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...Tis spring at last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jan. 26, 1959 | 1/26/1959 | See Source »

...therefore, (though no one can be sure who is finally responsible for what) this Twelfth Night is a directorial success. Mr. Benthall's work lacks variety of mood and interest, and overstresses the play's quality of Keatsian languor and softness; yet, in its way, like Olivia's face, "'tis beauty truly blent...

Author: By Julius Novick, | Title: Twelfth Night | 1/16/1959 | See Source »

...gleefully read Morris Freedman's message to my nonconformist friends. Their groans and rueful smiles admit 'tis sad, 'tis true. I read it to them because TIME is not on the approved list...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 5, 1959 | 1/5/1959 | See Source »

...Gael Spencer Tracy gets a chance to make something out of the blarney that is built into the familiar figure of Frank Skeffington, rogue-hero of the popular 1956 bestseller. Result: a politico who is a combination of Robin Hood and Mother Machree. Sure and if he steals, 'tis only from the rich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Time Listings, Nov. 3, 1958 | 11/3/1958 | See Source »

...rascal who, on two occasions, found himself awearing o' the stripes when he was caught in the act of fraud. Tracy's Skeffington is just about the dearest old party since Santa Claus: a combination of Robin Hood and Mother Machree. Sure and if he steals, 'tis only from the rich, and doesn't the darlin' man turn right around and give it all to the poor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Two with Tracy | 10/27/1958 | See Source »

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