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Evening star., 1954-04-25
Todoy's Schedules

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ARENA STAGE-"Blithe Spirit: $3.50 pm
>NATIONAI-Picnic" dark tonight, tomorrow.
SAM s. SHuBERT-"C5uys and Dolls: 1880 pm.
Screen.
ANBASSADOR-'Lucky Me-: l. 305, $40, 1920 and
9:35 pm.
CAPTTOL-"Rose Marie" 1:1o 1920 $780, TAO and $50 pm
COLUMBIA-"Beachhead": 1885. s:40 $40. 7:45 and
$50 pm.
DUPONT-"Julus Caesar: /. s15 $780, 7s5 and s:4o PM
KETTHS-"Pinocchio": l. 2:5o. 4:4o $50. $3.50 and
10:15 pm
LITTLE-"Li": 125. 305. 4:5o. $685. 8:15 and 10 pm.
MACARTHUR 2:25 AIS $685. and 955 pm
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Me-: lis. $780, $50. 74o and
9:45 pm.
oNTARIO-"Yankee Pasha" 1:10 2:55. 4:35 $40, 8 and
$40 pm.
PALACE-"Prnce Valiant: lis. $685. 5:35. TAO and
$50 pm.
PLAYHoUsE-"Knock Wood: 1:15 $780, 5:25. 1885
and $40 PM
PLAzA-'Win Any Gentleman: Ills, S:4o 6:2O sos and
$3.50 pm.
SILVER sPRNG-"win Any Gentleman: 21O. S:45. $40.
$685. $3.50 and 1905 pm
TRANs-LUx-sBeat the Devil: 1:2o. sos. 4:45. $3.50.
8:15 and 10 pm.
wARNER-sTh is Cinerama" 2:3O. $50 and $40 PM
Evening star., 1954-04-25
OH-Broodwoy Just as Busy
As Main Stem in New York

Baltimore banking family, pre-
viously co-produced several
uptown shows. Haughton, a
native of Indianapolis, has CO.
produced and directed two
Broadway efforts. For the
Phoenix experiment they OBJ
tanned backing from such wise
devotees of the stage as Rich
ard Rodgers and Oscar Ham
merstein II, Howard Lindsay,
Peggy Wood, Mildred Dun
mock and Russell Grouse.
Hambleton is mighty pleased
because Phoenix shows can
only play for six weeks in &C
cordance with the wage and
other concessions made by
various unions to off Broad
way groups. For example,
there's a $1O0-a-week top SAL
ary at the Phoenix for such
stars as Jessica Tandy, Hume
Cronyn and Robert Ryan. An
other downtown group, the
Theater De Lys pays a $25
top.
1--WE we're fascinated by the
prospect of doing four or five
shows a season. which for one
reason or another might not
seem feasible for Broadway"
says Hambleton. 1--WE felt we
could invite impressive actors.
outstanding designers for six
week runs at nominal fees by
assuring top standards of ex-
cellence in production. Sec
ondly, we felt we would find a
quality audience which might
not be able frequently to see
Broadway shows because Of
higher ticket prices.
1T has worked out fine.
Sea Gull Next
To wind up the Phoenix sea-
son, Partner Haughton now Is
directing a distinguished cast
including Montgomery Cliff.
Judith Evelyn. Will Geer. Sam
Jaffe and Maureen Stapleton
in rehearsals of Chekhov's
The Sea Gull" which is to
open May IL.
Content to remain of Broad
way is another highly success
full current musical, THE
Threepenny Opera" at Theatre
De Lys. It was produced for
about $1,000, and in its tiny
bandbox showcase can net
about $500 weekly above run
ming costs.
Like the Phoenix and De
Lys, some other off-Broadway
shows charge q fixed admiS-
sion scale, generally from about
81 to So. Others pass the hat
and generally just about break
even, or make UP any deficit
by selling refreshments.
Evening star., 1954-04-25

