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Evening star., 1953-06-12
Yes, They Are Terrib|es,
These Cocteuu Enfunts
By horry Macarthur

Jean Cocteau's novel. Les En-
fants Terribles" has been turned
into a motion picture called THE
Strange Ones" which serves at
least to show that Cocteau was
right in the first place. These
enfantS, as visit to the Little
Theater will demonstrate. are no
mere strange ones. They are
terribleS-en piqueS.
The film. produced and di-
rected by Jean Pierre Melville.
was adapted by him and Cocteau
and has an intermittent narra-
ton by Cocteau. It can be pre-
sumed to say whatever it was
that Cocteau intended to say. AS
a communication between author
and moviegoer, however, it is
somewhat less than 100 per cent
efficient. Cocteau is not quite in
Hemmingway's class when it
comes to clarity.
The best way to take his new
est wave of cinematic surrealiSm
and surely the easiest way-iS
as high comedy. This may not be
the way Cocteau set it down on
paper, but it is the way it comes
out on the Little'S screen.
The heroine (and there's loose
use of a word if you ever saw
one) of The Strange Ones" is
a girl named Elizabeth, who is
uncommonly fond of her brother,
Paul. You are not going to be-
lieve another word of this, but
1t is, so help us. an accurate ac-
count of part of what transpires
in the new Cocteau movie.
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Paul. a strapping lad of 16, is
hit with SNOWFALL one day,
flung by a beautiful schoolmate
named Dargelos. and falls in a
heap on the street. He is hauled
home. examined by the family
doctor. and ordered to bed. Lise.
as she is called by those who are
fond of her for obscure reasons
of their own. takes to her bed in
the room they share in a Paris
apartment. Dargelos throws pep
per in the face of the head
master and is expelled from
both school and the movie. never
appearing again except by hear
say.
In the midst of one of their
periodic spats, Lise and Paul
charge into the room of their
invalid mother and pause to ex-
anime her. II think she is dead"
says Lise, which is the under
statement of the picture. Judging
from the look of her. she has
been dead for several months.
Anyhow. there is a funereal and
Lise and Paul repair to their
retreat from the world. They
seem quite happy there for
awhile, Paul revelling in his ILL
ness, Lise munching on crabs
which she keeps in vat under
the bed. the two of them fighting.
occasionally snarling at a young
man named Gerard. who lies
there on the floor all the time.
Shortly this idyll pals on LiSe
and she gets job as manne-
quin, bringing home a co-worker
named Agatha, whose resem-
blance to Dargelos gives Paul
quite a turn. Since both roles are
Evening star., 1953-06-12

drey Dalton, the middle daugh-
ter of the Hayward family. and
Don Taylor as q youthful Ma
rine lieutenant. This is the Sc
rious romance Of the three, the
one in which a TREMENDOUSLY
lovely girl is destined to learn
what is the reality and what the
dream in the experience of first
love.
Miss Dalton and Taylor make
considerably more of it than is
managed by the other, more
blithely comic couples.
1t is a generally competent
cast that Paramount has be-
slowed on THE Girls of
Pleasure Island" It's most pro-
fessional performances. apart
from those of Miss Dalton and
Taylor. are those of Leo Gem
as the harrasSed father: Phil
Ober as the realistic Marine
colonel who takes an adultly
objective view of the situation:
and Elsa Manchester as the
romantic governeSS who relishes
the chance to see her chicks
meet life and the Marines.
The other two English girls in
the film. Joan Elan as the book
iShly sophisticated older sister,
and Dorothy Bromley as the IL
repressible infant" of the fam
lily, are as nice girls as any Ma
rineS ever met.
There is a considerably more
authentic comedy flavor in. this
weeks stage show at the Cap
itol. 1t derives chiefly from the
presence of Eddie Bracken as
headliner. Bracken is owner of
a genuine comic spirit which he
has polished in such different
mediums as stage, screen, radio
and television. His taste in, and
judgment of. material is that of
a pro and he has armed himself
on this occasion with a solid act.
His support is provided by
Mary Small. popular recording
vocalist, the instrumental nov
city of Martin and Florentz, and
the dancing of Bobbye Priest and
Al FosSee of television's Songs
for Sale" program.
Evening star., 1953-06-12

