Word: lovingly
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...make the mistake of crediting the opposite sex with their own characteristics. Shaw's lovers do not test each other's hearts, but only their wills. They are adroit in the campaigns worked up by the mental affections; they are trained in that military sense of love one sees also in Sheridan, in seeking out the strategy of character. There is no hate in this love and no fear either; it is neutral...
...Christianity, however, does not accept Freud's creed, that humans should satisfy their drives. It is unChristian to have intercourse outside of marriage. Couples who think 'this is love' even though they express their emotions through intercourse before they marry are really living at a distance from love...
...said, "is intended to be used as an expression of the deep love with which God imbued us and is the way in which the race is propagated...
Eugene Higgins, himself, was colorful as only a multi-millionaire can be. Tall and imposing in stature, flourishing an enormous, wild-looking moustache, he was in constant demand in New York and Paris society. But, the most eligible bachelor of any year, Higgins never married. Disappointed in love, unfortunate experiences, and just plain stubbornness--all were given as reasons, but the truth was never known...
...fault decidedly does not lie in the acting. Denholm Elliott plays two parts well--twins of opposite temperament, living in Auvergne, France, in 1912. Frederic, who has all the humanity that his brother Hugo lacks, is in love with a beautiful young heiress, but the heiress loves Hugo. Hugo brings a poor young ballerina to a ball to distract his twin from the heiress, and her presence there gives the plot much of the flavor of Shaw's "Pygmalion." Neva Patterson is not only gorgeous as the heiress, but she plays the part with splendid clairty and effectiveness. Stella Andrews...