Word: kramer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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After another big gain to the Harvard 17. two big stops by Spencer Dreischars and John Kramer and an interception by Greg Koski halted the drive...
...recent past, Producer-Director Stanley Kramer has been notorious for the fustian message movie (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner; Ship of Fools). But in his adaptation of Robert Crichton's bestseller he has wisely opted for entertainment. As the boozy, scapegrace official, Quinn delivers a prosciutto performance-but that is exactly what the part requires. Strutting on the cobblestones, cowering before Rosa, exchanging peasantries with the Germans, he becomes a figure of comic-operatic stature. If Quinn is Italo, Magnani is Italy. The ancient sorrow and strength of the nation are inscribed on a face that...
What was it like to be gay? "There were peaks and valleys of despair," says Tom Kramer, 28, a tall New York City public relations man who was a practicing homosexual until 2½ years ago. "Throughout high school and college, I would try to put it out of my mind. I had sissified gestures, and when I was with people I would concentrate on not using them. I would constantly think they were talking about my homosexuality behind my back. In my homosexual contacts, I'd try to be surreptitious, not telling my name or what kind...
...Guess Who's Coming to Dinner was Kramer's way of tackling intermarriage. Make sure Sidney Poitier is a nice, well-mannered young man. If anyone is to object to the marriage, the only reason must be irrational prejudice. This sort of treatment of an atypical situation does not reach the reality of the black man's experience today. But its attempt to persuade white people, if only a little bit, may be all Kramer can honestly...
...room, Kramer declared that campuses are too serious and should have a better sense of humor, Perhaps. It is good for him to make movies which entertain us, even if supercially. The little sense of community which came through in The Secret of Santa Vittoria was encouraging. But I suspect we are doing all we can to preserve a sense of humor. The problem is that some things-like Chicago, Washington, Watts, Detroit, Birmingham, and Dallas-just aren't funny...