Word: film
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Three Boston film, drama, and music critics will meet in the Chapel Room of Phillips Brooks at 7:30 p.m. tonight to discuss reviewing motion pictures. Featured at the meeting will be Elinor Hughes, Radcliffe '27, and Rudolph Elie, both of the Herald, and Cyrus Durgin of the Globe...
...some took up the cudgels as ardently in Stromboli's behalf, among them the American Civil Liberties Union. The Roman Catholic Legion of Decency found the movie acceptable for adults, explaining: "It is our policy to judge the film itself, not the actors...
From Rome, Director Rossellini added one more note to the controversy. RKO's Stromboli, he claimed, "differs substantially" from the film he made. But he was more concerned with his own affairs. Actress Bergman's Mexican divorce from Dr. Peter Lindstrom had come through ahead of schedule; to head off any attempt by Dr. Lindstrom to claim Ingrid's ten-day-old son, he registered the baby as Renato Roberto Giusto Giuseppe Rossellini, "mother ... to be named later." Then he hurried plans to marry the mother...
Candidates are taught how to use the CRIMSON's modern fully-equipped press camera as well as a new speed-flash outfit. All film, bulbs and other photographic supplies are furnished...
There are some surprisingly sophisticated characterizations in this film. Cinderella's wisked stepmother is an example. I doubt that a live actress could have made as odious as impression as the animated woman. The stepmother's facial expressions, particularly the piercing eyes, seemed to scare the whole audience; many actually huddled together when she appeared on the screen. A close second for sheer hateability is the stepmother's leering, sharp clawed cat. This formidable Tabby does everything in his power to hurt poor Cindy and her mouse friends. It was with great pleasure that I watched him meet his awful...