Cinema: Mar. 17, 1961

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Question 7. A quietly frightening portrayal of Christianity under Communism.

101 Dalmatians. Dog beats man in Walt Disney's airy, unpretentious cartoon that is sure to please everybody but cats. Even the cats might like Disney's The Absent Minded Professor, a wacky science-fiction farce about Neddie the Nut and his fabulous flubber.

The Hoodlum Priest. A bewildered boy, entrapped by life, finally finds freedom in the gas chamber.

The League of Gentlemen. Ex-Colonel Jack Hawkins leads a proper platoon of the Queen's Own Down-and-Outers in a hilarious campaign against the outmanned forces of law and order.

Breathless. Exciting variations on the old existentialist theme: life is just one damn thing after another, and death is the thing after that.

Other notable current movies: Ballad of a Soldier, Make Mine Mink.

TELEVISION

Wed., March 15

Armstrong Circle Theatre (CBS, 10-11 p.m.).* Douglas Edwards narrates "Minerva's Children," a documentary about an elementary school devoted to gifted pupils.

Thurs., March 16

Family Classics (CBS, 8-9 p.m.). Richard Basehart and Lois Nettleton in Rudyard Kipling's The Light That Failed.

CBS Reports (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). American college students in Guinea provide a preview of the coming invasion in "Crossroads Africa—Pilot for a Peace Corps."

Fri., March 17

The Bell Telephone Hour (NBC, 9-10 p.m.). Music inspired by Shakespeare, sung by Patrice Munsel, Joan Sutherland and Alfred Drake, plus readings by Sir John Gielgud. Color.

Sat., March 18

The Nation's Future (NBC, 9:30-10:30 p.m.). "Should Public Funds Be Used for Public and Religious School Students?" Sun., March 19 The Ed Sullivan Show (CBS, 8-9 p.m.).

A tribute to Lerner and Loewe, with scenes from their hits.

Winston Churchill—The Valiant Years (ABC, 10:30-11 p.m.). The Big Three plan the Second Front.

Mon., March 20

Ingrid Bergman Special (CBS, 9-10:30 p.m.). Portraying an English widow, Actress Bergman spends most of the "Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life" in the gambling halls of Monte Carlo trying to win herself an American (Rip Torn).

The Bing Crosby Show (ABC, 9:30-10:30 p.m.). The Groaner's guests: Maurice Chevalier, Carol Lawrence.

Tues., March 21

Show of the Month (CBS, 9:30-11 p.m.). Julie Harris, Jo Van Fleet, Mildred Dunnock and E. G. Marshall fight the Depression, the weather and each other in "The Night of the Storm."

David Brinkley Special (NBC, 10-M p.m.). Commentator Brinkley acts as "Our Man in Hong Kong" with a solo documentary on the crown colony. Color.

THEATER

On Broadway

Come Blow Your Horn. Mixes phone calls and wolf calls, prodigals and playboys, manages to emerge as the season's best of a bad lot of comedy farces.

Camelot. The show's libretto carries only echoes of T. H. White's The Once and Future King, but it is clearly Broadway's once and future run. With Richard Burton and Julie Andrews.

Do Re Mi. Phil Silvers and Nancy Walker are the only bright notes in a gangster-gimmicked reminder of just how good Guys and Dolls really was.