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...River is a yarn about the first cattle drive over the Chisholm Trail, from deep Texas into Abilene, Kans., soon after the Civil War. It is also the story of the fierce character duel which develops, along the way, between the tyrannical boss cattleman (John Wayne) and his intransigent foster son (Montgomery Clift). Mr. Clift takes time out for a little romance with a "dancing girl"*(Joanne Dru), but essentially this is a movie about...
Cited for its "high lyrical worth," the new picture split honors with two other films* this month at the ninth Italian international film competition. With 46 features from 13 nations entered in the scramble for prizes, Louisiana Story won over such box-office boomers as Duel in the Sun, Gentleman's Agreement and The Big Clock. The Manchester Guardian wrote of the new Flaherty documentary: "The actions of these people, as Virginia Woolf once wrote of Homeric characters, 'seem laden with beauty because they do not know that they are beautiful...
...Rome a fortnight ago, two music critics fought a duel over their critical opinions, left the field of honor only after one was pinked in the arm. Last week, a soprano at Milan's famed La Scala bopped a critic for having written that she was "suffering from a slight vocal eclipse" in a performance of Aïda. Next day, the Milan Journalists Association condemned opera singers who assault music critics, praised the "chivalrous" music critic for not hitting back...
THIS VERY EARTH (254 pp.)-Erskine Caldwell - Duel!, Sloan & Pearce...
...exhibitions against white teams, Paige has faced and humbled the best. He struck out Rogers Hornsby five times in one afternoon. Joe DiMaggio nicked Satchel for one slim single in five games (said Joe: "Best pitcher I ever saw"). After dropping a 13-inning, 1-0 pitching duel to Paige, Dizzy Dean paid Satchel a dizzying tribute: "Me and Satch could win 60 games in one season." (To a reporter, Satchel Paige once confided the secret of his success: "Diet. I eat only fried foods...