Word: starrs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...John Luther Long) and play (by David Belasco), it tells what an Italian thinks an American would feel if he went ranching with a Japanese girl. Most of the time, this confusion is compounded by the staging. In the words of an old Far East hand, Cornelius V. Starr, Butterfly productions usually present "a kind of tourist Yokohama, or half New York Chinatown...
Lady Luck. In Oklahoma City, Policeman R. W. Starr gallantly assisted a woman who was having trouble with a parking meter, banged it hard a couple of times, gave her a summons when a slug appeared behind the glass...
...Frances Starr...
...only real shortcoming in this production is Frances Starr's performance in the important role of James' mother. Of course almost anyone would be at a disadvantage in having to follow Dame Sybil Thorndike, who premiered the role with such magnetic grandeur. But Miss Starr is woefully inadequate to the demands of the part. Mrs. Callifer is a protective woman who is used to having her way and being the boss; hers is a dominant personality. In Miss Starr's hands she emerges as a soft and weak character. It's too bad that Florence Reed was not retained...
Television parties outnumber movie parties four to one, but oldtimers find them lacking in the oldtime glamour. Says one veteran: "Too many men in empty grey flannel suits and expressions." Says Gossipist Jimmy Starr: "At parties the TV people are on one side of the room, and the movie people are on the other side. TV and movies haven't jumped the social...