r + 1 Choose from these AMAZING BOOK BARGAINS -good reading for all in the MODERN LIBRARY Hundreds of books to select from-all at the remarkable low-price of only each Each MODERN LIBRARY BOOK is: * Durably hard-bound for lifetime use * Beautifully printed on fine paper * Protected with colorful dust-wrapper * 256 to 952 pages in length * Full home-library size The New York Times calls THE MODERN LIBRARY "THE GREATEST BOOK BARGAIN In America Today" 181. THE PHILOSOPHY OF PLATO $7. BEST AMERICAN HUMOROUS SHORT STORIES 31. DRACULA 1ST. AN OUTLINE OF ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 186. LORD JIM 110. DAVID COPPERFIELD 201. THE ARABIAN NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTS 34. VICTORY 99. KIM 218. SELECTED ESSAYS OF MONTAIGNE 235. A SHORT HISTORY OF TH UNITED STATES 103. SAMUEL PEPYS' DIARY 91. COMPLETE ESSAYS & OTHER WRITINGS OF RALPHE WALDO EMERSON 130. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BENVENUTO CELLINI 275. NOSTROMO 68. WOMEN IN LOVE 157. THE RED AND THE BLACK 154. CYRANO DF BERGERAC 234. THE LIFE AND SELECTED WRITINGS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON 177. FAUST 79. ALICE IN WONDERLAND and THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS 220. CITIES OF THE PLAIN 191. THE SELECTED VERSE OF OGDEN NASH Lusty novels by world-renowned Nobel Prize-winner WM. FAULKNER 187. THE SOUND AND THE FURY &s AS I LAY DYING........ $1.95 271. ABSALOM. ABSALOMI .........1.95 88. LIGHT IN AUGUST. 1.95 175. GO DOWN. MOSES 1.95 61. SANCTUARY....... 1.95 263. THE CONFESSIONS OF ST. AUGUSTINE 153. PLATO'S REPUBLIC 172, WITHIN A BUDDING GROVE- 290. SELECTED STORIES OF EUDORA WELTY 211. SELECTED SHORT STORIES OF JOHN O'HARA 294. THREE PLAYS BY GEORGE BERNARD SHAW 258. NEW VOICES IN THE AMERICAN THEATRE 81. ORACLES OF NOSTRADAMUS 213. THE GUERMANTES WAY 193. DROLL STORIES 98. THE BEST STORIES OF GUY DE MAUPASSANT 70. VARIETIES OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE 43. WRITINGS OF DESCARTES 11. LUST FOR LIFE 281. WHAT MAKES SAMMY RUNS? 227. REBECCA 44. JANE EYRE 42. APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA 102. THE AFRICAN QUEEN 15. THE GOOD EARTH 143. THE THREE MUSKETEERS 303. A KIERKEGAARD ANTHOLOGY Immortal masterworks of ... Philosophy History Poetry Politics Fiction Mythology Drama Religion Select now at outstanding savings!1 259. INTRODUCTION TO ST. THOMAS AQUINAS 14. THE BEST SHORT STORIES OF W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM 48. BRAVE NEW WORLD 214. TORTILLA FLAT 100. GULLIVER'S TRAVELS AND OTHER WRITINGS 85. THE THURBER CARNIVAL The complete works of WM. SHAKESPEARE 2. TRAGEDIES.........$1.95 3. TRAGEDIES ......... 1.95 4. COMEDIES.......... 1.45 S. COMEDIES .......... 1.95 6. HISTORIES.......... 1.95 7. HISTORIES. POEMS... 1.95 Masterworks of DRAMA 158. SEVEN FAMOUS 144. EMPEROR JONES. HAIRY GREEK PLAYS .......$1.95 APE. ANNA CHRISTIE, by 276. SIX MODERN Eugene O'Neill ....9.543 AMERICAN PLAYS .. 1.95 73. EIGHT PLAYS BY 30. FIVE GREAT MODERN MOLIERE ............1.93 IRISH PLAYS........1.95 287. RESTORATION PLAYS 1.95 224. 18TH CENTURY PLAYS 1.95 233. SIX PLAYS BY 94. EIGHT FAMOUS KAUFMAN & HART .. 1.95 ELIZABETHAN PLAYS. 1.95 194. SIX PLAYS BY COR- 47. SIX PLAYS OF ODETS 1.45 NEILLE & RACINE .., 1.95 200. SIX PLAYS BY RODGERS 171. THE BEST PLAYS DY & HAMMERSTEIN .... 1.95 CHEKHOV .......... 