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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-23
THE BROADWAY WEEK
Major Borboro'
Wins Loughton

last seasons hit "Tiger at the
Gates" brought about the
transformation.
Il saw the play and its
movie five times" Laughton
says, land Joseph kept pur-
suing me. Well, one day !
read the script again. Then
I fell asleep for a nap. When
I woke up it was with the
realization that this is a
tremendously great play.
THE meaning Of the great
playwrights comes into focus
in particular times and cir
cumstance," Laughton exc
plains. Now I think the pub
lie viii suddenly accept Major
Barbara for its real worth.
This is a play OF passion,
and when Shaw was in q
passion he seemed to be writ
ing not of his moment, but
Of the future"
Laughton is keenly aware Of
the need of the proper mood
as well as the right time and
place for maximum stage
drama.
Keeps Secrets
The settings by Designer
Donald Oenslager. he feels,
''magnificently interpret" the
play for modern viewers.
AS brief prologue speech
warmed up audiences for the
renowned Laughton interpre-
tation of Don Juan in Hell" a
few seasons back, so this time,
he hints, spectators will be
prepared usually.
Laughton is a man who likes
to keep dramatic secrets until
opening night, and so he will
disclose nothing further on
optic dazzlements in prepara-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-23
BY sHEILAH GRAHAM

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. %
tNANA).-When Judy Gar
land announced her first
night-club appearance at the
New Frontier Hotel in Las
Vegas some weeks ago, the
Hollywood grapevine sizzled
with the rumor that she would
probably pull a 'Lanzas and
not show up at all.
But the sad-iooking star,
whose stormy career and
equally stormy private life have
made headlines all over the
world, breezed onstage after
a month of 12-hour-a-day
rehearsals and held her audi
ence for more than an hour.
Il decided to forget my lit
ters." Judy told me at the
party given for her by the
hotel owners following the
opening performance. i've
had them so often there have
been times when I'd have
taken a rocket to the moon
rather than go on. But to-
night I thought I'd stop worry
ing, give them the best had,
and hope everything turned
out all right"
Everything Right
Everything turned out right.
From Hollywood. producers
and directors sent scripts.
Friends who couldn't get res
ervations to see her perform
or fans who wanted her to
know how much they still
cared, sent letters and tele-
grams.
ITS very flattering to have
people asking you to get to-
gether with them on projects"
Judy said. Especially after
the rumors that I'm tempera-
mental and have been fired
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-23
With Her Career in High Gear,
Judy Bonishes Those Jitters

suburb Of fashionable Beverly
Hills, although they have been
in residence there almost three
years.
Everybody is always in such
a hurry to get their rooms
filled with furniture" Judy
said. II have nothing against
decorators, but then you miss
the fun of discovering new
things for your home. The
pleasure Of deciding is dele
gated to someone else, and /
think part of the enjoyment
later is knowing you were the
one who made both the dis
covery and the decision. But
we really do hope to finish
the house within a year. Per-.
haps by then wen be back in
California to enjoy IT,"
Back to the Palace
The big house is also home
for Liza Minnelli, Judy's 10
year-old daughter from her
marriage to Director vincente
Minnelli. and John, Sid's Z
year-old son from his marriage
to Actress Lynn Bari.
"The children get along well
together" Judy continued.
Liza is the grownup, very re-
Sensible toward the other
three, and John has a little
brother to whom he teaches all
the new things he discovers
every day. They have q mar
velous time together"
Luft is now in the throes Of
putting together the other acts
for Judy's return engagement
at the Palace in New York,
beginning next Wednesday.
Judy has a tender spot in her
heart for both the Palace and
the Palladium in London. She
played each theater to capacity
audiences for record runs at a
time when Hollywood cynics
said she was through in pic
lures.
People Wonderful
1.-THE people were wonder
full" Judy commented. You
know they are with you and
for you when you walk on
stage. My going back to the
Palace is almost like q won
derful anniversary.
I'VE plan to have the chill
dren join US as soon as the
show opens and we can find
an apartment large enough.
Sid and I have our fingers
crossed" she laughed. You
know, there are some build
ings that won't rent to fam
lilies with children. anS chill
dren we have a few Of. How
ever. that's a bridge well cross
when we come to it,"
Besides her engagement at
the New Frontier. the date at
the Palace. and a few CHS
spectaculars, Judy has COM
pleted a new album for Capt.
toll Records which will be out
in a few weeks, and has had
TO refuse a couple Of start
nov" uicture offerk
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-23
TODAY'S SCHEDULES
STAGE
! Abner" res
SCREEN

