Evening star., 1948-06-28


oklahoma! will succeed "Har-
vey." now in its seventh week at the
National and destined to break all
long run records before it closes its
engagement on July 10.
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Both Broadway and Hollywood
have more than moderate inter-
est In Jenny Kissed Me-" the Jean
Kerr comedy hit which opened
weeks revival run at Catholic Uni
versity's theater last night.
Mrs. Kerr 3 funny fable, the prize
item in the series of seven original
productions offered in the Uni
versity's Play Festival last season, is
energized by a highly amusing
elderly priest. This poor man, Father
Moynahan, a crochety opponent OF
every vagary of today's anarchial
adolescents. falls heir to. one OF
them as a completely unwanted
ward
The Jenny whom he inherits. in
what he regards as an extremely
shabby deal, is the archtype OF
everything Father Moynahan be-
lieves young girls should be. she
dresses with apallingly bad taste,
she tortures her hair into uncom-
promising unloveliness. and she car
ries goodness to a downright excess.
Instead of admiring her for these
extremes of virtue. Father Moypa-
han foresees that she will be life
time liability unless ne can reform
her into some degree OF attractive
ness to young men.
Leo Brady again heads the cast
which illustrates Father Moynahau's
evolution from a clerical Tory into
something of a dynamic liberal
and an extremely funny one.
What is the total audience for
one Of the truly worthy prize-win-
ming motion pictures in a city the
size of Washington?
Samuel Goldwyn and RKOI
Keiths Theater will start to find
the answer to this question on
Wednesday when The Best Years
of Our Lives" opens a revival en-
gagement at the Fifteenth street
theater. The picture, one OF the
all-time proud productions Of the
native motion picture industry,
already is co-holder of the house
record. It's original run, in the
spring of 1947, was eight weeks, a
mark it shares with two other pic
lures, Show Boat" and Snow
White and the Seven DWarfs."
In returning for the first time at
popular prices. THE Best Years OF
Our Lives" is identical with the
original release
Hollywood seems to have awaK-
ened recently with pangs OF remorse
over its neglect of an admirable
American type Victim Of the over
sight is the policewoman whose
brother officer has been one of the
great bulwarks of the movies ever
since the days of the Keystone cops.
The cinemas previous indiffer-
ence, however. soon will be ended
with what might well-and appro-
priately-turn out to be a whole
series of films with policewonen as
heroines. r.'-
Gotham sportswriter CaSWeH
Adams has just made story deal
with United Artists whereby it will
make feature length screenplay out
of a policewoman's story which he
barely sketched to producer Jules
Ievey. Ladies of the Law Is the
title of Adams piece.
Eagle-Lion, also intent upon cor
recting the injustice done police
women. has purchased the screen
rights to "Policewomen,'' def1nitive
report on the distaff force by Robert
Musel and Michael Raymond.
All three writer's on the score are
newspapermen which indicates that
however remiss Hollywood may nave
been, the policewoman has her ad-
mirers among members OF the
fourth estate.
How many of Hollywood's stars
can qualify to play the roles United
Artists and Eagle-Lion have in mind
In the two pictures? Maybe it would
be fitting to leave the answer to that
to time, and to members OF the
distaff police force in Washington.