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What makes The Knack fresh, of course, is Lester's verve. It is in fact so much a director's picture that characters tend to take precedence over performances. Yet the acting--by Rita Tushingham as Nancy, Ray Brooks as Tolen, Michael Crawford as Colin, and Donal Donnelly as Tom--is impeccable. And the dialogue, except for a bit of repetitiousness now and then, has the sound of dead-on improvisation. It all adds up to a cool, inventive, very funny film...
...Brooks is an oily-smooth sinister Tolen in narrow trousers, high-heeled boots and dark glasses, cool, suave, and detestable. Michael Crawford and Donal Donnelly play awkward Colin and buck-toothed Tom with childish glee and exuberance, especially when Colin finds a bed far bigger than Tolen's could possibly...
...house occupied by three oddball bachelors. One is a potent pipsqueak (Ray Brooks), mysteriously endowed with the knack of "making it" with the opposite sex. One is a pallid, reticent schoolteacher (Michael Crawford), for whom the way of a Mod with a maid remains ever beyond reach. The third (Donal Donnelly) is a simple eccentric who spends his energy painting the walls of his room white...
Such brief sketches, of course, are only caricatures. For example, Donal Holway of the CRIMSON, Richard Bertocci of the News Office, and Hugh Blackmer of the Yearbook are fine photographers in almost any situation. Warren Krupsaw is another, and his exhibit has the fullness and variety I expected...
...back row are Sanford H. von Mayrhauser '65, of Leverett House and Worcester, advertising manager; Donal Holway '64, of Adams House and Darien, Conn., photographic chairman; and Donald M. Graham '66, of Winthrop House and Washington, D.C., sports editor...