Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-17

who already have enough trou-
BILE when she heaps more on
them by seeing things that are
not there. Sonia Stein does a
fine job as the domineering
aunt who is early to scott. early
to believe and always in charge.
Mary Harrigan plays Berna-
dette's sister spiritedly. Mary 10
Randall as an unbelieving nun.
Glen Feeny as a hard-to-
convince priest, Joseph Salyers
(the DOCTOR, Richard Burke
(the police chief and Nicholas
Bedessem (the mayor are
others who accent Bernadette's
story.
+ y \ ~
The production Of Song Of
Bernadette" at Catholic Uni
versity is the same one which
will make the Latin American
tour this summer. 1t will have
to travel light, by airplane and
truck. With this in mind James
D. Waring has designed a
group Of sets that is a MASTER
piece (from him, what else?)
of compromise between eff
cheney and theatrical effect.
Before the summer is over
Mr.. Waring may well turn out
to be the hero not merely Of
south of the border theater-
goers but of the players as
well. They'll be acting as their
own stagehands.
In addition to those already
mentioned above, the Song
of Bernadette" cast includes
Barbara Convey. Bebeann
Pidgeon, Primo Amato. Diana
Harrison. Richard Krisher,
Carol Keefe, Elizabeth Elson.
Mildred Tokunaga and Alvena
Salyers. All of them and their
play will represent us well.
Il + 4 Il
VISITOR-SesSue Hayakawa
came through town the other
day in the interest of 1.-THE
Bridge on the River Kwai," his
first American film in a long
time. He turns out, after all
these years of learning to hate
him, to be a most agreeable
luncheon companion. The talk
ranges from the change in Hol-
lywood Che made his first film
in 1910, to the art of movie
acting, to the time a friend
handed him a check for a mil
lion dollars and told him to
form his own movie-making
company, to art and how Pr
casso got that way, to the mys-
teries Of Buddhism and finally
to comparative philosophy.
About the only thing Mr.,
Hayakawa won't talk and talk
learnedly about is his age. All
he will say about that is that
a published report that he is
So is. like the report of Mark
Twain's death. exaggerated. An
old movie almanac gives his
birth date as June 10, 1889, in
dicating he himself must have
exaggerated one time.
Whatever the age, Mr.. Haya-
kawa doesn't look it and he
obviously doesn't feel it. He
recently turned down an offer
for his autobiography on the
grounds that he wasn't through
living it yet, not by a long
shot. If he ever does publish
his memoirs they'll be fabulous
reading for he has ranged far
in his careers as actor, pro-
Queer, artist and party-giver
(who. incidentally, is still mar
ried to the wife he wed A
years ago..
A sample Hayakawa memoir
yarn, for instance, could be
the recollection Of the time
his scenario writer came to
him with a young man who
wanted a movie career. Mr..
Hayakawa couldn't help the
lad then, but when he was
leaving with that million dol
lars to go out on his own he
couldn't do a film being pre-
pared for him. He suggested
the young man for the role.
The picture was THE Sheik'
and the young fellow who
wanted to break into the
movies was Rudolph Valentino
\ 4
CELEBRATION-The Stat
Ter Embassy Room having be-
come famed among those with
a fancy for Irish coffee, this
is a & v 1t couldn't let pass
Great festivity is planned there
tonight in honor of st. Patrick,
who may have tossed of a spot
of Irish coffee before taking
on those snakes.