Time Listings: Jan. 5, 1962

A Midsummer Night's Dream. Shakespeare with puppets: an intricate trick executed with taste and charm by Jiri Trnka, a Czech with an imagination quite as wild as Will's.

El Cid. The Spanish Lancelot, hero of the wars against the Moors, is celebrated in the year's best superspectacle, directed by Anthony Mann.

Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Roger Vadim's contemporary adaptation of an 18th century erotic classic starts out as a comedy of promiscuities but winds up as a revolting examination of evil—the kind of evil in which sex is merely a means to a dead end.

One, Two, Three. A sort of Mack Sennett investigation of the situation in Berlin, conducted with a wham-bam abandon by Director Billy Wilder.

Throne of Blood. Director Akira (Rashomon) Kurosawa's grand, barbaric Japanization of Macbeth is probably the most original and vital attempt ever made to translate Shakespeare to the screen.

The Five-Day Lover. A hilarious bou-Dior farce in a sly French style that mingles lowlife and haute couture, but at the end Director Philippe de Broca does not find lovers in the closets—he finds skeletons.

A Summer to Remember. A Soviet film whose reels contain honest celluloid—the fresh, warm, funny story of a little boy's life with father in Russia today—instead of the usual party line.

The Hustler. A morality play in a poolroom, brilliantly directed by Robert Rossen, vigorously played by Paul Newman, Piper Laurie, Jackie Gleason.

West Side Story. This big, slick cine-musical, like the Broadway show it is based on, decorates its hoods with halos and its cops with badges of dishonor, but its dances still seem (mostly) fresh and its Romeo and Juliet story still seems (mostly) sweet.

TELEVISION

Wed., Jan. 3 Armstrong Circle Theater (CBS, 10-11 p.m.).* "Window on the West," a documentary film describing the operation of Radio Free Europe.

Thurs., Jan. 4

Purex Special for Women (NBC, 3-4 p.m.). Why Americans spend billions of dollars trying to overcome loneliness.

Accent on 1961 (CBS, 9-10 p.m.). The moods of Americans as they reacted to the news events of the year, enlivened by three musical satires from Manhattan's Upstairs at the Downstairs.

CBS Reports (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). A detailed look at East Germany's showcase city, Rostock, filmed in homes, factories, schools and churches during November and December, including an interview with Communist Boss Walter Ulbricht.

Fri., Jan. 5

Projection '62 (NBC, 9:30-10:30 p.m.). Eleven foreign and domestic correspondents forecast world events for 1962.

Sun., Jan. 7

Meet the Professor (ABC, 2:30-3 p.m.). Premiere. An outstanding professor discussing his college, his community and his philosophy of teaching. Today's guest: Dr. Huston Smith from M.I.T.

Sunday Sports Spectacular (CBS, 2:30-4 p.m.). Some 75 broncobusters compete for $57,000 prize money in the national rodeo championships in Dallas.

Wide World of Sports (ABC, 3:30 p.m. to conclusion). American Football League's Eastern All-Stars v. Western All-Stars.

The Twentieth Century (CBS, 6-6:30 p.m.). Documentary film on the "Siege at Malta" during World War II.