The Bridal Path. A mildly funny, thoroughly charming, beautifully photographed piece of dialect comedy about a handsome young Scottish farmer (Bill Travers) with marriage on his mind.
Ivan the Terrible: Part 2--The Revolt of the Boyars. The late Sergei Eisenstein's contrived but lush portrait of a power-mad paranoiac, made while Stalin was still alive but only recently released by the Russian government.
Black Orpheus (French). The vitality of a tropic carnival in Brazil gives new life to the old legend. Brilliantly directed by Marcel ("New Wave") Camus.
The 400 Blows (French). A small boy takes it on the lam from the mean and loveless world of his parents. But under Francois Truffaut's direction, society itself takes the blame for his flight.
Ben-Hur. A real Biblical blockbuster; despite some shortcomings, worth every penny of its $15 million price tag.
Third Man on the Mountain. This cliff-climbing tour of the Alps is apparently designed to teach the kiddies that they can shinny up the Matterhorn much more easily than any creak-kneed adult.
They Came to Cordura. A motley collection of Black Jack Pershing's campaigners have as much trouble tracking down the essence of courage and cowardice as they have steering clear of Pancho Villa's irregulars.
The Magician (Swedish). Something of a magician himself, brilliant Writer-Director Ingmar Bergman unfolds an eerie tale of a mid-19th century Mesmer, generates the dark and dazzling confusion with which he delights his audiences.
North by Northwest. Hitchcock at his best, with Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint dodging Communist spies in a shoot-'em-up that ricochets from Madison Avenue to Mount Rushmore.
TELEVISION
Wed., Jan. 27 Be Our Guest (CBS, 7:30-8:30 p.m.).--Premiere of one more effort to give variety shows a new face. The guests will be "ordinary people," who may or may not be able to perform. Mary Ann Mobley, Miss America of 1959, and the Glenn Miller Orchestra will be on hand to help.
Thurs., Jan. 28 Revlon Special (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). The first of a new series of specials offers still another variety show. Mickey Rooney is backed up by French Singer Patachou and Comedian Dick Shawn.
Fri., Jan. 29 Ernest Hemingway Special (CBS 8:30-10 p.m.). A fine cast -- Richard Burton, Maximilian Schell, Sally Ann Howes, Betsy von Furstenberg -- gives The Fifth Column a fancy workout as the old maestro's only play (set in Madrid during the Spanish Civil War) bounces from bar to bedroom to bomb shelter.
The Bell Telephone Hour (NBC, 8:30-9:30 p.m.). Song and dance from some of the best in the business. The Four of Us stars Ethel Merman, Beatrice Lillie, Ray Bolger, Benny Goodman. Color.
Sat., Jan. 30 John Gunther's High Road (ABC, 8-8:30 p.m.). First of a two-part series on the rebirth of defeated Japan, with Actor Sessue Hayakawa as guide.
World Wide 60 (NBC, 9:30-10:30 p.m.). South to the Pole. A play-by-play account of U.S. Task Force 43's Assault on Antarctica. Color.
Sun., Jan. 31 Cavalleria Rusticana (NBC, 3:15-4:30 p.m.). Pietro Mascagni's violent tale of love and betrayal in Sicily, sung by the NBC Opera Company. In the cast: Virginia Copeland, David Poleri. Color.
Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic (CBS, 4:30-5:30 p.m.). Despite the billing, the star is Composer Igor Stravinsky, making his U.S. TV debut as he conducts excerpts from his Firebird Suite. Canadian Pianist Glenn Gould plays the first movement of Bach's D-Minor Concerto, and Soprano Eileen Farrell sings the "Suicidio" aria from La Gioconda.
The Fabulous Fifties (CBS, 7:30-9:30 p.m.). A backward look that takes in a talented team of entertainers who lent the decade distinction. Guests include Jackie Gleason, Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews, Shelley Berman, Nichols and May, Photographer Richard Avedon, and the playwriting duo of Betty Comden and Adolph Green.
The Twisted Cross (NBC, 8-9 p.m.). Rerun of a fine and frightening documentary on the rise and fall of Adolph Hitler.
