23 JANUARY 1959, page 15

Cinema

The Elephant Man By ISABEL QUIGLY The Roots of Heaven.(Carlton.) —Anna Lucasta. (Gaumont.) I FIRST read Romain Gary's elephantine novel The Roots of Heaven for a film company,......

A Doctor's Journal

Choosing a Child By MILES HOWARD THE adoption of a child is such a momentous step, for the child and for its parents, that (one could argue) society should pro- vide proper......