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Jean R. Debrix, critic and producer of experimental French movies, speaks tonight on "New Trends in Films" under the auspices of Ivy films at 7:30 p.m. at New Lecture Hall. Debrix' lecture will be in English. The talks will be accompanied by excerpts from recent movies...
Basis for the discussion will be Skinner's recent book, "Walden Two," in which the author portrays a Utopia with psychologists as the leading figures in the community. Skinner is associated with the "human behavior" theory of psychology...
When the movie version of William Falkner's recent novel, "Intruder in the Dust," arrived in Boston last week it brought with it some unusual praise and tributes, not the least of them being a New York Times editorial attesting to its excellence. It is an exceptional film, and an important one, but to this particular reviewer it falls considerably short of greatness...
...books, fiction and nonfiction, accurately and often brilliantly reflected the state of man and his world. They were books colored by personal questioning, confusion and discontent; but also showing through was a determination to express both personal and public dilemmas and to face them firmly. More than in recent years, fiction in 1949 leavened its cynicism with compassion. In a great deal of nonfiction, skepticism was tempered with American optimism: though happiness and order might have to be earned, they were not irrevocably beyond reach...
Carl Vinson, Chairman of the House Committee on Armed Services, will not support the three-year extension of the present draft law urged by Defense Secretary Louis Johnson, he disclosed in a recent telegram to the CRIMSON...