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He looked smashing, tall and dignified with a shock of white hair, and his portrayal of the stern father was unusually tender and melancholy.
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The play, written by the husband and wife team Ruth and Augustus Goetz, tells of a plain young woman whose stern father suspects her latest suitor of wooing her for her inheritance.
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He had an austere childhood in a remote Jura village, growing up with a stern father (not to be disappointed) and a depressive mother (not to be troubled by his own fears).
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Bobby (Phoenix) runs a night club, while Joseph (Wahlberg), following in the stern footsteps of their father (Robert Duvall), is a Brooklyn cop.
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Co-author of the research and a professor of sociology, Julia McQuillan believes the image of the stern, career-focused father who is ambivalent about childcare may be made-for-TV.
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My father spoke with such eloquence and passion that the policemen turned from stern to sympathetic.
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