Word: movieman
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...pictures that include criticism of the church. Such pictures have long been submitted as a matter of course for suggestions; today the industry is beginning to think twice about accepting such correction. Producers question the possibility of ever getting the council to spell out a clear opinion. Said one movieman: "The Protestants are not like the Catholics, or even the Jews, whom you can consult and get a fairly definite position. The Baptists disagree even among themselves, let alone with the Presbyterians...
...their own credos in a noisy manifesto called "Declaration." The manifesto revealed that the group was not a group at all, but split fair in two over the artist's ancient agonizer: whether to save the world by his exertions or by his example. Half, led by Osborne, Movieman Lindsay Anderson, 35, and Drama Critic Ken Tynan, 31, said artists must "take an interest in social environment-and that means politics." The rest, spearheaded by Existentialist Colin (The Outsider) Wilson, 25, insisted that politics is for common people, that salvation must first be found by searching the soul...
...sizzling issue: U.S. aid ' to neutral nations. The committee headed by Steelman Benjamin F. Fairless had unanimously urged "a higher priority" in aid programs for "countries which have joined in the collective-security system" (TIME, March 11). The 13-member International Development Advisory Board, chaired by Movieman Eric Johnston, unanimously recommended increased U.S. aid for "countries wishing to remain free of all military alliances." Both reports are likely to be praised and damned aplenty during 1957's looming great debate on foreign...
...want our Pope," they shouted in Vietnamese, shaking their fists in the faces of the bewildered Americans. As the clamor rose, the Vestal Virgins whipped out huge banners bearing the same demand in English. "This is not religious," muttered one bewildered movieman. "This looks political to me." But he kept his cameras grinding. At last, as suddenly as it had begun, the disturbance was over, and the frenzied crowd disappeared from the square, leaving behind them a cloud of yellow dust kicked up by the stamping of thousands of frantic feet...
...hear it. ¶ Rossana Podesta (35, 21, 33) stands 5 ft. 4 in., has dark hair and eyes, and is about the nearest thing the Italians have to Terry Moore. Born in Tripoli, North Africa, she wanted to be a doctor until she was discovered by a movieman in a swimming pool four years ago. Since then she has made 16 pictures. She was signed for the title role in Helen of Troy, but her acting did not measure up to her looks. After she blew her lines in 36 takes of a singfe scene, the picture was changed from...