Page 'rwo THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, October 1, 1970 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, October 1, 1 970 cinema- Le fling down pre tens ions Edward Everett Horton dies By NEAL GABLER Itr really isn't fair to condemn a film that's perfectly success- ful in its genre unless, of course, you happen to dislike the whole genre. Ultimately a film c a n only be as great as its ambi- tions, and sheer entertainment is good if it's entertaining. But anyone who readtsKaufnaann or Simon knows that not all crit- ics subscribe to this theory: they wear their repugnance of kitsch as badges of honor. Who, us? We don't e n j o y movies. That's notpart of our job. I have to admit that I go along with them part way. Let's face it - most films are trash. But among the junk there are a lot of movies that are diverting. No, they aren't great films but then they don't try to be. My conscience demands I say all this before I tell you that I like Rider on the Rain. It certainly isn't a great picture, but it is a film without pretensions a n d that's a recommendation if 1) You're not a critic for The New -Republic; or 2) You happen to be in the mood for something .without pretensions. Like so many imports Rider raises the question of flows. No film industry exists in a vacu- um and the process of borrow- ing or influencing is continual. One of the m o r e interesting flows is from the American sus- pense film - namely Hitchcock - to t h e French thriller. Doubtless one of the chief at- tractions of the genre is the challenge that it poses to the filmmaker; manipulation re- quires precision in construction. Another appeal of Hitchcock, though, is his childish wit and the naiviete so many French- men regard as the sophistica- tion of unaffection - poison in a glass of milk, a murder in the middle of the opera, a battle on Mount Rushmore, a man's life hinging on the possession of his cigarette lighter. The message, if you look for those things, is that between any two points is a curvy line. What seems most innocent may actually be the greatest threat. The latest filmmaker to suc- cumb to the Hitchcock bug is Rene Clement. Maybe he could do better than to make a mod- est thriller. Or maybe Forbidden Games was the child of one of those rare moments of genius, and after the disastrous Is Par- is Burning? Clement is eager to settle in a new element. But the question really isn't: How much better is Clement than his film? The question is: How well does Rider on the Rain hold up as suspense? And except for minor flaws like pseudo-psychological flash- backs (Why oh why are film- makers addicted to flashbacks designed to reveal t h e inner secrets of the mind in five min- utes?), it holds up very well. Clement follows the formula of always keeping t h e viewer guessing, but he never lapses in- to the defiance of logic that so many directors use to get them- selves out of corners. Mellie's (Marlene Jobert) husband is due in from London and she's waiting for him at home. While she waits a rapist breaks into the house, and little Mellie, seized by terror, proceeds to blow him apart with a double- barrel shotgun. She disposes of the body and all is well until Dobbs (Charles Bronson speak- ing French all the way), a man who seems to know her secret, arrives. That's about as far as a syn- opsizer dare go. The rest you'll have to figure out for yourself. Enjoy it. ENCINO, Calif. () - Actor Edward Everett Horton, fluttery master of comic befuddlement in plays, television and more than 100 movies died yesterday at 84. The wispy, purse - mouthed character was known to college audiences as the narrator of Bullwinkle's "Fractured Fairy- tales." He had been a lifelong bachelor. Horton polished his style un- til he was virtually an acting unique. A spindly six-footer with an expression of genteel timidity, his trademarks were an air of fluttery anxiety in the face of crisis, and his sly, mis- chievous grin. He was known as a master of drawing room com- edy, but played almost any role that called for a display of con- fusion, panic or disintegration in the face of adversity - sales clerks, fussbudget businessmen, busybody relatives. Sometimes he had played it straight. In his younger days, he was leading man to such stage beauties as Gertrude Dallas, Mary Servoss, Blanche Yrka and Dorothy Dalton. Horton's bread and butter ov- er four decades was the play Springtime for Henry in which he appeared more than 2,600 times. Horton played Henry Dewlip in the tale of a reform- ed gay blade and the problems of mismatched lovers, mugging, laughing, crying, dancing. He executed to perfection the dove- tailing line - starting a sen- tence, pausing at a certain point, then finishing w i t h a change of thought usually good for a laugh. In recent years he was often seen as a guest in television dramatic shows. O n 1 y last March he told an interviewer he figured he was "good for another 20 years." Horton said in a recent in- terview: "I never considered myself a movie actor, I'm a stage actor, happiest when I'm on the stage with a nice au- dience." "I played only three butlers," he once reflected in an inter- view, "but people say, 'You've played a lot of butlers'." Why d i d he never marry? "Hard to say. You become so mesmerized by work that the idea of socializing you rather resent." The place to meet INTERESTING people BACH CLUB presents a LIVE PERFORMANCE of Quartet No. 12 in G, Mozart K. 387 TIM McCOLLUM, violin SUSAN TAYLOR, violin TINA RAGONETTI, viola WALDEN BARR, cello plus commentary by the performers Thurs., Oct. 1, 8 P.M. South Quad West Lounge Refreshments & FUN afterwards Everyone welcome! (No musical knowledge needed.) 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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1 Day Calendar Slavic Languages and Literatures and ORGANIZATION NOTICES aa.. aa.. .a"r: v .r:.,:":v::i ' :"."{..o.::".:"":iii:oi:ii The Arab Student Organization and the Arab American Community in Ann Arbor will hold a general meeting in tribute to the memory of the late President Gamal Abdel Nasser. Thurs- Center for Russian and E. European D j Studies Lecture: R. Auty, Oxford, "The I I t l(CI etit J "ll't(? Typology of Slavic Literary Languages"- Federal Service -Entrance E x a m Aud. B, Angell Hall, 4:10 p.m. (FSEE) given in Ann Arbor. Applica- Speech Student Lab. Theater: Line, tiEE) due Ot 7 for O. 17 Arena Theatre, Frieze Bldg., 4:10 p.m. DecembeOgrads sol Ogt.inonths ne. Applics. at Career Planning, 3200 General Notices ! ^Inormation onllwng announce- ments at Career Planning, 3200 SAB. LS&A Scholarship applications may The Washington Journalism Center be picked up in 1220 Angell Hall start- Fellowships for 1971, new booklet and ing Sept. 21, due no later than Oct. 1, announcement available. 1 New Issue of Sociocom is here. Direct- apply for Winter Term, 1971 or Spring- ory of available positions. Summer Terms, 1971; applies, for next Info. on teaching with Bureau of In- academic year will be avail. in Jan.; dian Affairs in Alaska avail. to qualify you must have at least a 3.00NLast2NASAtst all this year, apply Nov. 21. test Dec. 6. overage in Call, of LS&A. Awards bas- Next Peace Corps Test, Nov. 15, 1:30, I I mw UMM04 ed primarily on need. WXYZ presents Post Office, Main at Catherine Streets. CLINT EASTWOOD SHIRLEY MACLAINE A MARTIN RACKIN PRODUCTION 'TWO MULS FOR SISTER SIRA Screenplay by ALBERT MALTZ - Story by BUDD BOET TiCER .-Directed by DON SIEGEL Produced by MARTIN RACKIN and CARROLL. 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