Word: casting
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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That was the simple outline of the play; what made it exceptional, as played by an excellent cast including Mildred Dunnock, was the unpretentious directness with which Edwin Cranberry's short story reached the TV screen. If at times too deliberate, the show was neither sentimental nor afraid of sentiment, skillfully played on the viewers' emotions with the cool, sweet memory of an earlier trip to Czardis when the father was still strong and happy; with the boys' childish, poignant attempt to find a present they can take to him; above all, with the wrenching contrast between...
...Depression-ridden 1933, the late Rt. Rev. George Craig Stewart, Episcopal Bishop of Chicago, cast about for a way to raise money from church members who were growing increasingly worried about raising money for themselves. He asked them to put a small container on the family table and put in a penny after grace at each meal. Through war and good times, the 6-in. cans stayed on the tables, and last week Chicago's Episcopal piggy bank hit the million-dollar mark...
...depth and meaning to scenery chewing. When two of them duel, Fairbanks-fashion, on the edge of a cliff, they very nearly succeed in bringing to life this tired old Sir Arthur Conan Doyle story of scary Jurassic doings way off in the Amazon rain forest. The human supporting cast, which includes Michael Rennie and Fernando Lamas, adds very little. But then, the reptiles get all the good lines...
...ineptitude of the acting, but it seems likely that not all of the blame should be placed on the individual actors. Much of the responsibility is the property of Mr. Swortzell who, besides mismanaging his actors' movements has also failed utterly to provide any unity of style for his cast. In any case, the acting is so uniformly abysmal that no purpose would be served by naming names. The one aspect of the show that is worthy of praise is the fine set designed by Stephan Palestrant. He alone seems to have any idea of the style and lightness required...
...certain respect, summer courses may have reflected a growing American concern with learning. The NBC network, for example, broad cast a series of five lectures during the summer of 1935, including one by William Y. Elliott, later Director of the Summer School. "American Town Meeting of the Air" originality from Sanders Theatre all through the summer...