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...presentation of the two plays, on August 18-20, will mark the first public performance of "Freud" in New England. Written by Ira Wallach, it is a parody of T.S. Eliot's "The Cocktail Party." John Kasdan '60-4 and Julius Novick '60 (who preferred to describe the play as a "travesty" rather than a "parody") will direct...
...human nature." The only Tennessee Williams product ever condemned by the Roman Catholic Legion of Decency, Williams' brother points out, was the film Baby Doll, and the problem there lay more in Hollywood than in Tennessee: the long, "morally offensive" seduction scene between Carroll Baker and Eli Wallach was played without dialogue, and the playwright, therefore, "was not in the least responsible." With Douay-eyed insistence, Dakin reports: "Tennessee is really looking for God ... He is searching for pardon for the sinner in the mercy of an all-loving God ... He believes in God ... He is also aware...
...Goodyear Theater (NBC, 9:30-10 p.m.). In Birthright, an American raised in Czechoslovakia (Eli Wallach) has 90 days to prove his identity. Failure means deportation...
With Photographer Bourke-White's help, Actress Wright studied her sub:ect thoroughly, mastered the cramped, stilted gestures typical of Parkinsonism. The part of LIFE Photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt, whose firm support helped see his colleague through her time of trouble, was well played by Actor Eli Wallach. Although the "living color" was a little too vivid in the script as well as on the screen, the total result was effective...
Sunday Showcase (NBC, 8-9 p.m.). The Margaret Bourke-White Story, with Teresa Wright and Eli Wallach starring in the moving and dramatic story of the noted LIFE photographer's winning battle against Parkinson's disease...