Word: janning
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Jan. 23-24: "The Maltese Falcon" (1941) was, in several respects, a significant "first" in Hollywood history. Not only was it the first American detective movie and John Huston's first job as a director, but it also gave Bogart his first full-fledged hero role and was the first of the four all-time classic Bogies ("Casablanca", "To Have and Have Not", and "The Big Sleep" are the others). Adapted by Huston almost word for word from the Dashiell Hammett novel, "The Maltese Falcon" is a tough-minded, unpretentious little mystery, which may critics feel is still the best...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19--This jaded city is all astir over Lyndon Johnson's inaugural at noon today. Washington has never witnessed so expensive an inaugural--$2.1 million--nor one so cold. The huge crowd lining the streets to watch the parade will have to stand in 20-degree weather if the official forecast proves accurate...
...Congress." But the judge can always modify her mercy. Meanwhile, Powell has petitioned the Supreme Court for review of the libel judgment, which was upheld by New York's highest state court. The Supreme Court may be ready to accept or reject Powell's appeal on Jan. 18. If it turns him down, the libel judgment will be final...
Everyone is trying to guess what Albee's Tiny Alice (TIME, Jan. 8) is about, since for the most part the daily critics offered little help. "In such a play," wrote Walter Kerr in the New York Herald Tribune, "it is easy for both author and audience to get lost." "Mr. Albee has virtually ordered the critics not to give away his play's surprise, and my aim is to be obedient," said Howard Taubman in the Times, sug gesting his own utter bafflement. "It is difficult to set down with any show of confidence exactly what...
Rebels in the Ranks. Then there were the four Oklahoma players who signed pro contracts before the Jan. 2 Gator Bowl game. That made them ineligible for the game; Coach Gomer Jones cut them from the squad, and the Sooners got clobbered 36-19. "I was always nice to the pros," said Jones, "but I assure you that those guys will never get on my practice field again...