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Ordet (Palladium; Kingsley International) is that rarest of delights for the fastidious eye, a film by Carl Dreyer. Dreyer, 68, is a Dane who has made his living as a newsman and his reputation as a cinematic creator on the strength of a half-dozen pictures that few people have seen. Only two have been generally noticed in the U.S. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) was considered by most critics "an experimental film," but it has since served serious moviemakers as an invaluable primer on the uses of the closeup. Day of Wrath (1948) was a tenebrous expatiation...
...story is told with the luminous sincerity that haloes most of what Dreyer does. He has a deeper sympathy with the burgher virtues, a higher sense of the prosperous interior than almost any artist since the Flemish Renaissance; his frames impart the spiritual light of common things. And he can paint for the ear as well as for the eye; when suddenly the sound track fills with singing birds and a music of axles, bright September blows into the theater, tingling in the thoughts like merry harvest weather. Director Dreyer loves the human face ("A land one can never tire...
...opening program of the series, a performance of Honegger's "King David" by the M.I.T. Choral Society, will take place at 8:30 p.m. this Thursday, July 5, in M.I.T.'s ultra-modern Kresge Auditorium. The next event will be "An Evening of Carl Dreyer's Films: Vampire and The Passion of Joan of Arc," which will take place next Wednesday, July 11, in Harvard's Allston Burr Hall, Room...
...local provincial whim? Or shall we stand firm with the rest of the Ivy League, as national institutions, in adhering to Eastern Standard Time? Waiter L. McLean '56, Timothy D. Eilard '56, Edward K. L. Upton '56, Alan D. Lourle '56, Charles S. Lipson '54, and David J. Dreyer...
...York, at N.Y.A.C. spring games, National Champion Bob Backus tossed the 56-lb. weight 41 ft. 11 in. to set a new world's record. Previous record: 41 ft. 7½ in., by Henry Dreyer...