Review roundup covers war saga and pop fiction
A collection of book notices highlights Cornelius Ryan’s The Bridge Too Far about Arnhem’s failed World War II plan with Montgomery and Eisenhower involvement, plus Raymond Foxhall’s The Dark Forest and several contemporary titles. Notes praise Ryan’s clear drama and ironies, with varied takes on mysteries, crime, and literary fiction.
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Cornelius Ryan
Simon & Schuster
Field Marshal
Montgomery
Dwight Eisenhower
Arnhem
Cornelius Ryan Oer
Germany
Holland
Belgium
Irish Guards
Ryan
Berlin
Isis the all female horn rock band breaks new ground
Isis, an all female New York based rock band, uses brass without dominating its sound. The group, led by Carol MacDonald, blends raunchy funk with hard rock and delivers dynamic live shows. Their debut album falters on production but highlights strong songs and Brass driven tunes.
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Bruce Meyer
United Press International
Isis
Carol MacDonald
New York
MacDonald
Suzi Ghezzi
Stella
Griffin Hall Concerts 1974 75 season announced at Williams
Griffin Hall Concerts at Williams College unveils twelve performances across seven programs for 1974 75 directed by Victor Hill. Pieces include Bach organ works and Handel marathon, with Italian Songbook by Hugo Wolf and all French pieces. Hill, a Williams math professor, curates Baroque and vocal works in Griffin Hall. Concerts start at 8 p.m. with free admission.
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Williamstown
Mass
Williams College
Victor Hill
Hill
J.S. Bach
Thompson Memorial Chapel
Hugo Wolf
Judith Reichert
Daniel O’connor
George Frederick Handel
Handel
Janet Geroulo
Griffin Hall
Stuart Macdonald
Edward Gale
Bach
Froberger
Scarlatti
Sweelinck
Purcell
Mozart
Chambonnieres
Duphly
Griffin Hall Concerts
Williams
New Books at Bennington Free Library
New titles join the collection including Maine A Guide to the Vacation State Belanger The Homesteader's Handbook to Raising Small Livestock Better Homes and Gardens After Work Cookbook Home Canning Cookbook Boericke Handmade Houses The Wood butcher's Art Bova Analog Science Fact Reader Science for the layman at its best Burgess Alcohol and Your Health Bush Inside Track Ewers Sincere's Lawn Mower Service Book Feldman Crochet Discovery and Design Flamand Solzhenitsyn A Pictorial Autobiography Hahn Once upon a Pedestal An Informal History of Women's Lib Kozol Free Schools Kraft Psychology of Nothingness Kramer Underwater Gardens Planning and Planting Your Aquarium Lennon Great Songs of Lennon & McCartney Marx Keep Trying A Practical Book for the Handicapped by a Polio Victim Meyerink Appliance Service Handbook Mitchell Sun Buddhas Moon Buddhas Nichols Italia Italia Petzoldt The Wilderness Handbook Purvis All about Small Gas Engines Colette The Evening Star Flexner Washington the Indispensable Man Huyck Growing Older Medea Against Rape Mort Mort's New and Original Guide to Low-cost Vacations and Lodgings on College Campuses USA Canada
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Burgess
Ewers
Sincere
Feldman
Flamand
Solzhenitsyn
Hahn
Kozol
Kraft
Kramer
Lennon
Lennon & McCartney
Marx
Meyerink
Mitchell
Nichols
Italia
Petzoldt
the Wilderness Handbook
Purvis
Colette
The
Evening Star
Flexner
Washington
Huyck
Medea
Mort
USA
Canada
At the Movies New Widescreen Picks and Harte Cinemas Notes
A collage of reviews and notices summarizing Zandys Bride and For Pete s Sake at Manchester Cinema and Cinema I II with remarks on Dr Zhivago Jeremiah Johnson and star performances. Includes brief contact lines for Harte Cinemas and Manchester listings.
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Dr. Zhivago
Phoenix Repertory plans bold season led by Hambleton
New York and Philadelphia stage news features the Phoenix Repertory Company under T Edward Hambleton with Harold Prince and Stephen Porter directing three productions Love for Love The Rules of the Game and The Member of the Wedding starring Mary Ure and John McMartin. The season opens Oct 22 in Philadelphia with previews in New York Nov 12 and a national tour after Jan 11. Plans include a black version of The Wizard of Oz The Wiz produced by Cinemascope for December with Dorothy played by Stephanie Mills and Andre De Shield as the Wizard.
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Jack Gaver
UPI
New York
New Phoenix Repertory Company
T. Edward Hambleton
Phoenix Repertory Company
The
Phoenix
Hambleton
Harold Prince
Stephen Porter
the Phoenix
Congreve
Helen Hayes Theater
Prince
Porter
the Hayes
Michael Montel
Frank Baum
Cinemascope Products, Inc
20Th Century-Fox
Ken Harper
Wiz
Hollywood
Baum
Vintage Radio Fred Allen Records and Nostalgia Reissues
William D. Laffler reports on 23 year old Brenner selling vintage radio tapes, starting with two Fred Allen broadcasts from 1945 and 1948, including Allen Alley segments and postwar themes, with limited distribution and a planned 200 page booklet. Also noted is Les Paul and Mary Ford World Is Waiting for the Sunrise from Capitol, highlighting their 1951 breakthrough and guitar echo sound.
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New York
UPI
Howard S. Brenner
Brenner
Fred Allen
Allen
Mary Ford
Les
Mary
Paul
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St. Martin's
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Adkins
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Regnery
Flash
Mel Jaffe
Viking
Waldorf-Astoria
Max Peiper
Frankenstein
Brian W. Aldiss
Random House
Aldiss
Morton
Main St
Grand Union Empire
Carl Bernstein
Bob Woodward
Simon and Schuster
Minerva Books
Monument Plaza
Bennington
Vermont
Bennington Free Library
Maine
Belanger
Boericke
Bova
Analog
Manchester
Zandy
Gene Hackman
Liv Ullmann
Geoffrey Chapman
Twin Cinemas
Barbra Streisand
Miss Streisand
Howard Hawks
George Segal
Owl and the
John Hubbard
Harte
Cinemas
Broadway
Popular Records
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Senator Claghorn
Titus Moody
Mrs. Nussbaum
Ajax Cassidy
McGee
Chapman
Panavision
Technic
Warner Bros. A
Warner Communications Company
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Sat
Sun
Bennington Harte Theatre
Hell
Kronos
Hoosick Falls
Walt Disney
Vyttranks
Walt
Burt Reynolds
J.D
Streisand
Vincent Canby
New York Times
Ov Bete’s Sake
the Owl and the Pussycat
Pete
Owl
Omar Sharif
Julie Cristie
Bennington Plaza
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