Word: woodenness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...John Kerr (Bernardine) enhances a nicely written role with sure, quiet acting. In the foggier role of the housemaster's wife, Cinemactress Deborah Kerr (no relation) is very radiant, but a little wooden. Theatrically, Kazan's direction is everywhere successful; yet it exploits its material as often as it expresses it; goes arm in arm with the script where it might better lead...
Caddy v. Keg. Atlanta's Atlantic Steel Co.. a major U.S. producer of nails, began packing them in new fiberboard cartons instead of the familiar wooden kegs. Developed by International Paper Co., the Nail Caddy saves up to 25% in storage space, has markings top and side for easy identification, and weighs 3 lbs. to 4 lbs. less than...
Both plays are in verse. MacLeish, Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory, wrote "The Trojan Horse" originally for radio production on the B.B.C. Its action takes place outside the walls of ancient Troy. The horse of the Greeks is seen, but few Trojans allow themselves to believe that the wooden animal 'is a ruse. The only person who clearly perceives the imminent danger is a blind poet, who will be played by Edward Finnegan. Finnegan is a director in the George Gersh win Workshop at Boston University...
...Rainbow (by Myron C. Fagan) was equally wooden and clumsy as the murdered-columnist whodunit it started off to be, and the anti-Communist-who-done-America-dirt it turned into. To keep the audience interested, it needed such allegations as that Harry Hopkins gave Russia the atom bomb...
...minute dramatic sketch midway in his comedy show. He turns down most offers to guest-star his ventriloquist act on other television programs, but he keeps an ear cocked for calls for Paul Winchell, actor. It's not that he doesn't have enormous affection for his wooden pal Jerry, but he asks: "How long can I stick with him? My project is building...