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NATIONAL LEGION OF DECENCY 453 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK 22, N. Y. MAY 24,1962 Vol. XXVII No. 1< I*Laza 9-1400 RIGHT REV. MSGR. THOMAS F. LITTLE, S.T.L, Executive Secretary REV. PATRICK J. SULLIVAN, 8.J., S.T.D. Assistant Executive Secretary MRS. JAMES F. LOORAM, L.H.D. Chairman, Motion Picture Department, I. F. C. A. A moral estimate of current entertainment feature motion pictures prepared under the direction of the New York Office of the National Legion of Decency with the co-operation of the Motion Picture Department of the International tion of Catholic Alumnae. CLASS A——Section I —Morally Unobjectionable for General Patronage REVIEWED THIS ISSUE Bon Voyage—Buena Vista Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation—Fox Aiakazam, The Great—Arc. Inti. Babes in Toyland—Buena Vista Bashful Elephant—AA Beauty anu the Beast—UA Best of Enemies—Col. Big Red—Buena Vista Big Wave—A A Bey Who Caught a Crook (Was: Boy Who Found $ i s,\J,00G;—UA Capture That Capsule—UA Cash On Demand—Col. Cinderella (R uu ) —J anus Clown and the Kid—UA .Couutncfcero »— Fox Dalton Who Cot Away—Dalton David anl Go hath—A A Dentist In the Chair, A (Br.)—-Ajay Film Cv Desert Patrol—U-I El Cid - AA Errand Boy—Para. Might That Disappeared—UA Follow That Dream—UA Forever My Love—Para. Francis of Assisi—Fox Gambler Wore a Gun—UA Greyfriar’s Bobby—Buena Vista Gun Fight—UA Guns of Navarone—Col. CLASS A — Section II PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED Hatari—Para. Heroes Island—UA Hey, Let’s Twist—Para. Honeymoon Machine—MCM invasion Quartet—MGM jack the Giant Killer—UA La Belle Americaine (Fr.)—Continental Lad, A Dog—War. Lames Man—Para. Land We Love—UA Life of Maria Goretti (Ital..)—Catholic Filed Prods. Majority of One—War. Mar, W ho Wagged His Tail (Sp.-ltd.)— Continental Merrill’s Marauders—War. MicLummsr Nights Dream—Show Corp. Modern Times-- United Artists Moon Pilot—Buena Vista Mothra—Col. Murder She Said—MGM Music Man—War. Mysterious Island—Col. Nearly a Nasty Accident—U-I Nikki, Wild Dog of the North—Buena VLta Parent Trap, The—Buena Vista Pied Piper of Hamelin—Prod. Unlimited Pirates of Tortuga—Fox Prisoner of the Iron Mask—Aid. Inti Furple HiiLs—Fox Queen of the Pirates—CgI. Road To Hong Kong—UA Runaway—Arpix Safe At Home—Col. Saintly Sinners—UA Search for Paradise—Stanley Warner Second Time Around—Fox Sergeant Was a Lady—U-I Sergeants 3—UA Snake Wonsan-- -UA. Snow White and the Thrt- Stooge*- • Summer To Remember, A (Rus?.)--e Swinging Along—Fox Teenage Millionaire—UA Thief of Baghdad—MGM Three Stooges Meet Hercules—Col. Twvvu Like Alice, A (Bt.) — Two Little Bears—Fox Undemater City—Col. Valley ol the Dragons—Col. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea — When the Clock Strikes—UA Whistle Down the Wind (Br.)—Pathe-Aisi. X-1S—UA You Have to Run Fast—UA Zotz—Col. Fox iingsk ? cs Morally Unobjectionable for Adults and Adolescents REVIEWED THIS ISSUE r Atlantis, the Lost Continent—MGM Battle At Bloody Beach—Fox Belle Sommers—Col. Beware of Children—Am. Inti. Beyond All Limits—Pathe-Am. Big Money—UA Birdmen of Alcatraz—UA Black Tights—Magna Films Blue Hawaii—Para. Brainwashed—AA Bridge, The—AA Bridge To the Sun—MGM Broken Land—Fox Brushfire—Para. Burn, Witch, Burn—Am. Inti. Cat Burglar—UA Colossus of Rhodes—MGM Cow and I, The (Fr.)