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'Lilith' Is Haunting Portrait of Insanity

By W. WARD MARSH deeper in its search into the emotional ills of its heroine The best introduction I can and smashingly presents her give to "Lilith” in the Heights destructive powers, making and Westwood is that in the her the complete and modern highest artistic film scene it counterpart of the demon Litakes up where "David and lith of an ancient religion. Lisa" left off.

The story begins when WarIt is more than that, goes ren Beatty, fresh out of serv-

ice, applies for the job of apprentice-therapeutist in a private institution catering to a wealthy clientele.

HE IS DRAWN to the beauteous Jean Seberg who had to make good in French pictures (chiefly "Breathless")

before she could gain real wholesome love Beatty has

Hollywood recognition.

for her. This changes him,

Now the gifted Robert Rostoo.

SHE BECOMES the

sen has not only molded her into the loveliest schizophrenscreen's most amoral heroine [ic you have ever seen but in years, responsible to no the most convincing one, one or anything for the acts dramatically.

she invites or commits. Curiously, her beauty becomes more delicate and fragile unwill der her demonic possession.

Beatty is attracted by her tremendous physical love which in her mania she

"Lilith"

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"LILLITH," drama directed and produced by Robert Rossen. Screenplay

by him based on the novel by J. R.

Salamanca. Music composed and con-

ducted by Kenyon Hopkins. Edited by

Aram Avakian. A Centaur Film released

Vincent Bruce Lilith Arthur

She ends more deeply lost in the hopelessness of her split personality, her original affliction.

Rossen draws an equal sensitive performance from Beatty. Beatty's sincerity at by Columbia Pictures and played by the the outset is unquestioned. following cast: Warren Beatty His love for his patient seems Peter Fonda natural but he has suggested Anne Meacham his own destruction long beJessica Walter fore he crashes and whispers his final, pathetic plea. "Help }) me.

Stephen Evshevsky

Bea Price

Mrs. Yvonne Meagham

Dr. Lavrier

Laura

With many others.

Jean Seberg

Kim Hunter

James Patterson

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share with anybody and Peter Fonda is very good as. almost anything. It is not a lit-the ineffectual young man tle frightening to watch this whose inferiority is simply lovely demon's destructive among his other emotional power unintentionally at work ailments. Kim Hunter is on him, his mind, his body, strong as a skilled therapeuteven his soul. ist. The lesser roles are well SHE PROMISES HIM the (and colorfully) filled. You great love but the burning will find the theme-melody as haunting as the tragic Lilith passion she has for him as well as for a Lesbian within memory. the institution and for a male weakling, who worships almost silently and from afar, destroys all of them.

Her moments of wild passion have been so deftly and skillfully handled by Rossen that the spectator is stunned more by what he thinks he sees then what he actually views.

This superb director smashes through emotions with scenes of such wildness, madness and sensual frenzy that he approaches insanity closer than any one else has dared to do or has been capable of doing on the screen. Conviction is here.

He makes Miss Seberg a lovely, gentle, piteous girl who is changed into a raging sex-demon under the intended