Word: except
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...Richardson's The Prodigal, which has been enjoying acclaim and a long run in New York this season. Written during a fellowship to Europe when the author was still in his early twenties, the drama is a retelling of the ancient Orestes story. It is indeed a distinguished script, except for the last few minutes, which, with direct address to the audience, constitute a serious miscalculation. The production by the Charles Playhouse, under Michael Murray's direction, was little more than adequate; and only Pauline Flanagan, as Clytemnestra, provided a wholly satisfactory performance...
Essential to this kind of nonsense is the slender, suffering woman (Carolyn Jones) who stands between two strong but wrong-headed men, endures all of fate's buffets, and at the film's end is a nubile 60, no worse for wear except for a touch of zinc oxide at the temples. She is the beloved of Thor Storm (Robert Ryan), an honest Norwegian salmon fisherman, until ruthless Zeb Kennedy (Richard Burton), a drifting Irishman who is Ryan's best friend, purloins her affections. In Malemute anguish, Ryan harnesses his huskies and mushes off into the Arctic...
Actor Ryan's plane has crashed on a glacier. Will Actor Burton rescue his enemy before Warner Bros, runs out of celluloid? A more chilling question, for everyone except possibly the inhabitants of Rhode Island: After Texas (Giant) and Alaska, where will Edna Ferber strike next...
...gold-embroidered vestments, and crowns, diadems and tiaras given to the priests by Ethiopia's rulers as ceremonial offerings for military victories or upon their accession. Hung on the limestone walls and pillars of the church are three striking Madonnas (see color) that are kept covered with canvas, except on feast days, to preserve their brilliant colors...
...Players. Except for the lambently poignant Ellen Terry, England suffered an early 20th century eclipse of great Shakespearean acting-performers had their minds on the theater of social significance, and considered Shakespeare the kiss of death...