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...this reason, tragedy is an "explora- the morbid," and a "disturbance" as an outlet for guilt. Shake tragedy, Bentley said, "finds soft in human nature. It is Macbeth, Chatterly's Lover, that should from the mails...

Author: By John A. Rice, | Title: Bentley Analyzes Appeal Of Tragic Hero's 'Guilt' | 3/17/1961 | See Source »

Over her corpse, her husband Mike, a cop turned lawyer, writhed in a manner to make Orson Welles's Macbeth or Olivier's Heathcliffe seem studies in understatement. Only a few days before, it had been revealed that little Laurie Ann. the Karrs' tot, was suffering from a hitherto unknown disease called paranucleosis, and couid be snatched from death only by miracle brain surgery. Alas, the master surgeon had hung up his trephining kit; his nerves had been shattered since his own daughter died under his scalpel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Edgeville, U.S.A. | 3/17/1961 | See Source »

Meeting in Beverly Hills, the American Guild of Creative Fashion Designers singled out the "Ten Worst-Dressed Actresses in Films." Among the victims of the group's needlework; Lucille Ball ("Nothing she wears makes sense, blends or complements''), Anna Magnani ("Gives the impression of someone playing Macbeth in tramp clothing"), Anita Ekberg ("A 39-in. bust wearing a size 12 dress"), Millie Perkins ("A very dear and sweet person but much too honest in her refusal to correct nature's mistakes"), Shelley Winters ("Her style sense is totally unrelated to anything living or dead") and Brigitte...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Feb. 24, 1961 | 2/24/1961 | See Source »

Although NBC showed up poorly in last week's Nielsen ratings, it could find some consolation in color. While the network continued to expand its color coverage, including everything from Macbeth to Jack Paar, RCA reported that "although black-and-white TV sales dropped 7%, color television showed the sharpest rise of any consumer product on the market-up 30% over 1959." Possible threat for next season: a color western, with all that blood in living (or dying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Midseason Countdown | 1/6/1961 | See Source »

Divorced. Sir Laurence Olivier, 53 ; and Vivien Leigh, 47 (Antony and Cleopatra, Macbeth); after 20 years of marriage, no children; by decree nisi, in London, where in the same court, on the same day, Joan Plowright, 29, droll, saucer-eyed English actress (A Taste of Honey, The Entertainer), was divorced from Actor Roger Gage, 30, after seven years of marriage, no children. Both actions proceeded with classic Noel Cowardy coolness. Miss Leigh admitting adultery in Ceylon, Sir Laurence admitting adultery with Miss Plowright in London, and Gage admitting adultery in Helsinki. Court costs of the fourway, jet-speed split were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 12, 1960 | 12/12/1960 | See Source »

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