Word: unconvincingness
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As Bartley, the sixth son, Ray Fenelle was properly head-strong and manly; but his virility often impaired his intonation, and some of the phrasing was forced and unconvincing. Joanna Bartlett '63 and Barbara Katz, as the daughters, sang with clean tone and general competence; their acting was less admirable...
Film revivals are all too often a shattering experience. For six years I have reverently remembered East of Eden as the first of the three James Dean greats; after a second viewing at the Brattle yesterday, Dean (fortunately) seems as convincing as before, but the film itself is little more...
If Bresson's theme, the first parish assignment of a young French curate, is sufficiently mundane, his treatment of it becomes increasingly unconvincing. The priest himself suffers from all manner of physical and mental ills (he doubts his faith, and is ultimately a victim of cancer of the stomach), but...
Starts Sunday: A lemon from Hollywood stars the actor of the same name and a fallen teen-idol, Rickie Nelson. It's called THE WACKIEST SHIP IN THE ARMY, and the title, believe you us, contains the funniest gag of the whole piece. Co-featured is a singularily unconvincing thriller...
The Charles Playhouse production is not good enough to overcome the play's weaknesses. John McQuade conveyed less of of Keller's toughness than of his nervous guilt (perhaps the nervousness was McQuade's), and Alan Bergmann was properly intense and idealistic as Chris, though the character seemed somewhat more...