AMBAssADoR-"The Burning Hills; 49, $780, $780, 7:35
and 9:35 pm
CAPITOL-"Bus Stop" 1:4O 3:4O $40 TAO and $40 pm.
COLONY-"Frsky"; 3:15 $40 and $50 pm
CoLUMBA-Bigger Than Life; l:40 $40 5:4o 74S and
GAS pm.
DUPoNT"A Kid for Two Paintings" $780, 3:55 54o 745
and $50 pm.
KE1THs-"Run for the Sun" $780, 355. $40 7:45 and
9:55 pm.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Progress; 2;I5 4:lO 7:45 and
955 pm.
METROPOLITAN Burning Hls'' An gas sAs 74s
and $50 pm.
oNTARIO-The Proud and Profane; 1:1O 3:l5 5:25 73O
and $40 pm.
PALACE-"Johnny Concho"; 14O. 340 545, 745 $50 pm
PLAYHOUSE-"Lust for Life: L. 3:10 $40 1880 $40 PM
PLAzA-"Naked Night 1890 305 445 6:25 s:O5 $50 pm
TRANs-LUx-'Ihe Eddy Ducnin Story: 1:lO 3:22 533,
7:44 and PISS pm
WARNER" cinersma Holiday; 2. and $50 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-23
BY JAMES BACON

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. % up.
Director Irving Rapper's
greatest picture is 1.-THE Brave
One" but it's the first and
last film he'll ever make for
the King Bros.
Rapper, who made such hits
as THE Glass Menagerie, :"
Nov Voyager." Voice of the
Turtle" and THE Corn Is
Green" wrote his own epitaph
with the Kings when he sug-
gested that their names be
taken of the main title and
three words be substituted.
They were elated when I
told them the substitution
would add three millions gross
to the picture but they were
ready to devour me when I
told them what the words
WERE" says the London-b born
Rapper.
The Kings, who made a
fortune out of Chicago pin
ball machines, have not been
the favorite producers along
the Bel-Air circuit.
The Bel-Air circuit, Of
course, is the private home
movie projection machines
Of the big stars, directors and
producers. The Kings long
have been noted for their low
budget quickies, known in the
trade as exploitation pictures.
Rap Caste System
On the Bel-Air circuit, it is
much better to have an arty,
three-million-dollar produc-
ton that lays a bomb at the
boxofhce than to make a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-23
This Xmas
Making Oscar Bid?

100000 exploitation movie
that cleans up.
The King Brothers long
have raped Hollywood'S caste
system that has denied them
big name stars. Frank-he'S
the 230-pound King-once
said that he offered Gregory
Peck $150.000 and a piece of
the profits to star in Gun
Crazy" but was turned down.
Brother Maury said the
Kings have offered many a big
Hollywood name more than
his regular salary to work for
them but always got the brush
of.
They all get together
Continued on Page E-4, Col. l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-23
COMING ATTRACTIONS
STAGE

NATToNAL-Double in Hearts," with Billy Reddeld start
ing October l.
SHUBERT-"The Happiest Millionaire" with Walter Pidgeon
starting October is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-23
SCREEN

ANBASsADoR-"The vagabond King" with Kathryn Gray
and Oreste.
CAPITOL-"War and Peace" starting Wednesday.
COLONY-idred Pierce with Crawford and Johnny
Belinda with Jane Wyman
DUPONT-"The Three Sinners" with Fernandez
KEITHS = "Bandido," with Robert Mitchum starting
Wednesday.
Observation-Disclosures of The Reef"
METROPOIITAN-"The Vagabond King" with Kathryn
Grayson and Oreste.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Festival Production of Mozzarts Don
Giovanni"
PALACE-"Tea and Sympathy"
PLAYHOUSE-Wat Disney's Fantasia"
TRANSATLANTIC Solid Gold Cadillac" with Judy Holiday
and Paul Douglas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-23
BY WILLIAM GLOVER

