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...Young Men (Hall Bartlett; Columbia) expertly blends two traditions rich in cinematic cliche-the war movie and the fearless-denunciation-of-race-bigotry movie. Sidney Poitier, an accomplished actor so discriminated against because of his color that he will probably never be allowed to play a character who is not strong, sensitive and noble, is a Marine sergeant whose unit is chopped to pieces during a Korean war skirmish. The only officer dies, and Poitier takes over, despite a near mutiny by Paul Richards, a race-baiter who calls him "night-fighter." and Alan Ladd, a surly type...
...more than 40 years Climax has nestled next to Bartlett Mountain, where the Climax Molybdenum Co. has blasted out the world's largest molybdenum* mine. But company-owned towns have gone out of fashion. Explains Mine Superintendent Edwin J. Eisenach: "It used to be the company had to provide housing to get men to take jobs at Climax. Now transportation is good, and people don't want to live right next to the mine anymore. They want a home of their own, and they don't want their children to lead a segregated life...
...prices. A decision that this was in violation of the law would affect hundreds and perhaps thousands of firms. A drastic reorganization of the structure of business would result." The lawyers for the 29 oil companies moved for acquittal. Judge Savage upheld them. Said Socony Mobil Chairman Fred W. Bartlett: "The acquittal's coming without necessity of presenting our defense simply proves what we have said all along-that the case against us proved to be no case...
...yard individual medley--Won by Griffin (N); 2, Schellstede (H); 3, Bartlett (H). Time...
...before his death he experienced a transfiguration in which the heroic drunk and the dissolving genius were transformed and redeemed in a last great love. The notion is so silly that not even the moviemakers could convince themselves it was true. Scarcely a line in Sy (The Big Country) Bartlett's script rings true, and some of them are almost ridiculously false. ("How did a girl as pretty as you get to be the biggest witch in Hollywood?" a famous actress shrieks at Sheilah. "Only the second biggest," Sheilah purrs back, looking as if she has just said something...