Cinema, Television, Theater, Books: Jun. 8, 1962

CINEMA

The Miracle Worker. On film as on Broadway, the story of the child Helen Keller's release from the condition of a blind deaf-mute becomes an almost unbearably moving performance.

I Like Money. Peter Sellers in a new film version of Marcel Pagnol's Topaze—a little slow, but fey and funny.

Joan of the Angels? The question mark is a salve to any who might be offended by this excellent Polish film about demons of eroticism loose in an Ursuline convent.

A Taste of Honey. Playwright Shelagh Delaney's story of a wise child in Lancashire slums, who knows her own mother and is fearlessly determined to know herself. Rita Tushingham makes the heroine a kind of Oliver Twist in a maternity dress.

Jutes and Jim. Director François Truffaut's story of three young people in Paris is so spontaneous, sincere, generous, naive and natural that a spectator who sits down to watch it feeling old and dry may rise up feeling young and green.

The Counterfeit Traitor. An expert spy thriller about an Allied agent in Sweden during World War II.

State Fair. This remake of a remake of a remake may not win any Oscars, but durned if it don't take the blue ribbon for country corn.

Five Finger Exercise. A study in family life, concluding that all too often home is where the hurt is.

Bell' Antonio. A serious and discreet discussion of a case of impotence.

Sweet Bird of Youth. This sleazy affair between a Hollywood beach bum (Paul Newman) and an aging cinemama (Geraldine Page) makes a good movie melodrama out of a tiresome Tennessee Williams play.

Through a Glass Darkly. A brilliant analysis of four lives—a father, his son, daughter and son-in-law—by Sweden's Ingmar Bergman.

Last Year at Marienbad. Past, present and future are lumped together, rolled out, and cut into new and confusing pieces in what may be a new milestone—or millstone—in the history of experimental films.

TELEVISION

Wed., June 6

Howard K. Smith: News and Comment (ABC, 7:30-8 p.m.).* Summary of the week's most important items, with analysis.

David Brinkley's Journal (NBC, 10:30-11 p.m.). Brinkley examines the phenomenon of the Miss America contest and chats with former Misses America. (Color).

Thurs., June 7

Accent (CBS, 7:30-8 p.m.). Painter Thomas Hart Benton talks to Host John Ciardi about his Missouri boyhood.

CBS Reports (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). Walter Lippmann comments on the cold war and talks about significant personalities on the international scene.

Fri., June 8

Breakthrough (NBC, 9:30-10:30 p.m.). John Chancellor reports on the progress that has lately been made in the field of cancer research.

Sat., June 9

The Belmont Stakes (CBS, 4:30-5 p.m.). The 94th running of this $125,000 added racing classic.

Sun., June 10

Cabeza de Vaca (CBS, 10-11 a.m.). World premiere of the last work of the late U.S. composer, George Antheil. Based on the travels of the 16th century Spanish explorer Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, the performance is by the CBS Symphony Orchestra and the Amor Artis chorus.

Issues and Answers (ABC, 4-4:30 p.m.). Dr. Walter Heller, chairman, Council of Economic Advisers to President Kennedy, discusses the future of the U.S. economy and the current stock market situation.