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Nervous & Mixed-up. In the presence of their elders, the kids profess to take Red in their stride. One junior high school girl says: "He's so corny, he's good." Another teen-ager existentially says: "He exists." A third explains: "You're not a real cool cat unless you listen to him. Everybody at school discusses his show next day, so you have to know what he said." Pleased with his fans, Blanchard is even more pleased with the eight sponsors who last week were paying him $12,000 a year. He has no notion...
...took a long stride forward with the debut of Maurice Evans and 80 tons of scenery in a two-hour production...
...Often, as in the case of Britain's Aneurin Bevan, the shining locks of promise turn white before the step ahead is spanned. Pierre Mendès-France, who has often been compared with Bevan, is still young enough (46) to feel that the future is within his stride. Last week, the third in France's governmental crisis, Mendès-France asked the Chamber of Deputies to give him the power to lead a government...
Instead of its usual toddling steps toward maturity, television this week took a long stride forward. The big step: Maurice Evans' two-hour production of Hamlet. Shakespeare's greatest tragedy appeared on Hall of Fame (Sun. 3:30 p.m., NBC), ordinarily a 30-minute show presided over by Sarah Churchill and devoted to inspirational playlets. It cost a total of $180,000, required 80 tons of scenery, five cameras, three weeks of rehearsal and a cast of 28. Evans and the other stars were so eager to make Hamlet a success that they worked for the minimum union...
...outstanding performer was Allan Miller, as the Lord Chancellor. Closely molding his style to that of Martyn Greene's, he frolis about the stage without over much ham-bone or jump from character. Starting slowly, he hit his stride in the "Nightmare Song" and earned three encores in the following trio...