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"MARC BLITZSTEIN could be described as fine-tuned rather
than highly strung. His is the attentive stillness of some birds: one of the predators -- a
gyrfalcon. Serious rather than solemn, he brightens a room when he enters it. His
political beliefs are like moral convictions but they are held with the most perfect
serenity. In the Church he would be called saintly. A total stranger to extravagance in
any form, he is mannerly, well educated, unaffectedly civilized, a man of natural
authority and unstudied charm. If he sounds a little too good to be true, he is, almost,
just that. It never occurs to him that his mere presence is a kind of rebuke to the rest of
us. This is our author-composer, the young man who wrote THE CRADLE WILL
ROCK."
than highly strung. His is the attentive stillness of some birds: one of the predators -- a
gyrfalcon. Serious rather than solemn, he brightens a room when he enters it. His
political beliefs are like moral convictions but they are held with the most perfect
serenity. In the Church he would be called saintly. A total stranger to extravagance in
any form, he is mannerly, well educated, unaffectedly civilized, a man of natural
authority and unstudied charm. If he sounds a little too good to be true, he is, almost,
just that. It never occurs to him that his mere presence is a kind of rebuke to the rest of
us. This is our author-composer, the young man who wrote THE CRADLE WILL
ROCK."
- ORSON WELLES
The Cradle Will Rock: An Original Screenplay
The Cradle Will Rock: An Original Screenplay
The Marc Blitzstein Website
Be sure to visit John Jansson's
excellent Blitzstein site.
Be sure to visit John Jansson's
excellent Blitzstein site.