Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-12


They are in hiding for the
the top pictures in popularity
with q war background, active @
of the River Kwai," THE Young
Lions" Run Silent. Run Deep"
and South Pacific"
The civilian intruder into the
predominantly military situa-
ton is 1.-THE Long, Hot Sum-
mer." Its background is SEEK
which is never surprising to
flnd at the top of either a best
seller fiction or film list.
Two of the four pictures which
are leading at the weeks box
Offices are strictly all male
affairs. These are Bridge on
the River Kwai" and Run
Silent, Run Deep" the latter Of
which will open next Wednes-
day at Keith's. Both are as
warrish as war can be, suS-
pence Sizzlers both.
THE Young Lions" due here
soon at the Palace, is a story
of soldiers mostly in combat.
although not without its
steamily romantic asides or al
lusionS.
South Pacific" of course, is
only incidentally a war picture
: although James D. Kitchener
who wrote the original could
argue that point vehemently.
How in the blank otherwise, Mr..
Kitchener might insist, could all
of those diverse humans have
been drawn together on that
beautiful backwash island?
Incidentally, of the newer re-
leases on the list, Young
Lions" and Run Silent" they
are not only good at the box
Office but the betting is that
both will be candidates for
honors at years end. With three
Of their stars possible best-actor
award candidates. The three
Marion Brando, Montgomery
Cliff ("Young LionsC and Clark
Gable, star Of the other picture.
4 y 4 y
PIQUANT: The Russian films
being shown to American dis
tributors and exhibitors in con-
nection with the mutual CO.
operation program on movies
are being screened in New York.
Word about them does seep
down here and it has stimu-
lated the drama departments
interest in one especially.
This is a picture whose title
translates - with charming
QuaintneSS - as Thrillin g
Show" It has to do with q Rus
sian who has genius for train
ing animals and even birds.
You never saw anyone like
him." our informant says. "The
man is one of the great educa-
tors of our time. Why he even
goes out and gets mountain
goats to matriculate in his
courses Of instruction. Whoever
thought of training mountain
goats but. by Jove, its a wonder
full sight"
Made us want to see Thrill
ing Show" which, on a marquee,
is going to sound more like a
critics quote than the title Of
q picture.
SOURCE BOOKS: One can
hardly W anything readable
these da. > without having it
turn into either a movie or q
play, or both. AS former Wash
ingtonian Jean Kerr. for in
stance. discovered when her
laughable family saga. please
Don't Eat the Daisies" was |
snapped up by MGM.
Currently bound for Broad |
way in the early autumn is a
musical version Of the one-time |
great movie, Grand Hotel"
And lesser known but stage
bound nevertheless is Howard |
Nemerov's Ho m C ON in g
Game" The novel is being |
adapted by a pair of much bet
ter known writers, Howard |
Lindsay and Russell Grouse. A
historical fiction. slave Mutt |
n.y." by William A. Owens is
another set for early dramati- |
Xation.
How can a novelist be ex-
pected NOT to write with one |
eye on Hollywood and the other |
on Broadway?
SATURDAY SUMMARY:
That rathskeller revue Of Ronny
Graham and friends which is
the talk Of New York's UNDER
Broadway set, has at least been
recorded. 1t is the one
called Take Five" and proves
that while the revue has been
driven of the stage, it can still
survive in a rare night club.
-. It is playing subterraneous-
ly at downtown New York's
Downbeat and doing capacity.
Take Five's" recording is
the project of Bob Bialek's
Washington Records, the corp
crate pal Of his Discount Rec
ord shop. L. "Gervaise" is in
its final days at the Macarthur.
to be succeeded next Thursday |
by THE Smallest Show on
Earth" 1t Is English, with !