Word: playwrighting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Laguna Beach, Calif., Playhouse: The Diary of Anne Frank, with Jenny Hecht, Playwright Ben Hecht's 15-year-old actress daughter, who is almost as seasoned...
Richard Dozier is most appealing as the reporter-playwright Bert. In an unostentatious role, Dozier stands out for his smooth, clean-cut, and earnest performance; and he does not overdo his drunk scene as would most young student actors...
...Richard Nash, a major Broadway playwright, has fashioned an excellent screenplay, remarkably faithful to DuBose Heyward's libretto. And Oliver Smith has captured the flavor of Catfish Row in an authentic-looking, yet properly stylized set. The color, the lighting, Irene Sharaff's costumes--all beautiful. Andre Previn (winner of last year's Academy Award for his work on Gigi) did the arrangements, which bring a new fullness to the Gershwin score. They are lush in the best Hollywood tradition, but never maudlin...
Sylvia Daneel and Tad Danielewski are husband and wife in real life, but that is about where the adherence to precedent ends, I fear. They both have pronounced European accents, which might have added an interesting quality to the produce of a Dutch playwright. However, they make for some strange line readings and an improper inflection often kills a good laugh...
Middle of the Night. Fredric March as an aging widower who becomes involved with his 24-year-old receptionist (Kim Novak), in Playwright Paddy (Marty) Chayefsky's most, sustained and mature work to date...