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TUESDAY. MARCH 12. 1957
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THOMAS WILFRED IiOOKS OVER LIGHTING EQUIPMENT
Expert Installs Scene Projection Apparatus
Designer Plans Project
For Continuing Education
By Ann Johnson
In this era of electricity it is easy to overlook the miracle and
boundless possibilities of light. That is it is easy for most people, but
for Thomas Wilfred, director of the Art Institute of Light, in New
York, it has meant an intriguing lifetime of research, experiment
SELBY MrCASH
Televis ion Irulica tes
Poor Taste of Era
This is’a juieed-up, sprueed-up, I
rapier age. A generation of spec
tacular invention and innovation. |
A new-saying primly sums it up. j
"Today, things can be placed in one
of two categories—experimental or |
obsolete."’
Television epitomizes many ear
marks of this phenomenal era. Look
how quickly it has replaced radio.
Observe how the 16-inch screen
crushed the 11-incher, and then the
21-incher smashed
the popularity of
the 16-inch job.
How far can it go?
And color tele
vision will soon
antiquate all com
mon black and
white sets.
Television
is like the textbook
industry. They
have to be careful to sellout their
new editions before releasing newer
and even more modern editions.
One thing, however, is homogen-
ious about television. The general
run of programs is slovenly. And
its mirrors what amounts to a mass
degeneration of public taste.
What music is universally belov
ed? Rock-and-roll. Who is the great
est exponent? A character who
belches out lyrics. What is the most
accepted form of drama? The Holly
wood movie. Name the most accepted
literature? Spillane. Who is the most
popular interpreter of religion? De-
Mille. What’s the favorite American
pastime? Well, maybe that hasn't
changed.
Take a look at the bulk of shows
appearing on television today. There
is very little there outside of situa
tion comedies and miserable quiz
shows.
But while much of television, like
most popular entertainment of to
day, is trite, the media is also leading
a little insurrection to improve this
condition.
Productions such as “Omnibus,”
“Home,” "Today,” the old “To
night,” gained great audiences. They
and other shows are exposing a gen
eral public to better music, drama,
etc.
Perhaps television in this age of
speed will cause a swift change in
public tastes.
anil design.
Wilfred is busy at the Center for
Continuing Education overseeing the
installation and operation of his lat
est product, an especially designed
piece of equipment called a scenic
projector. This projector makes it
possible to produce scenery on a solid
white plaster backdrop through the
use of electricity and light.
The machine, which is controlled
by a small keyboard and is compact
enough to be kept in a filing cabi
net, promises to eliminate the prob
lems of storage space for conven
tional heavy canvas backdrops and
the impossibility of planning differ
ent backdrops for daily shows.
In addition, it will enable an ar
tist to project abstract visual set
tings for music-centered programs to
be held on the stage of the Con
tinuing Education auditorium.
Wilfred, as a personality, is as
interesting and unusual as his de
signs with light. In 1916 he left Eu
rope where his reputation as a sing
er of folk-songs was established—
he appeared at Royal Command per
formances in London and Copen
hagen—and came to America to raise
funds for his light research.
During the twenties, he designed
the Clavilux, the first important In
strument for the performance of sil
ent visual composition and toured
| the United States, Canada, Paris,
London, and Copenhagen giving re
citals.
Georgia Review To Feature
Presidential Cautliilult* Sinillt
Joe Smith, the mythical Republi
can vice presidential nominee, will
be profiled in the spring issue of the
Georgia Review.
The author is William Hazlett
I Upson, a delegate from Georgia to
j the Republican National Convention.
John Goff has a featured article
in the same issue on great herds of
I buffalo that once roamed south Geor-
j gia. The story relates how buffaloes
iiave left their mark in the "Lick"
and "Wallow" place-names of today.
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Relax During Exam
Time with these
Great Movies
at the
GEORGIA
THEATRE
TUESDAY - THURSDAY
“THE RAINMAKER*’
Burt Lancaster
Katharine Hepburn
FRIDAY - SATURDAY
“DON’T KNOCK THE
.ROCK”
Bill Hailey - Little Richard
18 Top Rock ‘n Roll Tunes
AND AT THE
ATHENS DRIVE-IN
WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY
“HIJK”
George Montgomery
and
“BEAST OF HOLLOW
MOUNTAIN”
Guy Madison
FRIDAY - SATURDAY
“STAR IN THE DUST”
Mamie Van Doren
“STRANGER AT
MY DOOR”
MacDonald Carey
We hope that you will have
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looking forwurtl to seeing
you soon.
For Your Entertainment,
Georgia Theatre
Athens’ only theatre with com
plete sterephonic sound b y
RCA will present these and oth
er outstanding motion pictures
Spring Quarter . . .
“MR. COREY”
with
Tony Curtis
“THE GREAT MAN”
With
I Jose Ferrer
“RATTLE HYMN”
with
Rocky Hudson
AND WEDNESDAY,
MARCH 27
We will present in full color
and Cinemascope
James Dean
in
“REBEL WITHOUT
A CAUSE**
And
“EAST OF EDEN”