Word: vivid
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...color of these eyes has never been determined by any interviewer, including the present one. And they are the most vivid clue to her personality. The quick change ability, the determination, the strength of purpose, combined with the genuine spirit of kindliness in the woman herself, is reflected in her eyes...
Getting back to the immediate issue it must be noted that Madame Nazimova plays with an intensity and gravity which compel sympathy and which make the drama as vivid to us as could possibly be expected. In the difficult role of young Alving, her son, Harry Ellerbe, performs with deep sincerity and skill. One Munson is properly earthy and youthful in the part of Regina, the servant girl and McKay Morris as Pastor Manders and Raymond O'Brien as Jacob Engstrand both create vivid personalities...
While the individual narratives are surprisingly detailed and localized, readers are likely to find Audrey Wurdemann's symbols too conventional to remain long in the memory, her lines too diffuse to communicate vivid images...
...Brick Presbyterian Church of New York, its detailed study of the honors, awards and testimonials bestowed upon him by eminent figures in all walks of life. But despite Tertius van Dyke's naive acceptance of contemporary estimates of his father's greatness, the biography throws a vivid light on the kind of bland, well-meaning, complacent U. S. writing that flourished in pre-War years. "He always," declares his son, "said yes to life...
...years between 1811-1816, the climax of Frances Winwar's longer and more inclusive The Romantic Rebels comes with her record of the same period. The Romantic Rebels explores the interwoven lives of Byron, Keats, Shelley, gives an impression of diffuseness in comparison with Peter Quennell's vivid portrait. Even readers thoroughly familiar with the Byron legend are likely to find Byron: The Years of Fame absorbing reading, both for the sprightliness of Peter Quennell's prose and for his occasional daring insights. The Romantic Rebels places Byron's life in perspective with the astonishing careers...