Tues., Feb. 2 The Garry Moore Show (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). The variety show that surprised the experts and proved that there was room for one more of the same. Guests include Andy Griffith and Carol Lawrence.
THEATER
On Broadway
The Andersonville Trial. Playwright Saul Levitt and Director Jose Ferrer recreate the post-Civil War trial of the Confederate officer who ran the notorious prison camp at Andersonville, Ga. Although somewhat forced and ultimately unsatisfying, the moral battle in the courtroom has both bursts of eloquence and bouts of theater.
Five Finger Exercise. British Playwright Peter Shaffer introduces a family alive with tension, chafes them against one another with considerable theatrical dexterity.
Fiorello! Under George Abbott's direction, Actor Tom Bosley gives back to delighted New York audiences what they thought they had seen for the last time: the croaking voice and fire-chasing intensity of the big city's best mayor.
The Miracle Worker. William Gibson's uneven but impressive drama about the early life of Helen Keller gets electric force from Actresses Anne Bancroft and 13-year-old Patty Duke.
The Tenth Man. Paddy Chayefsky finds new material in a Long Island synagogue, when a mentally sick and abandoned girl is returned to life by ancient rites, as surrealism mixes with Freud, demonology with farce.
Take Me Along. Eugene O'Neill's Ah, Wilderness! makes a nostalgic evening of musical theater, with Walter Pidgeon, Jackie Gleason, Eileen Herlie.
BOOKS
Best Reading
The Sage of Sex, by Arthur Calder-Marshall. The best biography yet of Victorian Sexologist Havelock Ellis suggests that his studies of the abnormal may have arisen because his own sexual behavior was both immature and exotic.
The Good Light, by Karl Bjarnhof. A moving novel about an adolescent boy in an institution for the blind who slowly loses his sight but keeps his sanity and love of life.
Collected Essays, by Allen Tate. Trenchant examinations of authors, critics and 20th century society.
Charley Is My Darling, by Joyce Cary. An early (1940) Cary about an adolescent slum runner evacuated to the English countryside during the blitz, sympathetically written to show that "every ordinary child is by nature a delinquent."
The Joy of Music, by Leonard Bernstein. The conductor-composer writes about music for the layman without sounding like a practitioner of what he calls the "Music Appreciation Racket."
Where the Boys Are, by Glendon Swarthout. A comical investigation of a spring phenomenon: the collegian swarm to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where the action is as hot and horizontal as the sand.
Friday's Footprint, by Nadine Gordimer. More short stories by an exception ally skilled author, who combines loving descriptions of Africa with often savage portraits of its white inhabitants.
Strike for a Kingdom, by Menna Gallic. A brief and beautifully written first novel of labor strife in the Welsh coal fields.
Billy Liar, by Keith Waterhouse. A young mortician's clerk in Yorkshire dreams of London but succeeds, in this slightly muddled comic novel, only in losing his head while all about him are keeping theirs.
Diplomat, by Charles W. Thayer. The hazards and trade secrets of the morning-coat trade are well described by a 20-year veteran of the U.S. foreign service.
Best Sellers FICTION
1. Advise and Consent, Drury (2)*
2. Hawaii, Michener (1)
3. Dear and Glorious Physician, Caldwell (3)
4. Poor No More, Ruark (6)
5. The Devil's Advocate, West (9)
6. The Ugly American, Lederer and Burdick (7)
7. Exodus, Uris (4)
8. The War Lover, Hersey (8)
9. The Darkness and the Dawn, Costain (5)
10. Fuel for the Flame, Waugh
NONFICTION
1. Act One, Hart (1)
2. Folk Medicine, Jarvis (2)
3. The Longest Day, Ryan (4)
4. This Is My God, Wouk (3)
5. The Armada, Mattingly (9)
6. The Status Seekers, Packard (5)
7. My Wicked, Wicked Ways, Flynn (8)
8. The Joy of Music, Bernstein (6)
9. The Uncertain Trumpet, Taylor
10. May This House Be Safe from Tigers, King (7)
-- All times E.S.T. -- Position on last week's list.
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