In Brief

"Carry On Teacher" (V) is another in the pathetic series of "Carry On" movies. Script, direction, photography are all used with wilful purpose in this film to produce what is one of the most disgusting comedies ever. Carry on you British producers, you've only yourselves to blame if British films are, by 1965. non-existent. "Upstairs and Downstairs" (IV) is another British comedy, superior to "Teacher" but nevertheless quite conventional. It stars, amongst others, Mylene Demongeot and Daniel Massey the best of a bad bunch. "The Sisters" (III) is the first part of another Russian trilogy dealing with the era of the Revolution. Music is by Kabalevsky and unfortunately the film's music score tends to detract attention away from the rest of the movie—a bad thing. "Operation Petticoat" (V) a comedy from U-I studios is crammed full of witless jokes; the humour is too banal. "The Scapegoat" (V) though with an impressive line-up of stars—Alec Guinness, Bette Davis, Pamela Brown and Irene Worth—is a film worth missing. Perhaps the only film worth mentioning here this week is the delightful French short about a goldfish and its owner, "The Golden Fish" (I). Right from the beginning with the titles presented a la Saul Bass, through the film with its superb music score substituting the normal spoken script and its remarkably fine photography, one is captivated by the way this little movie has been composed.