NEW YORK, Sept. % (R.-
Charles Laughton, one of the
theater's most dynamic spirits.
nearly overlooked his latest
bold Broadway venture.
A half hour nap woke him
up.
II simply didn't understand
until that day-then / was
bitten hard" says the rotund
star.
Now he is both director and
chief performer in the star
studded production Of Major
Barbara" which arrives Octo-
Der 80 at the Martin Beck
Theater.
The array Of wonderful
people" being welded into the
Laughtonian concept of the
Bernard Shaw drama includes
Burgess Meredith, Eli Wallach,
Cornelia Otis Skinner and the
British star. Glynis Johns.
Prefers Stars
Having such standout talents
to deal with worries him not
a whit.
Give me stars every time"
chuckles Laughton. They're
the easiest of all to direct
they know what they're doing.
Temperament? That's no
problem-I wouldn't give you
two sticks for a player who
didn't have spirit"
There was a time, admits
the man who has amassed
reputation for innovation with
Rotations, stagecraft and film
work, when he Simply didn't
like" the play that now has
him so enthused.S
Robert Joseph, producer Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-23
There. It's Simple

The big difference between
stage and screen that is giving
them the most trouble right
now is in the manner of edit
ing.
In Hollywood" Frank said,
"it's simple to snip shots out
of film and move them about
trying to make a scene more
effective. One of us may get
an idea at night and call our
cutter. In the morning we can
look at it and say, That's just
what we wanted or, That's
horrible Here we can write a
scene but we can't put it in
until the actors rehearSe it,"
Another aspect of this same
problem is a brand-new head
ache to this pair who have
labored in radio and motion
pictures. There are spots where
they think they could improve
Lii Abner." but they run
frustratingly into an inexor-
able condition of the theater.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-23
THE PASSING SHOW
Panama and Frank
Brave Broadway

spend the summer and fall
graphing in the theater
arena? The answer is simple.
Long Standing Dream
"It's som hing we've
dreamed about doing for II
years and finally managed to
do" said Panama over lunch
the other day.
YES" added Frank, I'VE
thought we were serious play
wrights when we came out Of
school. We've even written
two plays. Unproduced."
Right now they are finding
that moviemaking and play
making are alike in some re-
spects, vastly different in
others.
when we're doing a picture
there is a sort of orderly pro-
gression." Panama said. I'VE
shoot the picture, edit it, then
think about selling it. In the
theater everything has to be
done at once. We're still re-
writing, editing and selling all
at the same time.
I'm Hollywood he went on,
I'VE have an Office and the
various people working on a
picture come to us. In New
York you have to go some place
to look at costume DESIGNS,
some place else to see the fin
ished costumes. We have to go
to a studio to look at the set
designs and across town some
place to see the finished sets.
The cast rehearses in one
place, the dancers in another"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-23
BY HARRY MACARTHUR

~ AAANAsA NANNFhb AAACS
Broadway will be assailed
shortly by a pair Of new
corners to theater ranks.
What's more, there is a
strong likelihood that they
will be neophytes bearing the
seasons first big musical hit
when they arrive there some
seven weeks hence.
The assailants are Norman
Panama and Melvin Frank,
co-authors of the Nationals
current Lii Abner" and CO.
producers Of the show, along
with their director, Michael
Kidd.
Their musical comedy's
prospects are bright. 1t is
big and Zestful. 1t has some
welcome satire. 1t has some
lively dances devised by Mr..
Kidd. 1t has a musical score
by Gene de Paul and some
superior lyrics by Johnny
Mercer. Its costumes and sets
are first-rate.
Leading roles are played en-
gagingly by Edith Adams and
Peter Palmer, a newcomer of
much promise. Stubby Kaye
enlivens the proceedings with
some top-notch comedy MINI
ing. And the show is peopled
by a fresh, off-beat set of
comic AL Capp characters.
Their Own Critics -
An even greater asset point
ing to a happy future for Lii
Abner" is that Messrs. Panama
and Frank are its severest
critics. They know that it is
too long and that it has loose
ends dangling. They do not
want merely to cut it by a
half hour, however. What they
want to do, one Of them was
saying the other day, is take
out about 40 minutes and put
back in 10 real good minutes"
Panama and Frank are not
newcomers to show business.
Their names have been at
tached-as writers, producers,
or directors-to a number Of
popular motion pictures. After
getting out of Chicago Univer-
sity, where the team was
formed, they gravitated to
radio.
They wrote for Bob Hope,
among others. Their first movie
effort was the story for MY
Favorite Blond" in which Hope
and Madeleine Carroll starred
in 1912. They were weekly
Washington visitors during the
war, working on armed forces
radio projects.
Hopes Latest
Tho most recent picture in
Washington bearing the Pam
anna and Frank stamp was
another with Bob Hope, THAT
Certain Feeling" They also
did two Danny Kaye pictures,
KNOCK on Wood" and 1.-The
Court Jester"
Another Panama Frank film
that is remembered is white
Christmas" with Kaye and
Bing Crosby. 1t is an earlier
film in which they take the
greatest pride, however. be-
cause is was completely au-
thentic and every word in it
was true" This is "Above and
Beyond" in which Robert
Taylor dropped the atom
bomb ON Hiroshima.
They are, in short, respected
members of the Hollywood
community whose names are
associated with outstanding
films rather than minor eff
forts. Why, then, did they
leave Louisiana behind to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-06
Belgrade Visit ]
.ByNasserDue

