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...Clovis, Sam Golden, and Murene, a shyster -- are strictly gents after a nice piece of ass). They make a suicide pact, planning to jump off a church tower. Typically, Camille reneges. The authorities figure Arthur was pushed. The last half-hour clears her, and then inexplicably jumps to her stardom, with the movie's final twist. Not only does this sequence reveal Truffaut's television influences, but it establishes a newer gift of self-parody. What will free Camille is a movie of the church, shot by a nine-year-old, who, once discovered, refuses to show the film...
Died. Wally Cox, 48, who made bespectacled, reedy-voiced timidity a profitable virtue as TV's Mr. Peepers; of an apparent heart attack; in Bel Air, Calif. After a short career as a nightclub comic and Broadway actor, Cox found stardom when his portrayal of the bungling, mild-mannered science teacher, Robinson Peepers, became a hit in 1952. After the show folded three years later, Cox was unable to shake his Milquetoast stereotype. His slow slide was only slightly interrupted by a short-lived TV situation comedy, minor movie roles, commercials and a stint as a game-show panelist...
...delight Henry Kissinger takes in his power only intensifies our distaste for his use of Harvard's prestige in his rise to stardom. And while the intricacies of his agreement with the Government Department will not "occupy graduate students for centuries", we are glad that it, too, has come...
...Billy Wilder spoof stars Marilyn Monroe and Jack Lemmon. CH. 56, 6 p.m. B-W. 2 hrs. Lawrence of Arabia. A stirring romantic intelligent and magnificent epic. David Lean's 1962 biography of T.E. Lawrence won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and vaulted Peter O'Toole to stardom. First time on television. CH. 5, 9 p.m. Color. 2 hrs. Concluded Monday night...
Larry Carsman's Blues Band is at the Zircon. Good blues rolls in and out of Boston. J. Geils started out playing blues here. When they left, James Montgomery an the best blues around. Now, James is bucking stardom, and they say Larry Carsman's band is every bit as good ("It's true."--Jan Nathan...