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...perfectly coordinated performance communicated all these effects. Each dance, and especially the wierd waltz of the third scene, displayed its particular character. The winds and violins played especially well, while all the strings stayed in tune and produced a rich but transparent tone. My only disappointment was that the music was done in concert rather than as a ballet...
...most subtle moments of Chayefsky's Marty. He focuses his camera on countless specks of life which we, as well as his own characters, have hurried past. And a potent, bottled-up vitality swells from under even the most mundane street scene or conversation. Declining the easy gimmicks of wierd camera angles or background music, yet nevertheless infusing his simple story with extraordinary emotional depth, Olmi establishes himself at once as a European author-director of the first rank...
...this technical assurance, though, I remain unaffected by most of Beardsley's art. Almost all of his works suggest that he used his craft without conviction or spirit. In his very best work, the Salome set in particular, his skill is matched by a twisted demonic compassion, a wierd love of the grotesque which gives the drawings a forcefulness that commands attention. But the majority of pieces in this exhibition are merely lovely designs which at their best provide stylish colors for The Yellow Book...
Also, McCarthy has set his own wierd rules of proof. Theodore Kaghan, Deputy Director of Public Affairs in Germany, gave, in evidence of his political purity, character references from former anti-Communist Chancellor of Austria, Leopold Figl, Berlin Mayor Ernst Reuter, and Geoffrey Keyes, ex-High Commissioner of Austria. Balancing against these references some lines in Kaghan's plays, written around 1930, and the fact that he roomed from 1935 to '40 with a suspected Communist, McCarthy has demanded more testimony...
...into the big city Democratic vote, but this time he stands a chance on not drawing on any of the powerful (there are more than 750,000) Irish votes. This is because Kennedy, himself Irish, has campaigned strenuously in solid Irish wards, and in the House has supported such wierd items as the Fogarty Bill which demanded the unification of Ireland. To offset the Irish and the Taftites, Lodge is relying heavily on Italians and independent Democrats, besides Eisenhower supporters...