,AGET wU THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, X966 P&GE TWO TIlE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1966 'MAGNIFICENT MEN': Filmists Use Neo-Slapstick Technique Across Campus By DAVID KNOKE ii"Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machirfes" tries to At the Michigan recapture an era that never exist- Uncounted billions of men haveed. In nineteen-ten-that nostal- dreampt of soaring unbound above gic Age of Innocence soon corrupt- the earth; until the twentieth ed by a nasty old war-the air- century this fantasy went unreal- plane was still the specialty of the ized. For today's world-wise air stunt-pilot and the hero-entre- dpassengeWr the new perspectives preneur. gained by flight hold no magic as From Ronald Searles' delight- he isolates himself in a pressur- ful line drawings to Red Skelton ized cabin andwatches a movie flapping his wings at a fogged-in instead of the unrolling landscape airport, "Magnificent Men" is a below. spirited, whimsical adaptation of But what was the spell of "aeor- the "neo-slapstick" g e n r e off Laurel-and-Hardy. Mostly this consists of copying Keystone Cop chase scenes and Harold Lloyd cliff-hangers. One way to identify neo-slap- stick ("Hallelujah Trail," "Mad, Mad World") is the intermission which slices across the carnival. Another give-away is the obvious calculation of plot devices to re- lease appropriate laughter. i 1 The London Daily Post is offer- ing 10,000 pounds in a London- to-Paris race. Entrants arrive f from all over the world, bringingI oplane" flying to the rugged, un- daunted pioneers who risked their lives to frail open board-and-ean- vas craft to penetrate the lower' reaches of a virgin territory? comedy, the most absurd-looking and im- Neo-slapstick is the attempt to probable flying machines which pattern feature-lerigth technicMlor nonetheless manage to get off the productions after the style of the .ground. silent flicks of Mack Sennett and All writer-director Ken Anna- kin needs do is slip sly gap-tooth- ed Terry-Thomas with a yen to win by sabotage into the plot, and the action is provoked spontane- ously, organically growing from the situations in which the char- acters find themselves. This results in several surprises. Gerte Frobe (remember Goldfing- er?) as a Prussian stuffed shirt shows his versatile acting ability. Sarah Miles, elfishly bedeviling as an Edwardian damsel, forms the central love attraction for her British adjutant (James Fox) and an airborne American cowboy (Stuart Whitman). The surprising thing about this collection of stars is that the movie does not degen- erate into the series ofscameo roles and walk-on 'scenes that characterize other neo-slapstick films like "Mad, Mad World." A word about the filming: it's beautiful. The antique craft soar in aerial ballet to Ron Goodman's score across the verdant, breath- taking English countryside. That's what flying is really about. THURSDAY, JAN. 13 Revelli will present its annual 3 p.m.-The Midwestern Con- midwinter concert in Hill Aud. ference on School Vocal and In- 8:30 p.m.-The University of strumental Music will be held in Michigan Symphony Band, under the Rackham Bldg. the direction of William D. Revel- 4:15 p.m.-Prof. Shaw Liver- li, with guest clarinetist David more, Jr. of the history dept. will Glaser, will present a concert in present his Last Chance Lecture Hill Aud. in the Multipurpose Rm. ' FRIDAY JAN. 14 7 and 9 p.m.-The Cinema Guild'8 a.m.-The Midwestern Con- will present Tarkovsky's "My ference on School Vocal and In. Name Is Ivan" in the Architec- strumental Music will be held in ture Aud. - the Rackham Bldg. 8 p.m.-The Professional Thea- 7 and 9 p.m.