Film Quarterly (Winter 1958) [cover: Sophia Loren in THE BLACK ORCHID]

Berkeley: University of California Press. Very Good. 1958. (Vol. XII, No. 2). Periodical. [modest edgewear all around, some minor creasing in front cover, some red-ink underlining in the Minnelli article]. (B&W photographs) In the first three articles in this issue, grouped under the title "The Growing Edge," the authors tell of their personal encounters with three filmmakers: Satyajit Ray, Luis Bunuel, and Luigi Zampa (the latter piece incorporating an interview). Also in this issue: "Hollywood's Favorite Fable," in which Arthur Mayer discusses and debunks "the myth of the virtuous producer-distributor and the wicked exhibitor"; the first installment of an 2-part examination of the films of Vincente Minnelli, by Albert Johnson (covering his career through THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL); an article about casting for motion pictures and TV, by Lola G. Yoakem. Films reviewed: THE ROOTS OF HEAVEN and THE BARBARIAN AND THE GEISHA (both directed by John Huston); THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA (John Sturges); HOME BEFORE DARK (Mervyn LeRoy); I WANT TO LIVE (Robert Wise); MON ONCLE (Jacques Tati); ME AND THE COLONEL ( ); CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (Richard Brooks); POT BOUILLE (Julien Duvivier); THE NUN'S STORY (Fred Zinnemann); NOTTI BIANCHE (Luchino Visconti); MUHOMATSU, THE RICKSHA MAN (Hiroshi Inagaki); and THE ROAD A YEAR LONG (Giuseppe De Santis). .