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.1DOQ0DOI300 00 00 DO 0000000000LLYWO00 WITHoneTHE SPIRIT OF. ST. IXJUIS thoroughness that is documentary.The lonely, and epoch-making plane ride that' young Charles A.; L-indbergh • took irom New York to Paris in 1927 has been made |nto a quietly effective film. ‘The Spirit of St Louis, which opened at the Capitol theatre Thursday, has succeeded in making.a virtue out of the usu: ally dubious movie technique of the flashback. For'all practical purposes, to have put James Stewart in the cockpit of a plane and played the camera on him continually would haveIn lesser roles, Murray Hamilton^ Patricia Smithy Bartlett Robinson, Marc Connolly. and. others; do -yeoman service.- V /Heartily recommended.AIiA STRADA THE BESPOKE OVERCOATLTHOUGH both pictures: at the Valour theatre this week,are in English, they.'.speak chiefiy with the eloquence* of silence.i* * -La Strada, the ieature, Is an Italian movie ot bitter and piti-, less realism shot'through withr imschiefto *frthegirL:iHe,*itoo,i is- rriemorable]1 in every .way;: * The;: -director.'; of £. tfie iilro/ Tlederico;'. *tak^ •; place among the great ItaHan^ art* ists ;wprkihg:'ihi‘ther(Utn. field-r •-- The; English .dialogue may have beendubbedih, but -it is done so skilfully few will detect iti^The; • BespokeOvercoat Is . m. modernization :pf Gogol's short •; story and, tells ot s poor Jew* lah .worker; whose ambition Is ; I© have a- finecoat. .The emphasis oit ; the supernatural is wonderfully achieved astha poor man, Alfte Bass Is superb* ; So l» David Kossof, as the bibulous taifar. '• C 'A thoroughly worthwhile bill, far from the beaten track. ; v‘such pity and polgnance that it courted dramatic disaster. To • -v\r.il 1 move you deeply. The Behave gone into an extensive spoke Overcoat,. a short film,atudy of the events following leased on. a Gogol story, alsojhis flight would, have been to concerns itself with the inner court unpopularity. - spirit and is featured by. brill I*The dilemma has been solved ant acting,..brilliantly and The Spirit of St- • . .Louis will hold your interest, and Both have won a number ofyour sympathy, every foot of the way. T h 5 s. is m largely due to James Stewart who plays the title role with such artless honesty that you are able to aop cept him as tbe'fH character cortvf!pletely. By temperament, he is right for; the roie. but he has not relied on his familiar tricks. James Stewart He has penetrated it with some • superb touches of- character and' when the -roll call of top performances is made at the end of theyear, Tiis name: is sure to figure prominently.Billy Wilder has collaborated 1 an the screenplay with Wendatlj Mayes, and has atso directed.1 He Is a fine man for the kindI of detail that will Illuminate* the script, and he works to-: ward the climax with an unerring sense of drama..What emerges in the movie is the story of an indomitable young man. very sure of his destiny. You like him immediately, and follow his flight with close attention.Stewart ..is virtually the whole film? so far as acting goes. Nevertheless, the supporting roles are skilfully done. The aerial photography is superb and the 1327 atmosphere is conveyed with aprizes and are heartening reminders that the Valour theatre has pledged itself to a policy of films of unusual distinction,%La Strada is a movie of-rambling content, but it is ; continually on the alert to bring you the strange world or | a group of mis-i fits who are unable to adjust j themselves ' to | the harshness of life. Its central figure is Giuli-etta Masina, an actress with such a wonderfully eloquent and heartbreak-ingiy funny facethat she can rank with the greatest comediennes of. the past.She plays Gelsmijita, a bumbling. peasant : girt: who is bought by an itinerant circus strong man and thrust into realities that her groping mind can not penetrate. Everything she docs Is distinctive, and the amazing range of expressions that flit across her face mirror every facet of the life of this fey creature.As the brutel, unhappy Zampano.1 who possesses her, .Anthony Quinrrj2 proves himself , to be ..an actor oE £ real stature. It matches in excel-lence his role in.Lust for Life.; Completing the trio is Kieliard Basehart. as the fool whose gentleMfesinas1t
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Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA
Fri, May 10, 1957
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