The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, January 10, 1964 Page: 3 of 4
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rHE MEGAPHONE
Friday, January j.0, 1964
Page Three
Pictured are the six Southwestern
Cheerleaders for the 1963-64 school year
who will rally support for the Pirates
in their bid for the Big State Conference
Basketball Championship. Kneeling (left
to right) are Cookie Sublett, Pat Renfro,
and Tommie Lynn Lucas; the boys are
David Blacklock, Bob Neubauer, and
Benny Clendenin.
Leipzig Festival Challenges University
Of American Films as Non-Instructive
In an earlier column we stated
rather casually in passing that the
Actors Share
Goosetree-Morgan
Acting Award
Sharing the Ckxxsehx>e-Morgan
Acting Award at Southwestern Uni-
versity are Yusuf Tawfig (Joe) Ar-
anki of Jerusalem, Jordan, Robert
Alton Neubauer of Waco, and San-
dra Pennington of Georgetown. It
was a three-way tie for these stu-
dents.
Presented after each major pro-
duction to best supporting perform-
ance, the Goosetree-Morgan Award
has been given 71 times during its
20-year history at Southwestern Uni-
versity. Dr. Angus Springer, head
of the drama department and spon-
sor for the Mask and Wig Players
in the Southwestern University
ti£s 'been on the faculty 20 years.
i The presentations were made to
these three students for their—out-
standing performance in CRY, THE
BELOVED COUNTRY, a play adapt
*ed by Felicia Komai from the fa-
mous novel of Alan Paton.
art of film was the art of this cen-
tury. We believed that the appeal
of film was universal; in fact, uni-
versally irresistible. But what we
had in mind was a certain kind of
film, and a certain form of film.
We put this point to a partial test
in recent weeks at a film festival
we attended in Leipzig, Germany
(in the Eastern sector).
Earlier it seemed that American
films were universally seen, admir-
ed and appreciated: for example, in
Copenhagen, “Barabbas” and “55
Days at Peking’' were playing; in
Malmo, Sweden, “How The Wlest
Was Won” and “Lawrence of Ara-
bia”; in Paris, “Cleopatra”, ‘‘Irma
La Douce”, Jerry Lewis in “The
Nutty Professor” and “The Birds”;
even in Leipzig itself, BMy Wilder’s
“The Apartment”. lit seemed at first
therefore tfiat the Hollywood film
had become a universal film, and
that Hollywood’s peculiar art hiad
beicome the art of hundreds of mil-
lions of people.
The festival at Leipzig is political-
ly oriented and we went because
we were curious. We must admit
now that the art of film as we had
understood it is not a universal art ^ ■ ■ ■ 1 |iABt J
and that generally the people in the UOdlTS ATTvllCI
socialist and, under-developed coun-
tries have a different conception. It Aftiul | AnfAfPllfA
is not merely that they do not ap- MCI "I Will vl vllvv
preoiate the techniques of the West;
it is, rather, that they find the films
unacceptable. They argue that film
must be instructive. Not in the way
that art is always instructive, but
directly and specifically useful, as
the means by which people may be
trained to be responsible citizens do-
ing useful jobs.
Film in the service of the State,
or, if you will, of the people: that is
their point. It is an argueable point,
but we may concede for a time that
it has some merit. The question
must be raised however: who de-
fines the interest of the state; and is
it always identical with the inter-
est of the majority party; or do oth-
er possibilities exist?
In any event they think that films
are weapons, or instruments, like
sewing machines or tractors. Hie
very premise of film as art is dis-
puted, and consequently the only un-
iversality left this poor abused cin-
ema is its ability to move and sway
and push and pull its audience.
(Film Making and Moviegoing,
New York)
Hud' and Irma'
Win SU Oscars
By LANNY NAEGELIN
The 1963 Movie Year is over —
and all the newspapers across Amer-
ica are carrying predictions of the
movies which might possibly win
the Academy Award. So that the
MEGAPHONE won’t be out of step,
I talked to professors and students
on campus and found out their re-
actions to die 1963 movies.
Everyone agreed ’63 was the best
movie year in a good while. There
was a lot of top notch acting, es-
pecially on die part of actors — ac-
tresses were a bit weaker than in
past years.
HUD was die most popular, if not
the best dramatic movie of 196-
according to those questioned; and
IRMA LA DOUCE and THE
THRILL OF IT ALL were the best
comedies. Of the spectacles, IT’S A
MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD
ran number one; and HOW THE
WEST WAS WON, number two.
CLEOPATRA, along with TAR-
ZAN’S THREE CHALLENGES and
PROMISES, PROMISES, was voted
at the bottom of the movie list for
1963.