fewer sponsors whose money
they had to refuse,
Still, the telecasts are prov
ing expensive to all concerned.
network and local station
alike. They have no opportuni-
ty to recoup any of the losses.
either, since the subcommittee
has ruled that its televised
sessions can not be sponsored.
Rates Are Steep
An idea of the kind Of
money involved can be gained
from an examination Of the
rate cards. You can, for in
stance, buy an hour of time
on the basic ABC-TV network
of So stations for $61,345. On
NBC-TV, the basic SO stations
are available at $51,375 per
hour, or you can get a bargain
of 103 stations for $70.510 an
hour. On DuMont. the hourly
rate is $57,585 for "a stations.
Here in Washington the
hourly rate for television time
varies from station to station.
from $500 to $1.100. Or you
can get a one minute spot for
500, $120, $135 or $165, de-
pending on the station.
These rates are all for what
is known as Glass A time. at
night, and the station loses
less when it takes over day.
light time periods. A T'V sta
ton also does not get the full
card rate from a network that
it might get from a local spon-
sor. There are frequency dis
counts, too. probably ranging
from per cent for 13 spots
up to Is per cent for 260.
But a sizeable sum still Is
involved when commerce Is
cast aside to give this full
coverage to a news event.
These time costs no not con-
stitute the only loss. either.
Suspending production in the
TV studio while the hearings
are in progress does not mean
that production costs are also
suspended. Decision to cancel
q commercial program in favor
(See MACARTHUR, Page E-2)
Evening star., 1954-04-25

profession are. This Is not
merely that his investment is
smaller. the price OF 10 play
tickets, but because he takes
a chance on very few produc-
tions. Those in the list mem
toned above, for instance, are
proved hits, and viii provide
at least half Of the series.
To one who has seen virtu-
ally all Of the plays on the
tentative list, it is; less Of a
speculation than the season
just ended turned out to be,
the latter in the Judgment Of
a critic who might be harder
to please than some theater-
goers.
A High Beginning
The season started high,
beyond any question. with
Deborah Kerr's appearance in
Tea and Sympathy" It
sagged-the critics here agreed
If some Of the customers did
not-with George S. Kauf-
mans comedy. 1.-THE Solid Gold
Cadillac" which went on to
New York to become a Jose
phine Hull triumph. It became
glamorous. IT,. little else. with
the arrival of Mary Martin and
Charles Boyer in Norman
Krasna's tepid Kind Sir"
Thereafter. the series
brought Rex Harrison and
Lilli Palmer in "The Love of
Four Colonels." another CLAM
orouS occasion: Shaw's anus
ing "Misalliance." Katharine
Cornell in the Lindsay-Crouse
drama. '"The Prescott Propos-
ais" which never quite jelled:
and the staturesque Miss Ju-
dith Anderson in I'm the Sum-
mer House." a hotly contro-
versial production. at least.
Bonus Offering
T. S. Eliot's 1.-THE Confiden-
tial Clerk" with Ina Claire and
Claude Rains came too late
to be a subscription play, be-
came instead a bonus offering
in the Theater Guilds series.
1t was followed by "The Burn
ing Glass;" and finally "Pic-
mic"
AS 10 pre-sold plays go, that
represents a list which did not
assay as high as expected,
but for which the Council by
no means needs to apologize.
If it has more confidence in
the productions projected for
the autumn schedule, it is be-
cause more Of them will be
coming of Broadway as hits
instead Of being bound for it
as the dramas inescapable
CANDLES.
Evening star., 1954-04-25
By WiIIiom Glover
NEW YORK.