CAIRO, June 6 (P. The
morning newspaper AL Shaat
reported today Premier Canal
Abdel Nasser will go to Belgrade
in mid-June for talks with Yugo-
slav President Tito that will
have a resounding echo in the
international sphere"
Pointing out that the meeting
will take place shortly after
Marshal Tito ends his current
visit to Moscow, the newspaper
said 1T will be preceded by al
announcement of important
news which, cannot be divulgeo
now
The Nasser-Tito meeting, A.
Shaab said, will contribute
largely to strengthening the
neutral bloc"
Marshal Tito made a state
visit to Egypt last winter anc
Col. Nasser at that time accepted
an invitation to visit Yugoslavia
The Egyptian leader has &C.
cepted bids to tour IA countrie:
and in the past the government
has said his first stop would b
the Soviet Union.
AL Shaab said this schedule
had been changed because O.
major international develop
ments" of the past few days
The newspaper is a new mornin;
publication established with gov
eminent backing 1t was gener
ally assumed the story about tn
Belgrade visit had official ap
proval.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-06
Nasr Elected
lilo President

GENEVA, Switzerland. June
(P). = Mohsein Nasr. Iraniar
Minister Of Labor, was elected
president of the international,
Labor Conference today. 1t was
the first contested election in the
organizations 37-year history.
Mr.. Nasr defeated M. A.
Raschid. Burma's Minister Of
Labor, who contested Mr.. Nasr'S
election on the ground that ther:
has been too much fixing OF
things in the International Labor
Organization in the past"
The final vote by secret ballot
was 1873 for Nasr and SO for Mr.
Raschid, with one abstention.
Election of the conference pres
ident in the past has been ar
ranged by delegations in advance
on geographical basis. This
year. the presidency was sched-
uled for an Asian.
In his speech of acceptance
Mr.. Nasr said he considered dis
cussion of forced labor the most
important item on the confer
ence agenda. He quoted Abra-
ham Lincoln that a nation can
not survive half slave and hall
free and said the same was true
of the world today.
ITO will debate a committed
report on forced labor which
says it exists in IL countries-1C
of them Communist. The other,
named by the committee were
Portuguese territories S" anc
South Africa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-06
Michigan Session
IOn JobIess Called

LANSING, Mich, June 6 (P)
Gov. G. Mennen Williams yes.
Iterdays called the Michigan Leg
|islature into special session june
Is to study problems of unem-
ployment. highways financing
and prison needs.
The Michigan Employment Sc
Icurity Commission estimated the
joblesS total in Michigan now il
220, 900, with 10000 of these ir
the Detroit area.
The Governor said highway
bond money should be available
for this years bodybuilding sea-
son if the legislators act prompt
lily.
"At the same time" he said
unemployment benefits can bt
strengthened to provide a rea,
shot in the arm for the unem.
Iployed and the retailers from
whom they buy the necessitie:
Iof life"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-06
MoIIet Wins Paris Vote,
Many Deputies Abstain

PARIS, June 6 R.-Premiel
Guy Mollet today had a new
mandate from the National AS
sembly to put down the national
list rebellion in Algeria. but fewer
than half the Deputies would
stand up and be counted as sup
porters of the government.
Mr.. Mollet won vote of con-
fidence, 271-59, last night on his
cabinets entire policy. OF the
sos Assembly members, 201 alb
stained. Only the center fac
tons supported the Premier and
the vote was far short of the
backing which voted him into
Office. The large number of alb
stentions resulted from the
catch-all nature of the revolu-
ton.
The resolution called for ap-
proval Of the entire range OF
government actions in the finan-
cial, economic and foreign fields,
plus its handling of the Algerian,
Tunisian and Moroccan issues.
The Communists abstained be-
cause they oppose the recall OF
army reservists and the tough
military campaign being waged
to suppress the l9-month-old re-
bellion in Algeria.
Right-Wingers Abstain
Members of the right-wing In
dependent-Peasant Party, who
believe in fighting to the last
ditch in North Africa, alb
stained because Mr.. Mollet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-06
Alden Denies One Clash
IAlonq Yemen Border