1.95 306. THE WISDOM OF CONFUCIUS 10C. WUTHERING HEIGHTS 120. THE CAPTIVE 104. WINESBURG, OHIO 264. PRIDE & PREJUDICE and SENSE & SENSIBILITY 18. BEST RUSSIAN SHORT STORIES 96. THE INTERPRETATION OF DREAMS 304. SOUTH WIND 47. CANDIDE & OTHER WRITINGS 278. THE PAST RECAPTURED 208. THE DIVINE COMEDY 165. THE MEMOIRS OF CASANOVA 161. THE CANTERBURY TALES 50. THE SHORT STORIES OF ANTON CHEKHOV 33. MAN'S FATE 242. THE POEMS OF ROBERT FROST 144. FOURTEEN GREAT DETECTIVE STORIES 151. THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV 144. THE ILIAD OF HOMER 97. LEAVES OF GRASS & SELECTED PROSE BY WALT WHITMAN 243. THE CONFESSIONS OF JEAN. JACQUES ROUSSEAU 248. INTRODUCTION TO ARISTOTLE 37. ANNA KARENINA 39. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY 57. THE SHORT BIBLE 260. THE SWEET CHEAT GONE 168. GREAT MODERN SHORT STORIES 128. THE RAINBOW 26. THE BEST SHORT STORIES OF 0. HENRY 109. SONS AND LOVERS 71. THE DECAMERON OF GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO 167. THE ODYSSEY OF HOMER 174. DON QUIXOTE 119. MOBY DICK 176. OF HUMAN BONDAGE 124. SELECTED STORIES BY P.G. WODEHOUSE 291. ANNE FRANK: THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL 299. COUSIN BETTE 115. IN DUBIOUS BATTLE 302. WORLD'S GREAT OPERAS 148. LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER 199. CRIME AND PUNISHMENT 112. THE YOUNG LIONS 19. FOUR PLAYS BY BERNARD SHAW 35. THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME 170. ALL THE KING'S MEN 90. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by 1. 0.Solingow 65. THE PRINCE AND THE DISCOURSES 109. GREAT GERMAN SHORT NOVELS AND STORIES St. SWANNrS WAY 1. MODERN LIBRARY DICTIONARY PHILOSOPHY from the world's great thinkers 226. ARISTOTLE'S 266. PHILOSOPHY OF POLITICS........$1.95 IMMANUEL KANT ...S1.95 300. BASIC WRITINGS 242. THE WISDOM OFC.G.JUNG.... 1.95 OF LAOTSE ....... 1.95 22. LOOKING BACKWARD 113. APOLOGIA PRO VITA by Edward Bellamy . 1.95 3SUA by Cardinal 231. CREATIVE EVOLUTION Newman ...........,1.95 by Henri Bergson...... 1.95 9. THUS SPAKE ZARA- 40. THE PHILOSOPHY OF THUSTRA by SPINOZA ... 1.95 Friedrich Nietzsche .... 1.95 173. HUMAN NATURE AND 164. PENSEES by Pascal ... 1.95 CONDUCT by John 137. SELECTED PAPERS by Dewey ........... 1.95 Bertrand Russell... ..9 239. THE PHILOSOPHY 292. THE SENSE OF BEAUTY OF HEGEL ... . 1.95 by George Santayana . 1.95 114. THE PHILOSOPHY 52. PHILOSOPHY OF OF WM. JAMES ..... 1.95 SCHOPENHAUER .... 1.95 297. THE CRITIQUE OF 155. WALDEN by Thoreau . 1.95 PURE REASON by 246. ARISTOTLE'S RHETORIC Immanuel Kant ...... 1.95 AND POETICS....... 1.95 66. AN OUTLINE OF 82. SELECTED POETRY & PROSE PSYCHO-ANALYSIS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE' 296. SELECTED WRITINGS OF 293. THEDBEST SHORT STORIES JAMES A. MICHENER OF DOSTOEVSKI 28. MADAM BOVARY 206. THE ADVENTURES AND 29. OF MICE AND MIEN MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK Z83. SELECTED STORIES OF HOLMES FRANZ KAFKA 189. A TALE OF TWO CITIES The world's best-loved POETRY 101. A COMPREHENSIVE 56. THE POEMS OF ANTHOLOGY OF LONGFELLOW $......S1.95 AMERICAN POETRY ..$1.95 132. COMPLETE POETRY OF 203. THE GREEK POETS ... 1.95 JOHN MILTON....... 1.95 127. 20TH CENTURY 273. COMPLETE POETRY OF AMERICAN POETRY . 1.95 JOHN KEATS........ 1.95 268. SELECTED POETRY 12. COMPLETE POETRY OF OF WORDSWORTH .. 1.95 JOHN DONNE....1.95 84. THE POEMS OF 279. COMPLETE POETRY OF OSCAR WILDE ...... 1.95 COLERIDGE.........1.95 230. SELECTED POETRY 195. SELECTED POETRY OF OF TENNYSON ... 1.95 LORD BYRON......... 1.95 237. COLLECTED POETRY OF 195. SELECTED POETRY OF DOROTHY PARKER...1.95 BROWNING......." 25. SELECTED POEMS OF 285. SELECTED POETRY OF EMILY DICKINSON .** 1.95 WM. BLAKE ..,,..... 1."5 160. SELECTED POETRY 232. THE GOLDEN OF W. H. AUDEN .... 1.95 TREASURY ........ 