and the misuse of three charm
ing young actresses imported
from England for the occasion.
What the natures of these prom
Use is largely lost in the arti-
f1ciality of the films direction.
Next time. perhaps, Herbert will
not be so confident that he is
more amusing than life can be
when it throws the youthful
sexes together.
They were amusing in this re-
lationship long before there was
q Herbert and will be afterWard.
'"The Girls of Pleasure Is
land" which paradoxically is
both a logical and misleading
title. is based on a novel by
William Maier. 1t is the story
Of three growing girls. living on
q manless Eden in the Pacific,
who suddenly find their world
occupied by several hundred
United States Marines.
Naturally, since the island is
English, the occupation is friend
ly. In fact. it is so friendly
that 1t presents an appalling
succession of dilemmas to the
rather stuffy father of the girls
of Pleasure Island.
Paramount has made a very
pretty picture of Pacific island
life by the simple process of
finding a Pacific island setting
for THE Girls of Pleasure Is
land" 1t was so clever in find
ing just the right place to bring
the Marines and the girls to-
gether that it is a shame the
fruits of the meeting are so
synthetic.
Maier's account of what hap
pens after the Marines have
landed is disarmingly devoid of
surprise. The three girls. who
have learned of romance by
reading their fathers books.
suddenly get an extravagant op-
portunity to put their vague
theories on the subject into
practice. They pair off. as three
nice girls should, with three Ma
rine invaders who measure up to
their inexperienced judgment of
men. The dominant element of
these arrangements is comic.
heightened naturally by the
deeply concerned fathers effort
to hold the Marines at least at
arms length.
Marines. it turns out, are
much too skilled in close combat
to lose this one.
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The dramatic stress of The
Girls of Pleasure Island" is that
laid on the affair played by Au-
Evening star., 1953-06-12
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
And Time Of Showing

And Time Of Showing
Stage.
Arena THE Country Girl:
$3.50 pm.
Ambassador ~ Shane; /,
sos, Sis. 7:2O and $50 pm.
Capitol = Girls Of Pleasure
Island; IL am, 1:45, 4:30, tbs
and 10 pm. Stage: 1855, $40,
6::25 and 9:1O pm.
COlumbia-"Pickup on South
Street; 10:45 an. 1910. 2:35,
4:30. 6:25. 8:25 and 1925 pm.
DupOnt-"Man on q Tight
rope; 1:20. 3:25, 5:25. 7:30 and
$40 pm.
Keith's - "The Hitchhiker"::
11:15 am. 1, 2:50, 4:40. $40.
$40 and 10 pm.
Little-"The Strange Ones;
6, 8:15 and 1918 pm.
MacArthur-"A queen Is
Crowned: z and $50 pm.
Metropolitan n-"Prince Of
Pirates; 1925 am. 2:25, $40
and $50 pm.
THE Glass Wall; /.
sos, $40, 7:10, 9:15 and 11:l5
pm.
PaIace-"Dream Wife; 11:10
am, 1:15, 3:25, $50, 7:40 and
$50 pm.
Playhouse - 'Lili":: II am.
1885, 2:25, 4:20, $40, sos. 10
and 11:55 pm.
Plaza - 1.-The Seven Deadly
Sins; II am. lis, 3:35, $50.
sos and 1925 pm.
TranS-Lux-"Salome";; II a m,
1880, 2:45, 4:30, $50. $40 and
1915 pm.
Warner Shane; II am,
1:O5. 3:15. 5:25, 1885 and $50
pm.
Evening star., 1953-06-12
The Passing Show
Marines Fought to o>DroW
By Pleasure island Girls
By Jay Cormody

All the ingredients of lively situation comedy present
In THE Girls of Pleasure Island at Loews Capitol but they
add up to mere imitation of the real thing.
The result chargeable the direction of F. Hugh Herbert
and Alvin GAMER ruefu potentially
Evening star., 1953-06-12

