Word: version
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Ohio's Republican Senator John Bricker, badly in need of some face-saving after moving far from his original position, wanted to make it appear that the Administration was also being forced into a compromise. He offered to accept a modified version of the George amendment on condition that President Eisenhower also publicly endorse...
...compromise by one word with any amendment which alters the constitutional balance of the three branches of Government. Besides, said Ike, the whole question is very intricate, and there should be no hurry. The Eisenhower stand caused Bricker to backpedal toward his starting point. He introduced a reworded version of his famed "which" clause. Cried Bricker: "I will never surrender on the basic principles involved...
...result, the film version of Jane Eyre often resembles the peculiar combination of ghost story and murder mystery, lacking only the corpse and the supernatural. It is bombastic, thoroughly enjoyable, and, of course, a fitting vehicle for Orson Welles. In appearance alone, Welles is a perfect Edward Rochester, who emerges dramatically out of the mists possessing a mysterious character to be explained only as the secrets of the past are discovered. In time, the past becomes obvious, but not before Welles forcefully displays the contradictory elements in Rochester, a man whom Miss Bronte describes as having a fine should hidden...
...supporting cast is generally excellent. Camera work adds much to the mood of the film, and usually relies upon darkness and shadow to accompany the drama. Jane Eyre has probably received its classic film treatment in this version, which retains the novel's exciting pace and a good deal of its insight. The appeal of the film, however, does not rest solely on a fine performance or lively drama. Despite its confused, mysterious overtones, Miss Bronte's novel is drawn along clear, simple lines. Her characters, once their secrets are uncovered, are easy to understand and she leaves no loose...
...acting, though, that is the show's real charm, btu the frequent excerpts from the operettas. Tastefully staged, expertly sung, and only seldom edited for length, this vignette version of Gilbert and Sullivan is tantalizing. Mixed with inner thanks for the privilege of seeing a trifling number of songs well done, there will rankle in each G & S fan's heart an anger that there is not more...