Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-04

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ter, Monte tlong and affection
ate for Mona. 10. finds 1t q
lark.
The girl she il playing In
Paddy Chayefsky's Maybe
cember romance. q 2S-year-old
who ends Up altar-bound with
Robinson's SS-year-old widow
err. Is complex.
Tier problem" Miss Free
man says. lis loneliness. She Ia
desperate. Desperate people be-
have unreasonably. Normal
people can find themselves un-
sympathetic toward unreason-
able ones. But I must keep
Betty q sympathetic characteT
In spite Of her neurotic inse-
curity. ! do not find 1t easy,
but ! do md il fun"
There's a physical problem,
as well as the standard intel
lectual and emotional ones. in
volved In playing the role.
1t relates to Miss Freeman's
costume in the plays opening
scene. This Is a slip, and
rather q skinny one. in which
she has spent a restless. emo
tionally tormented night on an
impoverished bed In an apart
ment living room.
On opening night. when the
curtain rose. a front Of cold air
beloved from the stage. indi-
eating q considerable differ
ence Of temperature on-stage
and In the house.
Were you cold UP there?" a
coffee companion asked Miss
Freeman.
Yes" she said. but not as
cold. by any means. as on
opening night in Cleveland.
The steam pipes were knocking
so hard We could not have
been heard. So. as soon as the
theater itself was warmed, the
heat was turned OF. The tenn
perature outside was 10 de-
grees above zero and the stage
cooled fast. / nearly froze. but
/ managed to keep my teeth
from chattering and II there
was goose flesh. I at least was
too cold TO notice it."
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Miss Freeman. a sensible and
sprigntly girl. keeps California
and her movie career quite
definitely in mind In spite OF
her cheerful current exile from
both.
Il bought q new house in
westwood. near U. c. L. A.. just
a month before I left. OF
course. III be happy to get
back TO IL when the time
comes. Also to acting there
The creative people are the
dominant ones in picture
making and working in films
should be more pleasant. and
artistically meaningful. than
ever"
Miss Freeman whose other
interests are Monte. painting
and music. thinks the first OF
these might have something OF
q critical fair. Yes or no. she
asked Monte what she thought
Of her play after the latter
had seen her mothers first
performance.
We'll, Monte said. I'm GER
tainly glad you ended up with
Mr.. Robinson. George was Just
a bum for not taking you 10
Las Vegas" George is the
young musician husband the
girl in the play divorces 10
marry the older. kinder man.
I SATURDAY SUMMARY: A
girl named Sytske Djkgraai
has just been signed for a role
in The Nuns Story" and re-
viewers have no choice but to
hope that her career stops with
her first film. 80. Otherwise
they would have TO go on SPELL
ing Sytske Diikgraaf. which is
obviously unSpellable. After
their years OF experience with
the musical oklahoma 20,
drama critics cannot refer to
the Oklahoma Sooners with
out putting the exclamation
point in its familiar place.
A New Years card from Anne
ives. one-time busiest actress in
Washington. reports that she
viii soon be playing in the or
Broadway production of Arthur
Miller's The Crucible.
This will be downtown at Car
negie Hall Playhouse. Nc
Lean. Va. Playhouse will revive
its all-time hit. Kahlil Gibran's
Jesus. Son Of Man" on Feb
ruary 10 with a projected run
until Easter.