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...soft news of the past seven years. On the cover the editors describe the era, rather solemnly, as "historic years. . .when man himself, not just his spirit, escaped the grip of earth to walk in space." The subjects range from moon landings to miniskirts, from the funeral of Winston Churchill to the death of Mary Jo Kopechne. Still, there are lapses that may keep the returnee from gaining total touch with contemporary reality. For instance, the hippie movement is encapsulated in 200 words. The advent of ecology gets little more space, while Women's Lib is mentioned only...
TALLULAH by Brendan Gill. 287 pages. Holt, Rinehart & Winston. $25. This is the second in an informal series of lavish productions about great names in show business. It suffers badly in comparison with Cole, its predecessor, which among other things re-created the all-out sheer pizazz of the '30s. Porter was a genius, Bankhead a personality. Cole's lyrics enriched the previous book incalculably; in this volume Critic Brendan Gill, who treats her life with proper studied indulgence, confesses that most of Tallulah's talk worth repeating is unprintable...
...somewhat less prominent names from show business, sports and academe but with sometimes more imaginative advertising. One ad featured the son and grandson of Konrad Adenauer reminding voters of der Alte's 1957 dictum that the Social Democrats would be "Germany's ruin." Another pictured Sir Winston Churchill, of all people, flashing his famous V-for-victory sign and declaiming that "socialism is the philosophy of failure, the credo of ignorance and the confession of faith of the envious...
CHERI COMPLEX. Young Winston, (reserved seat engagement). 8:30 evenings. wed. matinee...
...difficult to say what makes some mindless action films, like James Bond, enjoyable and other like Van Ryan's Express, a Wretched viewing experience, except perhaps a certain sense of style. This film has plenty of that, and enough other good point to keep Sir Winston peacefully at rest...