THE STRANGE ONES" . French
film produced and directed by Jean
Pierre Melville based on the novel,
Les Entarts Terrible les." by Jean
Cocteau: adapted by Cocteau and Mel
vile, At the Little
Evening star., 1953-12-16

some of it sparkling but most of
it designed to prove that these
introvertS never listen to one
another.
1t is no doubt ungrateful to
say SO. but the best of the dia-
logue in the play is the inspired
drunken gibberish delivered by
Miss Dunnock. This hauntingly
lonely figure who looked in vain
for love has some bitterly comic
observations to make. They are
made with the excellence as
Sociated with Miss Dunnock's
reputation as an actress.
Much more elusively written
is the mother played by Miss
Anderson. This woman is the
domineering type, energetic, self
ish, self-deceiving and destined
in the end to find life as hollow
as the woman who surrendered
without a fight. Miss Anderson
plays her with a majesty that
should be much more rewarding
than it turns out to be.
A role almost as difficult as
that of the senior women in the
play is that assigned to Miss
Ross.
This is the daughter of Miss
Anderson, the wistful refugee
from life who takes to the sum-
mer house. The character is one
Evening star., 1953-12-16
Hollywood Diary
Films Fine, but Premiere
Was Too Much for Jimmy
By SheiIoh (,rohom

Gale Storm films seven MY Lit
tie Margie" TV-ers, tapes five ra-
dio shows, last night made a
guest appearance on the Bob
Hope TV show. And she still
finds time to ride down Santa
Claus lane with her three little
boys!
Forty years ago come January,
Hal Roach, with $116 capital, be-
came a motion-p picture producer.
His is the one studio here still
being operated by the man who
built it. Millionaire Hal cele-
brates the anniversary with a
new feature-length movie and a
new TV series.
Time is flying or something
Preston Foster doesn't mind
playing a grandfather with 10
year-old grandson in his TV'd
Water Front"
And with Sally Mansfield get
ting a percentage for playing
leading lady in Rocky Jones,
Space Ranger" the little girl
from Chicago reckons she'll have
her own home in Bel Air and
Cadillac by 1858. Right now she
rides a bus to work from her
apartment.
Marie Wilson, flying to Homo
lulu for two weeks, over the holi-
days, has filmed two my Friend
Irma" shows to see her through.
An interviewer asked Marie if
she takes any exercise to keep
her gorgeous figure. "Only ten
MIS-" she replied. Il don't play
well, but people seem to enjoy
watching me on the court" An
understatement, if ever I heard
one!
Robert Young swears he'll
never do a stage play again.
That's a PITY thought him
terrific in "The Country Girl"
at the Biltmore here.
Bob Hope has said it before,
but ne means this time-he says
to take it easier. He's on radio
every day, TV show every four
weeks. And Bob's one of the
few stars who makes movies
while doing television. Plus the
banquets and benefits that would
collapse any one else.
Fred MacMurray keeps pop
ping up on televiSion through
Evening star., 1953-12-16

HOLLYWOOD.
Jimmy Stewart was so nervous
at the premiere of "The Glenn
Miller Story" that he walked
out of the theater when the
sound failed at one point. 1
didn't see him come back. He
should have-it's one of the best
pictures of his career. And
June Allyson. as Mrs. Miller. was
simply sensational.
The preem juggled the usual
Hollywood twosomeS. DON
aid O'Connor came with Sheila
Connolly-while his usual date.
Marilyn Erskine, tweed with
Warner Actor Merv Griffin. Don.
re his new Francis" picture.
said: "Now you columnists won't
have anything mean to write
about me-" What could he mean
by that?
Stewart, with a grin-before
the sound failure Incident
said to Wife Gloria: Darling,
they (the photographers want
us to look at each other like
we're in love-"
Shelley Winters arrived. al
most bulging out of her dress.
Have you gained weight?"
asked her. MY nurse laced me
up too tight" she straight
faced. Christmas with Vittorio
Gassman is out. Now they have
a date in Genoa for New Years
eve. Nicky Hilton with
Mamie Van Doren, looking more
like Marilyn Monroe than ever.
Mrs. Edward G. Robinson,
out for the first time since her
serious operation, and Eddie got
a lot of attention from the pho
tographers.
Rock Hudson, talking about
his -Four Poster" scene from
the Universe international
show, conf1ded: I'D like to do
the whole play. but I guess I'm
not the type. Too tall" Suzan
Cabot, who played the wife,
was certainly too short.
Mitzi Gaynor and Jack Bean
confirm they will be married
shortly after the first of the
year"
Even though Geraldine Page
swore after "Hondo" she'd never
make another picture with John
Wayne. she'll be his co-star in
''The Wicker Basket" a murder
mystery. With "Hondo" such a
hit, all is sweetness now with
the two stars.
Young Bob Arthur-the actor,
not the producer-waS dashing
to the studio for an interview,
when he fell and broke his hand
In five places. 1t then became
a dash to the hospital instead.
Mervyn LIE Roy can be the
Dore Schary of Warner Broth
ers-if he wants. Merv cut his
directing teeth at Warmers. He
discovered Lana Turner for the
brothers-but they didn't hang
on to her.
Between now and January 10,
Evening star., 1953-12-16

