... church of Christ out of curiosity. They don’t want to get involved, but they want to be "in the know" in the community. In an effort to meet this need, they maintain a guarded and casual relationship to the church. In the second act of Paddy Chayefsky’s play, Gideon, the Angel of the Lord realized that Gideon whom he has chosen has rejected him. Throughout the play, Gideon has been torn between the desire to serve and the longing to be served. Sometimes he has been loving and sometimes his frustration ...
... given. Early in his career, Ernest Borgnine was working with Spencer Tracy on a film titled Bad Day at Black Rock when he was offered the chance to play the lead in a small black-and-white film written by an unknown television writer named Paddy Chayefsky. Borgnine, frustrated with always being cast to play heavies, told Tracy that he was leaving for New York to do the part. Years later Borgnine recounted on a television talk show that Spencer Tracy thought this would be a big mistake and Borgnine should be ...
