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...slept-in tweed jacket, sashaying around an Edwardian country estate complete with a genuine tarn (the better to drown you with, my dear!), and carrying on in various ways with a pretty governess and a pair of fresh-faced children borrowed from Henry James. Brando is Peter Quint, the ghostly valet of The Turn of the Screw turned into a gardener. The governess is Miss Jessel (Stephanie Beacham), his haunting paramour. The film's Big Idea is to make precise what James left terrifyingly ambiguous: just how Quint and Jessel died, and what they did to corrupt poor young...
...singing sometimes adds to the splendor of the music. James Paul, as the ghost Peter Quint, can evoke lurking evil, great power, and blinding charisma with his smooth tenor, and gives a truly frightening performance. The governess, Jean Marshall, has an accurate, pleasant voice that is sometimes too weak; but it is her acting, not her voice, which makes us care about her even more than we do about the beautiful, corrupted children. Their main difficulty is that their voices aren't quite strong enough; and in the chimes scene, where their hymn deteriorates into a satanic chant, the horrifying...
...discussion at the end of the program, three CBS newsmen appeared on camera to sum up. Was the U.S. justified in breaking "the rules of international conduct?" asked Kuralt. Johnson's decision, answered Reporter Bert Quint, brought back "the whole specter of Yankee imperialism in Latin America. It was a decision that is making a lot of Latin Americans hate us." Then Kuralt and Quint turned for guidance to Eric Sevareid, CBS National Correspondent. And like a fatherly professor reproving wayward journalism students, Sevareid offered some corrections: "The specter of American gunboat diplomacy, I would suggest, is a much...
...Deacons were led by junior guard Dave Taft, who averaged 18 pints per game, and by center John Leshy, who accounted for most of the rebounds. There seniors, Jim Weaver, Allen Quint, and John cox, and the Junior. Roger Noback, completed the six-man squad...
...team coached by tutor Ken Deitch, played "come-from-behind" basketball. Usually behind at the half, they employed a tenacious full-court press to stop their opponents. Much of their scoring was on fast-breaks, but Weaver. Taft and Quint were also strong on out-side shots...