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...recent comedies that are supposed to milk laughs from the sacred cows of the Hollywood western. The sheer bulk of the opus is one clue to its failure. Given a plot with several droll twists, Director John Sturges (The Great Escape, Bad Day at Black Rock) lets his camera roam freely over the Cinerama landscape, too often striving for epic effects when antic effects are needed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Dry Spell Out West | 7/16/1965 | See Source »

...Movies. Since then he has sojourned for ten years in Hollywood, writing and doctoring movie scripts (Captains Courageous, I Married a Witch), and has contributed short stories and humor to The New Yorker-a magazine he helped found. He has also produced and directed Broadway shows (Everywhere 1 Roam, Having Wonderful

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Summer Reverie | 6/4/1965 | See Source »

Mixing a little homespun verse with the great outdoors, Lady Bird quoted the lines of an anonymous staff member: "The heart that travels far is doubly blessed, first by a chance to roam and then to rest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: A Chance to Roam | 5/21/1965 | See Source »

Throughout the mild riot, Cambridge and University police allowed the students to roam almost at will. When the crowds congregated on Memorial Drive, University officials and police futilely attempted to keep traffic moving. In Harvard Square just before midnight. Cambridge Police Chief Daniel J. Brennan deployed about 15 men, and with the cooperation of Harvard police, made a serious effort to disperse the crowds...

Author: By Robert J. Samuelson, | Title: 800 Jam Streets For 3-Hour Riot | 5/10/1965 | See Source »

...Viet Cong defeat at Kannack, though heartening to U.S. and government forces, was scarcely a turning point in the war. The Viet Cong still roam virtually at will through South Viet Nam's central highlands, and recently have turned to a new, diabolical tactic. They are burning down whole villages, forcing the inhabitants to seek refuge in government-controlled sea-coast cities-and thus to overcrowd them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Defeat in the Highlands | 3/19/1965 | See Source »

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