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...Anthony van Dyck was to have invented the English gentleman-not the mild, knobbly, pink creature one sees beneath its bowler in the street, but the now vanishing archetype of aristocracy, calm and straight as a Purdey gun barrel, with the look of arrogant security guaranteed to paralyze all lesser breeds from Calais to Peshawar. This invention began in 1632, when Van Dyck, an ex-assistant of the greatest court painter of his age, Peter Paul Rubens, arrived in London. It ended with his death at the age of 42, in 1641. In between came seven years of service...
Harvard Campaign workers, seeking alumni donations abroad in the fundraising drive's Lesser Developed Countries Phase, accidentally stumble across former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, who has been in hiding. They immediately hire Amin as an assistant to campaign head Thomas Reardon. "Dada's a great fundraiser," says President Bok. "Everyone he solicits comes through on his pledges...
Harvard Campaign officials, pleased with the results of their Lesser Developed Countries Phase, kick off their Repressive Regimes Phase with gals fundraisers for alum in EJ Salvador, Chile and South Africa...
What accounts for the movie's enduring charm? Casablanca is, of course, a masterpiece of casting. Not only the leads but the lesser players as well are perfect, each one a small, vivid miracle of type. Fetching up their names is an old game for the trivialist: Sam (Dooley Wilson), the bartender Sascha (Leonid Kinskey), the waiter Carl (S.Z. Sakall), the jilted Yvonne (Madeleine LeBeau), the Bulgarian couple (Joy Page and Helmut Dantine), the pickpocket (Curt Bois), the croupier (Marcel Dalio...
...time beyond history, on two rock-bound islands, live The Sea People (Schocken; $14.95). The Greater Island is ruled by a king, the Lesser one by an old, blind oracle. Peace reigns until the king decides to move a red sunstone. Once the rock is disturbed, the Sea People experience an absolute shower of gold. But absolute shower corrupts absolutely, and soon the islands are threatened by pride and avarice. Only the old man's wisdom can rescue them from themselves ... This familiar tale is saved from banality by the panoramic artwork of Jorg Muller and Jorg Steiner. Gull...