Word: tales
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Franklin is a master story-teller. Treating himself almost as a third person, he always emerges as the hero of every tale. This is as it should be. By any standards, Franklin is a great man. He made lots of money, he won lots of women, and for years, he matched daring with death every Sunday afternoon to win over even the most devout afficionados...
Practice also includes an extensive course in first aid, which 15 men are taking this fall. The Red Cross lecturer, says Steve Den Hartog gives the standard helpful hints, as well as subtle anecdotes. Such is the tale of the man who leaped from a cliff after being bitten by a rattlesnake, thus solving the problem of a mountainside cure...
Obejectively there may be nothing wonderful about "The Wonderful Country"-but I suppose it can be very relaxing after a rash of hour exams. At least it's wild, wooly, and "authentic" tale of the Old West where men were men, if they lived long enough...
This Prisoner of Zenda often stresses purple prose at the expense of red-blooded action, but all in all, it is a colorful version of a popular adventure tale. Granger gives a lively performance as both king and commoner. James Mason seems to enjoy swaggering through his role as the dastardly Rupert of Hentzau, and provides the picture with its most athletic sequence as he duels Rassendyll up & down Zenda castle. Lewis Stone, 72, who played the dual lead in the 1922 silent version, is here cast in a minor role as the cardinal...
...Nothing. 32. Breda and Frank could not complete the fairy tale; and so ended the romance that began: 1. In a little theater off Union Square...