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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...commercials, attracted Peter Seller's notice, and directed him in a short (The Running, Jumping, Standing Still Film). He then won fame and fortune with A Hard Day's Night and further fortune with Help! Between Beatles films he made The Knack, which won this year's best-film award at Cannes...
...scheduled: August 12, 19, and 26 at 8 p.m. Since I discussed this production at great length in these pages two years ago, it seemed worthwhile this time around to request an evaluation from a person who has himself played the role of Lear. Harold R. Scott '57, an award-winning actor well known in New York and abroad, played Lear professionally to high acclaim at the age of 22--thus following the lead of Britain's famed William Devlin, who first played the role at the same age. Mr. Scott, who was a drama critic for the Summer News...
While nominated for an Academy Award in this country, Zorba the Greek has been poorly received in Europe, particularly in Greece where crowds have stormed the theatres in protest. Apparently the Greeks do not like to see their national character portrayed as the personification of animal instinct. The novel by Niklos Kazantzakis, on which the film was based, achieves a balance between the central characters so that a meaningful contrast can take place. The movie lacks that balance and so lapses into sentimentality. So fresh and unusual, with such vigorous acting and directing, if this film fails...
Swedish Director Ingmar Bergman, 47, is almost as pessimistic on paper as he is on film (Winter Light, The Silence). Bedridden for four months with a bronchial infection, Bergman issued a statement accepting The Netherlands' Erasmus Award ($13,800) for his contributions to the arts. It was less a statement than a cheerless obituary on the arts. "Religion and art are kept alive for sentimental reasons," brooded the Lutheran pastor's son; and the modern artistic movement "seems to me like a snake's skin full of ants. The snake is long since dead, eaten, deprived...
...Penelope Hartland Thunberg, 47, an expert in international economics for the Central Intelligence Agency, to a vacancy on the U.S. Tariff Commission. A winner of the 1965 Federal Women's Award for outstanding Government career service, Dr. Thunberg was notified of her appointment only two hours before she went to the White House to be introduced during President Johnson's press conference...