Word: plays
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...discussion drifted toward Feiffer's plans for his next book. He admitted that he hadn't given much thought to another book, but speculated that one might be published next year, "maybe it will be something about the Presidential elections." "My next project" he said, "will be a screen play. Someone came along one day and said, 'How'd you like to write a movie script?' I said, 'Gee, yeah.' So, this summer I'm going to try. It's something I've always wanted...
Even the commuting student, however, eats most of his lunch meals at Harvard, and if he is a Freshman his eating in the Union can play a valuable part in making him part of his class and the College. The Union, even for resident students, is the most unifying experience of most Freshmen's year. There is economic pressure, however, to eat at Dudley (where it is possible to feed oneself far more cheaply) or in the Square (where the food is usually better). But if commuting students were required to buy a year lunch ticket for the Union, this...
...Diary of Anne Frank. Tighter than the book, more fluid than the play, a film masterpiece about the 13-year-old German Jewish girl who survived two years of hiding in occupied Holland, but who survived a concentration camp only in her diary. With Newcomer Millie Perkins, brillantly directed by George Stevens...
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). A timely item in a drama series that so far has been a sharp disappointment. Current entry: a play with Lee Marvin and E. G. Marshall about the first men in space...
Rebel Without a Cause has all the fatalistic qualities of a Greek drama combined with the twisted and decadent realism of a Tennessee Williams play. The plot of the movie largely depends upon the tragedy of misunderstanding; Jim Stark's parents misunderstand him; the same is true for Judy; Plato tries to forget his parents and adopts Jim as his father-image ("Why couldn't you have been my Dad?"); and, as usual, the police manage to misunderstand everyone...