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President--Deborah Batts '69, Kay Tolbert '69; V.P. Treasurer--Mary Goethals '69, Jill Pineus '69; Secretary Nominating Chairman--Susan Denker '70, Linda Pierce '71; NSA Delegates (2)--Ann Bastion '70, Nancy Lipton '69, Ellen Messer '70; College Council Representatives (2)--Phyllis Joachim '69, Judith Norsigian '70, Judith Smith '70, Sandra Walker...
...CASE OF LIBEL, adapted by Henry Denker from Louis (My Life in Court) Nizer's account of the Quentin Reynolds-Westbrook Pegler libel fracas, is tame theater fare, but courtroom drama buffs may relish it, and Van Heflin is a peppery paladin of justice...
...Case of Libel has been adapted by Henry Denker from a chapter in Lawyer Louis Nizer's bestseller, My Life in Court. The case, though veiled, is Newsman Quentin Reynolds' winning libel suit against Columnist Westbrook Pegler. Since the element of suspense is nonexistent, the result is fairly tame and lethargic, except for those who relish every predictable cliche of courtroom stagecraft...
...since the play is rigged for the triumph of good over evil, it is no more intellectually honest than a play that paints the world pitch black. Libel merely caters to an audience's smug self-righteousness, scarcely good growing weather for an examination of moral conscience. Playwright Denker ringingly declares for a responsible free press and due process of taw, which is about as audacious as sponsoring the Ten Commandments...
...rusty fishhooks and what have you. Walker, 21-year-old son of Jennifer Jones and the late Robert Walker, is the ideal idealistic dogface-and he has the looks and the charm of his famous father. What's wrong with the picture is its script. Scenarist Henry Denker says some things that cannot be said too often: a life once lost can never be replaced; anyone who kills, kills part of himself; men are born with original virtue as well as original sin; peace is a moral as well as a political achievement. But sometimes he is carried away...