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By CHRIS HOUGLUM
Emerald Entertainment Editor
Once upon a time, in a crowded newspaper office far, far from
the places any decent student frequents, a certain entertainment
editor, with unpardonable pride in his judgment, made a few random
markings in the appropriate boxes of the Academy Awards Contest
entry blank, and submitted his completed form with all the confi
dence of a man well-established in his field.
He bombed out.
And one of the primary reasons for his batting only .500 for the
contest was an English film entitled “A Man For All Seasons,”
which copped six Oscars, including that for Best Picture.
The entertainment editor said "Darn" and a few things less
printable. True, he had long before read the play upon which
"Seasons” was based, and had been impressed—nevertheless, he
threw most of his support to “Blow-Up” and “Georgy Girl."
Last Monday night he went to see "A Man for All Seasons,” which
will reputedly play for at least two more weeks at the Fox Theatre.
He entered the theatre with mixed emotions, and he came out with
same, pius a compulsive desire to say "It was good" and leave it
at that.
That would make a pretty short review, and the film deserves
better.
I must first 'say that if you're looking for an ever-present adven
ture film, with spectacle, plenty of action, and innumerable roman
tic interludes for added interest, you should avoid this film. It is
not understated, but neither is it overly ambitious—it is purely
historical, a compact, penetrating character study of a man who
nearly changed the course of English history.
POLITICAL PRESSURES
The man was Sir Thomas More, who served as Lord Chancellor to
King Henry VIII until political pressures caused him to resign.
The primary issue involved at the time was Henry’s wish to divorce
his wife. Catherine of Aragon, for Ann Boleyn, his mistress. Cather
ine had borne him four children, but only one a girl had lived.
Henry very much wanted a male heir, and hoped that Ann Boleyn
would be more productive toward this end than Catherine, who was
‘'As barren as a brick.”
The Catholic Church would not. of course, support the divorce,
so Henry, rather than consult the Pope, formed the Church of Eng
land, persuaded it to overrule the Catholic body, and married
Ann Boleyn in 1533.
More, a devout Catholic, refused to support the marriage, believ
ing that the King’s actions were against God’s wishes. His political
opponents took advantage of this, brought charges of high treason
against him, and sent him to the executioner’s block a victim of
perjured testimony.
So much for this week s history lesson.
“A Man for All Seasons" depicts the years of conflict between
More and the English crown. It wisely makes no decision regarding
the validity of his stand—the viewer is left to either condemn him
as a dogmatic and narrow-minded conservative or label him a
martyr.
The film has three things going for it. The first is Paul Scofield,
who is absolutely brilliant in his Oscar-winning role as Sir Thomas
More, and who dominates the picture completely with his carefully
controlled, well-modulated, beautifully evocative voice.
BOISTEROUS NATURE
Secondly, there is Robert Shaw, who catches the boisterous nature
of Henry VIII in a manner rivaling Scofield’s portrayal of More.
He is on screen for only one scene, a ten-minute sequence in which
the frustrated, lusty monarch tilts verbal lances with the reserved,
cerebral Chancellor. I found this, and two later scenes in which
More confronts his accusers, to be a superbly staged scene.
Finally, there is the Oscar-winning screenplay, in which Robert
Bolt adapts the original play’s script to the screen, enhancing it a
thousandfold with a script which is both light and literate.
I could possibly dispute the presentation of two of the three other
Academy Awards secured by the film—its photography, for instance,
though clear and subdued as that of Antonioni’s “Blow-Up,” is not
as experimental as in the latter work, I feel. And I still consider
the directorial rivalry of Fred Zinneman and Michelangelo Antonioni
a toss-up.
I must hurry to synopsize the rest of the entertainment scene.
Very Little Theatre’s production of William Inge’s “Bus Stop” is
very professional in every respect, and you should see it tonight
or tomorrow, when it concludes its run.
Also, “Oh Dad, Poor Dad, etc.” which is supposedly a rather
tasteless adaptation of the successful stage play, starts today at the
Heilig; “Blow-Up” continues at the Mayflower; “The Russians Are
Coming” and “The Fortune Cookie” will continue at the McDonald.
