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Playhouse of Stars (Fri. 9 p.m., CBS). John Beal in Double Exposure...
...script told him. "I will just tell you the whole story. I live on a farm at the southwest coast of Ireland. On Friday, Aug. 23, 1946, I drove the cows to the fields beside the sea and then went for a walk on the strand called 'The Beal.' It is an inlet of Dingle...
...were realistically filmed at San Quentin, but the six convicts are now jailbirds of a more flamboyant feather. Among their activities, which have been broadly colored up for movie purposes: smuggling the wife of a fellow convict into prison in a crate marked "Highly Inflammable"; saving Psychologist Wilson (John Beal) from being used by a psychopathic killer as a jailbreak shield. To these extravagant exploits the picture adds others even more farfetched: the convicts operating a bookie joint called the Psychosomatic Bookkeeping Co. in the psychologist's office; Wilson quelling a near prison riot singlehanded...
...their roles. Cavada Humphrey made a sensitive and pitiful Anna, while Jan Farrand was convincingly naive and noble as the other woman in Ivanov's life. Jerry Kilty and Earl Montgomery turned in fine performances considering the complexity of their roles as washed-out old men. But John Beal, the imported leading man, lacked inspiration. The part of Ivanov requires a certain intensity which must reveal itself immediately and grow with the development of Ivanov's character. Beal reached the proper emotional level only in his long third act soliloquy. For the remainder of the performance, he vacillated between over...
George Miller of Eliot House yesterday took first place in the inter-House wherry preliminaries. Other finalists are Dick Fouquet of Dunster House, Lee Segal of Leverett House, and Nick Reinhardt of Kirkland. Bruce Beal, Gregorio Escalente, and Arnold Glendinning will row in the freshman finals. The final regatta will be held Thursday...