Evening star., 1953-06-25

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matte cattle drive and no doubt
some day will be the staple tele-
vision diet of the children of
Hopalong Cassidy's currently OBJ
sessed fans. 4
HopaIong can't last forever
and Audie cannot have too large
a backlog Of westerns to step into
the breach.
"Gunsmoke," in Technicolor
and handsome to look at. will
give the next generation of small
fry televiewers some tasteful
glimpSes of Susan Cabot and
Mary Castle. These respectively
good and bad girls will be orna-
mental object lessons in the re-
wards and penalties that come
to ranchers' daughters and sa-
loon singers.
In "Gunsmoke," Murphy once
more is "the fastest gun in the
West" and his six-shooter Is for
hire to the highest bidder.
This turns out to be a cattle
baron who does not care how
he gets living room for himself
and his gigantic herds but who
finds that hired gunmen are
quickest. Naturally, the small
ranchers whom he is devouring
do care, especially one played
with recognizable merit by Paul
Kelly.
Kelly is not only tough in his
resistance to terrorism, but also
resourceful. He tricks Murphy
off the villains team onto his
own, a stratagem abetted by the
fact that Miss Cabot happens to
be on the latter. There never
was any question as to who was
going to win, but this clearly
cincheS it.
Universal international decid-
ed that Nathan Juran was just
the director who would keep
"Gunsmoke" moving at a suit
able tempo and would in no way
appear too discounted that this
Is a somewhat pedestrian story
he must convert into horse
opera.
This was sound enough.
NOW, 3-V: In what language
will you have your movie, English,
French or Italian?
Sam Roth's theaters, the new
Silver Spring. Plaza and Little
ask the question in connection
with THE Little World Of Don
Camille" which will be offered
in three language versions. at as
many houses, on July 9. 1t will
have simultaneous premieres in
the different theaters. the one in
English chosen to open the new
Silver Spring now being COM
pleted.
The film, directed by Julien
Duvivier and co-Starring Fer
nandel and Gino Cervi, will open
at the suburban house with suit
ably gala ceremonies. Top men,
bers of the premiere cast include
Ambassadors Henri Bonnet of
France and Alberto Tarchiani of
Italy, with Governor T. R. Nc
Keldin of Maryland
No less character than OrSon
Welles is the inspiration for the
English version of the singing
satire on Communism. 1t was
he who convinced the producers
that it would be seen by many
more Americans if presented in
their own language.
x X X X
NEW SCHOOL: It is a
modernization of Sheridan's
"The School for Scandal" that
will be presented as Olney's
second attraction. starting July l.
It is the work of Albert Marie,
artistic director of the New
York City Drama Co., who is
directing the production at the
Maryland summer theater.
Marie has updated the play to
the period Immediately prior to
World War I, and has set in in
a fashionable Mayfair locale. To
accentuate the period flavor.
Marie employs many of the
techniques of the silent MOVIE.
with interpolated songs and
dances appropriate to 1914.
Top members of the cast in
clude Basil Langton, director
star of the currently popular
Man and Superman";; Marilyn
Hurley, also a corking performer
in the same play (although she