Word: morningstar
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Dates: during 1961-1961
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Natalie did not reach the top rung in one leap: she has been in films for nearly 20 years. Most of her credits are best forgotten, but there were enough big hits -Miracle on 34th Street, Rebel Without a Cause, Marjorie Morningstar-to keep her career moving upward. It began in Santa Rosa, Calif., when four-year-old Natalie-then Natasha Gurdin-went with her Russian-immigrant mother to watch the filming of Happyland. Even then she was a raving beauty, and Director Irving Pichel plucked her out of the crowd to give her a bit part. In her next...
Somewhere in this plethora of novels, the basic ethics of Judaism, such as they are, have been lost; the characters have become stereotyped. They no longer have faith, they only have problems. Dickie Amsterdam is the most despicable "hero" to appear in a long time, and Marjorie Morningstar's plight is hardly worth the effort. This theme of assimilation gives the Jewish author a chance to spew out all his anger at being born a Jew, at being, in some sense, alienated from the rest of society. The cast of characters is always the same: the old fashioned parents...