Word: walston
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...road company lacks some of the sparkle of the original cast, which for the most part is still playing in New York, they put the show over with considerable verve and finesse. Ralph Lowe plays the lead in suitable all-American-boy style. As Applegate, alias Mephistopheles, Ray Walston is properly sardonic and fast-paced. Devra Korwin, who handles the part of the standard siren played by Gwen Verdon on Broadway, is the major sex interest of the show. As a dancer, she is expert, but as a singer she is better to look at than to listen...
Thus, say Wall Streeters, the wise investor should pay more attention to earnings and dividends of individual stocks, plus the overall stability of the U.S. economy and its future prospects before deciding whether the market-and any individual stock-is too high or too low. Says Walston & Co.'s top Analyst Tony Tabell: "Everyone would be a lot better off if they forgot the averages entirely and concentrated on individual stocks, but we can't seem to get it through to the public...
...Luttrell Maclin. the "election of the Democrats would not be catastrophic, or even necessarily bearish." His explanation of the slide: "The market was just too high. General Motors and Du Pont, for instance, reached their high a year ago, and they've been going down ever since." Walston & Co.'s Research Director Edmund Tabell, a top chartist, added: "The market has lost upside momentum for 18 months. But this is not what I call a bear market. This is just a selective market...
...Walston is a first-rate Devil. Disdaining pitchfork theatrics, he is a provokingly cool customer even when buying souls, with a tart, casual manner and a fine, stylish unwholesomeness. As Joe Hardy. Stephen Douglass does all that is required of him - bats .524 for the Senators, sings very well for the show. Richard Adler-Jerry Ross songs and Bob Fosse's dances have hardly more than the outdoor virtues, but they have the right rousingness and tingle. And William and Jean Eckart's sets are amusing and crisp...
...opposed to the usual musical comedy paste board people, Damn Yankees develops a stage full of entertaining characters. Ray Walston, as Applegate, seemed to me the best of all. A fast-talking pitchman with fire-red tie and sox, Walston has the cards, and all the best lines, stacked in his favor. Red-haired Gwen Verdon, as a witch Applegate imports from 'Chicago, sings a little and dances a lot. If you've heard "Whatever Lola Wants," you may have dismissed it is standard juke-box gruel. The meal may seem finer after you watch Miss Verdon grinding...