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...least the cheapie production team of Andrew and Virginia Stone (Cry Terror) keeps a hot tempo. After junking the car, the four sprint through a "dense and umbrageous forest" of Douglas fir, and the sheriff's gun changes hands at least three more times. One hood tumbles to his death from a scenic precipice; the steely moll turns to mush under Janssen's Gableish charms; the other hood, played by Actor-Comic Frank (Bells Are Ringing) Gorshin, gets his in a forest fire...
...Clean song (composer: Adman Thomas Cadden) or the Newport cigarette cha cha cha. Last week Lanin, who has made a career of knowing where the money is, announced the title of his next long-playing record: Lester Lanin on Madison Avenue, jingle tunes without words, played at our-song tempo...
Monotony will easily creep into any setting of the Stabat Mater, since this long, grieving text for Good Friday offers little opportunity for the composer to vary tempo and feeling. Pergolesi made the job even harder for himself by writing his piece for soprano, alto and small chamber orchestra, very limited resources indeed, and his attempts to introduce contrasts succeed only partially. Because the chorus shared the 13 sections with the soloists in this performance, their refreshing fullness of tone overcame the monotony of the original score with a tasteful and perceptive arrangement...
...sets were useful and decorative, the orchestra excellent, David Sloss' tempo fast and crisp. The direction was competent and the costumes were clever and colorful...
...monasteries, being in business is secondary to their real work, which is devoting themselves to contemplation. But the businessmen in monk's clothing know how to adapt themselves to Caesar's world as well. "We had to choose between operating our-business on our own tempo or getting into the economic cycle of progress," says St. Joseph's Father Holohan. The monks chose progress...