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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Together, these players form a unit unique in the history of film: a cinema stock company trained by one director and dedicated to his purposes, beyond question the finest collection of cinemactors assembled under one roof. Among the principals: Gunnar Björnstrand, a skinny, thin-lipped, cold-eyed man who portrays the intellectual icicles Bergman loves to dissolve; Eva Dahlbeck, a bright-eyed, matronly blonde who is far and away the finest comedienne in the troupe; Max von Sydow, a tall, gaunt, rugged actor who generally personifies Bergman's spiritual search and sufferings; Harriet Andersson, a full-lipped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE SCREEN: I Am A Conjurer | 3/14/1960 | See Source »

Single Lane. In Charleston, W.Va., Mrs. James A. Haught complained to police that three horses trotting along U.S. 35 stepped on her Volkswagen, dented the roof and hood, twisted the radio antenna...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Mar. 7, 1960 | 3/7/1960 | See Source »

...student federation, still the main source of his political following. All Algeria became aware of Pierre Lagaillarde during the events of May 13, 1958. When the mob stormed the 14-story Government General Building, Pierre was one of its leaders, and thousands cheered as he mounted to the roof and triumphantly waved a huge Tricolor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: THREE WHO DEFIED DE GAULLE | 2/8/1960 | See Source »

Impatient passengers upstairs mistook the whistle for the last call to board. There was a stampede to the steep, 14-ft.-wide stone stairway leading down to the platform, whose steps were covered with snow that had drifted in through the station's broken roof. Someone slipped, and in seconds the stair shaft was corked with screaming, struggling people. When the rush was over, 31 were dead, eleven of them children, in the worst railway disaster in Korean history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KOREA: Death in the Crowd | 2/8/1960 | See Source »

...hushed Madison Square Garden, lithe (6 ft. 5¼ in., 190 lbs.) High Jumper John Thomas, 18, loped forward, kicked his right leg at the roof and rolled over the bar at 7 ft. 1½ in. to make the mightiest leap in history (indoor or out) and break his own record...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Feb. 8, 1960 | 2/8/1960 | See Source »

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