Graduate Students More Vulnerable
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi
dent Johnson is readying an or
der to cut dov/n the chance of
students avoiding military service
by staying in college graduate
schools, says Selective Service
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Director Lewis B. Hershey.
The 73-year-old lieutenant gen
eral told the Senate Armed Serv
ices Committee Wednesday the
order should end complaints about
“pyramiding deferments” into
permanent exemption.
Hershey ,who has been running
Selective Service since before
World War II,- asked for exten
sion of the draft law with few
changes. Key features of the law
expire June 30.
To Appear in Washington
Wyatt Asks Travel Grant
For Accused Students
WASHINGTON (AIM- Repre
sentative Wendell Wyatt (R-Ore.)
has told the chairman of the
House Committee on I'n-Ameri
can Activities that three Port
land State College students ac
cused of being Communists should
be invited to defend themselves
at government expense.
“The procedures followed in
this case offend me," said Wyatt
in a letter to Representative Ed
win E. Willis (D-La.).
"Any public release of charges
made in private sessions under
the circumstances in this case is
grossly unfair," his letter con
tinued.
"I ask that your committee
again give these three persons
opportunity to testify and that
Students Elect
Pig May Queen
MURFREESBORO, Tennessee
(AP)—With five pretty coeds to
choose from, students at Middle
Tennessee State University elect
ed a pig as May Queen on a write
in vote.
Paula Mae Pigg. one month
old, 15 pounds, and measuring
20-22 20, got 786 votes, to 112 fo
the nearest human challenger in
Wednesday's election
There was talk of a runoff, or a
new election on the grounds that
Paula Mae is not a student, but
the other contestants withdrew
from the race after learning they
had been beaten by a pig.
Traditionally the May Queen
reigns over the annual junior
senior prom.
A group of student leaders said
j they entered the pig in protest
to student apathy toward the
i elections and prom.
| Miss Kitten McCreary, second in
; the voting, said the five coeds
| withdrew because “we don’t feel
the student body should be taught
, a lesson at the candidates’ ex
pense.
“We were all treating it light
ly, but after the pig got 700
! votes, we felt it had gone too
i far.”
Peace Corp Film
Slated Monday
Amateur motion picture buffs
will have a chance to view a
film on Nigeria created by re
turned Peace Corps volunteer
Dave Schickele Monday, April 24,
at 7:30 p.m. in 123 Science.
The film, entitled “Give Me a
Riddle,” is not intended as an
ordinary Peace Corps recruiting
film, but is instead an honest
and sometimes brutal record of
what the Peace Corps volunteer
must face abroad and what he
can accomplish.
All University students are en
couraged to attend, and partic
ularly those who will be starting
Peace Corps training this sum
mer or those who will be apply
ing for volunteer work at the
time.
•ho committee agree to pay their
‘ravel expenses.
"It is my further request that
the testimony be taken in open
or closed sessions at the option
of the witness.”
Foreign Students
Sponsor Potluck
The annual International Din
ner. sponsored by the Foreign
Student Friendship Foundation
of the University, will be held
Saturday, according to Mrs. Fred
\ndrews, publicity chairman for
the foundation.
The dinner will begin at 6 p.m.
in the cafeteria of South Eu
gene High School. It will fea
ture dishes as international as
die students attending.
According to Mrs, Andrews,
each student is asked to take a
hot dish and salad or dessert.
All international students, in
eluding those without friend
ships. are invited to attend.
Friendship families are urged to
invite their students to the din
;ier or arrange for someone else
to accompany them if the fam
ily is unable to attend.
Wyatt's letter, released Wed
nesday. was in reference lo the
public release of a IIUAC report
in which a Portlander, liussell
K. Krueger, identified as Com
munists three Portland State stu
dents.
The three. Joe Uris, 2(1, John
Van Ilyning, 20. and Denise Ja
cobson. 30, iiad been told by the
committee they could go to Wash
ington and defend themselves if
they wished
None replied to the committee
and Uris said lie could not afford
to go.
Wyatt said he did not know
the three nor did he have any
knowledge of their political be
liefs.
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history . . . also a new CHARLIE CHAPLIN oldie: "The
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Plus another Chaplin favorite: “THE RINK" (Charlie on
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