Cinema, Television, Theater, Books: Jan. 13, 1961

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CINEMA

The Grass Is Greener. A champagne comedy pressed from one of Britain's choicest sour grapes—those beastly rich Americans—with Gary Grant brilliantly playing an earl who tries to save his wife from a fate worse than death, i.e., Robert Mitchum.

Make Mine Mink. Another suitably dotty but amiable bit of British nonsense, casting Comedian Terry-Thomas as a Robin-Hoodish retired major who masterminds (and sometimes absent-minds) a fur-shop larceny.

The Angry Silence. In a grimly impressive critique of the mass mind, a machinist courageously resists the pressure of the union that has "sent him to Coventry."

Tunes of Glory. A superior piece of entertainment, thanks to a brilliant performance by Alec Guinness as an up-from-the-ranks Scottish colonel waging the internecine peace of barracks life.

With John Mills.

Exodus. Otto Preminger's superb direction and Dalton Trumbo's superlative script have made the sprawling bestseller about Israel into a stirring if lengthy (four-hour) movie.

Among the other good recent offerings: The Sundowners, The Magnificent Seven, The Virgin Spring, Village of the Damned and The Love Game.

TELEVISION

Tues., Jan. 10 Expedition! (ABC, 7-7:30 p.m.).* A trackdown through Greenland's icy wastes of a vanishing breed—the unabominable musk ox.

Tribute to a Patriot (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). The life and times of Dwight David Eisenhower, with brief appearances by John F. Kennedy, Harold Macmillan, Jawaharlal Nehru and Konrad Adenauer.

Wed., Jan. 11 The Bob Hope Show (NBC, 9-10 p.m.). Filmed portions of Hope's annual holiday-season tour of U.S. military bases, including a Christmas Day segment from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

The United States Steel Hour (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). The Mating Machine, a comedy about a marriage bureau that operates by computer. The punch-card pairing: Diana Lynn and John Ericson.

Thurs., Jan. 12 Family Classics (CBS, 7:30-8:30 p.m.). The first of a two-part adaptation of Thackeray's Vanity Fair, with Diane Cilento as Becky Sharp.

Fri., Jan. 13 Family Classics (CBS, 7:30-8:30 p.m.). Becky's comeuppance.

The Equitable's Our American Heritage (NBC, 9-10 p.m.). The Invincible Teddy, a dramatization by Tad (All the Way Home) Mosel of formative days in the life of Theodore Roosevelt.

Sat., Jan. 14 The Nation's Future (NBC, 9:30-10:30 p.m.). Senator Hubert Humphrey and A.M.A. Spokesman Dr. Edward R. Annis debate: "Should medical care for the aged be linked to Social Security?"

Fight of the Week (ABC, 10 p.m. to conclusion). Paul Fender—middleweight champion of New York, Massachusetts and Europe—defends against Londoner Terry Downes.

Sun., Jan. 15 Issues and Answers (ABC, 1:30-2 p.m.). Senator Barry Goldwater faces network newsmen on the second of three sessions concentrating on the filibuster.

Pro Bowl Football Game (NBC, 3:45 to final gun). The eleventh annual all-star rumble, from Los Angeles. Color.

A Question of Chairs: The Challenge of American Education (CBS, 4-5 p.m.). The evolution of U.S. education discussed by Nathan M. Pusey, president of Harvard, the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, president of Notre Dame, and Abram L. Sachar, president of Brandeis.