Evening star., 1952-11-03

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Olaf Lagercrantz has come ur
with one Of the seasons most
dramatic propositions. Mr.
Lagercrantz. one OF Sweden's Lead
ing literary critics. thinks Charlie
Chaplin should have the Nobel
Prize in Literature for his latest
picture, 'Limelight.". The film,
by the way. is doing happy bust
ness in New York in spite Of the
somewhat half-hearted notices OF
the critics. None Of whom has
suggested it is of Nobel Prize
size.
Rachel Carson who wrote 1.-THE
Sea Around Us" is an author
who should surprise you by cap
turing Hollywood's attention.
Well, she did. Her persistent
best seller has been transmitted
into a feature length docu-
mentary film in Technicolor. /.
Man who had the idea is Irwin
Allen. For more than a year
he had been thumbing hundreds
Of thousands Of feet Of film.
Reports are he has found a col
lection of the most startling sur
face and underwater photography
ever seen. Be wonderful to
have it turn out to be an equiva-
lent best seller in film form and
to have the Atlantic, say. win
an Academy Oscar as the years
best performer among oceans.
People and projects: Taylor
Holmes is one former matinee
idol who never disappears just be-
cause he is older. Warmers
have just signed him for a role
in "She's Back on Broadway" q
musical. Millard Mitchell, a
character actor who can eclipse
most stars he plays with, will
team with Bob Hope in Here
Come the Girls. He replaces
James Barton. John Lee
Mahin CQuo Vadis." etc., who
has staged one of Hollywood s
most brilliant writing comebacks,
is now busy on Robert Standish's S
Elephant Walk" Paramount
will produce with William Dieterle
directing. .. Ceylon will provide
the background and the ele-
plants. Deborah Kerr whose
professional life was interrupted
by motherhood. is one of Holly
woods busiest actresses again. i. d.
She is working in three pictures.
F.. Caesar" is one. Dream
Wife" another, and Young
BesS" is the third. It repre-
sents something of blanket COW
erage of a 2,000-year period for
Miss Kerr.
Hillary Knapp, a fine performer
with the Montgomery Players
makes mel Arena Stage bow this
week IN Noel Coward's Still Life. "
She made pictures in Eng
land before coming here as a Tor
eign service wife. .One of them,
Thunder In The Air." with Sir
Ralph Richardson. Also re-
turning as an Arena leading lady
is Ethel Casey who will have the
top feminine role in ways and
Means" =. The three Coward
plays in Tonight At $3.50" will
bring out the sum total of Arenas s
acting company. >. Others in
clude Stanley Pitts, Jacqueline
Dudley, Marian Reardon. Eileen
Whyte. Allen Joseph and Joan
Coppock.
Bulletin board: The Children's
Theater of Washington will open
it's seventh season Nov. %. :. On
that date, "Alladin and His Won
derful Lamp" will be presented at
Roosevelt High School auditorium
by the Mae Desmond company
from New York. There will
be two performances, 1890 am.
and 2:30 pm. And, miracle
of miracles, ticket prices this year
are lower. !. Kings of Nomania' u
will be the theater's second Off
ering OH December 13. Uni
tartan Players this week will offer
two performances of Garcia Lor-
cas- 1.-THE House of Bernard Alba. d
They are set for Thursday and
Friday nights at Pierce Hall. >.
John B. Wentworth is directing