Word: unraveling
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When Joan Greenwood opened on Broadway in The Confidential Clerk most critics were so anxious to unravel the play's meanings that they relegated Miss Greenwood to their 20th paragraphs. Shortly afterward, Audrey Hepburn came to town in a less murky production and had every reviewer reduced to ardent grovelings. It never seemed quite fair...
...life. It is impossible to be completely candid. It's an art and it takes technique, and you have to learn it. If you've lived a life that isn't free and open with people, it's almost impossible to unsnarl it, to unravel the ball of twine...
...statuettes of extraordinarily grotesque vigor, and others that are outstanding for their subtle realism. A hat and a wall-hanging made entirely of feathers brighten the display. There is a poncho with a checkerboard pattern, and many cloths so elaborately embroidered that the eye cannot be brought to unravel their designs. Rock crystal, jade, silver, ivory and turquoise jewelry conjure up court scenes of exotic splendor...
When Harry stops playing it doggy dog, he and The Prospect Before Us unravel fast. A young Negro girl from a civil rights association maneuvers him into renting her a room in the Green Glade. As if on cue, the Jakes. Gils and Morrises, the banks and realtors all land on Harry: so do fragments of his own hotel tiles, loosened by an unfriendly hand. Stubborn Harry doesn't scare, but all he can salvage from his tiny, crumbling domain is a brief, implausible love affair with the Negro girl. Reverting to me-first principles, he sets fire...
...contrast to Edward's revelation, Miss Bronte chose to unravel Jane's character step by step, following her growth from a mistreated Chile to governess of Thornfield. Jane Eyre's early years provide the film with its best opportunity to depict the author's social philosophy, and the scenes of the orphanage contain both excellent photography and acting. Joan Fountain plays the mature Jane Eyre with all the simplicity and firm sense of right and wrong that Miss Bronte intended...