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Lilli Palmer Show (Sun 2:45 p.m., CBS). Dancer-Actor Robert Helpmann on "Nijinski and the Ballet...
...spite of such a script and a Robert Taylor who strides woodenly about the screen with an officer's hat and a swagger stick, Miss Vivien Leigh almost succeeds in making the story a credible one. As the ill-fated little ballet dancer who could do entrechat six (Nijinski could do ten), she dominates each scene with an almost flawless performance. Every half smile, every sidelong glance, every toss of her head, every movement of her hands makes the supporting cast sink further and further into a vague, formless background. But as for you, Mr. Goldwyn, by decking...
Alexander Woollcott: " Barton . . . you should mention him in the great company of Nijinski and Charles Chaplin...
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