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...awesome power to capsize the dingies and rowboats where we have stored the dearest values of our civilization, and if he sends them down with a chuckle, they are none the less sunk. Thus "The Last Flower" is superbly comic, and a model for the integration of verbal and visual art - but the theme is that humankind is doomed to periodic and violent disruption succeed by regeneration...
Ford reveals Stoddard as incapable of adjusting to the life of the West: when Tom brings Hallie a "cactus rose," Stoddard, having seen real roses, cannot appreciate the beauty of the desert flower. Where Tom sees Liberty Valance as a source of personal conflict, a potential menace to his own well-being, Stoddard can only see Valance as the embodiment of a social evil that must be wiped out through new laws and social reform...
...bikinis ($4) that can be worn in the water, last for two to three wearings. Formfit Rogers has gone into underwear with a $3 ensemble consisting of bra, petti-skirt and kerchief. Not to be outdone, Hallmark Cards has just marketed a complete paper party kit: a flower-printed shift with matching cups, plates, place mats, napkins, matches and even invitations. Among other strong sellers are $9 foil shifts and paint-it-yourself dresses that cost $2 including the paint...
Miss Bacall is currently starring in the Broadway production Cactus Flower. After her visit to the Pudding, she will return to New York for the evening's performance...
LOVE FOR LOVE (RCA Victor). Another all-English cast, this time with an all-English play. Love for Love is hardly the finest flower of the Restoration, but as performed by the National Theater of Great Britain. Congreve's period piece blossoms into fine, bawdy fare. The credit is divided between Director Peter Wood and Sir Laurence Olivier, who as the dim-witted Tattle makes every line shine...