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...favors the little Corsican with properly heroic proportions. But he gives the British aristocracy only the back of his hand. Every man Jack of them is portrayed as an arbitrary prig, none more so than Wellington (Christopher Plummer). Yet even these lead soldiers give more credible performances than Rod Steiger in his oppressive, self-congratulatory Napoleon. Scene after marching scene, every familiar Steigerian trick passes in review: the pop eyes, the mouth like a gunny sack with the strings drawn, and below all, the voice that CLIMBS TO A BELLOW AND THEN falls to a portentous whisper...
With Harris as Cromwell, George C. Scott as Patton, and Rod Steiger forthcoming as Napoleon, movie audiences will soon have that "choose a tyrant for 99c" option used to sell biographies of Louis XIV and Stalin in the book section of the New York Times. As biographies become flabby compendia, so historical movies-with the notable exception of Rossellini's The Rise of Louis XIV -go up in factual pretension while they go down in quality. Darryl Zanuck in Tora! Tora! Tora! spent millions to reproduce historical fact, but sacrificed artistic coherence for lavish commercial packaging. Hughes' Cromwell also fails...
...otherwise thoughtful article, you mentioned Senator Edward Kennedy's concern for Indians but omitted any reference to the contribution to Indians made by Arizona's Senators Paul Fannin and Barry Gpldwater and by Representative Sam Steiger. American Indians do not .ne.e4..mqre, concern; they need more help. We Arizonans are proud of the important contribution American Indians have made and are making to our state and nation. And we are likewise proud of the effects of our congressional delegation in helping them gain equal opportunity. Please remind your writers, and perhaps Senator Kennedy, that the age of rhetoric...
...First on your Personalized Toning-Up Program is a spin in the Roman pool. As you bask in the hot, healing waters, a gentleman technician offers cups of dietetic lemonade. Your poolmate, a balding man in his 50s, introduces himself. La Costa tones up such famous figures as Rod Steiger, Ambassador John Lodge, NBC President Julian Goodman. Gore Vidal, Kirk Douglas, Senator Jacob Javits, Sandy Koufax, President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz of Mexico-and you end up in the stew with a paint salesman from Poughkeepsie. "They really pamper you," he says, as a gentleman technician dries his back...
Senator Barry Goldwater had a plan of his own: resumption of U.S. bombing of North Viet Nam on Nov. 1 if the Paris negotiations remain deadlocked. A fellow Arizona Republican, Representative Sam Steiger, enlisted 14 House members to sign a letter to Nixon demanding "a sudden major escalation of the war with one aim?victory!" Cavalry calls such as this had a pro forma ring; no one in Washington expects Nixon even to consider them seriously...