Word: characterizes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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"In the English-speaking world, until the present generation, security has meant security from aggression or fault or wrongdoing of others. But today [it] is made to include security against one's own fault, improvidence or ill luck, and even defects of character . . . Thus a developing humanitarian idea seems...
This adaptation of Ludwig Bemelmans' novel doesn't quite come off. Elaine Ryan, the adapter, has been unable to capture the buoyancy of Bemelmans' writing, which derives its charm more from narration than dialogue. Those shreds of the novel which Miss Ryan has selected chronicle the ups and downs of...
...although he is by no means unsatisfactory. And Miss Eldridge has to grapple with a very unrewarding part; she is mainly called upon to interrupt the general's love affairs to moralize about his lust and to arouse his affection by attempting suicide. Two other parts, however, afford rich characterizations for the actresses who play them. Jacqueline Daly is very entertaining as the General's feline, hair-mussing French mistress, and Irene Moore has a great deal of primeval charm as the native girl whom he makes pregnant...
If Blanche were no more than a sham, the play would have no meaning. But Tennessee Williams' sensitive writing, and Uta Hagen's compassionate performance show Blanche as the wreckage of a "lady," a woman clutching at the past. It is this that makes the tragedy real and piercing. Miss...
Anthony Quinn, as Stella's animal-like husband, has a less complex part to play. He mirrors this nature faultlessly in a lumbering gait and heavy voice. His elemental character is complemented by the similar temperament of his wife. Played with calm and comprehending dignity by Mary Walsh, she becomes...