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Presley was funky and unbridled, passionate and rebellious, respectful of the maverick traditions his music sprang from but proudly, defiantly new. His singing tapped and trapped that mysterious, wondrous thing at the heart of American popular music. Sam Phillips, who recorded all Elvis' early sides for his seminal Sun Records, called that elusive core the place "where the soul of man never dies." Presley would never have put it in such high-flown terms. When That's All Right, Mama became a hit, he simply let himself be borne heavenward in the great celebrity updraft. hurry home, he wired...
This mystique made Lancaster, who died last week of a heart attack at 80, the first modernist movie hunk. He sprang to prominence in the emotional chaos after World War II and was a star in his first role, as the doomed Swede in The Killers (1946). Immediately viewers could spot a gritty urban charm, brooding good looks, a handsome physique. He made the most of this charisma in The Crimson Pirate, an ebullient homage to Douglas Fairbanks that drew on Lancaster's own acrobatic skills, and later as the consummate con man in both Elmer Gantry (for which...
...Harvard BRAIN sprang forth from the Undergraduate Society for Neuroscience during the spring of 1994. "Our first issue was a great success," said Fred S. Soo '96, co-chair of the society, "There's a lot of enthusiasm...
When the announcement came early this year that Carol Channing would take to the road in a 30th anniversary tour of Hello, Dolly!, two questions sprang to mind: Just how ancient is Carol Channing, anyway? and Why would anyone want to see yet another version of that sappy, mediocre show? Here are the answers: 73, but capable of delivering an ageless performance that reminds theatergoers of what it means to see a star; and this particular Hello, Dolly! is a superb production of one of the happiest creations in all of musical comedy. In general, cross-country tours...
Keeping closer watch on the election is an idea that sprang from the council's reevaluation committee last year. "Reevaluation pays attention to maturing issues that may not be of particular interest to an individual," said former press secretary John Feeney...