Movies
May, 1974
The American Film Theater's ongoing program of filmed plays, coolly considered, amounts to little more than a bright new marketing gimmick--aglitter with snob appeal as a kind of repertory cinema but prudently mum about the fact that movie makers ransacking best-play collections for half a century. Recruiting prestigious actors to work for peanuts in worthwhile dramas that otherwise might be dubious commercial ventures certainly has some value, nonetheless, if the productions meet the highest pr...