Broadway's bright lights tell
only half the story of what's
doing today on the New York
theatrical scene.
Currently there are "a musi-
Gals, comedies and dramas on
the main stem. There are II
playing. off Broadway.
/SometimeS they are per-
formed in formal, tiny thea
ters; at. other times in hotel
bathrooms or in upstairs lofts
over butcher shops. One show
now is playing in a church,
another in a night club and a
third. tiny venture is inviting
audiences into a Greenwich
Village living room. At least
three other shows would be
playing except for fire depart
ment safety bans.
And Eight Hits
Some folks who keep tabs on
theatrical affairs, say there has
always been as much Off
theatrical affairs, say thefe has
Broadway activity, only now
it's getting more attention.
Others, including some per-
formers, hail what is going on
as a real burst of new energy.
Statistically, it's certain that
there have been eight or more
real hits in the little houses
this year-a record.
Two of Broadway'6 current
shows began their cafeers in
experimental houses - 1.-THE
Girl on the Via Flaminia" and
1.-THE Golden Apple" The lat
ter hoped uptown last week
following a Six-week down.
town run marked by its win
ming of the drama critics
award as the best tune-show
Of the season.
1.-THE Golden Apple" was
the third production since De-
cember of a youthful pair of
producers, T. Edward Hamble-
ton and Norris Haughton, who
took over a movie house on
the lower East Side and SYM
bolically renamed it the Phoe-
nix Theater.
The Phoenix has without
doubt been the most exciting
and most successful off-Broad-
way venture in a long time.
Setting a new pattern, it is a
deliberate trek of Broadway by
q group Of highly competent
professionals who know their
way around and who want
more theatrical freedom than
the peculiar necessities Of
Broadway permit.
Hambleton. the son Of q
Evening star., 1954-04-25
HOLLYWOOD,

x1O1L1 WOSOs
After 81 years in the busi-
ness, George Burns and Oracle
Allen are drawing their biggest
audiences ever-and there is
no sign of the show closing.
The husband-wife team
comprises one of the most
unique acts in the business.
George is hailed as the best
straight man going. Oracle
has become the trade mark of
the dumb female. But there. is
method in her madness.
''Gracie is not really crazy"
analyzes George. speaking of
his wife's TV character. IF
she were, we couldn't get a
days work.
Oracle has a sort Of IL
Evening star., 1954-04-25
The Passing Show
This Fall Planting
Council Of Living Theuter Storts '54-55
With Pool Of Comedy Accented Plays
By Joy carmondy


Members Of the Council of
the Living Theater are just as
human as any one. They know
how it is to be soul-deep in the
dogwood blossoms and the fra,
grance of lilacS. And elbow
deep in soil enricherS and COM
mercial fertilizers.
Nevertheless, they can spur
themselves to their cultural
duty, to plant the seeds Of next
seasons theater along with
this seasons zinnias.
With Picnic" the tenth and
final play of the 1953-54 sea-
son going into its final week
at the National tomorrow
night, the Council is in no
mood-and aware Of the fact
that it is in no position-to
weaken the joyous flavor Of
spring with thoughts Of next
autumn.
A Glance Ahead
All it cares to do is a little
inventory, a look back to the
Washington season between
"Tea and Sympathy" and
"Picnic," and a brief glance
ahead to the 10-play series
that will be offered Washing
tonians next season. This
seems entirely reasonable on
the part of the living dramas
great wholesale organization.
The Council is to a very
large extent the custodian of
the fate of the drama in
America. If theater is not to
diminish into a New York in
stitution, it will be largely be-
cause of it's efforts to supply
the country's major cities with
top-flight touring attractions.
These can be assured only if
wary producers can be given
at least basic pre-Sold audi
ence, just enough of a one to
indicate that the odds are rea-
Sonable.
At this time of year, the
Council has a problem. It
can not be Specific-aS it can
be later-on the subject of
just what it will have to offer.
1t knows this only approxi-
mately. The rest it must leave
to the potential patrons con-
f1dence in its taste and in the
standards it has set for it's
selected productions.
Accent on Comedy
From the tentative list of
attractions to be included
among next seasons 10 plays,
it Is evident that the subscrip-
ton series will differ from the
one just ending in one vital
respect. It's accent will be
on comedy, which is currently
the high fashion on Broadway.
Included in the pool of tour
ing plays, for instance, will be
The Seven Year Itch," ooh,
Men! Oh, Women! 1.-THE
King And l." "Sabrnia Fair"
"The Remarkable Mr.. Penny
packer" "The King of Hearts,"
and John Murray Anderson's
revue, Almanac"
In its concession of the ten
tative nature of its schedule,
there are those who believe
the Council errs in one impor-
tant respect. This is in it's
neglect to take the potential
customer into its confidence
concerning one of the major
eXcitements of show business.
A Big Speculation
This is the truth. known to
the initiate, that theater is a
gamble. It has been deScrihed
by one of it's most ardent prac-
titioners, and candid play
wright-directorS, as "a floating
crap game which can be Won
derful when it happens to
moor at your private dock"
The subscriber. or wholesale
buyer of plays, would never
be involved in the gamble to
the extent that those in the
Evening star., 1954-04-25
The Burns Love Their Work,
And Fans Love the Burns
By Bob Thomos

