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...picture opens in Africa, where toughly sentimental Gregory Peck lies dying of gangrene. While vultures perch hungrily on a nearby tree, Peck trades cynical dialogue with his wealthy wife (Susan Hay ward) and relives some of the juicier parts of his Casanova past. The lovelorn trail begins with Teen-Ager Helene Stanley, who was jilted by Peck in consideration of a new rifle and an assured income from Uncle Leo G. Carroll. Next comes Paris, which gives Director Henry King a chance to create an evocative scene of a hot jazz concert of the 1920s, featuring the alto...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Sep. 22, 1952 | 9/22/1952 | See Source »

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. How eight Jews escaped the Gestapo for two years by hiding in an Amsterdam office building, recorded in the memorable journal of a teen-ager (TIME, June...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: RECENT & READABLE, Sep. 1, 1952 | 9/1/1952 | See Source »

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. How eight Jews escaped the Gestapo for two years by hiding in an Amsterdam office building; recorded in the memorable journal of a teen-ager (TIME, June...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: RECENT & READABLE, Aug. 18, 1952 | 8/18/1952 | See Source »

...sung in Carnegie Hall, with the Chicago and San Carlo opera companies, and in the better Manhattan night clubs. Gerard Darrow, 19, who hates publicity and therefore never attends any Quiz Kids get-togethers, majors in music at James Millikin University and is described as a "very normal teen-ager...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio & TV: The Kids | 7/7/1952 | See Source »

...heavily conventional treatment from scriptwriter and director, who often trample the story's tender reeds with Mediterranean melodrama. Compensation for these shortcomings: 1) a long, lingering look at Pier Angeli before Hollywood discovered her-in Tomorrow, her first Italian picture, made in 1949, she plays the tragic teen-ager with a gentle glow and an innocent coquetry that makes her far more alluring than most of Hollywood's veteran vamps; 2) a look at brilliant Director Vittorio (Miracle in Milan) De Sica as an actor. De Sica, 49, an Italian matinee idol before he turned to directing, proves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Apr. 28, 1952 | 4/28/1952 | See Source »

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