Word: vicky
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...thing, has created some lively parts and, with the help of his own deft staging, has achieved some entertaining performances. Particular bright spots are Buddy Hackett as a fat racketeer, Dennis King as a spouting and swilling judge, Mary Anderson as a wronged wife out on a bender, and Vicki Cummings as an experienced blonde. And Playwright Kingsley has contrived some funny scenes, including one of a cutie (Sheila Bond) keeping open house while taking a bubble bath...
...poke at Barry Blake, another child actor in the play. Then the grownup actors-who can be just as sensitive in these matters as children-took offense when Jenny started stealing scenes from them, by mugging or winking at the audience. Backstage, Jenny thumbed her nose at Actress Vicki Cummings' maid, and, it was charged, even mother Hecht insulted Hollywood Actor Mark Stevens (playing Jenny's father) by yelling and burping into his face...
Mark Stevens, as the husband, was little better than his colorless role since he has only a natural style and likable manner. But his lack of brilliance highlights Vicki Cummings' sparkle as a lady whose repute is rather ill. Her lines feature gems such as Mae West tossed off in her salad days, and she lets them fall with delightful aplomb and ease...
...Voice of the Turtle, the play introduces two kinds of modern girl. One (Vicki Cummings), worldly and anxious for security and comfort, snares a conventionally religious Roman Catholic; their life is shallow but unshaken. The other girl (Viveca Lindfors), serious and independent-minded, rushes into an intense love affair with a bitter, harshly unsentimental young writer who, when she becomes pregnant, refuses to marry her. She, on the brink of suicide, responds to some inner voice; he, finally on the brink of despair, returns...
Executive board members-at-large will be Anne McReady '53, Helene Raff '54, and Vicki Blass...