—Zenith Inti. Dead to the World—UA Deadly Companions—Pathe Deadly Duo—UA Devil At 4 O’Clock—Col. Don’t Knock the Twist—Col. Dr. Blood’s Coffin—UA Eleventh Commandment—Prairie Escape From Zahrain—Para. Experiment In Terror—Col. Fanny—War. Fear No More—Pathe-America Five Finger Exerci-e—Col. Flight of the Lost Balloon—Realart Burning Nights—UA PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED Flower Drum Song—U-I Follow That Man—UA Frantic (Fr.)—Times Film Corp. Geronimo—UA Gidget Goes Hawaiian—Col. Gun Street—UA Hand of Death—Fox Hands of a Stranger—AA Hell Is For Heroes—Para. Hellions, The—Col. Horizontal Lieutenant—MGM Incident in an Alley—UA Judgment At Nuremberg—UA Last Time I Saw Archie—UA Lisa—Fox Lonely Are the Brave—U-I Lost Battalion—Am. Inti. Madison Avenue—Fox Magic Sword—UA Man In the Moon—Trans-Lux Man Who Died Twice—Rep. Man Who Shot Liberty Valance—Para. Manster—UA Mash, The-War. Mein kampf—Col. Mighty Ursus—UA Miracle Worker—UA Most Wanted Man—Astor My Geisha—Para. Naked Edge—UA Neapolitan Carousel (Ital.)—Lux Night Creatures—U-l Outsider—U-I Pit and the Pendulum—Am. Inti. Pleasure of His Company -Para Premature Burial—Am. Inti. Pocketful of Miracles—UA Reprieve—AA Risk, The—Kingsley-Intl. Rommd s Treasure—Medallion Samar—War. Sardonicus—Col. Scream of Fear—Col. Secret of Deep Harbor—U A Shadow of the Cat—U-l Six Black Horses—U-I State Fair—Fox 13 West Street—Col. Third of a Man—UA Throne of Blood (Jap.)—Brandon Time Bomb—AA Trunk, The—Col. Twenty Plus Two—AA Twist All Night—Am. Inti. Twist Around the Clock—Col. Two Rode Together—Col, Valiant—UA War Hunt—UA Weekend With Lulu—Co!. Woman Hunt—Fox World In My Pocket—MGM Young Doctors—UA Young Savages—UA CLASS A — Section 111—Morally Unobjectionable for Adults REVIEWED THIS ISSUE Counterfeiters of Paris—MGM Horror Chamber of Dr. Faustus Ada—MGM All Fall Down—MGM Anatomy of a Syndicate (Was: Big Operator) —Cinema Assoc. Armored Command—AA Bachelor In Paradise—MGM Blast ot Silence—U-I Boys Night Out—MGM Breakfast At Tiffany’s—Para, By Love Possessed—UA Cape Fear—U-I Claudelle Inglish—War. Children’s Hour—UA Come September—U-I Counterfeit Traitor—Para. Coucb, The—War. Double Bunk (Br.)—Show Corp. Fever in the Blood, A—War. Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse—MGM George Raft Story—AA Girl With a Suitcase (Ital.)—Ellis -UA PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED Notorious Landlady—Col. Taste of Honey—Continental Great War, The—Lopert Happy Thieves—UA Hitler—AA Hustler, The—Fox Information Received (Br.)—U-I Innocents, The—Fox La Notte Brava (Ital.)—Miller Last Year At Marienbad (Fr.)—Astor Light in the Piazza—MGM Loss of Innocence (Was: Greengage Summer) —Col. Murder, Inc.—Fox Ninth Circle (Yug.)—Jadran Films Nun and the Sergeant—UA One Plus One—Selected Pics. One, Two, Three—UA Only Two Can Play (Br.)—Col. Pigeon That Took Rome—Para. Return to Peyton Place—Fox Ride the High Country—MGM Rocco and His Brothers (Ital.)—Astor Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone—War. CLASS B — Morally Objectionable in Part for All Rome Adventure—War. Sail a Crooked Ship—Col. Satan Never Sleeps—Fox Season of Passion—UA Seven Women From Hell—Fox Singer Not the Song—War. Something Wild—UA Stop Me Before I Kill—Col. Summer and Smoke—Para. Susan Slade—War. Sweet Bird of Youth—MGM Tender Is the Night—Fox Three On a Spree—UA Through a Glass Darkly (Swed.)—Janus Thunder of Drums—MGM Town Without Pity—UA Two Women (Ital.)