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...adroitness with effects--the weird lighting turns out very well--but less control of his actors. Michael Medearis plays the nearly mad son of a mad sea captain with melodrama in every syllable. This sometimes comes off. John Baker, as his father, teeters between vivid strength and hamminess, but Barbara Bisco, as the captain's daughter, enters her role with fine if sometimes sudden emotion...
...Novak; the "cute, slightly turned-up" nose of Songstress Teresa Brewer; the "ripe, sultry and suggestive" mouth of Anita Ekberg; the "silky and soft" hair of Sophia Loren; the "firm, yet round and petite" chin of Natalie Wood; the "slender, yet strong" neck of Canada's Skater Barbara Ann Scott; the "sulky, passionate" eyebrows of Prima Donna Maria Callas; the "delicate and small" ears of New Jersey's First Lady Helen Stevenson Meyner because "they invite you to whisper your innermost secrets into them...
...Barbara Perry, Executive Secretary of the United States branch of the Festival Committee, admitted the plausibility of the State Department allegations, but thought the chance to meet and influence students from Iron Curtain countries "too good to pass...
...principal singers, Jo Linch as the medium and Barbara Blanchard as her daughter, contribute performances quite astonishing for their power and surety. Miss Linch's voice, while never becoming harsh, possesses just the right quality to project the rather angular music which Menotti has written to depict the spiritualist's descent into horror. And Miss Blanchard, whose singing carries a lovely, lyrical quality did not faulter for a moment even in the highest passages. Her rendition of the ballad-like piece which opens the opera was entirely captivating. Both young women, furthermore, are not only fine singers but actresses...
...Barbara Ward will open a two-program television series, sponsored by the International Development Society, with a talk on "The Challenge of the Developing World" tonight at 9 p.m. Miss Ward is the British expert on economic development and is currently visiting lecturer in Government...