Word: devil
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Thus runs the evangelical message of Jacques André Istel, 28, a black-browed ex-Wall Streeter and dedicated prophet of parachuting in the U.S. His gospel: jumping, without emergency, out of an airplane can be a safe, exhilarating sport, not a devil-daring performance for iron-nerved musclemen. Europe has been convinced since World War II, and there thousands of men and women of all ages happily spend their weekends halfway between plane and earth. It is time for the sport to flourish in the U.S., says Istel. "There's no more to parachute jumping, done right, than...
Born. To Gina Lollobrigida, 29, Italian cinemactress (Beat the Devil, Woman of Rome), and Drago Milan (Mirko) Skofic, 37, Yugoslav-born physician: a son, their first child; in Rome. Name: Mirko. Weight...
...Hicks, making his first voyage as master. In 26 years the sturdy, Belfast-built Reina had made the trip hundreds of times. This time, six miles out, in the midst of colorful sea-fan gardens growing in coral that teems with blue angelfish, the Reina went aground on Devil's Reef...
...supporting cast includes a number of actors who deserve commendation, notably Michael Lewis as the irascible Roebuck Ramsden and Sorrell Booke as the arch-brigand Mendoza (also the Devil in the Don Juan scene). Cavada Humphrey turned in an adequate performance as the misunderstood Violet Robinson, as did Robert Brustein and Thomas Hill as her husband and father-in-law respectively. I particularly enjoyed John Wynne-Evans as Straker, Tanner's Cockney chauffeur...
...didactic dialogue. For those who may prefer plot to opinions on the artist-man and the mother-woman, combined with discussion of the relative merits of Heaven and Hell, there is the consolation of some very excellent special effects. The Hell scene is opened with an eerie concert of Devil's helpers, and characters appear with great explosions and mushroom puffs of smoke. The lighting by Greg Harney contributes also to the success of the Hell scene as it does to the entire production...