Word: holbrooke
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...make up with their innocent high spirits what they lack in common sense and stability. In this case, the gamine is played by the ubiquitous Goldie Hawn. The author, whom convention dictates must reluctantly fall for her despite bouts of reformist palaver and exasperation, is played by Hal Holbrook...
...some similar punishment for people who make movies that celebrate such figures-without really making up their minds whether to do so humorously, romantically or tragically, thus ending in an uninflected middle. They ought to do a little extra time for involving in the mess actors as gifted as Holbrook and Supporting Players Anthony Hopkins and Gregoire Aslan. -Richard Schickel
...wife (Sada Thompson) far gone in status panic-running up huge bills, insulting society ladies, publicly accusing her husband of infidelity, even being investigated for disloyalty by a congressional committee. Lincoln's nobility in the face of this passeth all understanding, despite a canny, understated performance by Hal Holbrook...
...nice to have it confirmed with a kiss from the British star of My Fat Friend Lynn Redgrave. "I used to be scared working in New York," she cooed to the patrolmen, "but this time I notice a huge difference." Two years ago, 60 actors, including Hal Holbrook, Julie Harris and Joan Hackett petitioned the city for better protection of the grubby Great White Way. It was claimed that actors could not step outside the greenroom without getting goosed or mugged. Today, says A Little Night Music's Hermione Gingold, "There are far less evil-looking people around...
...Maynard Holbrook Jackson Jr., 36, entered politics at the top in 1968 by challenging Georgia's Senator Herman Talmadge. He lost the primary but carried Atlanta by 6,000 votes, within a year was elected the city's vice mayor. A hulking (280 lbs.), courtly, articulate attorney who graduated from Morehouse College at 18, the well-connected Jackson last year won Atlanta's mayoralty to become the first black leader of a major Southern city. Popular with both the black and white business communities in Atlanta, he is likely to run again for the Senate...