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Evening star., 1960-08-06

FORT MEADE, Md, Aug
10 (AP).-The I'd United States
Army announced yesterday
that Camp Pickett and Camp
A. P. Hill in Virginia are be-
ing prepared for use next
summer as a training complex
for National Guard and Army
Reserve units.
"The need for sufficient land
area for, unit training consist
ent with the progress Of re-
serve components and the con-
cept of ready units on atomic
battlef1elds has prompted the
plan to increase activity al
these two installations" the
I'd Army said.
During this summer, some
units in the I'd Army had tc
train at installations outside
Of the area in order to have
adequate training space
Use of the two Virginia
camps will result in consider
able savings in travel time anc
money by training the units
closer to their homes.
Evening star., 1960-08-06
Lunchers Mixed
At Chattanooga

TANOOGA, Tenn,
Aug. 6 AP).-Negroes were
served at seven formerly all
white lunch counters by pre-
arranged plan yesterday.
The plan, unannounced to
the public, came after months
of mass sit-in demonstrations
by Negro students. The dem
onstrations triggered near
riots in February and later led
to mass arrests of Negro stu
dents. No incidents were re-
ported yesterday. >.
A spokesman for the mcr-
chants involved issued a state
ment saying the plan had been
agreed upon by a ministers
group and the merchants.
Similar arrangements have led
to desegregation Of some lunch
counters in Nashville and
Knoxville recently.
Evening star., 1960-08-06
johnson Qualified
To Seek 2Offices

AUSTIN, Tex, Aug. 6 (AP)
"A Federal judge ruled yester-
day that, in effect. the name o1
Lyndon B. Johnson can appear
on the Texas ballot both fol
the Senate and the Vice Presi-
dency.
Federal Judge Ben H. Rice
dismissed a suit challenging
the right Of the Senate ma
jority leader to run for both
offices.
Senator Johnson is the
Democratic nominee for Vice
President and for Senator from
Texas.
The suit was filed in the
name Of Michael E. Schwille
"a, a college student of Dallas
His attorneys argued the dual
appearance of Senator John
sons name violated Mr.
Schwille's voting rights.
Should Senator johnson bt
elected Vice President, a spe-
cial election would be held tt
fill his Senate post if he also
wins that position in the gen.
eral election.
Evening star., 1960-08-06
Priest Accused
Of Attacking Girl
I'M T exus Church

EDINBURG, Tex, Aug. 6
CAP.-Charges Of assault with
intent to rape were filed yester-
day against a Catholic priest,
Father John B. Felt, 27.
The complaint was signed
by Miss Maria America Guerra,
20. a student at Pan American
College here.
District Attorney Robert Lat
timore said Miss Guerra, of
Fronton, Tex. charged she was
grabbed from behind and a
cloth put over her face while
she was praying in Sacred
Heart Catholic Church on
March %. She was quoted as
saying she bit the assailant's
finger and he fed.
Father Felt, from Chicago,
was enrolled in the pastoral
school at San Juan Catholic
Church near here. He was or
dained to the priesthood in
1859 but was not assigned to
the church.
The priest could not be
reached for comment. Mr.. Lat
1timore said he was told Father
Felt had gone to San Antonio,
Tex.
Evening star., 1960-08-06
Kutongo Secession
DepIored by Nehru

NEW DELHI, India. Aug. 6
(AP).-Prime Minister Nehru
told a Parliamentary Commit
tee yesterday that India con-
siders the Congo a single coun-
try and deplores the secessioniSt
actions of Katanga Province.
Mr.. Nehru's remarks followed
a request by Katanga's Premier
Noise Tshombe for recognition
of his province as an independ-
ent country.
Evening star., 1960-08-06
Khrushchev Sees
Ghunu Officials

MOSCOW, Aug. 6 (AP).-
Premier Khrushchev conferred
in Yalta yesterday with Ghana
officials who delivered a per-
sonal message from President
Kwame Nkrumah. Tass re-
ported.
The Ghana delegation was
made up Of two members Of a
trade delegation and Ambas-
sador John Banks Elliott, the
Soviet news agency said.
It reported they discussed
with Mr.. Khrushchev relations
between the Soviet Union and
Ghana and current events in
Africa. After the conference,
Tass said, both sides stated
with satisfaction that their
views on questions discussed
were Identical"
The Ghana group few to
Yalta from Moscow. Mr..
Khrushchev is on vacation in
Yalta.
Evening star., 1960-08-06

thing you can imagine" But he
admits this sale offers some
dandieS.
There are, for example, six
sets of Seven Day Of the Week
Panties" in assorted sizes and
colors (black for Saturday,, a
rare item at most auctions
There also are several lots of
girdles and corsetS-extra large.
Mr.. Estes points out that
there is, in point of fact, some
thing for almost everyone.
An art lover, if he's not too
discriminating. might go for a
large landscape done in oils
deer at the waterfall; the lit
erary might be interested in
the eight-volume set of the
Book of Life-with damaged
rack thrown in for good meas
ure; and a collector of rare
items could consider the As
star American flag a real find.
Golf Clubs
Among the more valuable and
usable items are a portable sew
ing machine bennington De-
luxe model. ideal for the home
maker; a set of Wilson golf
clubs, several dozen golf balls,
a new golf bag and a cart - a
complete outfit for any sports
man; and an excellent micro
scope for a budding scientist.
There are hundreds of items
Of clothing, jewelry, household
equipment and tools.
Even the fellow .who follows
the ponies might be interested
- for up for auction will be six
horse blankets he might buy
and store away just in case he
ever wins enough to buy a
horse of his own.
Evening star., 1960-08-06
HOLLYWOOD
Skip Gets Change at Last
By HAROLD HEFFERNAN

