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...role was one of the choicest movie plums in years: Catherine, the beguiling Shangri-La schoolmistress in the musical remake of Lost Horizon. The actress had to combine a peasant beauty with innate grace, be sweet yet sexy, and convey enough emotional depth to make Peter Finch-or any other man-willing to trudge over a snow-blown Himalaya for her. Audrey Hepburn was the sort of woman the part called for, and in fact Audrey was one of the prime prospects. But the part went to Liv Ullmann...
...insiders discovered when they saw preview glimpses of her singing and dancing in Lost Horizon. The word, that magic electricity in the film business, went out: somebody fresh and exciting had arrived. Soon it became time to cast the movie adaptation of Broadway's Forty Carats. What was needed was a deft comedienne who could also encompass the transformation from faceless widow to a sparkling "older woman" who carries on an affair with a 20-year-old boy. An Elizabeth Taylor, perhaps. Producer Mike Frankovich wanted Liv Ullmann-so much so that he was willing to have the part...
...glance down the columns discloses that the P/E ratios of shares on the New York Stock Exchange reach from a lowly 2 for Horizon Corp., a land developer, to an astronomical 725 for White Motor Corp., the heavy-duty-truck manufacturer. How can an investor make sense out of these seemingly incongruous figures? One key is to realize that a P/E ratio reflects, even more than current earnings, the market's anticipation of future profits...
Haas has photographed his film in consistent deep focus, in keeping with the solidity of his outlook. This is unlike such Hollywood fantasies as Lost Horizon with generalized backgrounds and soft close-ups. Haas never separates his characters psychology from the social choices that are open to them--and the number of opportunities they comprehend...
...game was a delayed grudge match, and storm clouds of unleashed temper could be observed forming on the horizon as the two rival squads went through their pre-game paces...