that grows from fright and frag-
ility into a f1rmness that is too
expedient for even a young ac-
tress as capable as Miss Ross to
conceal.
Among the rollicking Mexi-
cans who provide such blissful
relief from the torment of their
California neighbors are couple
Of extraordinarily gay perform
erS. One of these is Jean Staple
tons imitation of simple watt
ress valiantly resisting the
complexes of her American Gus
toners, the other a longer sus-
tanned but less intense fight
against the same narrowing
force by Marta Reid.
Oliver Smith has designed a
pair of seductively tropical
beach settings for the Mexicans
to show how much less morbid
than the others are their simple,
earthly lives.
Evening star., 1953-12-16

Dunnock. Both are widows and
both are unhappy, although for
different reasons. Marriage,
residually represented by their
respective daughters, has been
a failure and motherhood is
hollow.
Miss Anderson's daughter
(Betsy Ross is shy and fright
ened of the virtues of grit and
ambition which the mother
recommends. The girls answer
is to retreat into the summer
house where she vegetables with
the honeysuckle and her comic
books When the relationship
becomes intolerable, the mother
escapes by way of a desperate
marriage into well-off. wallow-
ing Mexican family. The be-
wildered daughter marries an
equally bewildered young lobster
bar attache and everybody lives
just as unhappily as ever.
Miss Dunnock's mother prob
lem is different. Her daughter
devours life in gulps exceeded in
size only by the mothers drinks
which she consumes to escape
life's emptiness. The daughter
in this case is killed-by being
pushed over cliff by the other
girl-but apparently without a
ripple of excitement on any ones
part.
The intimation of all this is
that much must happen in I'm
the Summer House" The ac-
tual impression of it all is the
reverse. The plays two acts and
five scenes are filled with talk,
Evening star., 1953-12-16

B Coming: FIRST ANNUAL PROGRAM
n OF SURREALIST, IMPRESSIONIST
y FILMS. Doors open 5:45 PM. Fea-
~ ture at 500, 500 and 1000 PM.
FREE PARKING!
Evening star., 1953-12-16

uldue IL COUlpTcucL1SIUle 10 az
least one spectator.
Like William Saroyan, Tenne-
see Williams and fragmentarily
Eugene O'Neill, Mrs. Bowles per-
spective on life is unconventional.
It gives off glintS which she cap
lures in arreSting flashes of visit
full meaning, the sum total OF
which is sheer confusion.
Poor humans ungifted with
Mrs. Bowles' perception are likely
to leave In the Summer House"
much more mixed up than when
they entered. One, for instance,
might depart convinced that life
is macaroon, filled with grey
dust, another that grit and ambi-
ton are foolish and illusory vir-
tues, and a third that life is a
lonely nightmare. And a fourth
that the theater is another.
The author of In the Summer
House" went to far too much
trouble to write a play as fleet
ingly lovely not to have gone
farther and made it more lucid.
A mere disbelief in the way other
dramatistS write is no justiflca-
ton for renouncing it altogether.
The presence of players of the
stature of Miss Anderson and
Miss Dunnock in the play inti-
mates that it's obliqueneSs does
not mystify them. That is some
thing. Just what, they fail to
make clear.
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On the surface, I'm the Sum-
mer House" has its piquancies.
It's characters might be relatives
Of Saroyan's, a couple of widows
and their daughters, and a col
lection of uninhibited Mexicans.
There are many colors of comedy
in the relations of these and
In the Summer House" faces
the normality of this quite
bravely.
It is not the surface that
counts, however. 1t is the neu-
rosis of these Southern Cali
fornianS - the mothers and
daughters quartet - juxtapoSed
to the robust simplicity of the
Mexicans with which the play
deals
Most dramatically afflicted of
the characters are those played |
by the Misses Anderson and
Evening star., 1953-12-16
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
And Time Of Showing