logical logic. To her. everybody
else is a little nuts, and after
listening to her, you think
maybe she's right. For instance.
a cop will tell her he's tired
because he has been pounding
the beat all day. She'll say,
That serves you right; you
should get married and let
your wife do the cooking
She's Got Guile
"She will put the salt in the
pepper shaker and vice versa,
explaining that if she picks
up the wrong one, she'll be
right. Or she'll shorten the
lamp cords In order to save
electricity. That's the way her
mind works.
There must be women like
that. She must strike a remi-
niscent chord with people or
the show wouldn't be as pop
ular as it is. AS q matter Of
fact. men often write or tell
me their wives are just like
Gracie. All I can say is that
I'm wasting $4,000 a week pay
ing writer's to create such a
character if those men have
the same type of wife at
home"
George, on the other hand,
is very much like his TV self.
He's an talking fellow
with a droll sense of humor
that makes him a favorite
companion of other Holly
wood comedians. His best
friend. Jack Benny, starts
laughing whenever George
opens his mouth. He has often
called Burns the comedians
comedian.
What's more, George ac-
tually likes to sing in real
life. I'm always getting up at
parties and singing a few old
songs" he says. II can never
understand why everybody
leaves the room"
Show on Film
The Burns and Allen Show
is filmed every Wednesday in
an aged studio in the heart of
Hollywood.
On the set just before lunch
one day, the stars were play
ing a scene in the familiar
Burns living room with Harry
Won Zell and Larry Heating.
It looked very much like a
movie set, except there were
only two cameras and a smaller
crew Of workers.
They shot an involved COM
edy scene in one take and
George Strolled off to lunch at
a small bar on Santa Monica
boulevard, a block and a half
away.
AS we walked, George told
about their strenuous routine.
He works on three shows at
once-editing the last one,
shooting the current one and
helping to write the next one.
Writing is the tough spot, he
says. He spends much of the
week end on the script. con-
ferring with Director Fred
erick De Cordova on Sunday
mornings. The show is re-
hearsed on Tuesday and shot
the next day.
Grucie Busy. Too
Gracie's week is not much
easier. She has her clothes to
plan and a great deal Of
memorizing to do. "Het lines
are hard. because she's often
playing straight for herself"
George added. She'll have
lines like 7 said this and then
he said that etc. There's no
one to feed her a cue. Also,
her lines are so wacky they
take lot of memorizing."
Despite their heavy schedule,
George and Oracle find time
to go out q couple of nights q
week and entertain often at
their Beverly Hills home. And
George generally lunches and
exchanges jokes at the come
dians' round table at Hill-
crest Country Club with such
Ca 0ypaaya ae Yapx@o av1d (rn,,a1.0
The Arizona post., 1954-01-15
British Fear
Arrrliing
OF Arabs

