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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1970
Page
2
A fragmentary piece discusses contrasting moral judgments of attendees at inspirational versus pornography readings, then shifts to Billy Wilder's Holmes film and a New York Times article on the adult industry. The narrator recalls visiting a New York porn store, observing patrons and imagining others viewing them, ending with a sense of unease.
A critique notes small world of adult theatres showing explicit color porn at $3 to $8, thriving beyond classic stag films. It cites a county pornography reading of about 40 attendees as a provocative example, arguing writers have aided exploitation while some seek titillation or sanity, and that porn persists in human psyche.
Samuel Cornish, a Black poet and editor publisher of Mimea, will read Tuesday at 4 p.m. in the Berkshire Prospect lounge at Williams College. He works for the Central Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratories in Washington D C. Sponsored by the Northern New England Poetry Circuit and Williams College, the event is open to the public without charge.
A Showcase Theatre review notes suspense arises from an indefinable inner sense rather than action and predicts a peasant will produce a box of Ronzoni during the screening. The piece treats the film with amused, tongue in cheek tone.
A mixed verdict on The Secret of Santa Vittoria praising its two hour length with no headache while faulting its lack of depth. Stanley Kramer’s direction and Ben Madow’s script leave characters flat and scenes surface level though the World War I setting provides familiar archetypes. Virna Lisi appears as the countess with a romantic angle amid the town’s distractions.
A public 8 mm screening of The Reign of Czar Nicholas II will be hosted at Williams College Weston Language Center Sunday at 3 30 pm. Alexis Jordan and wife will provide narration and present scenes from 1806 to 1917 including Nicholas II coronation 1896 Borodino centenary 1912 and 1913 events with military and political figures.
The Williams College dramatic society Cap and Bells presents Amphitryon in the Adams Memorial Theatre in Williamstown with an 8:30 curtain on March 6, 7, 12, 13 and 14. Milton Commons directs. translation by Charles E Passage. Reservations via AMT box office.
Area artists donate paintings drawings photos graphs sculptures and ceramics for the Heart Fund auction to be held Saturday at 1 09 am at the National Guard Armory Onota Lake Boulevard Viewings begin at 9 a.m. Contributing artists include John Stritch Shirley Fowler Walter Scott Kay Kleinman Warren Fowler E J H Lloyd J D Saunders Scott Fowler John Williams Avery Spencer W H Shampang and Leonard Weber. Auction chairman Mrs Charles H Perenick can be called at 38 Emerson Ave for contributions.
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