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This Friday (July 25)
marks an important event for
Vancouver and for

tional film witl

our

the

na-

Cana-

dian theatrical premiere of
Oedipus Rex at the
Theatre, This

sion of the s

Park
ver-

neles ra ced Y
yhocles tragedy

75-minute

was produced two years ago
by the Stratford Ontario
Shakes Festival Players.

nded as the first in
ambitious films
given at Stratford
next two dec-

It is int
an series of
of plays
which over the
ades
Shakespeare

Altho
a leading

world of

will embrace all of

held
the
documentary film
World. War,
the record of story features is
Films in
appeared

Canada has

position in
Second

since the

hed.

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nave

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less distingu

this

category

important,

1914

artistically

sporadically since but

they have been
barren and dominated by for-
personnel and methods.
The important _break-
through in an artistic sense
did not come until 1945 when
a group of French-Canadian
artists (headed by Gratein

eign

first

Gelinas) turned out several
successful films culminating

in Oedipus Rex in 1956 (fol-
lowed this year by Now That
April’s Here from. Toronto,
which may be shown in Van-
couver this fall).

Oedipus Rex is a film of a
stage performance given in
Stratford ‘the preceding sum-

mer -— and transferred to
film as a stage play. Never-
theless. imaginative use of
color, lighting,» stage  move-

Filming of classic Oedipus Rex

: Bert Whyte's

URRAHS

this week for
two long. distance swim-
ment ¢ nasks creates é ‘ .
Ses BDe masks »-¢ BLES. 2 mers — pretty Pat Wicks of
fascinating and haunting UBC ; men rinst 4
: : : JBC, who was the first to
mood in keeping with. the u : a z
fate-doomed Oedipus’ tragic SW!m Lake Okanagan from
story. Kelowna to Penticton, and
Di t . Guthri Mrs. Ann Meraw, who also
irector vrone rie : ;
So seus Shae completed the 34-mile swim
cameraman Roger Barlow,

editor Irving Lerner.and de-
signer Tanya Moiseiwitz were
imported from abroad but the
acting personnel and overall
conception are Canadian.

The title role is played by
Douglas Campbell, well known
CBC-TV and as Falstaff
in later Stratford productions.
He is a solid pivot for the ac-

on

tion while Robert. . Goodier
(Craeon), Eleanour Stuart
(Jocasta), the chorus. and

others collaborate in intimate
unity.

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To which you be sure to have

went.
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Everybody welcome.

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North — Webster Corners
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and set an endurance mark of
32% hours.

Pat Wicks got the headlines
when she jumped into the
water and splashed her way
to a triumph. It was her first
distance effort, and she made
it look easy. For effortless
breathing and freedom from
binding, she slipped off the top
half of her swim suit during

the swim. This was a wise
move, thought up by Ger-
trude Ederle some 30 years
ago, when she became the
first woman to conquer the
English Channel.

Mrs. Meraw wore a swim

suit with straps, and they cut
her shoulders rather badly.
After her swim she was con-
fined to hospital for some
time. It was her third at-
tempt to beat Lake Okanagan,
and the crowds which gath-
ered to watch her come
ashore gave her a tremendous
ovation.

 SPORTLIGHT

moving achievement’ y

When you read about Herb °
Elliott’s feats at the British

Empire Games, remember,
that behind this runnet

stands a litle gnome ofa
coach, Percy Cerutty; who has
a genius for producing cham"
pions. é

“Nothing
without enthusiasm — ‘
forget the bloody scoffers:
Cerutty’s philosophy.

Steve Murdock of People»
World interviewed Cerully
when he visited the’ U.S. prio!
to the BEG, and reports thal
Cerutty believes in something
he calls Stotan. It’s a comb:
nation of Spartan and Stole:

To qualify. as a Stotam
Cerutty urges a follower to
run five miles; walk 25 mile
fast: for 24 hours, cycle 10
miles, high dive from 20 ea)

was ever , done
an
is

swim 100 yards in winter
climb a_ 5,000-foot mountit
and. lift weights up t? t
pounds, periodically. d

Cerutty also likes his a
ners to throw away ae
shoes and dash parefoot

through sand, sagebrush an
surf.

In case you think he’s
remember’ that in additio?
Elliott he developed guys hi j
John Landy and Alex Hende!
son.

nuts;
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Canadian poet receiv

es
big welcome in Iceland

A Canadian poet whose
work is better known in Ice-
land than in his native coun-
try is now on his first visit to
Iceland, where he has been
received by President Asgeir
Asgeirsson, in addition to
being the honored guest at a

number of affairs.
He is Paul— Bjarnason of
Vancouver, well known in the

progressive movement of this
province and an outstanding
figure in the Icelandic com-
munity of both Canada and
the United States. The greater
part of his work has_ been
written in Icelandic and he is
known to Canadians largely
through his Odes and Echoes,
a collection of original verse
and translations in English,
published here a years
ago.

But Paul Bjaranson has an-

few

other claim to fame. Forty-five °

years ago, in 1913, he and two
partners, Sveinn Oddson. and
John Sigmundsson, shipped
the first automobile to Iceland

from the U.S: It was this that.

led the Icelandic Automobile
Association to invite Bjarnason
and his wife Dora to visit Ice-
land this summer. 3

July 25, 1958 —

Reporting their arrival ee
recalling the landing of in
first automobile,
Iceland on June 20, ode
Icelandic newspaper
viljinn wrote in its June
issue:

“The partners i
the convenience of thé a nd
mobile in North Americ@ i
they- thought it would ! in
good idea to introduce y to
Iceland. The venture prove
be costly and premature, ner
ever, for at that tim® “j.¢.
were no suitable roads ee
metho

had k®

land for the new auto”
transportation. Now the opie!
mobile is one of thes in

‘on
methods of transportaut’ ogi

the country, with some
cars on the roads.” tne
Of Bjarnason’s two pal ad
in the venture, Svein? od,
son is also visiting Ice 8
but Jiohn Sigmundsso”
prevented by. ill health
making the trip.

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