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...jazz violinist whose daring experiments in swing were matched only by his outrageous practical jokes; in Seattle. Trained in the classics, Venuti played second violin in the Philadelphia Orchestra but longed to improvise. He played with Dance Band Leaders Jean Goldkette and Paul Whiteman, teamed up with Guitarist Eddie Lang to make hundreds of vintage jazz recordings and then formed his own band. An energetic performer who worked high jinks with his bow to play four strings at once, Venuti enjoyed a renaissance in the past decade and was still performing in jazz spots last spring...
...Fritz Lang's masterpiece, one of the crowning narrative works of German expressionism. An extraordinary world of little girls' singing and agonizing hushes, where a child-molester (Peter Lorre), quietly walks the streets. A profound and moving examination of criminal ethics, of justice and insanity, with Lorre's most fascinating performance...
...sake get out to Harvard-Epworth Church, at least once. Their schedules are posted all over the place--there's some interesting Lang, good Ophuls, and on May 14 a whole evening of works by local filmmakers. They're also exceptionally nice people and irrepressable film buffs, and they could use your contributions. Please. They help keep the classic, the forgotten, and the eclectic alive and well...
...started out as a very political thing," Lipset said yesterday, referring to the controversy with Lang. "I've found that academics tend to be radical, and Lang feels threatened...
...resent such choices being imposed on me, and ultimately used and manipulated toward the formation of education policy which cannot be sound," Lang said yesterday...