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...Letter originally starred Katharine Cornell on Broadway; Jeanne Eagels did it in the first movie (1929), and Bette Davis, with Wyler directing, in the second (1940). Wyler picked The Letter for his TV debut (on NBC's Producer's Showcase) because "in an unfamiliar medium I wanted a familiar subject." On a three-week schedule, he staged the entire production the first week, spent the other two on technique. "TV is so complex technically, it leaves little or no time for acting and directing." But by drawing on his broad movie experience, Wyler could see the whole...
Hands were burned raw as Andrea Doria's passengers slid awkwardly down ropes into the bobbing boats under the tilted starboard rail. With a shriek, an elderly woman lost her unfamiliar grip and fell heavily into a boat, where she landed grotesquely and lay still. Children were tossed from the deck to the outstretched arms of seamen. An impatient woman climbed the rail, dropped into the sea and swam for the nearest boat. As the boats filled and pulled away, some evacuees helped pull the oars, some sat stunned and silent, some leaned miserably over the side...
Summer School students unfamiliar with Harvard may take advantage of the University's free guided tours during the day. On weekdays, regular Harvard students will conduct tours of Harvard's historic buildings, museums and other points of interest starting at 10:15 and 11:15 in the morning and at 2:15 and 3:15 in the afternoon. On Sundays, the tour will...
...eyes as if lashing at the perpetual nightmare of the war and hoping in his "state of damnation ... to reveal the truth about this desolate world." Rarer than the power to shock is Author Gascar's power to evoke disgust, which he does by combining familiar objects in unfamiliar ways until they become surreal and emetic. In Gaston he describes a rat: "It looked rather like a great hairy carrot; it crouched there as all rats do, as soon as dusk has fallen and there is nothing to distinguish them from a lost slipper or a forgotten rag except...
Some instructors, Fieser said, were unfamiliar with the new series of experiments introduced at the beginning of the fall term. "As a result, we are trying to improve student's laboratory technique through devices such as these," Fieser stated...