Word: mariane
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Remarkable Women" wraps up with some uninspiring shots of feminists and the lavish deification of "five great spirits:" Helen Keller, Clara Barton, Jane Addams, Eleanor Roosevelt and Marian Anderson. Back to the safe and approved, back to the biographies that line the shelves of small-town elementary schools. One hundred and fifteen pages, and Eleanor Roosevelt is still the queen of them all. Oh well...
...worst of these little biographies cannot detract from these fine portraits of our finest women. The final page of Life's "Remarkable Women," an Avedon shot of Marian Anderson, is worth the two dollar price alone. A handsome woman of talent and strength sings to the camera, her thick black hair flying in the wind, her nose flaring in effort, her eyes closed in ecstasy. And that is all you need to know...
...Marian L. Toohey...
Robin and Marian. Sappy and great. Robin Hood and Little John come back from the Crusades and try to recapture the life they left behind in Nottingham. Sean Connery (Robin) is getting better looking every year and Audrey Hepburn's (Marian) return to movies was long overdue. We saw this one at Radio City in New York, but we're betting it will hold up even without the Rockettes' special Easter Show...
...Hepburn's greatest anxiety was not knowing how she looked on the screen after her long absence, because she did not see daily rushes on location. This week she finally saw Robin and Marian at its New York premiere at Radio City. When asked what she thought of herself, she replied in the manner of her unforgettable princess in Roman Holiday: "I shall have to see it again before I decide...