LONDON (JTA) - British
Foreign Office sources con-
firmed that the US. had con-
cluded an agreement with
King Saud of Saudi Arabia
for the training and equip
ment of a substantial Ara
bian army. The British Gov
ernment had not yet been
consulted by the US. on a
similar arrangement pro-
posed for Iraq.
Foreign Office sources eX-
pressed concern over the new
trend in American policy to-
ward the Middle East. Sepa-
rate arrangements to supply
arms and equip troops of the
Middle Eastern states with
out any fixed obligations on
he part of these states would
in the British vieW-lead
ultimately to either an attack
on Israel or to a policy OF
neutrality by these states in
the event of a major war.
The Arizona post., 1954-01-15

level talks to review the arm
iShsse agreement.
Jordans reply suggested
that such talks be conducted
through the Mixed ArmiStice
Commission. The text of the
Jordan communication was
withheld from publication by
the UN Secretary General
who was understood to feel
that it is not a definitiVe an
sWer and desired to pursue
the matter further with the
Jordan Government. 1t was
stressed by all quarters fam
iliar with the situation that
the Jordan reply could not
technically be called a rejec-
ton of the Secretary Gener-
ais bid to a parley with Is
rael, but an evasion.
The recent statement by
Secretary of State John Fos-
ter Dulles at a press confer
ence that he favored such a
meeting and believed that it
could be fruitful is under
stood to have had some
weight with Mr.. Hammar-
skiold, even though British
Foreign Secretary Anthony
Eden has remained silent on
the issue. 1t was generally
recognized that this is no
longer a simple Israel-Jordan
dispute, but a matter involv-
ing Jordan and the UN, with
The Arizona post., 1954-01-15

est number in the history of
that institution. Eight
Egyptians are being tried in
Cairo on charges of Zionist
activity. Gideons Inter
national will appeal to the
Supreme Court to set aside
the recent New Jersey ruling
banning free distribution of
the King James version of
the Bible where consent of
the parent" is given, even tho
it is a Sectarian book.
Deep satisfaction with the
intimate cooperation between
Zionists and non-ZioniSt
groups in the us. on behalf
of Israel was expressed by
the first American Zionist
Assembly. The West Ber-
lin IndemnificatiOn Agency
paid out S25,OOO,OOO to vic
Tins of Nazism (Jewish and
non-Jewish), mainly in COM
pensation for illegal depriva-
ton of liberty and incarcera-
ton. Chicago orthodox
Jewish organizations announ-
ced they would boycott ma
tional and local Jewish con-
ferences and conventions
which hold non-koSher func-
tions. Ben Gurion intends
to make Beersheba the mecca
of Zionist youth movement
and activities.
Israel Consulate in Vienna
issued a statement reaffirm-
ing that Israel seeks no rep
arationS from Austria, SINH
lar to those presented Ger
many tho it does not re-
nounce the claims and rights
due her citizens for individ-
ual compensations. =. Israel
civil service, notoriously low
paid, demanded a pay raise
thru Histadrut and are sup
ported by diplomats and sci
entists in the service.
The Arizona post., 1954-01-15

addressing the Zionist Ac-
tionS Committee - supreme
Zionist body between world
congresSeS-noW in session.
Recalling the political cri-
sis faced by Israel recently,
DR.. Goldman said that the
crisis is not yet over and
emphasized the need for IS
rael to mobilize the entire
Jewry for its support. He
stressed the fact that Israel
needs not only economic, fl
nancial and moral support Of
world JeWry, but also polit-
ical aid.
Let the Zionist parties
show more understanding,
DR.. Goldman said, Let
them not fear competition of
those not belonging to them" ="
He cited the American Zion
ist Assembly, which took
place in New York recently,
as an indication that the time
is now ripe for a reorganiZa-
ton of the Zionist movement
and that American ZiOniSm is
beginning to seek a remedy
for the lack of Jewish and
Zionist education in the us.
On the other hand, DR..
Goldman said, the Israel
Government must exercise
more cooperation with world
Jewry, especially in matters
affecting not only Israel. He
pointed out that a situation
has now been created where
by anything Israel does af-
fects every Jew in the world.
The Arizona post., 1954-01-15

