Word: godfrey
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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This very British novel is about a man whose face is his misfortune, by a woman whose name may be hers. Its protagonist, Godfrey Pettlement, is so hideous that children whimper and adults recoil in shock when they see him. Even horror-film producers find him too ugly to cast. "One doesn't think of you having a normal figure," somebody tells Pettlement. "It would be more in keeping if you somehow sploshed along the ground or were drawn by suction power...
...Poor Godfrey struggles through years of rejection before a rich young man accepts him, much as a lepidopterist might collect a grotesque rare moth. When the young man dies, he leaves Godfrey enough money to go to Britain's best plastic surgeon. What emerges is a face of such beauty that it suggests a saintly soul. Far from it. With beauty comes vindictiveness. Godfrey is bent on revenge for being spurned so long. He becomes a famous preacher who cries out to vast audiences: "Christ died for man to atone for sin. Can we do less...
...hero, unshaven, gritty, and intense. But the burn gets adopted by a decadent wealthy family (one member is Carole Lombard), and Powell turns debonair again as the butler who reforms the family. Made in 1938 by Gregory La Cava. This, along with limitation of Life are showing Friday night (Godfrey at 9 p.m., the other at 7:30 and 11 p.m.) as part of the excellent Hollywood Film Series that's been going on at BU's Sherman Auditorium. Saturday night at the same times are Kiss Before the Mirror and Showbeat...
...shutout was only the eighth in Beanpot history and the first since 1970 It was also the first shutout by a Harvard goalie in the Beanpot since 1962 when Godfrey Wood shutout...
Bruce got his first big break on the Arthur Godfrey Talent Scout show doing standard impersonations. He immediately became a popular young talent because his humor was clean. Anyone could get laughs with toilet jokes; Lenny didn't have to resort to filth. But as his reputation grew, Lenny relied less on prepared bits and began talking to the audience in a sort of stream of conscience. The routines loosened up, too, becoming more frank, explosive, and hard-hitting. The first of this new genre of skits was "Religions...