Other movies considered tops by
Southwestemers were: AMERICA,
AMERICA; THE GREAT ESCAPE;
TWO DAUGHTERS; THE L-SHAP-
ED ROOM; LOVE WITH THE
PROPER STRANGER; THE CAR-
DINAL; CHARADE; and THE
PRIZE.
Those actors taking top honors, ac-
cording to this campus, were Jack
Lemmon for IRMA LA DOUCE,
Paul Newman for HUD, and Rex
Harrison for CLEOPATRA. Only one
person I talked with had seen TOM
JONES, but he said Albert Finney
deserves top honors for acting and
that the movie was one of the top
five of the year.
Actresses on the top for the year
were Shiiiey Maclaine for IRMA LA
DOUCE, Natalie Wood for LOVE
WITH TOE PROPER STRANGER,
Patricia Neal for HUD, and Leslie
Caron for THE L-SHAPED ROOM.
Among the top suppoiting perfor-
mances given were Roddy McDo-
wel’s in C1EOPATRA, John Hus-
ton’s in TOE CARDINAL, and Mel-
vyn Douglas’ in IIUD.
Who will win the awards in the
Academy Award voting; Who
knows? But indeed die year has
been full of good movies — many
more than those mentioned. And
tilings are looking up for 1964! Aus-
tin has built a new theatre for the
new year, the Cinema -- and it’s
great. For those who have been to
die Windsor in Houston, the Cinema
is an excellent reminder. It’s plush,
practical — and very comfortable
according to tiiose who iiave been
there. Too, there’s plenty of free
parking! The theatre’s located in the
Capital Plaza Shopping Center right
this side of Austin. Drop by on a
date sometime.
As far as Southwestern’s drama
pregram goes, there’s a lot to look
forward to in ’64. GREEN PAS-
TURES and THE HOUSE OF BER-
NARDA ALBA are coming for sure;
but Dylan Thomas’ UNDER MILK-
WOOD won’t make it. Instead, the!
Mask and Wig players will present
OUR HEARTS WERE YOUNG AND
GAY by Cornelia Otis Skinner. It’s
a good light-hearted farce. Tryouts
were yesterday and* 1 today.
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University Calendar
Friday, January 10 — Saturday, January 25
Friday, January 10
(1) Picture-taking
Annual - All Day - Music Room
(2) Tea for Beauty Review - 2-5 p.m. - Faculty Lounge
(3) DZ Picnic - 3:30-6 p.m. - Booties
(4) Dinner for Judges - 5:30 p.m. - Card Area, Union
(5) Vespers - 6:30 p.m. - Chapel
(6) Beauty Review Judging - 7 p.m. - Theatre
(7) MOVIE NIGHT:
“Once Upon a Horse”
2 Showings - 7 and 9 p.m. - Music Room
Saturday, January 11
(1) Beauty Review -8pm.- Theatre
(2) Dance after Beauty Review - Main Lounge, Union
(3) SU vs. TLC - Seguin
Sunday, January 12
Union Planning Conference - 1:30 p.m. - Faculty Lounge
JANUARY 13—19 - DEAD WEEK
JANUARY 20—25 - FINAL EXAMS
Monday, January 13
(1) Naval A.F. Ri uniter - Unioh
(2) A. A. U. P. - 7:30 p.m. - Faculty Lounge
(3) SU vs. U. of H. - Houston
Tuesday, January 14
Naval A. F. Recruiter - Union
Wednesday, January 15
(1) Naval A. F. Recruiter - Union
(2) SU vs. Tarleton - Stephenville
Thursday, January 16
Dames Club - 3:30 p.m. - Faculty Lounge
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Stanley Mendenhall and Carol Lynn
Robinson of Southwestern Univer-
sity attended the ninth Student Con-
ference on National Affairs held at
Texas A&M University Dec. H-14.
They were among 145 student
leadens from colleges and universi-
ties throughout the United States,
Mtexioo and Canada to hear well-
known speakers and participate in
round talble discussions. Tae theme
of the conference was “U. S. Mone-
tary and Fiscal Policy — A Taxpay-
er’s View.”
Among the speakers were Edwin
P. Nedlan, U. & Chamber of Oom-
i rnenoe president; Phillip S. Hughes,
Bureau of the Budget official; C. j
Lowell Harriss, Columbia Univer-
sity economics professor; Herbert
J. Miller, former director of the
Tax Foundation in Washington, D.C.
and Max Freedman, newspaper col-
umnist.
The round tables, often referred
to as the “heart of the conference,”
enable the delegates to discuss the
national and international issues
with outstanding professional lead-
ers serving as chairmen. ; \ ■ <
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The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, January 10, 1964, newspaper, January 10, 1964; Georgetown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth633998/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Southwestern University.