Word: plot
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Jane has little plot; it is a pattern of sharp repartee and character dilineation. Its performers--Edna Best, John Loder, and Howard St. John--strut across the stage, catching epithets and deftly whipping them back. And for at least one whole act--until the wind gives out--Jane sails along lightly and smoothly...
...acts deal with Jane's transformation from shabby to chic, her success in society, and her marital difficulties. A subtle comedienne, Miss Best's timing and intonations are perfect for this part, which demands a curious combination of wisdom and naivite. But in the last two acts, the plot disintigrates, and neither Miss Best's performance nor the feathery pomposity of Loder and St. John can hold Jane together...
Tobin said last night he does "not think Baum was in on the plot to destroy the work of 150 sincere Democrats. I merely think he was duped...
Bella Musica (Dinah Shore; Victor). This one is almost certain to hit the juke trade hard: it has plenty of repetition, a jigging rhythm and not a trace of plot or even idea...
Torture & Truth. The plot is simple...