Word: rebel
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...himself, he announced, would answer only to Sir or Mr. Braithwaite. When one boy objected that he knew the girls too well for formality, Braithwaite scored a tactical victory. "Is there any young lady present whom you consider unworthy of your courtesies?" he asked. The girls glared at the rebel in outrage; he backed down...
Fall Memories. McDonald clearly needed a dramatic victory-something better than the gains won by the Auto Workers' Walter Reuther last fall-to prevent revival of the rebel faction that tried to bounce him in 1957. Last week more mutinous mutterings rose from McDonald's ranks. Pollster Samuel Lubell found that many a steelworker genuinely fears a steel strike, is lukewarm to demands for greater wages, fearing that they might cost him his job (TIME, May 4). To refute Lubell, McDonald arranged for seven of his wage-policy committeemen to stand up in public meeting and demand hefty...
Following on the heels of East of Eden, the Brattle's showing this week is the second in the trilogy of James Dean's acting epics, Rebel Without a Cause*. Originally released shortly after Dean's untimely death four years ago this movie, more than any other, established him as the acting idol and representative of an entire generation...
...acting throughout Rebel is of the highest caliber, and Dean receives a great deal of support from Jim Backus as the pathetic father trying to fulfill his son's image of him. The family scene following the chickie run is a great example of high-pitched acting at its best...
...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...