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Unfortunately, Susan Strasberg, the third star, seems a mere satellite. She is miscast, and downright dull, speaking in a disagreeable adolescent voice that fits Anne Frank perfectly, but adds little brightness to Anouilh. Fortunately, there are some extremely amusing supporting actors. Glenn Anders is ideal as the glorious Lord Hector, and Sig Arno serves his role as a timeless headwaiter with a skillful dash of farce...
FREE AND UNITED IN HOPE: "Hope is a glorious 'must' for a church under pressure and persecution." But in times when such bracing persecution is replaced by good will, the "Church's spiritual integrity is often threatened. Therefore the Church is to be cleansed from all that would transform [it] into a society for the preservation and promotion of Christianity" and of whatever would transform Christianity itself into a mere "philosophy and ideology...
...mass rally" at the Leipzig stadium (last filled to its 100,000 capacity at a Protestant church day in 1954), Khrushchev was soaked by a drenching rain that broke as he entered the arena. "This is not the welcome we had planned for the glorious Soviet leader," wailed the East German TV announcer. Though trumpets blared, fireworks exploded and uniformed Communist youth groups marched, the Communist TV cameras inadvertently gave the show away by panning slowly across thousands of empty seats. After that, embarrassed East German Communists gave up live TV coverage of the Khrushchev tour, and set about organizing...
...reception honoring B. and K. For 24 hours after Moscow's last-minute announcement that Premier Bulganin would not be a member of the party, one long red banner strung across an East Berlin building said simply: WE GREET, and when finally finished read: WE GREET THE GLORIOUS SOVIET LEADERS...
...Hunter's success in making Stay-Put Lipstick, his ad agency's biggest account, stay put. Hunter's own dream of success: to rise from his untouchable caste as TV commercial writer to possession of his own jewel-encrusted key to the executives' washroom. This glorious consummation (duly sanctified by a heavenly choir on the sound track) is realized through Rita Marlowe (Jayne Mansfield), a squealing movie siren noted for her "oh-so-kissable lips" and her favorite boast ("All my lovers and I are just friends!"). In getting Jayne's product endorsement...