—Embassy Unfaithfuls, The—UA View From the Bridge—Continental West Side Story—UA Wolf Larsen—AA REVIEWED THIS ISSUE Cabinet of Caligari—Fox Bachelor Flat—Fox Biv'-k Street—U-I Confessions of An Opium Eater—AA I>ay the Earth Caught Fire—U-I Devil’s Eye, The (Swed.)—Janus Explosive Generation—UA Five Minutes To Live—Pathe-Am. Force of Impulse—Pathe-America Goodbye Again—UA Guns of the Black Witch—Am. Inti. Head, The—Trans-Lux House of Fright (was: Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll)—Amer. Int. House of Women—War. Adorable Creatures (French)—Continental And God Created Woman (Fr.)—Kingsley Baby Doll—War. Bed of Grass (Greek)—Trans-Lux Bed, The (French)—Kingsley International Bell’Antonio (Ital.)—Embassy Films Breathless (Fr.)—Films Around World Cold Wind In August—Aidart Come Dance With Me (Fr.)—Kingsley-Intl Desperate Women, The—Majestic Films, Ine. During One Night (Br.)—Astor Expresso Bongo (Br.)—Continental Five Day Lover (Fr.)—Kingsley-Intl. Green Carnation (was: Trials of Oscar Wilde) < Br.)--Warwick Films Green Mare (Fr.)—Zenith Heroes and Sinners (Fr.)—Januj Husband for Anna. A (Italian)—IFE I Am a Camera—DCA Till'it Interlude (Swedish)—Gaston Hakim Jules and Jim (Fr.)—Janus Karamoja- Hallmark Productions. Inc. l.’Avventura (Ital.)—Janus La Notte (Night) (Ital.)—Lopert Lady Cbattarley’s Laver (Fr.)—Kingsley PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED Jessica—UA Joker, The (Fr.)—Lopert Journey To the Seventh Planet—Am. Inti. Leda (Fr.)—Times Lover, Come Back—U-I Lovers On a Tightrope (Fr.)—Interworld Man Trap—Para. Marines Let’s Go—Fox Mark, The (Irish)—Continental Mary Had a Little (Br.)—Lopert Maxime (Fr.)—Interworld Night of Evil—Pathe-Am. Night: of Rasputin (Ital.)—Premiere No Love for Johnny (Br.)—Embassy Paris Blues—UA CLASS C — Condemned REVIEWED THIS ISSUE Joan of the Angels?—Polish-Telepix PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Fr.)-Astor Pic- Passionate Summer (Fr.-Ital.)-Kingsley tures Inc PleaseI Mr Balzac (Fr.)-DCA Liane, J ungle Goddess—DCA Love Game (Fr.)—Films Around World Love Is My Profession (Fr.)—Kingsley-Intl. Lover’s Return (French)—Lopert Doctor In Love—Rank Peeping Tom—Astor Private Lives of Adam and Eve—U-I Purple Noon (Fr.)—Times Siege of Syracuse—Para. Splendor in the Grass—War. Telltale Heart—Brigadier That Touch of Mink—U-I Tomorrow Is My Turn (Fr.)—Showcorp Too Late Blues—Para. Wild Harvest—Pathe-Am. Wonders of Aladdin—MGM World by Night—War. Young Helions (Was; High School Confides* rial)—Cinema Assoc. of Parij) (Ft,)—* Lovers, The (Fr.)—Zenith Mademoiselle Gobette (French)—IFE Mademoiselle Striptease (Fr.)—DCA Magdalena (Ger.)—Buhawk Maid in Paris (Fr.)—Continental Marie du Port (French)—Bellon-Foulke Mating Uree—Citation Miller’s Beautiful Wife (Ital.)—DCA Port of Desire—Union Pot Boullle (Lovers Continental Prime Time—Essanjay Films, Inc. Private Property—Citation Question of Adultery—NTA Rosanna—Jacon Film Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (Br.)~ Continental Savage Eye—Trans-Lux-Kingsley Inti Sins of the Borgias (French)—Aidart Sins of Mona Kent—Astor Miss Julia (Swedish)-Trans-Global Pictures Smiles of a Summer Night (Swedish) Mttsou (rr )-Zemth Inti Snow Was Black (Fr .).-Continental Mom and Dad (Sidercad)— Hahmark Prod. Stella (Greek)—Burstya Temptation (Fr.-Ital.)—Shelton Third Sex (Ger.)—D. & F. Dist. -Rank Moon Is Blue, The—UA Naked Night, The (Swedish)—Times Film Nana (Fr.)—Times Never On Sunday (Greek)—Lopert Night Heaven Fell (Fr.)—Kingsley Night, The (La Notte) (Ital.)—Lopert Odd Obsession (Jap.)—Harrison O-car Wilde (Br.)