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Over the years, Jason Robards' psychic affinity for O'Neill has marked the peaks of his acting career. His Hickey in The Iceman Cometh, Jamie in Long Day's Journey, and title role in Hughie will probably never be surpassed. Increasingly, Robards even looks like O'Neill. He has the brooding, deep-set eyes that look out from O'Neill's photographs with searing gravity. His performance in Misbegotten will remain a touchstone for all actors to measure themselves...
...ICEMAN COMETH by EUGENE O'NEILL
...Eyes. Less than a month later, Falk, then 26, landed a role in an off-Broadway production of The Iceman Cometh, and for the next eight years he worked steadily, mostly as a heavy, in TV and films. At one point Columbia Pictures summoned him to Hollywood for a screen test but did not sign him. "For the same price," said Columbia's boss Harry Cohn, "I can get an actor with two eyes...
Success has a way of changing plans like that, and The Iceman Cometh is a success indeed. It is not merely a worthy production of a great play; it also possesses moments-most notably in the performance of Robert Ryan-of its own greatness. Altogether, it is a film of such extraordinary beauty and power that the A.F.T. would be doing both itself and the public a disservice if it quickly retired the film to a vault...
...ICEMAN COMETH...