Word: saints
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Geoffrey D. Bush '50, of Cambridge; Robert P. Davis '47, of Dorchester, Mass; Burton S. Dreben '50; Abraham Klein of Cambridge; James A. Kritzeck of Saint Cloud, Minn.; Gordon J. F. MacDonald '50, of Cambridge; Paul C. Mangelsdorf, Jr. of Cambridge; George C. Soulis of Athens, Greece; and William H. Telfer of Portland, Oregon...
...Theaters, decided that Los Angeles, at least, was going to get a bigger and a better one. This week Archbishop Michael, head of the Greek Orthodox Church in North and South America, held the first services in the $2,000,000 result of Skouras' decision: the Cathedral of Saint Sophia, a white concrete building whose square towers and copper Byzantine domes gave Angelenos at least a hint of its namesake in Istanbul* The new church is a striking mixture of Eastern and Western ideas. It combines Byzantine-style altar screens and air conditioning, painted icons and an ultra-modern...
...years Cinemagnate Skouras had planned for Saint Sophia and worked on its construction. He assigned one of his business aides, Artist William T. Chavalas, to the job of decorating the church. To raise money he got the help of his brothers, Moviemen Spyros (20th Century-Fox) and George (United Artists Theatres); among the three of them, the Skourases put up about...
...Saint Sophia is not named for a saint; the words are a liberal translation of Hagia Sophia, Greek for "Holy Wisdom...
...Francis (Angelo-Rizzoli; Joseph Burstyn) weaves some episodes from the life of Francis of Assisi into a rich cinematic garland. As adapted from the 14th century Fioretti di Francesco d'Assisi by Director & Co-Author Roberto Rossellini, the film is no solemn picture of a dead and embalmed saint, but a warmly human portrait of a humble man who rejected the world for a life of poverty and piety...