Television review reel from ABC and CBS forums
A period critique covers ABC TV dramas The Wife of Knightsbridge and Ninety Nine Per Cent, praising The Wife of Knightsbridge for ambition but deeming it uneven. It condemns Ninety Nine Per Cent as tedious with post-dubbed sound, while noting other BBC and CBS Next Century segment discussions and the Hess case as miscarried judgments.
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Giorgio Mangiamele
Clay
Australia
Abc-Tv
Mangiamele
Four Novels Reviewed Well Drawn Studies
The Slow Natives by Thea Astley is a topical study of a mid suburban couple facing marriage breakdown and a delinquency risk for their son. The author mixes everyday life with inner emotional landscapes, expanding to include a priest, nuns, a neurotic matron, and a troubled teen, exploring loneliness and estrangement.
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Thea Astley
Gielgud Leigh to co star in Ivanov for New York debut
Hollywood reports John Gielgud and Vivien Leigh are set to co star in Ivanov as Chekhov's tragedy opens in London and reaches its New York debut. Max von Sydow, who played Jesus in The Greatest Story Ever Told, completes Hawaii and will next star in The Small Rebellion in Sweden. Peter has Gone signs for the serious role, while Will Kane plays the marshal’s son and Katy Jurado takes Helen Ramirez in the same film.
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Hollywood
John Gielgud
Vivian Leigh
Ivanov
Anton Chekov Tomady
London
New York
United Press
Max van Sydow
Jesus
Hawaii
Sweden
United Preas International Reports
Peter
Seaarus
United Preas Ia’tional
Will Kane
Cooper
Katy Jurado
Helen
Ramirez
Radio Listings and Book Reviews in One Fragment
A truncated radio schedule lists programmes from early morning to late evening with many shows and hosts unnamed due to text garble. Interwoven are lengthy reviews of The Slow Natives by Thea Astley and The Town in Bloom by Dodie Smith, detailing character notes, setting, and author background.
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Town
Bloom
Dodie Smith
Heinemann
Price
TMA
Special art on view for Canberra tourists at Macquarie Galleries
Canberra hosts an exhibition of paintings by leading Australian artists at Theatre Centre Gallery Civic Square starting tomorrow. Admission 1 shilling fourpence, free for under 10s. Works include Ian Fairweather John Passmore Peter Kaiser Guy Warren Rodney Milgate Gray Smith Jean Bellette Charles Blackman Paul Jones and Kevin Connor.
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Jean Bellette
Macquarie Gallery
Civic Theatre Gallery
Canberra
Macquarie
Theatre Centre
Civic Square
Ian Fairweather
John Passmore
Peter Kaiser
Guy Warren
Rodney Milgate
Gray Smith
Charles Blackman
Paul Jones
Kevin Connor
Paris
Kaner
Queen Mother to Attend Adelaide Festival Finale at Elder Park
The Queen Mother will attend a final night ceremony for the fourth Adelaide Festival of Arts at Elder Park on Saturday March 26. A new admission fee will apply to the ceremony which closes Festival Fair’s light entertainment. The Queen Mother will sit on a special rostrum as top Australian acts perform in the Sound Shell. A brief fireworks barrage will greet her arrival at 9 20 pm. Performers include Col Joye Sandy Scott Jimmy Little The Viscounts Judy Stone Janet Lasscock Robert Dawe and multiple bands. A 16 piece orchestra conducted by Walter Lund will accompany the singers.
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Queen Elizabeth
Adelaide
Col Joye
Sandy Scott
Jimmy Little
Viscounts
Judy Stone
Col Jove Series Brings NZ Guests Anne and Jimmy Murphy
Col Jove introduces New Zealand guest stars Anne and Jimmy Murphy on his new aK counties Col e's Songs for Swing in' Mums and Dads. The series of 13 half hour programmes will feature Australia’s talented singers and can be seen on ABC TV on Sunday at 6pm.
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Col Jove
New Zealand
Anne
Jimmy Murphy
Cole
Australia
Abc-Tv
Television Schedule Fragment From a 1960s Channel
A garbled schedule lists programs and guests including Danny Kaye Show with Elke Sommer Pat Carroll and John Thaw as Sgt John Mann. Also notes Canberra News Dr Who In Melbourne Tonight Coronation Street late film To Be Or Not To Be and children’s programming Hazard Sounds Her A and Farmer’s Daughter Love on the Picket Line.
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Ancis Drake
UPA
Zwishendorf
Danny Kaye
Elke Sommer
Pat Carroll
Canberra
DR Who
Koran
John Thaw
John Mann
Channel
Children's
Hazel Haze
Kevin Sanders
Melbourne
World Festival of Negro Arts in Dakar April 1 to 24
The World Festival of Ars set in Dakar will run April 1 through 24 drawing artists writers musicians from at least 30 countries. Prizes will be awarded for outstanding Negro contributions in literature painting sculpture music drama films and dance. Contemporary African artists will be featured with major showcase events.
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New York
Aap
Bakar
Senegal
United Press
Africa
Massercces Art
Evusoume
Noted Swiss sculptor Giacometti dies at hospital
CHUR Switzerland Thursday AAP Reuters report says Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti died in hospital Tuesday night after a heart attack. He was 14. Giacometti was famed for rough surfaced figures that expressed loneliness insecurity and transience. His London and New York exhibitions drew large crowds.
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Chur
Switzerland
Alberto Giacometti
Giacometti
London
New York
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