Death on the Nile review notes slow pace and strong cast
A film adaptation directed by John Brabourne and Richard Goodwin stars Peter Ustinov as Poirot with Mia Farrow and David Niven. Despite lush production, Angela Lansbury and Maggie Smith shine, but pacing dulls the murder mystery. Some performances falter as the lengthy 244 minute runtime strains the plot.
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Death On the Nile
Peter Ustinov
Mia Farrow
David Niven
John Brabourne
Richard Goodwin
Paramount Pictures
the Plaza Theatre
Europe
Nile
Agatha Chris
Hercule Poirot
Poirot
Nino Rota
Peter
Angela Lansbury
Col. Race
Bette Davis
Maggie Smith
Lois Chiles
Simon MacCorkindale
Simon Doyle
Jacqueline de Bellefort
Review of a Dame Agatha adaptation by John Guillermin
The review notes a late evening viewing with a frustratingly slow setup and overlong flashbacks from multiple viewpoints. It argues the plot is uneven as tried and dropped ideas undermine coherence, leaving a jumpy film though still respectable with strong source material.
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John Guillermin
Dame Agatha
No Substitute for Good Bridge Play, Yet Luck Helps
In a New York regional open pair final analysis, Oswald and Alan discuss a hand where nearly all Souths reach three notrump and Wests open queen of spades. They explain declarer play to snag diamonds, defense to win spades, and how East’s tactics influence East-West versus North-South scores.
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Oswald
Alan
New York
Declarer
East
Paint Adds Massive Weight To Giant Tankers
The Globtik Tokyo and other 476000 ton tankers may gain about 400 tons from paint according to National Geographic. This coating increases overall weight and can affect ballast and fuel calculations for these ultra large vessels.
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Tokyo
National Geographic
Sleeping Beauty puppet show delights young audiences
The Pickwick Puppet Theatre and Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra presented Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty at Paramount Theatre. Puppetry featured four foot puppets and a woolly sheep drew the crowd while WMT's John Bachman narrated, creating a G rated, hour long program with puppetry demonstrations.
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Pickwick Puppet Theatre
Paramount Theatre
Richard Williams
Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Paramount
How
Aurora
WMT
John Bachman
A Wedding at Stage 1 Theatre Review
Burnett and Duff stand out as the cynical film “A Wedding” drifts. The story follows Dino Corelli and Muffin Brenner through a single wedding day and reception revealing long kept secrets among about a half dozen subplots.
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Burnett
Duff
Carol Burnett
Paul Dooley
Amy Stryker
Lion’s Gate Films
20Th Century-Fox
Stage 1
Dino Corelli
Desi Arnaz Jr
Muffin Brenner
Brenners
Snooks
Tulio
Corellis
Dino
Luigi
Vittorio Gassman
Rome
Sloan
Nettie Sloan
Lillian Gish
Altman
Nashville
Buffy
Mia Farrow
Rita Billingsley
Geraldine Chaplin
Muffin
Italy
Howard Duff
Proposition 5 in California smoking rights and bans
Opinionated columns discuss Proposition 5 and its proposed balance of smoking rights and clean air in California. It would create smoking and non smoking sections in restaurants and preserve smoking areas at work while banning hospital smoking unless requested. It would not ban tobacco sales or regulate outdoor smoking and aims to save taxpayer dollars.
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Abby
California
New Wilmington Letter Carrier Faces Post Office Probe
Tom Smith a Wilmington letter carrier is under investigation after leaving introductory notes for about 400 new patrons in mailboxes. Federal law bans unpostmarked mail. Smith 47 could be fined suspended or fired after 25 years on the job and has offered to pay $60 for postage.
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Wilmington
Del
Tom Smith
Postal Service
Smith
Edward Biegel
Surprising Response Draws Attention to Small Ad
A small advertisement unexpectedly generated a strong reaction, drawing broad interest and signaling how a simple ad can spark outsized attention and engagement.
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