--The Cinema Guild tre Program will present the will present Tarkovsky's "My I n Thpntrp-., ,,.., +,'.,.~. mv Name Is Ivan" in the Architecture American uonservatory aeL "- Company in Edward Albee's "Tiny Aud- Alice" at the Lydia Mendelssohn 8 p.m.-The Theatre. tre Program Professional Thea- will present the the emu players present THlE PHYSICISTS january 12-16 quirk auditorium tickets $1.50 DAILY OFFICIAL BU LLEToI N sss~:isit ss~i!asi~sslis km smis 5iitms:smlm~lasss N~s~se gssissssmtis2 M siliitsilmis!O Sitsilssaannsst 8 p.m.-The Crest Club will present for the Travel Club Film Series, "Mediterranean To The Pacific," including "Aegean Odys- sey to Greek Islands and Turkey," "The Garden of Europe" (Czecho- slovakia), "Pacific in Minature" (Hawaii), and "Australian Holi- day" in Aud. A. 8:30 p.m. - The University of Michigan Symphony Band under the direction of Dr. William D. American Conservatory Theatre Company in Edward Albee's "Tiny Alice" at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. 8:30 p.m.-The University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Josef Blatt, will present a concert at Hill Aud. for reservations phone HU 2-3453 examines one of the grave, if not the gravest problems of our era."--NEw YORK TIMES JOIN THE DAILY BUSINESS STAFF 4 The Daily Official Bulletin is an official publication of the Univer- sity of Michigan, for which The Michigan Daily assumes no editor- ial responsibility. Notices should be sent in TYPEWRITTEN form to Room 3519 Administration Bldg. be- fore 2 p.m. of the. day preceding publication, and by 2 p.m. Friday for Saturday and Sunday. General Notices may. be .published a maxi- mum of two times on request; Day Calendar items appear once only. Student organization1 notices are not accepted for publication. THURSDAY, JANUARY 13 Linguistics Club: Thurs., Jan. 13, 7:30 School on forms available at the Grad- p.m., Rackham Amphitheatre. Harlan L. uate Fellowship Of .ice Room 110 Rack- Lane will speak on "Psycholinguistic ham Bldg. The deadline is March 1, 1566 considerations Prompted by a Linguist'c Theory of Translation." All persons in- Graduate Faculty: The annual meet- terested in the scientific study of lan- IJ Day Calendar Programmed Learning for Btusiness1 Workshop--Michigan Union, 8:30 a.m. it Management Developinent Seminar-s "Disciplinary Process and Grievancen Handling": University Medical Center,A 8:30 a.m. Mental Health Research InstituteI Seminar-Walter Reitman, MHRI and Dept. of Psychology, "Computer-Mod- eling of the Formation and Use of Concepts, Percepts, ;and Rules": .1057 MHRI, 2:15 p.m. Midwestern Conference on School i Vocal and Instrumental inh Vocal and Instrumental Music-Rack-5 ham Bldg., 3 p.m. p Dept. of Zoology Seminar-Charles 'G.P Melton,~ Jr., Dept.. of. 'Microbiology,.H University of "Illinois, "Micronjection of t Mfacromolecules and Antibiotics: An Ap-n proach to the Developmental' Genetics of the Frog Embryo": 2054 Natu ral Science Bldg., 4 p.m. Cinema Guild--Tarkovsky's "My Name is Ivan": Architecture Aud.,, 7 and 9 Professional Theatre Prcgram Per- formance-American Conservato y The. atre Company in Edward Alhe&'s 'Tips' Altce"; Lydia Mendelssohn TIheatre1 8. p.m. School of Music Concert-University of Michigan Symphony -Band, William D. Revelli, conductor; David Glazer, guest clarinetist: Hill Aud., 8:30 p.m. Phi Lambda Upsilon will hold a meet- ing on Thurs., Jan. 13, at 8 p.m. in the West Conference Room of the Rack- ham Bldg. Dr. Paul W. Kikas, assist- ant medical examiner, WashtenawI County, will. speak on "It CoVid Be You," a study of automobile fatalities. The speaker portion of the meeting is open to the. public. Election of new members and business meeting will be held at 7 p.m. guages