Evening star., 1952-06-12


in Just Across The Street." VIII
The film, starring Ann Sherit
Drained little comedy that contain
have been better acted and better
written. In making it, U.-I. no
doubt was inspired by the notion
that movie-goers who are not
ferociously exacting in their
standards might find it mildly
diverting.
Should this assumption turn out
to be false, Universal Information
will suffer more from its falsity
than any one else. Certainly
Just Across The Street" cannot
hurt the average patron. =
Miss Sheridan, who used to
sizzle in films with James Cagney,
continues in her new groove in the
new screenplay at Keith'S. She
plays another working girl of that
general outline which would make
the working world a pleasanter
place.
The man for whom she works
is Lund, an egotiStical plumber,
who thinks he can read people as
if they we're open books. He has
tabled Miss Sheridan as an heiress
who is working just for the ad-
venture of it. She is nothing of
the kind but she is also a girl
who can go along with a movie
script gag-if. the pay is right.
This she does in "Just Across
The Street" and it leads in its
ridiculous way to all sorts of
complications. These are emotion
ally upsetting not merely to the
principals but also to a banker
and his wife. the presumed parents
of the heroine.
Joseph Pevney's direction and
the acting of the cast makes the
most Of the films script although
even they would be forced to con-
fess this is not great deal.
Although it may be sheer bi-
ology to say so, Miss Sheridan is
the most amusing player of the
lot. Through the years, she has
picked up a number of archly
knowing expressions and a rather
droll way of handling dull dia-
logue. She uses both to advantage
in "Just Across The Street."
An amusing lesser bit is tossed
into the proceeding by CECIL Kell-
away as a gently reprobate father
of the heroine. Others who make
workmanlike contributions to-
Just Across The Street are
Robert Keith, Harvey Lembeck,
Alan Mowbray and Natalie Scha-
fer.
1t is a new big screen television
installation that the Lincoln
Theater will introduce with the
Robinson-Maxim fight on the
night of June %. New to Wash
tngton, that is.
The General Process Laboratory
system is the one that will be
used at the Lincoln and it is now
being installed in plenty of time
for protesting before the fight
broadcast.
The Lincoln with its 1850 seats,
will follow the same practice of
selling seats that is being used
by the Capitol and Keith's, the
other two local theaters which
will carry the light heavyweight
championship fight.
Seats already are on sale on
reserved section basis.
Neighborhood theaters continue
to come up with excellent book
ings, those of recently released
films of to popularity.
Among titles to be found in the
area the last week in June are
MY Six Convicts," Singing In
The RAIN" Bellies on Their
Toes" About Face" Red Noun
tain," Battle of Apache Pass,"I
Five Fingers" with A Song In
My Heart" and Pride of St.
Louis"
Hope Zee, 20-year-old song
stylist who made her debut re-
Gently at the Shoreham's Blue
Room, will sing directly under
the jurisdiction of her father,
Allan, the week of June 10. This
is to say that she will sing in the
stage show he produces for the
Capitol that week, sharing the
stage with Don Cornell.
Hopes experience includes a year
of a minor role in Gentlemen
Prefer Blonds" and as under
study to Carol Claiming; a brief
appearance with Martin and
Lewis at the Copacabana in New
York; and a period of featured
vocalizing with Ralph Flanagan's
band.
BULLETIN BOARD: Navajo, ,"I
one of the most prizeworthy films
of the year. will have it's premiere
showing at the Dupont Theater
on Saturday Hall Bartlett,
producer of Navajo" is a former
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