In a New York TV show, I'd fly
up there for it,"
1t was that tiresome COM
muting that discouraged the
Homeiers' efforts at raising
miniature dachshunds. 1t seems
every time a litter of puppies
was due, Skip was in New York
and Nancy had to play mid
wife.
The chore was a bit rough,
considering she also had the
care of the couples two sons,
Peter. 4, and Michael. 18
months. The incipient kennel
was thus discontinued, and the
only dog in the house now Is a
red female named Mischief. .
Back on the subject of Dan
Raven" Skip is delighted with
the characterization of his part.
Hes a nice guy, for
change. Raven is a lieutenant
in the sheriff's department.
the Sunset Strip is his beat.
He's a night person. He's eat
ing his breakfast cereal at an
hour when everyone else is
having dinner.
And then he covers the
strip night clubs, the coffee
houses, working in plainclothes
and mingling with some rather
kukie characters, to put it
mildly"
Dan Raven also marks the
first detective or policeman
role Homeier has ever played
in his lengthy career. And he's
spending all his spare time
around Los Angeles police head
quarters, researching the ac-
tions and reactions of the real
cops.
II want to play him honest
ly," he explains.
Evening star., 1960-08-06

HOLLYWOOD NsANA).-
Because little Georges parents
couldn't get a baby sitter when
he was 4 weeks old, but instead
had to wait until relatives could
care for him one evening,
George was named for a famous
movie of that day and has been
stuck with the name Skip ever
since.
George is. of course, Skip
Homeier, who despite being
named for Jackie Cooper's por-
trayal of "Skippy." has found
it difficult to win the kind of
roles generally associated with
someone named Skip"
But a change is imminent
now. Homeier has been signed
by Screen Gems and NBC to
star in Sheir new long
Wednesday night mystery series
Dan Raven" which begins air.
ing September %.
II hope this will be a change
of pace" the handsome 6-footer
says. At 13 Skip starred on
Broadway in Tomorrow the
World" creating the role of a
viciously hated little Nazi that
every kid in his neighborhood
wanted to beat up on sight. He
also repeated his role in a movie
version. And thus started a
never ending era of type
casting. ..a
II
Nobody ever thought of me
as anything but a heavy" said
the new" Skip. Imagine being
typecast as a mere child! If I'd
been a bit more impressionable
I could have wound up as a
neurotic," he laughed.
Instead, Homeier moved to
New York where he starred on
numerous TV shows and in only
slightly more sympathetic parts.
But Hollywood's always been
home to me-" he continued.
MY wife the former Nancy
Field is a Los Angeles girl
and we decided to come back
here about seven years ago.
I've done a lot of TV from here.
and when a good part came up
Evening star., 1960-08-06
MISS u. S. A. AND MISS JAPAN
Post Office to Auction
Some Dandy Items

At 9 am. Wednesday, Everett
Estes will tap for attention
with his pointer and offer ur
for auction one lot Of damaged
toys.
Before his day is over Mr.
Estes hopes to unload on the
bargain-happy public some 40C
other lots Of items ranging
from several dozen Elvis Presley
As rpm recordings of that latter
day classic "A Big Hunk OF
Love" to an ornate edition of
the Bible-King James Version.
Once again Mr.. Estes, q
veteran postal employe, will
be in charge Of one of the
departments periodic auction
sales of items lost or damaged
in the mails.
The auction will be held in
Room 3083 of the Main Post
Office. next to Union Station.
Prospective customers can in
spect the items Tuesday from
8 am. to 4 pm.
Unusual Offerings
Mr.. Estes has been playing
auctioneer for these sales for
20 years now, so he's accus-
toned to seeing almost any
Evening star., 1960-08-06
Man Without Auto
Gets Driving Award

TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 6 (AP).
-Airman &c Eric E. Goodrich
Of Davis-Monthan Air Force
Base was asked to explain yes
terday how he won a base safe
driving award for the first half
Of the year.
Il haven't. the faintest idea
how I won," he replied. Il
haven't owned a car since
February"
Evening star., 1960-08-06
PIRATES. !; GIANTS. o

Totals 20 05O Totals % l 6 0
Grounded out for Jones in 9th:
2 Struck out for Blasinsame in 9th.
SAN FRANCISCO - 600 600 OOO-0
PITTSBURGH ----- 900 900 O1x-1
Zones. Po-A - San Francisco
45 .I.roFt; rittsb1rSh tS 27.7 DpGrOat to
to Nelson. LOB - San Francisco Q;
Pittsburgh s.
2b--Rodgers. 3B-skinner. s-skin-
ner. Groat.
Jones is B ! eT b ! So 9
Mizell - 9 5 o o 0 3
Winner-Mizell (s-5). Loser-Jones
13-1D.
U = Boggess, German, Smith and
sudol. T-2:10. A-33,304.
Evening star., 1960-08-06

