There are two things in ordinary conversation which ordinary people dislike - information and wit.
Ford didn't know what to do with Mister Roberts that wasn't repeating what was successful in New York. He was trying to do things to the play that would be his in the film.
Andrew Carnegie, Businessman (1835) |
Shelagh Delaney, Playwright (1939) |
Bob Ehrlich, Politician (1957) |
Robert. L. Ehrlich, Politician (1957) |
Martin Feldstein, Economist (1939) |
Jerry Ferrara, Actor (1979) |
Helen Gahagan, Actress (1900) |
Joe Gibbs, Coach (1940) |
Charlaine Harris, Author (1951) |
Pope John XXIII, Clergyman (1881) |
Roald Dahl, Novelist (1990) |
Laurence Harvey, Actor (1973) |
Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, Author (1950) |
Charles Kettering, Inventor (1958) |