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...Grace Kelly in To Catch a Thief, dodging a malefic crop duster in North by Northwest. Grant also adorned the genre's apogee, Stanley Donen's Charade, in which the star has five identities and a protective lust for Audrey Hepburn. Neat plotting, chic dialogue, a funny-grotesque supporting cast and enough frissons to send an audience out spooked and happy. They don't make pictures like these anymore. Case in point: Legal Eagles. It ought to work. Robert Redford can give good suave; Debra Winger could be Audrey Hepburn (or Kate) brought down to earth. The plot ransacks honorable...
...Editors: What to make of New York State Governor Mario Cuomo (NATION, June 2)? A President, I hope. Andrew Corcoran Bradford, Mass. I have never voted for a major political candidate, only against. I hope Cuomo will give me the chance to cast my ballot for someone. Harold Freiman Berkeley Your article paints Cuomo as a man who is deeply influenced by Roman Catholicism. It attributes to the Governor a lifelong fealty to the ideals of St. Thomas More, the statesman-martyr under King Henry VIII in 16th century England. Cuomo's fealty, however, crumbles in a most crucial aspect...
...spare time wisely, watching Anthony Dowell rehearse. She was picked for the company at 17, but chafed at being in the corps. ''I never felt part of the whole, I hated to be in line.'' Spoken like a ballerina. Ferri's big break came when Sir Kenneth MacMillan cast her in Mayerling, and she was soon performing a wide repertory. When Baryshnikov came calling, Ferri was ready, leaving the Royals with a mere ''You only live once.'' In her first year at A.B.T., she has worked with typical speed and intelligence, learning six major roles, three of them in full...
...have an interesting Simpsons fact. I do believe it's accurate to say that Jim Carrey gets more for one movie than a Simpsons cast member has gotten for the life of the series...
Mission accomplished: Cast members of W. arrested during bar fight...