1.95 Come in, Phone or use the handy coupon to order NOW: L LE TPhone NO 3-3371 State St. at N. University Please send me books whose numbers are entered below: PAID ADVERTISEMENT Cinema Guild Presents Contrary to what Hollywood would have you believe, movies are not better than ever. This is the basic premise on which Cine- ma Guild exists. For the unitate among you CinemadGuild is a functionary of the Student Government Council dedicated to bringing the finest films to Ann Arbor. Since we have roughly 40 years of film-making to choose from, the general level of our program- ming can hardly help but be high- er than that of the three local movie houses which are depend- ent on current releases for their fare. Yet people who regularly line up in the cold before an Ann Arbor theater, often exhibit an indifference to Cinema Guild movies which borders on the colossal. There seem to be but two pos- sible explanations for this phe- nomena. The first, of course, is that most people really don't like great movies. While this remains a distinct possibility, we cannot bring ourselves to accept this as a hard fact of life. The second possibility, and this is the one we are endorsing, for better or for worse, is that the vast majority of the student body is unaware of the high calibre of films shown at the Architecture auditorium every Thursday, F'- day, Saturday and Sunday night. * * a TONIGHT'S offering, Gunga Din, is an especially propitious one to begin this column with since its title might lead you to suspect it is a dreary adaptation of Kipling's poem. Actually the film owes little to Kipling besides the title and a secondary character (the water boy, naturally). Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, the authors of the script, turned the picture into a delightful spoof of Three Musketeer variations that Holly- wood was turning out by the car- load at the time. " " YOU old timers (over 25) should be especially pleased at our fea- ture next week. Mutiny on the Bounty is, of course, one of Hol- lywood's more memorable films. While it is an excellent sea yarn, it is chiefly notable for the per- formance of the magnificent ham Charles Laughton. Whether strut- ting on the forcastle (or is it the poop deck) or bellowing "Mr. Christian" at a youthful Clark Gable, he makes a remarkably sa- tanic Captain Bligh. ~ PRINCE and the Showgirl is one of those rare works which improved in its translation to the screen. Terrence Rattigan's rather thin story of a showgirl- prince romance profited by the de- lightful performances of Sir Lau- rence Olivier and, surprisingly, Marilyn Monroe. This was the first picture in which La Monroe proved herself adept as a comedienne. Olivier, of course, reinforces the opinion that he is adept at every- thing.. No one here has seen Kon-tiki and all we can honestly say about it is that it is a documentary ac- tually made on Thor Heyerdahl's raft as it floated westward across the Pacific. It at least promises to be interesting. Its sister showing, however, The Titan, can be recommended with- out fear of contradiction. This magnificent treatment of the life of Michelangelo is highlighted by the display of his works. It is certainly one of the finest things of its kind ever to be put on film. LITE NEED be said of On the Waterfront. Elia Kazan's treat. ment of Budd Schulberg's power- ful melodrama is probably familiar to most of you. In case you've for- gotten, however, let us remind you that it's one of the better Ameri- can films of the decade of the 1950's and Marlon Brando gives one of his first rate performances. -Cinema Guild Management PAID ADVERTISEMENT (Continued from Preceding Page) wl:^ travel the wayward