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...black hole now. At the edge of it a small, skinny boy stood staring big-eyed into the darkness. A tree creaked in the night wind. The boy looked wildly over his shoulder. He almost wished that somebody had noticed him slip out, but people hardly ever noticed little Alec. "Come on, Guinness!" he told himself between chattering teeth. "Come on!" He began to run. He ran clear around the football field as fast as his scrubby legs could carry him, and then ran round it again. He ran through the side door of the school auditorium. He ran onstage...
...Alec Guinness had arrived in the theater. Out of obscurity and a world of terrors, a faceless child with haunted eyes had rushed into a place of light; and from that night, the greasepaint stick became his lollipop. In 30 years of play acting. Alec Guinness has made himself one of the most expert living masters of his craft. On the stage he ranks with Olivier, Gielgud, Richardson, in the Big Four of British acting, and he is recognized as the most gifted character actor of the English-speaking theater. On the screen his 17 films-among them such comic...
...Bridge on the River Kwai. Winner of seven Academy Awards as 1957's best picture by the year's best director (David Lean) with the year's best actor (Alec Guinness)-a magnificent story of the horror and the glory of war (TIME...
...Oscars, presented with far less fanfare than the celebrities who handed them out, were almost ignored in the razzle-dazzle. With seven Oscars, The Bridge on the River Kwai swept the field for best picture, best director (David Lean) and best actor (Alec Guinness). Relative Newcomer Joanne Woodward (The Three Faces of Eve) was named best actress. Sayonara provided both the best supporting actor (Red Buttons) and supporting actress (Miyoshi Umeki...
...Bridge on the River Kwai. The best picture in current release: Director David Lean's magnificent story of the horror and the glory of war; with Alec Guinness, William Holden. Jack Hawkins (TIME...