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Arthur Lewis, the master who returns unexpectedly, is respectable if slightly over-done. Judith Gilmartin, the pretty widow looking for a Spanish husband, performs with a coy grace. Bob LaCrosse is adequate for a small part; Leslie Buncher falls off his timing; and William Meador, the gaunt suspicious gamester, stumbles on his lines occasionally, and unfortunately calcifies a vital role...

Author: By John D. Leonard, | Title: The Alchemist | 11/15/1957 | See Source »

Died. (Albert) Wayne Coy, 53, sharp-nosed, sharp-witted onetime (1947-52) chairman of the Federal Communications Commission; of a heart attack; in Indianapolis. Radio-television consultant to TIME Inc. since 1952, Coy was president of the Albuquerque Broadcasting Co. (KOB-TV) until its sale last January, president of Twin-States Broadcasting, Inc. (WFBM-TV, Indianapolis, and WTCN-TV, Minneapolis) since then...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Oct. 7, 1957 | 10/7/1957 | See Source »

...Malcolm Brod-rick), a sensitive lad who loves his papa, hates his mamma, and utters sagacities, mature beyond belief, that would help resolve the mess if only the squabbling adults would listen to him. Also giving Crosby daily advice is his lawyer's girl Friday (Inger Stevens), as coy a baggage as ever hung heart on sleeve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Jul. 8, 1957 | 7/8/1957 | See Source »

...Sierra Mombasa" or "King Solomon's Mimes." With snarling distrust and open greed. Hero Wilde keeps a bloodshot eye on his brother's two partners, now his. because they are just as mean and avaricious as he is. In fact, Wilde distrusts the whole safari-even the coy lady anthropologist (Donna Reed) and her missionary uncle (Leo Genn), and certainly the natives, as shifty-eyed a pack as ever whetted spears. The snail's pace direction makes it seem they will never find that blasted mine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Jun. 24, 1957 | 6/24/1957 | See Source »

...shall be treated in order not of importance but of seduction. Charlotte Clark, the prostitute, adds little but a nicely hoarse voice to the dull opening, and is not helped much by Kurt Blankmeyer, The Soldier. Martha Cohen, The Maid, is prettily shy with the soldier, and shows a coy flair in her next scene, opposite Barry Bartle as a Young Gentleman who, after sleeping with her, can only say, nervously, "That'll be all. Thank...

Author: By Larry Hartmann, | Title: Reigen | 5/17/1957 | See Source »

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