Word: hauteur
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...this juncture even fewer courageous souls, still including me, respectfully suggest a double feature at the U.T., evoking either scalding hauteur or tears from our dates. "How," they hiss, "can you ignore the excellent movies, some in English, which are now spellbinding the Boston cognoscenti? Do you expect me to tell the girls in the dorm that I went to the U.T.? And saw a double feature...
Joan Diener in the title role is tall, white-blonde, gorgeous, and unquestionably a mammal; she can launch my ships anytime. But she has been constrained (by the script, perhaps, or by Mr. Marre, or by her own predilections) to play Helen with an icy hauteur that eliminates the possibility of any emotional response from the audience except pure lust. Perhaps it is too much to ask, but it would be nice to have a Helen who is likable as well as desirable. On her own terms, however, Miss Diener acts quite well enough, and her singing is not unpleasant...