Word: writer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Maryland's Governor-elect and a newspaper writer were on the panel...
...Hear It Now ... is the result of a two-year collaboration between Narrator Edward R. Murrow, Writer Fred Friendly and Producer John G. Gude. From 500 hours of broadcasting they selected some 60 minutes of outstanding events. Humorist James Thurber listened to the records and, over a weekend, wrote a 10,000-word critique, recommending a new and faster opening and more condensation. The collaborators went to work again and finished up with the present tightly knit ten-side album...
Unfaithfully Yours often trips over its own snarled plot lines and falls flat. But Rex Harrison gives a sly, buoyant performance in a tough, wordy role. And some of Writer-Director-Producer Sturges' whimsy and brisk dialogue are worth the wait through the dull spots. In a cast heavy with "characters," Edgar Kennedy, Lionel Stander and Rudy Vallee stand out. Vallee is especially good as a stuffed-shirt multimillionaire...
...directors of the BRA and this particular writer seem to have different ideas on what type of plays a repertory group should do. (Or it may be, what type of plays will bring in the customers.) "George and Margaret" is not suitable repertory material, but it is the "pleasant and amusing" comedy the directors said it would be. It is even uproariously funny is two or three instances, not a bad average, certainly. The acting couldn't be better and goes a long way towards covering up the pedestrian plot and characters...
...editorial writer in the Dallas Morning News claimed that academic freedom is nothing about crackpot arrogance with mortarboard and gown...