Word: superbness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...have just finished reading the War in Asia section of TIME. It is, in my opinion, a superb...
...finest Broadway shows of all time, "Annie Get Your Gun," has now become one of MGM's biggest shows of all time. This just about sums up the difference: where Ethel Merman and Co. were superb, Betty Hutton and Co. are simply loud and active...
...best thing about the movie is Jackie Robinson himself, playing the title role. Burdened with some lines and situations that would weigh heavily on a professional actor, he gives a remarkably natural performance. Whatever his shortcomings as an actor, his playing mirrors not only a superb athlete but an earnest, thoroughly likable young man of uncommon moral stamina...
Sonatas for Unaccompanied Violin. music seems to grow leaner with the yeas. between two excellent performances of the superb Sonata No. 1, Alexander Schneider's (Mercury, 1 side LP) is for those who prefer a hardness of tone and a rather blunt forthrightness; Tossy Spivakovsky (Columbia, 1 side LP) plays with more beauty of tone and slightly softer phrasing. Violinist Joseph Szigeti (Columbia, 1 side LP) has no competition in his performance of Sonata No. 5 (or, on the other side, in the Concerto No. 1, with the New Friends of Music Orchestra, Fritz Stiedry conducting). Recordings: good...
...poet of the people, giving voice to their emotions and raising their language to poetry. The Harvard Dramatic Club's production of one of his farces is commendable both for its success in being true to the folk spirit of Lorea. This success is mainly due to the superb acting of Joanna Brown, the leading lady, who is on stage for all but a few moments of the entire evening...