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DOCTOR IN SPITE OF HIMSELF
profiles · April 17, 1989

PROFILE of Dr. Jonathan Miller, who was a cast member of the "Beyond the Fringe" revue, & a neuropsychologist. "I never had a sense of humor," he has …

Hic Haec Hoc
fiction · June 27, 1988

Diana is being tutored by Professor David Reid about Chaucer when Prof. Hugh Hower-Bennett shouts through the open door that Jane Shaw, Ph.D. will be …

Stephanie, Stephen, Steph, Steve
fiction · April 20, 1981

Stephanie Angelica Bysehe Talbot Duncan is born in 1929, the daughter of Stephen and Stephanie Duncan. Her mother's great-great-grandfather Stephen had…

Seven O'clock of a Strange Millenium and All's Well
fiction · July 28, 1980

Jessie Corbridge and Douglas Bamburgh are both seventy-one years of age and are lovers. She, however, is married, and has been for many years. They are in …

THE DANGEROUS EDGE
profiles · March 26, 1979

PROFILE of writer Graham Greene, 74, interviewed from his flat in Antibes, in the South of France. His life is balanced on a hairbreadth brink between …

Diane Keaton: Her Own Best Disputant
profiles · December 25, 1978

Penelope Gilliatt’s 1978 Profile of the “Annie Hall” star: “one of the most comedically pure and brainy actresses in our midst.”

LONG LIVE THE LIVING!
profiles · December 5, 1977
Galaxy Crisis
the current cinema · June 13, 1977

Review of Luchino Visconti's film, "Ossessione", made in 1942. For years it was forbidden public showing in this country, because it is based on James …

THE URGENT WHISPER
profiles · October 25, 1976

PROFILE of film maker Jean-Luc Godard. Writer talks to Godard at his home and studio in Grenoble. Describes both places. Godard talks about making films …

ABOUT REPRIEVE
the current cinema · April 14, 1975
THE DECOY FANATIC
profiles · March 24, 1975

PROFILE of Henri Langlois, 61, film historian & collector, & founder of the great Cinematheque Francaise, through which he is the father of the middle …

GUILTY, WITH AN EXPLANATION
profiles · February 4, 1974

PROFILE of Woody Allen, comedian, writer & film producer. Allen works all the time, in California & N.Y.; one's impression is that he gives up anything…

PLAYING
profiles · January 27, 1973

PROFILE of Jacques Tati, the great French comedian & movie-maker. His films include "Jour de Fete" (1949), "Les Vacances de M. Hulot (1953), "Mon Oncle" …

Iron Larks
fiction · January 13, 1973

In London Prof. Pemberton Johnson was visiting his friends Professors Philip Scropes and his wife Nora. Pemberton fled to America at the beginning of World…

LE MENEUR DE JEU
profiles · August 23, 1969

PROFILE of the 75-year-old French movie maker, Jean Renoir.

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