Word: backgrounds
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Messel's costumes, especially the glittering pair for the Contessa, worn with stunning stylishness by Lisa Della Casa, have a grand line that is perfectly suited to both the Opera House stage and the spirit of Figaro. Against the predominantly gray background of the settings, the pastel dresses of the chorus and ballet and the vibrant yellows and reds of the principals' costumes produce wonderful, eye-filling tableaux...
...keeping with the European tradition of the coffee house as a place to meet and converse with friends, Miss Yanguas does not allow any guitar playing or background music in her cafe. Even Segovia would not be allowed to disturb the quiet. Nor will she permit eccentric barefoot students to enter. "You wouldn't go to see a friend without your shoes," she declares...
...choice of leaders, the student body looks for the all-American boy. John Jerbasi, president of the Undergraduate Council, is a top NROTC5A campus policeman vainly attempts to restore order as students battle for a piece of the goal posts following last week's game against Navy. In the background, a fraternity poster appears, urging the then-undefeated and untied football team to defeat the Midshipmen. The two teams tied...
...Last Angry Man combines some of the finest motion picture effects with many of the worst. Scenes of sheer poetry are juxtaposed with others of outrageous banality; splendid camera work is sometimes ruined by the most needless background music; several beautifully delivered speeches are muted by close-ups on the wrong faces. Only Paul Muni's performance as Dr. Samuel Abelman--the title figure--is consistently good...
...about technical effects is often questionable. For example, in a scene outside Dr. Abelman's house in the Brooklyn slums, three teen-age Negroes throw beer cans at Woody Thrasher's white sedan as Thrasher drives away. This moment could have been quite eloquent, but some loud, over-dramatic background music destroyed the entire effect...