1974 Best Films: An American Year With European Gems
Film critic Vincent Canby lists 11 top films of 1974, highlighting strong American entries amid acclaimed European works. Notable titles include Badlands, California Split, Claudine, Daisy Miller, Harry and Tonto, Lacombe Lucien, Man Is Not a Bird, Le Petit Theatre de Jean Renoir, The Phantom of Liberty, and Scenes from a Marriage, reflecting a year rich in diverse cinema with American productions competing against European classics.
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Claudine
John Berry
Lester and
Tina Pine
Hannah Weinstein
20Th Century- Fox
Baretta View: Vigilantism on ABC Crime Drama
Television critic notes Baretta presents take the law into your own hands themes amid a wave of vigilante films. The piece praises Robert Blake’s tough performance while questioning realism and legal outcomes depicted, comparing Baretta to other 1970s crime films and noting period context.
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New York
UPI
Charles Bronson
Bronson
ABC
Tony Baretta
Baretta
How to buy clothes in 1975 panel says fashion stays strong
A five member expert panel says the economy and energy squeeze won t cause a fashion shortfall in 1975. Manufacturers pledge no cutbacks and prices may fall with lower material costs. Consumers are urged to shop for quality, value function and adaptable layered outfits amid energy saving and shifting temperatures.
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New York
UPI
Vincent Monte-Sano
New York Couture Business Council
Carrie Donovan
Harper’s Bazaar
Sally Martinez
Federal Energy Administration
Ms. Martinez
Flute Classes Offered by Community Arts Association
The Community Arts Association announces one to one flute classes for beginner to advanced players. Susan Feiner will teach, bringing recent experience from the Black Music curriculum at Bennington College. For lesson times and fees, call Ms Feiner at 442-0327 or the Community Arts Association at 442-8359.
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Community Arts Association
Susan Feiner
Ms. Feiner
Bennington College
Bill Dixon
Feiner
Double features at Main Street and local theatres
At the Movies notes a Main Street double bill of Chosen Survivors and Buster and Billie with strong young performances but an awkward ending. Cinemas and Manchester venues continue runs of The Man With the Golden Gun The Godfather Part II and Putney Swope with Putney Swope a wild Madison Avenue satire. Burt Reynolds stars in The Longest Yard at Manchester Cinema rated R. For times call Harte Cinemas Manchester or Williamstown numbers.
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Main Street
Buster
Billie
Via Cinemas Cinema I
Cinema I
Nickelodeon
Putney
Madison Avenue
Spring Street
Williamstown
Manchester
Burt Reynolds
Food for Thought and Garlic Bread Rumors
A quirky column notes cinnamon sugar for desserts and jokes about Roquefort blue veins being penicillin. It mentions a rumor of longevity among cheese makers. The piece quips about garlic in nearly 15 percent of soft winter wheat due to wild garlic growth and grain combines.
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Roquefort
America
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N.Y
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Federico Fellini
Fellini
Tonino Guerra
Franco Cristaldi
Roger Corman
New World Films
Italy
Badlands
Terrence Malick
Pressman Williams
Warner Brothers
Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek
Warren Oates
Robert Altman
Joseph Walsh
Altman
Walsh
Columbia Pictures
California
Daisy Miller
Peter Bogdanovich
Frederic Raphael
Henry James
Paramount
Cybill Shepherd
Beautiful Daisy
Barry Brown
Cloris Leachman
Mildred Natwick
Paul Mazursky
Mazursky
Josh Greenfeld
Art Carney
Lacombe Lucien
Louis Malle
Malle
Patrick Modiano
20Th Century-Fox
France
Dusan Makavejev
Makavejev
Avala Film
Grove Press
LE Petit Theatre DE
Jean Renoir
Renoir
Phoenix Films
Jeanne Moreau
Luis Bunuel
Bunuel
Jean-Claude Carriere
Serge Silberman
TV In Review
Frank S. Sweatlow
Robert Blake
Ingmar Bergman
Cinematograph AB
Cinema V. Bergman
Liv Allmann
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Ali
Hal Ashby
Francis Ford Coppola
Cinda Firestone
Ted Kotcheff
Duddy Kravitz
Roman Polanski
Bill Wilder
Front Page
Sidney Lumet
Orient Express
Cnemeoe Free
Apaciic International Enterprises
Angelina
Main St
Bennington
Vermont E Wingusee
Vermont
Salisbury
Iment Plaza
Bennington, Vt
Venture Lounge
Harte
Cinemas
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SUN
Matinee
BLACK
Nichelle Deat
Spring ST. Williamstown
Alice
Food For
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