Word: sullivans
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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With the help of old photographs, newsreels, and excerpts from previous motion pictures about her, the film presents a brief outline of Miss Keller's early efforts, under the tutelage of Annie Sullivan, to establish some means of communication with the world and win an education at Radcliffe. The most effective parts of the movie, however, are those which show a routine day in her life at her Connecticut home. With frequent flashes of humor, her eagerness for even the smallest of new experiences here stands revealed. Since she possesses a singularly photogenic face and a beautiful smile...
...Ayres' acting does not reveal any hidden relevance. He is quite competent, but when he gets through with them, the dull lines are still dull. Supprisingly enough, much the same is true for Martyn Green, who pays one of the monks. The star of many Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, Green has demonstrated in the past that he is one of the finest, if not the finest, of the singing comedians working today. But Shangri-La, for the most part a determinedly serious show, gives him no chance at all to display his comic talents. The only real honors...
Ruddigore of Gilbert and Sullivan vintage will play at Agassize Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:30 p.m. Also a matinee performance Saturday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. Admission...
...slightly unconvincing, but his singing and a fine first act dance made up for any acting deficiency. Miss Petersen never could make up her mind what man she should marry and Loomis was mad as a hatter. Victor Altschul, Chester Hartman, and Alison Keith all added convincing Gilbert and Sullivan acting techniques to the production. Musical arrangements by pianist Richard Friedberg were superb...
...example of farcical comedy, Ruddigore offers wonderful opportunities. Mij Gohr and her cast recognized what had to be done, and turned the Gilbert and Sullivan opera into one of the finest shows of its type to hit Cambridge in a long time...