Stage.
Arena Stage - "Charley's
Aunt: $50 pm.
Catholic University = ANTI
gone; $3.50 pm.
Sam S. Shubert-"In the Sum-
mer House; 2::30 and $50 pm.
Screen.
Ambassador - "Hondo";; 1870,
$3.50, 5:35, 7:40 and 9:40 pm.
Capitol - Escape From Fort
Bravo; 11:25 am. 1880. 3:35.
4:40, 7:45 and $50 pm.
Columbia - "Take the High
Ground; 11:25 am. 1880, 3:35.
$40, 7:45 and 9:55 pm.
Dupont - Martin Luther; !;
11:45 am, 1:40, $40, 5:35. 7:40
and 9:45 pm.
Keith's 1.-THE Glass Web;
1850 am, 1850, $3.50, $50, 7:50
and $50 pm.
Little-"Tumbleweed";; 1855
am, 1:55, 3:55, 5:55, 7:55 and
9:55 pm.
MacArthur-"The Gentle Gun
man; $50, $40 and $50 pm.
Observation-Disclosures; 1880
am, 1870, 3:35, 5:35. 7:40 and
9:45 pm.
Ontario - "Those Redheads
From Seattle; /, 2:4O, 4:25. $40.
7:55 and 9:40 pm.
Palace-"How to Marry a Mil
lionaire";; II am, ITO. 1920,
$50. 7:40 and $50 pm.
Playhouse-"Roman Holiday;
IL am, 1:05. $40. Sis. 1920 and
$3.50 pm.
Plaza-''Little Boy Lost; IL
am, 1920. 2:40, 4:35, $40. sos
and 1905 pm.
Silver Spring-"Back Street.;
2, 4, 6. 8, and 10 pm.
TranS-Lux From Here to
Eternity: 11:10 am, lis, 1925,
5:35. 1850 and 10 pm.
This is Cinerama";;
2:3O and $40 pm.
Evening star., 1953-12-16

two of his oldies-"Don't Trust
Your Husband" with Madeleine
Carroll and "A Miracle Can
Happen" with Henry Fonda,
Jimmy Stewart, Paulette Cod
dard, etc. The stars were sup
posed to get a percentage for
that one but, in spite of the
high-grade names, the picture
flopped-which is why it's on TV
In Don't Trust Your Hus-
band" his imperial highness.
Mike Romanoff. plays a maitre
D. "A very high class maitre D."
Mike told me. While making the
picture, the cast really lived. No
sandwiches for them-Romanoff
supplied the eats: Dover sole
flown in from England, game,
and steaks.
Evening star., 1953-12-16

I'm THE SUMMER HOUSE" a new
play by Jane Bowles. produced by Oliver
directed by Jose Quintero scenery by
Smith, costumes by Noel Taylor. light
ing by Peggy Clark. music by Paul
Bowles. associate producer, Lyn Austin.
At the Sam S. Shubert.
The Cast.
Gertrude Eastman-Cuevas
Evening star., 1953-12-16
Films of More Than Routine Merit
DRIVEN THEATERS
abe DRIVEN THEATRE

Family ShOwplace Of the Southeast"
ZOO Indian Head Hwy, Miles
From the d. G. Line, a Direct Route
Out south Capitol St. S.E. to ABC.
Children Under 12 Years Free.
Open 6 PM. LO. 7-2655
Ends Tonight Van Hefiin in
"TOMAHAWK. in color. Feature
at $50 and 10 PM, plus IDA LU-
P1NO in WOMAN IN HIDING" at
$50 Only.
Evening star., 1953-12-16
The Posing Show
Life Casts Bleak Shadow
In Shubert's New Play
BY Jay Cormody

