Evening star., 1949-06-21

During the course OF ner tou
discovered by a pair of cousins She
hadn't seen since childhood. They
introduced themselves and went
on to explain that they had felt
compelled to come out and watch
Daughter Mary at work.
II think she plays Bessie Watty
excellently." said one of them.
"She's so real, so natural"
Motherhood asserted itself and
Miss Hayes forgot all about the
acting profession.
shes really not like that all.
you know" she said firmly.
~ -
Everyone knows whats wrong
with the movies. Almost everyone
Is willing to tell the people who
make movies how to do 1t. No di-
rector with years OF experience
ever Is surprised when house.
wife, a newsboy or a taxi driver
wanders UP and tells him what he
Is doing wrong.
Sometimes, OF course. the advice
offered by a bystander is author
ttative, as was that given Director
Joe Lewis the other day when he
was rehearsing Peggy Cummins
and John Dali for a robbery scene
In Gun Crazy" An elderly party
on the sidelines watched with in
terest until he could contain him.
self no longer. y.
THAT amt no way to hold up a
bank" he scoffed. MIR. Lewis
paused In his work. There seemed
to be authority In the scoffer's
voice.
"Who are you," the director de-
manded land how would you 60
about holding UP a bank?"
I'm AL Jennings" said the man.
"and the first thing I'd do Is get
rid Of the blonde -"
Mr.. Jennings now is working
with the California police In COM
batting juvenile delinquency. but
an earlier age considered him an
authority on holding UP banks.
Long-submerged professional pride
had Just reasserted itself.
A task force of students Of the
Catholic University Department OF
Speech and Drama Is establishing
q summer outpost Of the theater
this year on the grounds Of st.
Paul's School, Concord. N. H. Al
similar group went to Adrian,
Mich, last year for moderately
successful season of summer stock.
and this summer has set UP In
business in Rochester. N. Y.
The New Hampshire group.
formally known as the Merrimack
Playhouse. Inc, starts season OF
eight plays on July with 1.-THE
Male Animal" Among the 16
graduate and undergraduate stu
dents In the company are Carolyn
Graham, M arilyn Hurley, Janet
Fehm, Muriel Bachman, John
Marzocco, Robert Deitz. Frank
Dolan, william Bulkley. Richard
Sykes. Patricia Darragh and VIII
liam Kearns.
After a series Of familiar sum-
lner stock works. the group hopes
to wind UP its Concord season
with IAN important premiere Of a
new play by a member of the fac
ulty Of Catholic University"
Short Takes: Sammy Kaye, who
opens q week on the Capitol stage
Thursday. has added grand prize
to his $50 You Want to Lead a
Band" feature. Winning con-
testants will return on the last
day Of the engagement to compete
for 1t, q 1949 Plymouth sedan :.
Bob Porterfield's Barter Theater
opened its 17th season in Abing-
don. Va. last night with Jean
Kerr's Jenny Kissed Me-" the
Catholic University success which
Jared less successfully In the pro-
fessional theater :. The Wash
ington Theater Festival, which
will launch its season next Sun
day night In Meridian Hill Park.
won't be able to do anything about
weather. but 1t will be taking the
risk, not the customers. Tickets
for any rained out performance
will be exchanged for any later
performance within six days at
the downtown ticket Office, 1917
4 street NV. Members Of the
AcricIilti1re plavers vvl,n will nre-