Israel on the SidelineS.
UN prestige requires that
the Secretary General bring
Jordan to the conference ta-
BILE and the general impress
sion in UN circles is that he
will seek to use a number of
means to accomplish this
end.
Should Jordan remain in
tranSigeant, then the Secre-
tary General could simply
convene the conference on a
specified date and summon
both Israel and Jordan to at
tend. 1t is understood that
the Israelis already have a
tentative agenda prepared
for submission to the parley.
If Jordan failed to obey the
summons, then the Secretary
General would be justified in
citing it's failure to the Secur-
ity Council as an action
threatening peace. The role
of a defer of the UN might
prove embarrassing to Jor-
dan and its Arab League bac-
kers. Secretary Dulles, who
recently suspended US. aid
to Israel because of Israels
alleged defiance of the Secur-
ity Council, would have an
awkward time is not taking
similar action against Jordan
in such circumstances.
The Arizona post., 1954-01-15
NEWS DIGEST

Israel moved nearer to a
favorable trade balance dur
ing 1853 with a SiZeable in
crease in exports. French
Foreign Office has condemn
ed Egyptian interference
with Israel-bound shipping
thru the SAeZ but is not will
ing to make a request for
change of policy. Jewish
Agency suggests that a spe-
cial fund be established to as
Sist newcomers who find
themselves in need of aid,
aimed at checking re-emigra-
ton from Israel. Eleven
of Hitler'S former generals
and admirals in a new book
blame Hitler's failure to in
wade the Middle East contrib
uted to the loss of World War
II.
Elevation of LeSli HOre-
Belisha to the peerage brings
to 13 the number of Jews in
the House of Lords, the larg-
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knesset OKs
Bond Issue

JERUSALEM (JTA)-The
Israel Parliament gave the
first reading of a bill author
izing the floating of a new
$35O,OOO,OOO Israel Develop
ment Bond Issue" in the
United States, Canada, South
Africa and several European
countries. The new issue sue
ceeds the Israel Independ-
ence Bond Issue" which ex-
pires in 10 years. Finance
Minister Levi Eshkol assured
the deputies that the new
issue would not compete with
the United Jewish Appeal.
The bill was supported in
the KneSset by representa-
tives of the Mapai, Mizrach
Progressives, General Zion
4 lists, Herut and POale MiZ-
rachi. The Mapam faction
suggested that the bill be
sent to a committee where
Mapam members will pro-
pose amendments. The Com
munists voted against it.
In supporting the bill, DR..
Herbert Foerder, Progressive
leader, said that "the rate of
interest plus operating ex-
penseS of the Bond Drive still
amount to less than the inter
est rate which the Israel Gov
ernment is forced to pay for
other loans" He emphasized
that "the Bond Drive is one
of the most important means
of help extended to Israel"
The Arizona post., 1954-01-15

WASHINGTON (JTA) =
The US. Government is i'm
clined to give military aid to
Saudi Arabia and Iraq which
are considered potential tar
gets of Soviet attacks, but
has no immediate plans to
provide such aid for Israel
Lebanon or Syria since these
countries are not in danger
of a sudden Soviet invasion,
it was indicated by a State
Department spokesman.
The question of supplying
free munitions to individual
Arab states outside of the
framework of a Near East
ern Defense Command is
under active consideration"
the spokesman said. How
ever, he emphasized that no
final decision has been reach
ed.
1t was reported today State
Department officials indf-
Gated that they are not con-
sidering any arms aid to Is
rael at this time because they
believe "the Israeli armed
forces are fairly we'll sup
Piled"
The State Department was
reported last week as being
close to an agreement with
Egypt on arms shipments,
but it was indicated today
that this project has been
temporarily delayed owing
to violent protests from Bri-
tain. The British want Egypt
to first conclude its negotia-
tions on the precarious An
glo-Egyptian Suez Canal is
sue involving British evacua--
ton of the Canal Zone.
In the British view the
Egyptian position would be
strengthened by any ship
ment of arms from the us.
at present. In order to ar
rive at a solution favorable
to British interests, it is felt
in London that Washington
should delay arms aid to
Egypt.