Robert Verrall, Oscar-Nominated Animation Pioneer, Dies at 97. He worked at the National Film Board of Canada from 1945 to 1986 in animation, documentary and fiction films. By Etan Vlessing.

Verrall worked at the NFB from 1945 to 1986 and earned in all six Oscar nominations, a BAFTA Award and prizes in Cannes and Venice. As a producer, he served as head of the NFB’s animation ...

ENGLISH ECCENTRICS (376 pp.)—Dome Edith Sitwell—Vanguard ($5). Robert Coates, self-styled “Gifted Amateur,” was not just a bad actor—he was so execrable that Londoners of the early 19th ...