—Four City Enterprises SEPARATE Trials of Oscar Wilde (Br.) -Warwick Flhr«s Truth, The (La Verity) (Fr.i—Kingsley Inti, Viridiana (Sp.)—Kingsley-Intl. Wasted Lives and The Birth of Twin*-- K. Gordon Murray Production Woman of Rome fJtal.)—DCA CLASSIFICATION ! A Separate Classification is given to certain films which, while not morally offensive in themselves, require caution and some analysis ss a protection to the uninformed against wrong interpretations and false conclusions.) Adam and F a: (Mex.)—Wm. Horne Anatomy of a Murder—Col. Case of Dr. I an rent (Fr.)--Trans-Lux Circle of D» epFon —Fox Crowning Experience—MRA Girl of the Night—War, Intruder—Pathe-Am. King of Kings—MGM T.ft Dolce Vita (Ital,)—Astor Pictures, Inc. Lolita—Seven Arts Martin Luther—cle Rodiemout Never Take Candy From u Stranger- -Gmaft Corp. Storm Center Coi. Suddenly, Last Summer -Col. Victim (Br.)—Pathe-America Walk On the Wild Side—Col. (BOOKS lAJriterd and ik.ea.di THE BULLETIN, June 9, 1962—PAGE 7 ers EDITED BY LEO J. ZUBER 2332 North Decatur Rd. Decatur. Georgia A. M. D. G. For the greater glory of God and for the spiritual benefit of authors, publishers, reviewers and readers. THE SINGLE WOMEN, by Phyllis I. Rosenteur, Bobbs- Merrill, 1961, 288 pp., $4.50. Reviewed by E. Matthews. At some time in her life, every woman is “single" - not married, or widowed - and with statistics being what they are, "single" is the status of a great many women for most of their lives. Phyllis Rosenteur writes with good humor and good sense and with real empathy. Life is to be lived, and the single woman who lives instead of "just waiting" becomes a whole per son and more prepared for whatever life has to offer (maybe even a husband!) Every one is full of advice for the "single woman", and most of it is directed toward eliminating the "single," and most of it is unwanted and ill advised. Miss Rosenteur is quite knowledge able of the good and bad side in being single and is just as much aware of the good and bad side of being married. To seek marriage as a status sym bol or because "everyone does" is to lose the richness both ways of life have to offer. The emotional upheaval caused by divorce leaves a woman very much the prey of conflicting advisors. For this reason, lyliss Rosenteur’s book is good read ing for married women. This review is not intended to give an "imprimatur." Miss Rosenteur has written a book of general guidance for women in general. And, as with all generalities, to be used by the individual, it must be in dividually interpreted. That is, a Catholic woman will need to interpret this book in the light of Catholic teaching. The author does not presume to treat of the reasons for staying single in the manner that St. Paul does nor is she writing a moral treatise .designed . to develop Christian virture as such. She is devoted to her own nieces and God-children and her own creative way of life, and there fore perhaps did not feel the necessity of cautioning against becoming hardened in selfish ness in the single life. The Single Women is for singLe women, not for ado lescents, though college girls could perhaps benefit from this banishment of bogeymen and unmasking of men. All in all, Miss Rosenteur presents reasonable guidance and advice, and, because it is reasonable, it is for the most part in conformity with Catholic teaching. