Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-11


What 1t viii buy Is the pr
factual motion picture film
history in celluloid. that L
fragile. deterioriating. and viii
be lost forever within q few
years. Specifically, IL Is the sort
of record OF life In the lats
10th and early 20th centuries
that millions saH recently or
Q television program. THE In.
nocent Years"
And not only saw. but wa,
deeply touched by. for this In
its simplest terms is the Ma
lions family album. Pictured
here are the forebears who LED
TO US. the garb they wore. the
houses they lived in. then
places Of work. the streets they
walked. the roads they Travelled
the horses they drove and the
early cars that frightened the
horses.
One million feet Of this album
record. now on paper picture
print Is available for permanent
treatment on safety film and
afterward. for safekeeping IL
the Library Of Congress.
Spearheading the effort e
save the film are three history
minded Americans. They are
Senator Thomas H. Kuchel Of
California. Quincy Mumford
Librarian Of Congress. and
George Seaton. president Of
the Academy Of Motion Pic
ture Arts and Sciences. The
former win introduce q bill ai
this session Of Congress. asking
an appropriation to get ths
work started before more oi
the aim footage crumples intS
dust.
Although the films are sheer
history. made In the pre-indus-
try era Of the movie camera
the Motion Picture Academy it.
self initiated the preservation
project. In other words. thu
academy is largely responsible.
for the transfer Of the papei
prints to permanent film.
Unhappily. neither the indus.
try nor its academy Is as ricl
as both once were.
The country. presumably. Is
which Is why Senator Kuche
feels justified In asking for tn,
ptttance that win buy o price,
less record.
PEOPLE: Marsha Hunt. slim
and stately. who went to Holly
wood IS q .semi-Washingtol
girl. comes back to Broadwa,
tonight She and Johnn,
Carson viii take over for Kay
Lyder and Tom Ewell as tn
leads in Tunnel Of Love" !.
Speaking Of Mr.. Ewell, OF
whom We have q note from
next-table meeting recently q
Sardi's. he's on to HOLLYWOOD,
-. Where he win do q severs
months stint as producer q
well as star Never reall,
knew what producers did be
fore" he said Nov, I d
know They do everything.
Bev Kelley, in advance 70
The Middle Of the Night,
made the fastest exit fror
Washington an innocent maj
ever made He lingereI
here 10 days after the pla,
opened waiting for word on II
continuance after its date q
the National. The decisio
made. he few to Chicago I
pave the way for q January 2
opening Star Edward G
Robinson made generous con
cesSions to keep the show O
the road.
Speaking Of the road, Pete
Ustinov Is toying with the ide
that he would like to see thi
country. and be seen. in q tom
ing "Romanon and Juliet" +.
Mr.. Ustinov. very funny in tn
role he wrote for himself. Ger
tainly should get as far out
ward from Broadway as Wash
ington 'Romanon an
Juliet" would appear to be
natural here. Samuel Spe
wack. an acrobat on the type
writer. Is warming up for q
adaptation Of Peter De Vrie
Comfort Me With Apples"
Tom Ewell viii do the play o
Broadway next season Il
title, by the way. should NAL
the most startling marquis
reading midtown New Yor
has seen In years.
Eric Johnston has been asks
TO null over the idea Of a b
Hollywood closed circuit tel
vision show on Sunday night
:. Its purpose to get peop
back into movie houses on thi
night. George Sidney
the man responsible for Il
idea.
SATURDAY SUMMARY
There will be seven Of the thr,
local critics 10-best selection
In the Apex Theater's Festiv
Of Bests beginning on Janual
IL. Leading on the for
night will be "l2 Angry Men
followed by Funny Face
Bachelor Party" Spirit
st. Louis" Prince and u
Showgirl." Time Limit" al
Love In the Afternoon" /.
Mrs. Merriweather Post will
E5T;EzII13 ss.1i.