Taste, camp, and bad film taste in the summer cinema
A critic denounces widespread bad taste in recent films. He laments camp aesthetics borrowed from fringe circles, the erosion of standards, and the insult to adult intelligence. Reviews should warn audiences about Pussycat and Sandpiper, not praise them.
Mountain War Melodrama At Capitol With Brando
A Brando led review notes Mounta in at the Capitol Theater as a creaky war melodrama with mixed character depth. It contrasts Germans and Nazis and Americans and features a fake German accent by Brando. Yul Brynner plays a caged tiger captain trying to do his job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlon Brando
Capitol Theater
Brando
Yul Brynner
Morituri movie review lauds Benrath and Margolin
Critics praise Bernhard Wick's forceful direction and capable performances by Martin Benrath Janet Margolin and others though the screenplay by Tara dash and foggy dialogue weaken the drama The film nods to Nazi horrors while delivering a blunt action cadence with technical credits noted as first rate
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Morituri
Twentieth-Fox
Aaron Rosenberg
Bernhard Wicks
Daniel Taradash
Werner Joerg Luedeckes
Conrad Hall
Jerry Goldsmith
Jack Martin Smith
Herman A. Blumenthal
David Silver
Joseph Silver
Garry Harris
David Rockendorf
Capitol Theater
Martin Benrath
Janet Margolin
China at the Little Cinema China!
A Felix Greene documentary review praising China and its people while noting minor technical flaws. The piece highlights Greene's four month, 15,000 mile journey capturing ordinary Chinese life including industries hospitals schools and public transport. The reviewer contrasts myths about Communist China with a sympathetic, human-centered portrayal and notes the Peking Symphony excerpt.
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America
China
Felix Greene
Greene
Erna Lane Exhibit at Lenox Library Delights and Divides
A modest showing of 15 mixed media paintings by Erna Lane at the Lenox Library draws praise for her bird subjects and a few standout pieces, while critiquing the floral works as prettily dull. Noting Lane is Harry Lane’s wife, the review highlights her surreal The Wonder and other pieces that delay literal realism in favor of decorative surface clarity.
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Erna Lane
Lenox Library
Harry Lane
Berkshire
John James Audubon
Lane
Donna Reed Show and Bewitched TV Night on Channel 13
Tonite on Channel 13 features Donna Reed with Carl Betz as they handle family life in a humorous tone. Also Bewitched returns with Samantha pregnant and a question of gender, starring Elizabeth Montgomery with Dick York and Agnes Moorehead.
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Donna Reed
Donna
Carl Betz
Samantha
Elizabeth Montgomery
Dick York
Agnes Moorehead
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