the film gives you the brutality and inconsistencies of the World War in behind-the-scenes shots, many of which came from the cinematographic archives of the nations participating. Proof of the ability of the picture to "speak for itself" is given by the many slashing, booming, gorey minutes during which the e x p e r t commentator, Pedro de Cordoba, remains silent...
...wasn't the only one that showed emotion. Michaels sobbed openly when he had finished his speech, and Denham, the editor, could not speak for the tears that choked his voice. Gus felt awfully sorry for him. He had always suspected Denham of being something of a snob...
Your writers speak of the "mutual benefit to the coaching and the business policy with a separation of powers." If the coaches and players stayed on their fields and the officers of the H.A.A. locked themselves in their offices, how would the latter have any idea of the organization that they are running? The reason Mr. Bingham is so often seen at Soldiers Field is, first, that he wants to see the sports from the boys' and coaches' point of view rather than gather his impressions from erroneous letters to the CRIMSON, and second because of his natural interest...