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ItoSoundBy GEORGE BOI RKEW#r»!A FAM*rThe Sound «nr| the Fun ’at the Florida, Flummjrt andRmera Theaters ix * surcexs-flil combination of J e r r yWalds know iedge of ho\of.fire and W 11-ham Faulkner *Moviepeoe! rat irgsight intomthemanners morals ofdReviewwhat Northerner*like to refer to a* the decadentSouth.The excellent production represents fme perforin annex hvYul Rrynner, Joanne Woodward. John Beal. Margaret Icighton, Fthel Water*, John Waldron Stuart Whitman and young Stephen Perry; under*standing direct ion by MartinRrtt, and a score hy Alex North that is reminiscent ofandFury*l\ RRIFF — Fnulknrrdrama of the South modepalnlahlr h\ n happ* touchof aenftmenf.t h e heart-tuggingtheme of Picnic.’’musicalCom# to think of it, th#r# i% much of th# A#m# omotion-a! rnnflirt aa William Inj# put in “Picnic’* in th# undercurrent plot of **Th# SoundAnd th# Fury,” Th# miitil*11»i — tirrnmit uni #a vmttlrfh# a h#t tor I Ah# I thAn Atnry — of “Th# Sound a net th# Fur ” r#\ oh ca Around th# #f-f o r t a of Rr\nn#r, who i a a m#mh#r of » i# proud hut fAltering ( ompAon f ami I' only hyAdoption, to gn# It n#w back-bnn#.He has litfto to work with. His chargfs am a drunk, played hy John Beal; a moronic*/Tells Moving Stry*mute, plaved hy Warden: abastard girl. playedWoochxard, and the assortedother re*ponsibiltttes of a planration which no longer support*itself Rr\nner ha* gone intocommerce and is looked downupon hv the old timers andthose he is trying to helpThese early phases of the film ha\e an almost painful content hut they are revealed as necessary to the overallA*telling a* the story progresses. It might he well to cautionhere that them are some factor* of the plot which are temporarily confusing and that it is bext to see “The Sound and the Fury’’ from the start.It is in the early font age that Rrvnner is pictured asa harsh man. But then Misal-eightnn is injected into the proceedings as the mother who ahandoned her daughter. Miss Woodward, at lllegiti* mate rhlldhirth, and gradually the true purpose of Rryn-ner's attitude toward Mias Woodward Is revealed.IJf OfRKST tl R %\T471 •* Av+.Hmnri W«tkMIIIMCmouths a i m*Y#sr He»t*—-Merrit sadlath laraarTt I* here that what ’.vanharsh and painful flow* into a touching and rewarding ftnale. a finale that la much more Wald than Faulkner. The whole cast is magnificent and the color production rate* topcredit*0*s« *.!•:• e M!*trf AfEXOTICMEXICAN and SPANISHCUISINEMtster «l tiun' Hil lU *»«'«»»Ml ImiRRMIiI If |#«nMt Ilf li lllMtlU • •♦•••!.I 34 N.I. 20th St., Miami, Fla. PSaaa FI 4-3142State
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Miami Herald
Miami, Florida, US
Thu, Mar 12, 1959
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