ALDEN. June 6 iR.-The Alden
government today denied a
Cairo report that tribesmen had
wiped out a British patrol in a
clash south Of Yemen. 1t said
that no major incident had oc-
Cured along the border be-
tween Yemen and the British
Iprotectorate recently.
The government refused to
comment, however, on a second
Cairo report that 80 British-led
troops of the Sultan of Muscat
and Oman had been killed in
Oman by troops loyal to the
rival Imam of Oman.
Both reports were received by
the Arab League headquarters
in Cairo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-06
President Sees
|NoLoss on Tito

President Eisenhower said to-
day he did not consider the re-
Cancellation of Yugoslavia's Mar
shall Tito with Moscow a total
loss for the West.
Why was Marshal Tito re-
Iceived with such acclaim in Mos
COW? the President asked. He
answered his own question by
saying it was because of Tito's
success in defying the Moscow
regime. Tito's break forced the
Kremlin to make great conces-
Sions, the President said.
He speculated that other East
European satellites would think
very seriously about the expert
Ience of the Yugoslav leader and
might be tempted to emulate
him.
The Moscow reconciliation
with Tito began last spring in
Belgrade when Soviet Premier
|Nikolai Bulganin and Commu-
mist Party boss Nikita Khru-
shchev ate humble pie during a
visit to Belgrade. Marshal Tito
lis now returning the visit in
Moscow-but triumphantly, not
humbly. In the text of the
February secret Khrushchev
speech on Stain terrorism re-
leased here Monday, Khrushchev
is reported to have bemoaned
Stains error in ousting Tito
from the international Commu-
mist family.
Reports from other East Euro
Ipean satellites indicate Moscow
is indeed loosening its control.
In Poland there is reported to
have occurred a complete trans
formation. In Prague yester-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-06
Waffle Shop Blaze
DESTROYS Kitchen

A stubborn two alarm fire
early today destroyed the kitchen
and part of the counter space Of
the Blue Bell Waffle Shop at 1011
D street NV.
Firemen said the blaze broke
out at 1855 am. in a grease duct
in the kitchen of the one-storS
building and spread to the CELL
ing of the counter area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-06

granted independence for Tulli-
STA and Morocco.
Mr.. Mollet posed the blanket
resolution to avoid criticism fol
accepting the backing of a diff
Iferent group Of Assembly men,
Ibers on separate questions. But
he warned the Assembly:
IF you fail to overthrow the
government. you are permitting
it to continue work on all phases
of the work it has undertaken.
Another vote of confidence
may be coming up on Mr.. Mol
let's plan to increase pension
payments. The Assembly already
has passed the old-age fund bill
which calls for a new round of
taxation. but the Senate turned
the whole project down.
The plan was to come back
before the Assembly today fol
a second reading. Mr.. Mollett
was expected to emphasize his
determination to push it through
by calling for a confidence vote
to be held Friday.
Nehru Plan Rejected
Meanwhile, the government in
effect rejected Indian Prime Min
lister Nehru's viewpoint peace
plan for Algeria.
Mr.. Nehru had called for a
lcease-flre, French recognition OF
algerian entity and personal
iity." equality of all Algerian
peoples. recognition of Algeria
as the homeland of all Algerian
residents and direct negotiations
on these points.
After a conference with v. K.
Krishna Menon, Mr.. Nehru'S
chief foreign affairs adviser, For
eign Minister Christian Pineau
announced: "The French govern
ment sees the question from a
completely different angle, since
it finds itself facing practical
difficulties to solve"
The chief stumbling block is
Frances refusal to concede Al
Igeria a right to independence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-06


day the Czech flag flew above
the Soviet Unions hammer and
sickle for the first time.
Whether the Kremlin grip on
Bulgaria and Romania has been
loosened is not so clear, however
Referring to Senate and House
demands that United States aid
to YugoSlavia be halted in
retaliation for Marshal Tito's
reconciliation with the Kremlin,
the President said he would have
to take a new look to see what
serves our best interests. The
reason we help other countries,
he added. is that we believe this
will help us also.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-06

TAIPEI, FormoSa, June 6 (P).
Two Chinese fishermen reached
one of the Matsu islands Mon
day after escaping from a Com
mun1st labor camp on the
mainland, the official Central
News Agency reported.
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