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...well, to James Tyrone, the actor-patriarch of Long Day's Journey into Night, whom O'Neill modeled on his own father. Con dwells on Wellington's praise of his combat heroics as Tyrone dwells on Edwin Booth's praise of his acting. Both men are united in a fear of the poverty of Ireland and a desire to conceal their peasant origins. Both loathe the modern currents of their times. Melody despises the Jacksonian rabble just as Tyrone reviles such (to him) modern playwrights as Strindberg and Ibsen...
...scenes are an effective mixture of sound, light and movement that catches the intensity and power of the fever that brings these people out to dance. The dance floor is a vibrant pattern of red, blue and yellow flashing lights, punctuated by the incessant disco beat from the record booth. The dancers, especially Tony, are graceful, swirling pairs that make you wish you had learned how to hustle back in high school. Lean back and enjoy the dance scenes for their own sake. They form the backbone of the movie, so you will see a lot of them...
...producers, playwrights and songwriters. In 1938 he helped form the Playwrights Producing Co., which gave its member-writers (Maxwell Anderson, Robert E. Sherwood and others) control over their own works through bypassing producers. More recently Wharton worked with the Theater Development Fund to establish a reduced-price ticket booth on Times Square...
...evening last week, five hours after Dutch police had staked out the apartment, the Germans emerged. They walked to a phone booth a few blocks away. Ten heavily armed plainclothesmen followed 100 yds. behind. Finally one policeman approached them and said: "I want to make a call too." One of the terrorists replied, "Shut up. A moment, please"-and then opened fire with a pistol. The police countered with a barrage of shots until the terrorists fell to the pavement badly wounded. Still the Germans continued to shoot back for some time and one even managed to toss a hand...
Should the government release Francis Rowan, in exchange for the remains of the Unknown Soldier? While Booth and the others hide out on Cape Cod with the coffin, and the FBI launches the largest man-hunt in the history of the nation, Griese and the President realize that the American public wants its coffin back at any cost, even that of releasing an anti-war radical. Griese takes a quick helicopter trip to arrange the release with Rowan, and after some negotiation, the deal...