Word: goode
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...writing that could not get by in the theatre today; but the story, based on the mysterious life of poetess Emily Dickinson, is inherently dramatic and playworthy. A woman also wrote the group's next offering, The Chalk Garden. Enid Bagnold's play about two interlocking struggles is a good deal better than Miss Glaspell...
...chose to put on in the Union Common Room. Resourcefully directed by Julius L. Novick '60 under difficult conditions, this witty satire about the notorious Alexander Woollcott emerged as a highly entertaining production. Mikel Lambert '59, as Maggie, gave the most consistently fine performance--poised, polished, and sensitive. Other good work came from Earle Edgerton '56 (in the title role), Richard Dozier '60, Marguerite Tarrant '59, John Wolfson '60, and Erich Segal...
Billy Wilder's Sabrina has been around since 1954 and is back at our favorite theatre. It is a very good film: and, for a "slick comedy of manners, money, and martinis," sensibly written and surprisingly intimate in spots. Unfortunately, some bad jumps in the soundtrack indicate the print that the Brattle has this week is not a terribly good...
...tycoon Larrabee, Bogart has the appropriate earthiness that was last seen in Robert Ryan's portrayal of Gatsby. He is very good in the role. (Casablanca addicts will probably get a kick out of seeing Bogie sailing with his girl on the Sound and humming Boola-Boola...
...whole, the Church stands for the best in human life, although certain minor errors and shortcomings are necessarily apparent in it, as in all human institutions. 63 While the intentions of most individual Church members are no doubt good, the total influence of the Church may be on the whole harmful. I do not feel I can give it my active support. 16 The Church is a stronghold of much that is unwhole-some and dangerous to human welfare. As far as I am concerned, the sooner its influence declines, the better...