Evening star., 1953-04-18


cleS.
These plastic framed models
in a moderate grey. and need
ing only a few rhinestones to
qualify as HarlequinS for the
more ornamental sex, were pre-
sented yesterday morning. The
occasion was the screening OF
''House of Wax" the 'front.'
runner in the second lap Of the
great Sd sweepstakes in Holly
wood.
"Bwana Devil" of course, won
the first lap in which it was the
single entry. There are those
who say this is the only way it
could have won.
The actual presentation Of the
personal polaroids to the f1lm
reviewers was almost sensation
ally unceremonious, as presen-
tations to critics should be.
AS each appeared at the Am
bassador, where the film was
shown to a small preview audi
ence, Mr.. LaFalce reached into
a paper bag, extracted a pair
of the permanent polaroids, and
handed it to its new owner.
you'll be needing these regu-
larly," said Mr.. LaFalce, as mild
q presentation speech as ever
pushed a critic group across the
threshold of the future.
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UNsCIENTIFIC REPORT:
The superiority of the special
glasses (keep out of this, Secre-
tary Weeks, is pretty impressive
to the uninformed eye OF a mere
critic. The rigid frames, which
fit nicely over ones regular spec
tacles, and snugly on Richard L.
Goes unspectacled nose, are a
big improvement over the card
board type.
They give a man a sense OF Sc
curity that they will not drop
him into a suddenly blurry
world at, say, the climax OF
something like the can-can
number in ''House of Wax" In
addition to staying in place, the
special glasses seem to have a
superior quality of lenses.
AS specialists in looking gift
horses in the mouth, the critics
contrived to learn from Mr.. La
Falce the price Of the special
polaroids.
It turns out they come at 50
per pair.
At this price. perhaps only
snobs and those with an un-
shakeable confidence in the fu-
ture of natural vision, will rush
to own them. Unless, of course,
they buy them for such another
more basic contemporary pur-
pose as keeping the sun out OF
their eyes.
Another thing, the plastic
frame polaroids look infinitely
better than the collapsible
pasteboard types although in a
darkened theater this may be of
small consequence.
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TWILIGHT OF HIGH
NOON": High Noon" is in the
twilight of it's run at the Dupont
Theater The Stanley Kramer
western will move out next week
after Is weeks at the Connecti-
cut avenue house, plus six more
at the Playhouse where it ran
day and date in the beginning.
BY way of showing the draw
ing power of a quality film, High
Noon"'s s attendance during the
Washington engagement has al
ready totaled 181,775.
The Gary Cooper starrer,
which earned him his second
Academy Award. will be replaced
by Under the Red Sea-" which
opens next Wednesday.
MORE TROPHIES: Inciden-
tally, the picture and cooper DOCn
picked up an additional prize
this week. They were hands-down
winners in the annual Silver
Spurs competition sponsored by
the city of Reno, New.
His (Cooper's) performance,
and the picture have already re-
ceived numerous other top film
awards" the Reno memo reads.
But none of them "a glitter
ing, solid silver and hand
fooled leather set of spurs" you
can bet. Previous winners of the
same prize include John Wayne,
Gregory Peck and James Ste
wart.
POPULAR FUND: Fathers
Fund" the scholarship collection
which began. at Catholic Uni
versitys theater six years ago
and has become increasingly
popular every year, will benefit
AGAIN this wear nv the opening