Soviet Critics Call Solzhenitsyn Novel Helpful to Anti Soviet Readers
Soviet Literary Gazette press commentary signals displeasure at August 1914 while praising its potential to galvanize anti Soviet opinion in the West. Officials note Nobel laureate Solzhenitsyn faces exile from the Writers Union and possible Moscow Nobel ceremony plans amid lingering tensions.
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UPI
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Solzhenitsyn
West
Literary Gazette
Samsonov
Solzhenitza
U.S
Soviet Writers Union
Sweden
Sozhenitsyn
Stockholm
Solzhenitsyn Denies Book Aimed at Discrediting Soviet Union
Alexander Solzhenitsyn rejected a Soviet newspaper charge that his new work August 1914 seeks to undermine the USSR. He said he has spoken plainly about conditions and has not used allegory. The Nobel laureate noted other works like The Cancer Ward and The First Circle are banned at home.
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Moscow
UPI
Alexander I. Solzhenitsyn
Soviet Union
First Circle
Weiler Reports Taylor Bologna Pursuing Three New Films
Renee Taylor and Joseph Bologna plan three new movies after Made for Each Other. They expect How We Spent the Summer to shoot by April with Taylor likely starring under Bologna’s direction. Also developing The Kid about two New Yorkers tied by friendship and love, Catherine the Great by Andrew L. Stone focusing on the Strauss family, especially Johann Jr., with Wright and Forrest adapting more than 30 Strauss based numbers.
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Fernand Gravet
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Robert Wright
George Forrest
Grieg
TV networks cling to reruns as new ideas stall
Lively World argues ABC renews The FBI for an eighth year while networks flood pilots starring aging movie stars. Turmoil at FBI headquarters and fear of dullness drive executives to reuse familiar faces and formats, with hints of rare experimental ventures amid the endless cycle of familiar names.
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Anthony Quinn
James Garner
James Stewart
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Stewart
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Yul Brynner
Susan Hayward
Richard Widmark
George Peppard
New books review spans Amis and others in mixed tones
Kingsley Amis offers a darkly comic tale Girl 20 about desire and social clash through a music critic narrator. Leonard Tushnet questions medicine in The Medicine Men with sharp critique of doctors and foundations. Elizabeth Barlow’s Forests and Wetlands of New York City celebrates urban nature amid skyscrapers and highways. Jeanne Lesem provides contextual notes on the medical discourse and public health concerns.
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Jeanne Lesem
UPI
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Elizabeth Barlow
Little, Brown
New York
Subconscious imagery in Claude Carone's Surrealist works
A Dorset Public Library show features Claude Francois Carone, a 20 year old East Hampton native, alongside Walter Marshall. The exhibit displays 15 works through February, including pen and ink drawings and oils, tracing Carone’s move from imposed spatial walls to self-defined forms, with curator William Gilbert noting the bold shift.
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McIntyre
Dorset Public Library
Claude Francois Carone
New York
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Adele Calloway
East Hampton
Long Island
Wilem de Kooning
Claude
Vermont
Burr and Burton Seminary
Carone
Walter Marshall
William Gilbert
The Shadow of the Lynx and a Landscape in Flux
A historical guided tour of New York City open spaces shows salt marshes and bird sanctuaries near cement and smog. Miss Barlow profiles residents who defend nature refuges against development, noting struggles and a hopeful, timely message. Joan Hanauer (UPI) endorses the work.
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Joan Hanauer
UPI
Giselle ballet music reviewed by Bolshoi ensemble
The review discusses a two record Giselle ballet score by Bolshoi Theater Orchestra conducted by Algis Zuraitis released by Melodiya and Angel. It notes the ballet's romantic status since 1841 and how music conveys the dance and drama, though the visual spectacle remains a personal imagination for listeners.
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New York
UPI
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Giselle
Bolshoi Theater Orchestra
Algis Zuraitis
Melodiya
Angel
Paris Opera
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