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Hoof and Croon. Kelly has directed some new sequences to introduce the film clips, pleasant interludes sung and danced by the director and Fred Astaire, appearing together for the first time in a movie since they did The Babbit and the Bromide in Ziegfeld Follies (1946). Astaire is 77 but retains his very particular charm. He is part boulevardier, part made-in-U.S.A. naïf. Kelly, 63 and still able to dance in and out of rain puddles better than anyone else ony earth, stages these hoof-and-croon sessions with roughhouse smoothness. Among the assorted clips...
...Nobody is happy about closing the libraries," Harry Levin, Babbit professor of Comparative Literature, said yesterday about the decision. "If I had my way the library would be open day and night for the whole year...
...which seems far from evident to many of us who stand closer to the academic scene. If I presumed to offer any advice, it would simply be that Mr. Bok pay no attention to Mr. Bernays, fire some of his functionaries, and follow his own decent instincts. Harry Levin Babbit Professor of Comp...
...Prof. Babbit Speaks...
...prize is given by playwright Robert Anderson in memory of his wife. Judges this year were Harry T. Levin, Irving Babbit Professor of Comparative Literature, Cedric Whitman, Francis Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature, and David Wheeler, director of the Theatre Company of Boston...