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...freebies and 5,000 paid-squelched through hock-deep gutter slush into the theater. There was a satisfactory array of the famous on hand, and the famous-for-being-famous, somewhat too swaddled against the cold to glitter: Arlene Francis, Paul Simon, Norman Mailer, Mrs. Frank Sinatra, Adolph Green, Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Andy Warhol, Christopher Walken and Liza Minnelli. It is important at such events that especially celebrated ladies be whisked quickly through the crowd before the groundlings can become unruly in their worship, and Nastassia Kinski, one of the film's stars, wanly beautiful in a white coat...
This is the opening scene of A Soldier's Play, which inaugurates the Negro Ensemble Company's 15th season. It is a drama of tensile strength that almost deflects attention from its flaws. The dead man is Technical Sergeant Vernon C. Waters (Adolph Caesar), a regular Army, "all Army" noncom who fought in World War I. The time is 1944; the place Fort Neal, La. Apart from its white officers, this is a black outfit consigned to menial and, sometimes, degrading tasks...
...taut, forceful direction, Douglas Turner Ward elicits splendid performances from his cast. Adolph Caesar's portrayal of Waters merits an acting medal of honor. - By T.E. Kalem
...Adolph Rupp couldn't have handled the Cats better, getting some five minutes out of Sam Bowie with four fouls, and when Bowie finally fouled out, sending Mel Turpin in to do the job. It chokes you up to see how street-smart and worldly-wise the guy is. They say he coached a truly perfect game when Kentucky knocked LSU off just before the tournament...
...companies are moving as seriously into energy as Adolph Coors, the beer company. Home-brewed energy now generates 60% of the beermaker's electricity needs. "It is the company's philosophy to be totally energy independent," says Chairman William Coors. This year the company hopes that its own energy sources will trim $1 million from the $9 million annual fuel budget...