I'm the Summer House. which opened the Shubert Theater
last night is that different play again. 1t different that
all the agonzed writing by Mrs Jane Bowle the multi
acting by Judith Anderson Mildred
Evening star., 1953-12-16
Chamber Music Concerts

The first in a series of four
free concerts by the Chamber
Group Trio will be given at $50
pm. tomorrow in the Interna-
! tional House, 1925 r street NV.
Evening star., 1953-12-16

ADJUSTMENTS.
Evening star., 1953-07-05
Fragrance Keeps You Cool

urably at the same time 1t re-
moves surface soil from the skin
helps to keep necklines on
dresses and blouses freshly free
from perspiration which is so
prevalent, in summer heat.
Keep a bottle of tightly stop
pered toilet water or cologne in
the refrigerator. After fixing the
family meal. cool your brow and
arms with the chilled fragrance.
Whether you are a business girl
serving a quickie for roommate
and yourself or the mother of
family of six, a Slathering of
cool toilet water will help OBJ
literate the feeling that meal
preparing is a chore.
The stick colognes are Of in
estimable value to all women for
they carry so conveniently in
your purse or in the glove COM
partment of the car. And when
the thermometer starts heading
for the COS, smooth the cooling.
fragrant stick along your arms,
across your brow, along your
throat (perspiration seems to
gather so frequently under the
chin n)-and even along your bare
legs. You'll be surprised how
much fresher and happier you'll
feel for taking only a few seconds
to do this. Whether your cologne
is in liquid or stick form, the
evaporation of the alcohol &C
tually lowers surface temperature
of the skin. (Note to business
girls: keep cologne in your desk
drawer. Cool off with 1t during
the day.
Many of us are not fortunate
enough to sleep in air-condi-
toned rooms so try the following
tricks to overcome insomnia.
Before donning nightgown.
swath your body with a large
piece Of cotton saturated with
cooling cologne. Let it dry natu-
rally. Do not rub. Then pat
bath powder on your skin so it
will feel softly cool-and into
your gown. Sprinkle talcum or
| busting powder on the bottom
sheet of the bed. The silky feel
ing it gives to your skin will
I make you more comfortable and
the subtle fresh scent will help
chase the days cobwebs from
your mind.
Humid weather often brings
a seeming darkness to the very
atmosphere in our i1omes-par-
ticularly in closets. Overcome
this heaviness in the air by
spraying refreshing co1ogn
throughout the house-in linen
and clothes closets and in every
room of the house. A subtly fra.
grant and gracious welcome will.
greet all who enter the home.
Make fragrance work for you
this summer to overcome hot
weather doldrums even when the
temperature f1irts with 80 some
odd degrees. Convey a sense ot
GOODNESS to all you meet. You'll
actually feel cooler when your
friends say, How lovely you look
I don't know how you do it ir
this heat"
Evening star., 1953-07-05
New Fibers
Of 1853

The new American cloths-of-
chemistry are excellent for travel
and ideal for your vacation
wardrobe. They resist creases
and wrinkles. Only q few require
professional care. Some need no
ironing at all and others simply
need q brush-up pressing.
The fashion editors Of Harper's
Bazaar feature these new fibers
In their May issue:
vicara is soft, washable and
tenacious at keeping its original
form.
AcriIan has the light warmth
Of worSted;; is quick tc wash and
dry and slow to wrinkle or crease.
DyneI is Q cloth with high en-
durance, and high resistance to
wrinkles.
Orion and NylOn both have q
knit that keeps its shape and
they can be washed without IRON
ing.
Chromspun has the dye I'M
prisoned in each thread. imper-
vious to sun, heat. soap and
water and almost any chemical.
ALI Of them, like those veteran
man-made fibers. rayon and
acetate, respond to the skill
and ingenuity of American de-
sign, showing their good looks as
well as their unchallenged prac-
tical virtues.
Evening star., 1953-07-05

If yon hair is faded or streaked-if
you have a single gray hair or million
lust wet it with CANUTE WATER.
This pure, colorless, crystal-clear liquid
will re-color it like magic!
Such soft, new, luxurious color!
Always looks natural-similar to its
former, original shade! Won't wash off
or rub off; won't streak or fade. Apply
CANUTE WATER occasionally-in
the privacy of your own rOOm-and
keep your hair young-looking as long
as you live!