paths. It tolei _ tes all the obscenities and brutalities that can be visually ex- plored as long as there is due penitence at the end. In the case of the highly spiced "Happy Anniversary" David Niv- en's premarital relations with his wife are fully sanctified by the Code as long as Mr. Niven even- tually repents for his promiscuous activities. From this striking ex- ample one may justifiably specu- late how moral the "moral ten- ants" of the Code actually are. In addition to this thriving hypocrisy in the industry's ranks, the Code more than anything else has brought about the typically slick totally unrealistic Hollywood ending to situations which have obvious tragic elements at work. Nowhere was this more apparent than in the totally inept Edith Sommers - Mannie Rubin adapta- tion of Broadway's successful "Blue Denim." IN THE ORIGINAL production the great tragedy of the piece was the youngsters' inability to communicate with their parents. This resulted in Janet's successful abortion at the climax. But in the film the original meaning and ef- fectiveness of the play was com- pletely mutilated. In fact the au- thors have gone to such extremes to make their theme acceptable to the Code that the word "abortion" is never actually used. But what was primarily lacking is the tragedy's inability to come to fruition. To accommodate the unyielding code the boy had to tangibly pay for his impulsive sexual indulgence regardless of how unrealistic and disappointing the resolution would be. The trag- edy which was basically Janet's was transferred as a result to her lover Arthur. And in this mud- dling translation the potency of the original work was sacrificed. "The Shaggy Dog" chase which allows the girl to be rescued from the hands of her unprincipled doc- tor at the last moment is prob- ably representative of the most astonishing mishandling of an adaptation in several years. BESIDESTHE BASIC codal ten- ants the industry must abide by, there are other obstacles which must be surpassed in the transfer to celluloid. Too often the screen's immense quality acts to totally overwhelm and dwarf the material. Such is the case in the Samuel Goldwyn production of "Porgy and Bess" which was filmed in the Todd-AO widescreen process. In "Porgy and Bess" we have a story approaching epic propor- tions. This is because the Gershwin work does not confine itself ex- clusively to a crippled beggar's love for a sensual woman and her ulti- mate rejection of him. But rather "Porgy and Bess" concentrates on graphically illustrating a way of life. Although a great deal of the film's beauty lies in its tragic love story much of the brilliance is derived from the setting and mores of the personages of Cat- fish Row. Indeed the settings and mores are such an integral part of the story that to subordinate them to the background dimin- ishes the greatness of the achieve- ment. Thus to accommodate a work as towering as Gershwin's and give it sufficient mobility the use of the broad expansive screen becomes quite necessary. BUT TO MAINTAIN complete honesty with the viewer it must be said that there are far too many moments in the film Porgy and Bess when the wide screen becomes a considerable hindrance. This is especially noticeable in the se- quences between Sidney Poitier's "Porgy" and Dorothy Dandridge's "Bess." During these moments the sweeping vistas of the wide screen prevents the necessary quality of intimacy from reaching to the audience. And it was Gershwin's intensely intimate love story which contributed so significantly to the startling brilliance of the original work. Somehow or other in the current