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plays Macbeth) and participates with him in the famous duel scene set off by the challenge : “Lay on Macduff”.
O’Herlihy has baffled the Hollywood boys who try' to “type” newcomers. He is not the type to allow himself to be typed. He received several flattering offers from American film companies, but instead of accepting a film studio contract, he chose to go to Hollywood as a free agent. He was followed a few months later by his wife and their year-old daughter, Olwen. Not being typed is regarded an asset in film circles whereas being tabbed “another any one” predicts quick oblivion.
While I was in the studio I got the impression that Dan O’Herlihy is well liked and respected by everybody. I was told that it is very likely that he will be invited to play the part of Our Lord in John Farrow’s film. I hope he does. He is a first-rate Catholic and one feels that he would play the part with understanding and integrity.
Like many other first class actors, O’Herlihy has other cultural interests. 1 understand that he holds a degree of Bachelor of Architecture from the National University of Dublin and is also an Associate of the Royal (English) Institute of Architects, and that he expects to establish an architectural office in Dublin within the next few years, in company with a former schoolmate.
At present he is doing a lot of radio work in Hollywood. After he had finished this Peter Cyril Hawes programme he had to rush off to do another broadcast in another studio somewhere in Hollywood. But, before he left, he autographed for me a script with a charming message written in Gaelic which I am told means : “God bless you, P'ather O’Flvnn”. It would be fitting for me to conclude this inadequate study by saying : “May God bless Dan O’Herlihy, and his wife, his child and his work.”
Tribute to Very Rev. Fr. Hilary Carpenter, O.P.
The Catholic Film Institute has suffered a severe loss in the resignation of its Chairman, Very Rev. Fr. Hilary Carpenter, O.P. The Chairman of a flourishing organisation requires intelligence, sympathy, tact, tolerance and good humour. Fr. Hilary possesses these qualities in a high degree.
Fr. Hilary has always preached the doctrine that man should develop all his faculties of body mind and soul. He himself practices what he preaches. Although a scholar, a sound philosopher and theologian, he can create things. He sketches very well indeed ; you may see a set of altar rails in the Church of the Capuchin Fathers, Oxford, which he made ; he has made some amateur documentary films recording the work of the A.R.P. in Oxford and the missionary work of the Dominican Fathers in South Africa. Needless to say he was a firm believer in the Apostolate of the Cinema
He always realised the necessity of film-appreciation and film-criticism ; nevertheless he equally realised the necessity of making films of a Christian character. Under his leadership the C.F.I. entered production.
The disputation, “The Cinema is the highest form of Art”, which he devised and which was broadcast on the Third Programme, made history at the B.B.C. In many other ways he emphasised the work of the Catholic Film Institute.
We all deeply regret that ill-health has forced Fr. Hilary to leave us. The C.F.I. offers him its gratitude and assures him that his work and character will ever be remembered.