20 JULY 1956, page 19

Three Grotesques

STREET-WALKER The girl who was sure she'd been murdered for love (or as near as damn it) walked the black-laquered street. She wished for closer identity with her feet, but......

Ballroom Bacchante

Sexophonic, brazen Cretan screams the Muse, by drumsticks beaten. Nymph and satyr, corybantic here make hay—and their hay's antic. Spastic marionette, her shape is formal; his,......

Escape

Fleeing from Mrs. McGonigle, Mr. Smith Took refuge in a public telephone booth, Whence he rang, as he always did, forthwith, The Gospel Tabernacle, home of Truth. Mrs.......

Wedding Breakfast. (empire.)-the Baby

AND THE BATTLESHIP. (Warner.)-0H, LA- LA, CHERI. (Berkeley.)-AWAY ALL BOATS. (GaUMOIII.)---ANYTHING GOES. (Plaza.) BEING nosy, I like films about other people's domestic habits;......