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...credit for opening people's eyes to Canada's Eskimo artists goes to a Quebec artist named Jim Houston, 32, who first went to the Arctic in 1948. Fascinated by the exquisite little figures he saw, Houston brought back a few examples, persuaded the nonprofit Canadian Handicrafts Guild to put Eskimo carvings on sale. They sold like hotcakes, and each year Houston traveled north for more supplies. Later, the guild put out booklets filled with helpful advice to the Eskimo artists. Sample: "Man throwing harpoon, or spearing through ice ... If they are carefully carved and polished, the kabloona...
...styles. Says Houston: "The Eskimo carves the way he feels he should carve, and he doesn't feel inferior simply because his work doesn't conform with accepted standards." So far, Houston has brought back nearly 30,000 tiny works from the Far North; the guild sells them at prices ranging from 50? to $200, and the demand in the trade is greater than the supply. Edinburgh and Paris have both asked for the London exhibit, and there are plans for U.S. exhibits later this year at the University of Michigan, M.I.T. and Indiana University...
...first week of U.S. showings, A Queen Is Crowned began making unheard-of box-office records. In Manhattan, the little (450 seats) Guild Theater opened with six shows a day, hastily raised it to nine when waiting lines strung out around the block. In five days with the film, Boston's Exeter Theater drew in twice as many patrons as usual. In Richmond, the Capitol's business was four times bigger than normal in one day; the Pix in White Plains, N.Y. did three times its average business...
...Theatre Guild on the Air (Sun. 8:30 p.m., NBC). Jean Arthur in The Grand Tour...
...Theatre Guild on the Air (Sun. 8:30 p.m., NBC). The Importance of Being Earnest, with Rex Harrison. Lilli Palmer...