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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1971
Page
7
A movie review by Milton R Bass compares contemporary films to autopsy reports and laments the lack of entertainment. He rails against There Was a Crooked Man starring Kirk Douglas for its explicit rear shots. He criticizes modern screen talk as revealing too much and spoiling classic masculine mystique.
Broadway critic notes Hillard Elkins bands bold choices from Oh Calcutta to The Rothschilds and an Ibsen push with Hedda Gabler. Bloom anchors a high profile revival. while the cinema trends skew toward cheap sensuality, critics doubt the artistic merit and originality of modern films.
Concert pianist Peter Serkin, son of Rudolf Serkin, will present a recital at 7 15 p m Sunday in the dining hall of the Putney School. New works by Takenitsu Riesman and Messiaen will be performed. Admission is free and all are welcome.
Michael Howard’s Studies in War and Peace argues war may be a normal human element yet unthinkable today. Arthur Cavanaugh’s Leaving Home portrays a Brooklyn Irish family from the 30s to 50s with growing pains and loss. John Strawson’s Battle for North Africa recounts WWII campaigns from Libya to El Alamein. Josue de Castro’s Of Men and Crabs follows hunger in Recife through Joao Paulo’s life. The Rock Giants collects rock voices, and Candy Jones’s More Than Beauty surveys modeling lore.
Hollywood reports Hank Mancini earning four Grammy nominations this year, adding to a prolific career with 35 albums in a decade for RCA and classic film scores like Moon River and Days of Wine and Roses. He notes Grammys rarely boost record sales compared to Oscars.
In Iowa City the University of Iowa Writing Workshop attracts top writers and students, turning a Midwestern city into a famed literary hub. Paul Engle explains why he chose Iowa over major cities, noting the program draws both American and international writers despite debates over its two-year master’s track.
New York critics note Heather Harper and John Shirley-Quirk in Vaughan Williams and Delius works recorded in London with Royal Philharmonic, plus Angel’s ongoing project. They call Sancta Civitas and Benedicite strong early choral pieces, and applaud Previn’s Sea Symphony. Also covered are Love Story soundtrack LPs, Franck Pourcel and Billy Vaughn albums, Johnny Cash soundtracks, and assorted singles and tapes with emphasis on strong, named artists and labels.
A listing of best selling titles across fiction and nonfic, naming Erich Segal Islands in the Stream Agatha Christie Passenger to Frankfurt Elizabeth Goudge The Child from the Sea and more. Includes Erich Segal, Ernest Hemingway, Leon Uris, Agatha Christie, Elizabeth Goudge, MacLeean, R F Delderfield and others.
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