Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-05

can ma ucuet IN the cltCuu1~
stance that Miss Collins could
or would conceal her religious
profession or that Richard
Burton would not ultimately
suspect something Of the sort.
Ne viii md the picture alb
t0rbing.
The screenplay undertakes
% justify this In terms Of the
stress OF being lost at sea on q
ilimsy raft. As directed by Bob
McNaught. however, II Is al
ways more concerned with
building up the emotional re-
Iationship between Miss Col
Inns and Burton.
&An
A novel. -sea-wyf" BY J. N.
scott Is the inspiration Of the
. goth Century-Fox production
ct the Palace.
Mr.. SCOTS title derives from
the old sailors term for mer-
maid. Il Is reasonably adapta-
be 10 q description Of the girl
played by Miss Collins. Q nun
cast away with three men IN
az open boat in the south
Pacific.
Actually. IN the sacklike
garment she Is wearing. Miss
Collins more closely resembles
3 mermaid than . girl with q
religious calling. In this un-
defining costume. she Is Just
another torpedo survivor asked
70 face an ordeal that provides
one Of the most whitening tests
Of human nature.
To this ordeal. each Of the
quartet brings his special viz
tue.
In Miss Collins case. It Is
faith In God. In Burton's 1t Is
Q sturdy young Englishman's
sense Of his destiny to survive
and marry Q girl Is brave.
beautiful and accomplishing
Is hts fellow passenger on the
raft. OF the other two. one Is
an older Enelishman whose
faith Is entirely In himself and
the other q Negro. the purser
on the sunken transport. whose
racial pride Is his weapon for
survival.
/ Small open boats ct the
mercy Of soaring sun and LASH
ing storms and without food
and water have q lot to reveal
Of the character Of their occQ-
pants. So Director McNaught
uses his raft in "Sea Wife"
His major interest. Of course.
Is catching the steadily deep
ening emotional involvement Of
Burton and Miss Collins. Yet
he Is also concerned. and
wisely. with the contrasting re-
pulsion between the other two.
the white superiority complex
Of the older Englishman and
the resentment Of it by the
Negro.
Like Mr.. McNaught's direc-
ton. the acting Of sea Wife"
Is workmanlike. Miss Collins
certainly is an attractive casta-
way in spite Of her sacklike
costume and short stringy hair
and. despite his obtuseness,
Burton Is admirable enough
IN his recognition Of her ap-
peal.
The best performance in the
picture. however. might well be
that Of newcomer Cy Grant as
the proud Negro opposed 70
Basil Sydney's naughty white
Bupremacist.
SATURDAY sUMMAR Y:
Aside to Joe Bartlett: Thanks
FOR Campbell Dixon's review Of
Chaplin's King Of New York"
from the London Telegraph
and Morning Post Dixon
minces no words in mincing
Chaplin's latest offering /.
Evvie Cowen Resnick who as
Evvie Cowen grew up in the
Ctildren's Studio is now its
head. succeeding her mother.
Rose Robinson Cowen Her
assistant is Julia Dorm Hefiin
/. Speaking Of drama schools,
Community Arts Association is
offering q dramatic workshop
for teen-agers IA years and up.
under the direction Of Isabelle
Burger and Nell Ogden 4.
Also Dmitrieh Studio an
nounces the addition Of a mod
ern dance department with
Yma Baensch and Louis Tup-
Ter as its faculty.
Repertory Dance Workshop,
Renata Kuh, director. viii move
TO new quarters at 1906 Thir-
tieth street in Georgetown on
october IS. Washington