are invited to attend. The University of Michigan Symphony Band wvll present its annual mid-win- er concert in Hill Aud. Jan. 13, 8:30 P.m. Clarinetist David Glazer, New York "ity, guest soloist, Colloquium: Prof. Thomas M. Dunn. U.' of M., Chemistry Dept., will speak on "The Electronic Spectra of Some Simple Metal Oxides in the Vapor hase"B on Jan. 13, at 8 p.m. in Room .300 of the Chemistry Bldg., Lecture: Dr. Duncan Derry, consult- ng geologist, Toronto, Ontario, will speak, to the Geology-Mineralogy Jour- nal Club on the subject: "Geological Aspects of Recent Base Metal Discov- eries in Ireland," Thurs., Jan. 13, at 4 p.m., in 2054,Natural Science Bldg. General Notices Fellowship Applications for the Mar- garet Kraus Ramsdell Award are now available for 1966-67. This fellowship is. used to assist students who will have received a University of . Michi- gan degree by beginning of tenure to pursue graduate studies in this' country or abroad in religious education 'or in preparation for- the Christian ministry. Both men and women may apply for the fellowship. Application should be made to- the Dean of the Graduate 1 ing of the Graduate Faculty of the University of Michigan will be held Wed., Jan. 26, at 4 p.m. in Aud. A, Angell Hall. The agenda' will consist of two elements: ' 1) Introductory remarks by the dean concerning recent developments in Graduate School administration, ad- missions procedures, fellowship decen- tralization, and review of foreign lan- guage requirements; and 2) General discussion by the Gradu- ate Faculty. (Continued on Page 8) DIAL 8-6416 3rd Week "*** ! AMAD, HILARIOUS SEX FARCE! MASTROIANNI IS PERFECT!" -Ann Guarino, N.Y. 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Forms are available in R0oom 1011 Baptist Student Union, Student-led Bible study, Fri., Jan. 14, 7:30 p.m., 1131 Church St. Guild House, Friday noon luncheon, Prof. William Gamson, "The Case for Dissent," Jan. 14.12-1 p.m., 802 Mon- roe. Univehsity Activities Center, Academic Affairs Committee, Last Chance Lecture by Prof. Shaw Livermore, Jr., Thurs.. Jan. 13, 4:15 p.m.,, UGLI Multipurpose Room. UULR Ski Club, Ski Nite: Mt. Hol- ly, bus transportation, Fri., Jan. 14, 7-12:30 p.m., meet at Union side door. ** U. of M. Chess Club, First meeting of semester, new members welcome, Fri., Jan. 14, 7:30 p.m., Room 3B in Union, .1 THEM P M EMBASSY PICTURES Release COLOR I : 1 HUBLEY'S "Moonbird"-Academy Award BOB BANCHLEY Short-Venice Prize i- 1 I * I I I I I Ii I CADMISSON:UILTY CENTS D * I srrsrrrrrsrwrrrwrwrrrrrrrrswrrrrrrI EDWARD ALBEE'S CONTROVERSIAL NEW DRAMATIC HIT Under the direction of William Ball MENDELSSOHN THEATRE JAN. 11-JAN. 23 3 NON-SU BSCRIPTION PERFORMANCES FRI., JAN. 21 SUN., JAN. 23 GOOD SEATS AT BOX OFFICE PHONE 668-6300 j {qHR R. i.BRflM -OLI and1 HARRY {sA"""(lQLIL]MAN ~TIIUNERL GrKuEa rNv VINML R PANAYISION" Vessed ithr. i' UITED ARTISTS I THE ENGINEERING COUNCIL AND VULCANS HONORARY PROUDLY PRESENT THE BRILLIANT SOUND OF U TWO NON-CURRICULAR COURSES Sponsored by The University of Michigan, Office of Religious Affairs Beginning Thursday, January 13: Contenporary Catholic Theology. Ten weeks, Thursdays, 1 :30-3:00 p.m. Student Activties Building, Room 3545. Instructor: The Rev. William J. Ennen, M.A. I cQ: rv, r, svrx f ;i ti {:: }. :} a 7 %{ : i:, i: C { IN CONCERT AT HILL AUDITORIUM Beginning Tuesday, January 18: Religious Thought in Contemporary Europe. Twelve weeks, Tuesdays, '73-930 p.m., Busi ness Adrnriistration Bu ilding," Room °76. In- structors. N. Patrick Murray, Ph.D. and Charles Minnemann, EMU. A $25.00 registration wil be required. for this coirse only, as it is being SAT., JAN. 15, 1966 8:30 P.A I) ff T icrvcr:-C Z')'7S 7 1 7S I I