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A HANDBOOK, by Thomas Marc Parrott, Scribner’s, 1961, 266 pp., $1.45. Reviewed by Theodora Koob. This is an addition to the Scribner Library of paper bound books. For literature students it should be a very welcome addU tion, done by the able Thomas Parrott of Princeton Uni versity. Anyone familiar with the Parrott edition of the com plete plays of Shakespeare will expect and then be gratified to find in the Handbook the same terse but vivid style and dynamic pointedness which seems to penetrate into the spirit of the Elizabethan age. Despite its convenient small size this little book manages to convey considerable infor mation ranging from the an cestry through the known facts of Shakespeare’s life and in cluding much interesting ma terial about the kind of world and theatre for which he wrote. Chapter X on Shakespeare’s Development is especially in teresting and also Chapter XII which deals with the text of the plays and brings out particu larly the reasons for and the history of the changes in the great Bard’s lines. Last but not least are some very enlightening appendices and tables and a good index. This inexpensive book can be highly recommended to any student of Shakespeare from high school on. Illustrative material ap pears throughout adding to the value to the Shakespeare lover. WOMEN, WORDS AND WIS DOM, by Solange Hertz, New man, 1959, 184 pp., $3.00. Reviewed by Jane Woodham. Women, Words and Wisdom is liberally witty, realistic as this morning’s bacon and very much fun to read. It also, and not incidentally, is one of the very best of the species of handbooks for housewives ever published. Only samples can really tell you. "Mental idle ness ... is worse, because like ragged underwear, it doesn’t show until something vital snaps." And, "It’s the housewife’s special little share in the Redemption to be able to atone for others’ sins by washing others’ clothes." And, ’ Unfortunately a lot of good reading, like virtue, gets a bad name because for some unaccountable reason it at tracts the worst squares." Mrs. Hertz is very much in earnest about her vocation, and is therefore sufficiently relax ed in it to share an uncommon insight and sympathy. Es pecially good are her chapters on children. ’The only thing He made more of than housewives is little children." A gem of a book to inspire ^nd entertain. Good gift idea. p'Ancis MacA/Vaiuis XSIHI commbsH ST. COLUMBAN, by Francis MacManus, Sheed & Ward, 1962, 240 pp., $3.95. Reviewed by E. Matthews. The fantastic and the mira culous were much a part of the life of St. Columban who left his Irish monastery with a few monks to hew out mon asteries in Gaul and Italy. With a faith sufficient to move mountains, he did not hesitate to become involved with royal intrigues and churcH politics, and with a true spirit of pro phesy, he announced the Fate of certain powerful personages. He ruled his communites with a strictness bordering on harshness and yet imparted to his monks the same strong love of God that burned in his own heart. In this noble attempt to bring to life again from the obscure sixth century the vivid personality of St. Columban, Francis MacManus has used well the available material. For V/. Ml,' 1 " ' V I' 1 \»/ X “Not NOW! I’ll tell you when." FROM INSIDE BROTHER JUNIPER, by Father Justin Mc-Carthy, Hanover House, 1961, $1.00. Miss Flannery O’Connor Receives Honorary Degree NOTRE DAME, Ind., - Three American women, outstanding in the fields of literature, ci vic leadership and education re ceived honorary degrees at Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana, on June 2. They were Miss Flannery O'Connor, short story writer and novelist; Mrs. Robert E. Wittman, Ca tholic lay leader of El Paso, Texas and Sister Mary Emmanuel Collins,O.S.F., Vice President and Dean of the Col lege of Saint Teresa, Winona, Minnesota. The first published work of Flannery O’Connor appeared in Accent, to be followed by other short stories in Partisan Re view, Kenyon Review, Sewanee Review, Harper’s Bazaar and Mademoiselle. Her two novels include Wise Blood (1952) and The Violent Bear It Away (1960). A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories was published in 1955, and from this volume "A Circle in the Fire" won an O. Henry Award. Although she was born in Sa vannah, Georgia, Miss O’Con nor has spent the greater part of her life in Milledgeville, Georgia, where she completed high school, and was graduated from Georgia State College for Women in 1945 with a B.A. in social sciences. In 1-947*, she received an M.F.A. from State the most part, his source is Jonas, the mond of Bobbio, who probably wrote as much fantasy as fact in the first biography, and certainly he wrote only of the "good" things of his holy founder. To situate his charac ter more realistically in his time, MacManus has tried to give his readers a background in the history which can become dry with unfamiliar sounding names of people and places. MISS FLANNERY O’CONNOR University of Iowa where she studied creative writing under Paul Engle. In 1957, she was awarded a grant from the Na tional Academy of Arts and Let ters, and was a Kenyon Review Fellow, 1954-55. LATEST LEGION LISTINGS CLASS A SECTION I Invasion of the Star Creatures CLASS A SECTION II Spiral Road The Young Ones CLASS A - SECTION III And The Wild, Wild Women I Like Money It Happened in Athens CLASS B Concrete Jungle The Brain That Wouldn’t Die The Payroll SEPARATE CLASSIFICATION Advice and Consent RETREAT SCHEDULE IGNATIUS HOUSE SUNDAY, JUNE 10-FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1962 -- SPECIAL THURSDAY, JUNE 21 - SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 1962 -- (M) Captain - Mr. Ferdinand Buckley, 639 Carriage Dr., N. E., BL. 5-3437. THURSDAY, JUNE 28 - SUNDAY, JULY 1, 1962 — SPECIAL SUNDAY, JULY 8, 196? - OPEN HOUSE - All are invited. THURSDAY, JULY 12 - SUNDAY, JULY 15, 1962 — (W) Captain - Mrs. Rosemary Menk, 2711 Hillcrest Ave., Augusta, RE 313879. Co-Captain - Miss Louise Mulherin, 1521 Monte Sano Ave., Augusta, RE 3-4106. THURSDAY, JULY 19-SUNDAY, JULY 22, 1962 — (M) Captain - Mr. Hugh Grady, 505 E. 40th St., Savannah, AD 3-3336 Co-Captain - Mr. Flem Cliett, 410 E. 39th St., Savannah, AD 2-3133 Co-Worker - Mr. Daniel Keane, 210 E. Liberty St., Savannah Co-Worker - Mr. Tom Buttimer, 220 Forrest Ave., Savannah Co-Worker - Mr. Eugene Powers, 120 E. Bay St., Savannah Co-Worker - Mr. Joseph Hutton, Savannah Beach THURSDAY, JULY 26-SUNDAY, JULY 29, 1962 — (W) Captain - Mrs. Rober. Conner, Columbus, FA 3-9866 Co-Captain - Mrs. Polk Land, Columbus, FA 2-8061 Captain - Mrs. P. G. Kelly, 2003 LaVista Rd., N. E., Atlanta, ME 4-0058 Co-Worker - Mrs. Lee Besnon, 3173 Woodrow Way, N. E., Atlanta, CE 7-8747 Co-Worker - Mrs. Harry Gernazian, 1796 Mt. Royal Dr., N. E., Atlanta, ME 4-4621 Co-Worker - Mrs. Tom McCarty, 516 Drexel Ave., Decatur, DR 8-3288 Co-Worker - Mrs. Jos. L. Neiner, 1538 Windsor Parkway, N. E. , Atlanta, CE 3-8473 Mrs. Armour Sherrer, 601 Howard St., Marietta, 428-4554