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Here, Peter Finch, splendid in a cardinal's red robes, plays a humble servant of the Lord who is torn and tantalized when Christina pops up hi the Vatican. Having renounced the crown of Sweden, she announces: "I'm dedicating my maidenhead to God." After all sorts of religious examination and psychological probing, Finch must confront the bitter truth: he himself has taken a powerful interest in what she has offered to the Lord...
...doesn't act it. His nervous semblance of bravado saps any conviction in his portrayal of Chee-Chee as a manipulator of deceptions; nor does he transform his uncertainty into the kind of brooding self-doubt that might have provided an alternate, though shaky, interpretation of a Chee-Chee torn in the existential dilemma...
...Made the Movies. Richard Shickel's intelligent documentary series on film directors. Tonight: The work of Alfred Hitchcock, with clips from "Saboteur" (1942), "Shadow of a Doubt" (1943), "North By Northwest" (1959), "Psycho" (1960), "The Birds" (1963), "Torn Curtain" (1966) and "Frenzy" (1972). Ch. 44, 8 p.m. 1 hour...
...credibility. The play involves the relationship between Simon, a merchant being destroyed by wealth and success, and the two women in his life--his mother (Deborah) and his wife (Sara). It almost goes without saying that both are possessive and determined to win his favor, and that he is torn between them. The idea isn't terribly original, but, in the hands of a playwright of O'Neill's talent, the potential for good psychodrama is there. Unfortunately O'Neill never had a chance to finishMansions, and in the third (and final) draft he still seems to be struggling...
...Your article on political wives made me weep. I left Washington in '65 - physically and mentally torn. No one seemed to accept or understand the divorce. I'm still struggling to stabilize...