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R. E. Oldenburg
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Portrait of a Lady
A less ambitious transcription from Henry James, The Innocents, proved William Archibald an accomplished craftsman. In some two hours imposed
Julius Caesar
Contrary to the impression left by many reviews of the film, the great distinction of Julius Caesar is not the
The Prescott Proposals
Lindsay and Crouse's new play about high deeds in the U.N. is a pretty strong argument for permitting bars in
Almanac
With Billy DcWolfe and Hermione Gingold, a huge cast, an army of writers, and a program promising thirty-three scenes, Almanac
Kismet
Aleksandr Borodin's first musical since Prince Igor hit the boards in 1890 is an entertaining show, in spite of some
Sherlock Holmes
Without a real overhaul, Sherlock Holmes will please only that elfin six-year-old who accompanies Wolcott Gibbs when he lightly pans
Devil In the Flesh
Once praised as "the finest film ever banned by the Legion of Decency," Devil in the Flesh deserves superlatives in
Flesh and Fantasy
An ancestor of Trio, Flesh and Fantasy is a splice of three separate stories. Trio, however, is a trilogy, Flesh
Campus Gods On Trial
Professor Walsh's little book, Campus Gods on Trial, is a compact champion of Christianity against the secularism of the modern
I Am A Camera
In the role of Christopher Isherwood, Charles Cooper declaims early in the play: "I am a camera." This is very
Come Back Little Sheba
Come Back Little Sheba impresses you with the wisdom of one academy award and the complete fatuousness of another. Not
Member of the Wedding
More than Stanley Kramer's other ventures into celluloid theatre, Member of the Wedding illustrates the difficulty of transferring a play
America and the Intellectuals
As the book seller told me when he took my dollar, "Twenty-five big names at four cents apiece is a
Wonderful Town
Wonderful Town has a better claim to the term musical comedy than any show you're likely to see this year.
A Pique at Radio, T.V.
John Crosby's pugnacious pose on the jacket of "Out of the Blue" looks like a Walter Mitty conception of the
