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...song from the top of the head.) by Edna St. Vincent Millary trifles elegantly around the theme of deceit--and so succeeds in shocking. Peopled by the likes of the menacing Colthurnus (David Palmer) the phantom prompter of the play-within-the-play and the stock, intuitively and irrepressibly daft Pierrot and Columbine figures, played by Jeffrey Blum and Lorraine James, of the play-without-the-play, the production seemed to slow down irreparably midway through. But Dean Ahmed, directing, manages to frame an unexpected climax to end the play on a note of crotchety sarcasm. The vivid costumes...

Author: By Salahuddin I. Iman, | Title: One-Acters | 4/27/1968 | See Source »

...plotless exercise, the film relies much too heavily on the hero's gnomish appearance and musical abilities: at one point the camera stands still while Moore's trio swings through a long and not very interesting jazz number. Miss Kendall's absurd composure seems more daft and deft than the muggings and pratfalls of the near-hysterical comedians around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Movies: Suzy's Two: Cynthia & Junction | 3/22/1968 | See Source »

...Daft with the drug that's smoking in a girl

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Worm Beneath the Nail | 12/22/1967 | See Source »

...Peter Kastner heads an impressive cast that includes Julie Harris, Elizabeth Hartman, Geraldine Page and Rip Torn in this daft if not always deft first effort by Director Francis Ford Coppola...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Time Listings: Apr. 21, 1967 | 4/21/1967 | See Source »

...DROP OF ANOTHER HAT is a visit with an urbane, engaging pair of hosts, Michael Flanders and Donald Swann, who invite those devoted to civilized wit in for a bit of a daft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Jan. 27, 1967 | 1/27/1967 | See Source »

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