Goldwyn production the audience is able to detach itself far too frequently from the proceedings. And this brings us to considera- tion of a second major point. The motion picture medium is a dis- tinct art in itself and an art form in which certain basic essentials must cessft mere] lettin; night Su( yield tatio Mr. t sider: trans Krarr to Mi IIIH ment comp tural stage Ho realh do n rigor( treats ceeds andi the missi rectl3 O'Nei as wi coted If I adapt first : provi curre these later young ings adult both Lond A Sop lege Dai Motion Picture Adaptati U...' . DEPARTMENT OF SPEECH PLAN TUESDAY, 8:00 P.M., Richard Wac D S RHEING4 Box office open tomorrow, 10 A. Tickets available for Tues. performar C TO TICKET HOLDERS: The producers wish to make an urgent plea that you make every ef- fort to arrive before curtain time-8:00 p.m., so as to not disturb other patrons with late seating. MORE "BLOCKBUSTER" VALUES Modern Library GIANTS-Only $295 Each Sturdy, definitive editions ... 600 to 1,400 pages per volume Get tickets NOW for... William Congreve's masterpiece of resto THE WAY OF THE WC Wednesday-Saturday, April 6- Box office open all this week or use coupon below to order bymail 081. AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MODERN AMERICAN HUMOR 029. THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO and THE CONQUEST OF PERU G76. TALES OF GRIMM AND ANDERSEN 655. NINE PLAYS DY EUGENE O'NEILL 677. ANTHOLOGY OF FAMOUS AMERICAN STORIES 634. PHILOSOPHY OF FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE 61. WAR AND PEACE G53. COMPLETE NOVELS OF JANE AUSTEN G44. U. S. A. 40. THE.COMPLETE TALES AND POEMS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE 039. THE.BASIC WRITINGS OF SIGMUND FREUD 974. THE CITY OF GOD 60. THE FAULKNER READER "7. AN ANTHOLOGY OF FAMOUS ENGLISH & AMERICAN POETRY; 065. TECMPLETE WORKS QA.OF RAIELAISEWOK GS. PLUTARCH'S LIVES 027. THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES & THE DESCENT OF MAN G52. ULYSSES 032. THE WEALTH OF NATIONS 024. CAPITAL by Karl Mont G14. BULFINCH'S MYTHOLOGY 059. THE WISDOM OF CHINA AND INDIA 049. Mark Twain's TOM SAWYER and HUCKLEBERRY FINN G0. AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY 072. GREAT TALES OF TERROR & THE SUPERNATURAL 021. SIXTEEN FAMOUS AMERICAN PLAYS G18. ELEVEN PLAYS OF IBSEN 063. SIXTEEN FAMOUS BRITISH PLAYS G22. THIRTY FAMOUS ONE-ACT PLAYS 073. A SUBTREASURY OF AMERICAN HUMOR 031. FAMOUS SCIENC. FICTION STORIES 654. ANTHOLOGY OF BRITISH STORIES 049. GREAT DETECTIVE STORIES 09. GREAT VOICES OF THE REFORMATION 044. NEW ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN POETRY ADDRESS. ~is~ tfii~ifii414rii ii~~ ~i LABORATORY PLAYBILL admission free Thursdays, 4:10 P.M. March 3, Maurice Maeterlinck's THE INTRUDER* March 10, (anonymous pirated ver- sion of HAMLET) -- FRATRICIDE PUNISHEDt March 17, Christopher Fry's A PHOENIX TOO FREQUENTt March 24, Michael deGhelderode's ESCURIAL ORDER h Enclosed find $ for. for THE WAY OF THE WORL $1.10 Q, 75c Q. I have indi third performance preferences I Wednesday, Apri I Thursday, April I Friday, April 11 . I Saturday,-April I PLEASE CHECK ONE: 0 C I enclose a self-addressed I my tickets to me. 1 I enclose NO envelope. I I the Mendelssohn box offi I 5 P.M. Monday, April 7 or 0 CHARGE 0 MONEY ORDER 0l CHECK a C.O.D., i I I I Name I . I I and every Thursday * ARENA THEATRE t TRUEBLOOD AUDITORIUM FRIEZE BUILDING Address Phone State Street at North Univ. Checks payable to PLAY PRC Playbill Productions, Lydia A I Arbor. 7--- -- --------- ' THE MICHIGAN DAILY MAGAZINE SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1960