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...that modest illumination, John Cleary (Jack Albertson) and his wife Nettie (Patricia Neal) welcome home their son Timmy (Martin Sheen) from World War II. Ostensibly the occasion is a celebration. But beneath the boozy jubilation rages another war-one between a mother and father for the possession of their...
...performances by Albertson and Sheen are transferred from Broadway with every nuance intact. As the mother, Patricia Neal makes her first appearance in films since her paralytic stroke in 1965. It would be worth waiting a decade for. She retains her vast resources of energy and intelligence. Yet she has altered in appearance and style. Her face is still lovely, but it has assumed a melancholy dignity, no longer fresh, but not quite old, like a fine linen tablecloth preserved for special occasions. Her acting is neither shrewd underplaying nor is it larger than life; it is exactly life-sized...
...punishment and two more Capote teleplays. In news, CBS and NBC will pioneer prime-time shows with a magazine format. CBS's 60 Minutes, to be seen on alternate Tuesdays, will widen the TV news spectrum to include the arts. Among the "guest columnists": Norman Mailer, Bishop Fulton Sheen and British Critic Kenneth Tynan. NBC's First Tuesday, a monthly two-hour program starting in January, will stress aggressive investigative reporting. The goal, says NBC News Vice President Richard Wald, is "insight, not just the slam-bang of things...
...moisture in the air makes you swollen with water too. Your arms and legs seem heavy and bloated, but it is a pleasure to sweat in this weather. Your body is covered with a sheen of sweat, and when a breeze comes by (a breeze that has made it all the way to Cambridge from the sea, all the way through Boston), it washes over the sweat and cools you off. It is almost as good as when you come out of the bathroom still wet from the shower...
...Bard to Central Park. Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2, plays alternate evenings through Aug. 2. Artistic Director Gerald Freedman guides Stacy Keach as the incorrigible Falstaff and Sam Waterston as the slumming Prince Hal. Then Romeo and Juliet moves into the Delacorte Theater on Aug. 7, with Martin Sheen and Susan MacArthur in the title roles...