Winner-Burdette u2-6). Loser
Cardwell Gid.
HBP-By Freeman (Aaron). WP-
Drott. U-Dascou, Secory, Crawford
Venzon. T-2:5D. Assoc.
Evening star., 1960-08-06

Rear Admiral Thomas H.
Robbins, jr., will become
commandant of the PO-
t0mac River Naval Com
mand on Monday, reliev-
ing Rear Admiral w. X.
MendenhalI, jr. Admiral
Robbins has just COM
pleted two years in Wash
ingtOn as president of the
Navy's discharge review
board. Official United
States Navy Photograph.
Evening star., 1960-08-06
REDS, 3; CARDS, 0

Totals "a 81 . Totals 80 o 5 o
l Struck out for Flood in 9TH;
9 grounded out Tor Smith in sth;
3 walked for Simmons in 9Th; 4-ran
for Sawatski in sth; grounded out
for Javier in Sth; 8 doubled for Car
in 9th.
ST. LOUIS ---------OO0 900 oo0-0
cinnati s7es. ST. louis Louis e7.9, DpM
simmons to White. LoB-cincinnati
2b-smith. Bell. Pinson, Boyer,
Lynch. ~, sB-Javier. Kasko. ST
Rurkey ------ 5 ! 3 8 u ! 3 3
GRIM e'0nS ms 80 I 3 / / 9 :
WinnerM-aPurkey u1-7). Loser
:. U-Conlan, Donatelli, Burkhart,
Vargo. T-2:32. A-15,474.
Evening star., 1960-08-06

Winner-Delock l6-4. Loser
U-umont, Drummond. Berry and
Napp. T-2:24. A-32,O40.
Evening star., 1960-08-06
MAJOR BOX SCORES
RED soX, 4; TIGERS, 0
Totals 33 4 8 4 Totals 81 2

Totals SO 4 8 4 Totals 81 2 5 2
Walked for Clinton in 7th; 2
Grounded out for O'clock in 7th; 3
Walked for Runnels in 7th: 4 Ran for
Psgliaroni in 7th; 5 Flied out for
9th.
EbGST9& bRTRoEr C9S C9S O9O O9S tOC-4 tOC-4
E1BuddIn. Po-A-Boston. 27-7;
Mertz; Runneis to Buddin to WertS:
Ro Rost TO- Cash. LoB-Boston, O.;
sbMNixon Eunnels. werts. 8b-
Buddin. HR-Cash.
gPs.sg., ; 5tg 2 g g
Larry 8h 8 Q
| Sisler Il O o O /
Fischer ----- 2 2 o o o
Larry n0.10
Evening star., 1960-08-06
YANKS, 4; As, 3

Totals "a 473 Totals "a 8 Q 8
] Struck out for Kravitz in 9Th.
Eouled out for johnson IN 9Th.
Doubled for Davis In 9th.
kzSsAsQ: kkEESs AxsQFK efry 80 SS3 SS3 SS9b SS96b 6Ss- 6Ss-s
Po3A--New York 27-11 Kansas
CT Sisy cifz sT71liI io LOB New York Q. Kan
2b-Mcpougald, Blanchard. Boyer,
Snyder.
Ditmar
Arroyo - 3 Q Q .
Turley AZ q q q q
Shant1 a O o q O n
kucks 6 3 3 3
Winne5.Ditmar uO-7. Loser
WP-7pitmar, Davis. Turley. PB-
Daley; U-McKinley. Honochick.. Chy-
LAX. Stevens. T-2:34. A-2S.11I.
Evening star., 1960-08-06
BRAVES, 10; CUBS. 2
MILWAUKEE

Totals IS ? Totals 3S 10 IS S
Singled for Freeman in 5th; .
Grounded out for Drott in 7th.
CHICAGO ---- 100 DOL 600 .
MILWAUKEE ---- 410 1O3 O1x-1O
E-Hatton, Adcock. Po-A-Chicago
24l0: Milwaukee, 27-17. DP-Banks
to Hatton to Thomas LOB-Chicago,
.; Milwaukee, 2.
2h-Ranks (2l. Adcnck- Schnendienst
Evening star., 1960-05-19
CIiches Of Our Time
SotiricoIIy Sliced

''EXPRESsO BONoO." . British
Lion release Gin association with Brit
tannia Filmsl Of Val Guest pToduc-
tion, directed by Guest. music ano
lyrics by Julian More, Monty Norman
David Heneker, Robert Farnon. Va
Guest, Horrie Paramor, Paddy Roberts
and Bunny Lewis; screenplay BY Vol
Mankowitz from his own play. At the
Playhouse Theater.
The Cast
johnny Jackson - Laurence Harvey
Maisie King 1900 Sylvia Syms
Dixie Collins Yolande DonlAn
Bongo Herbert - Cliff Richard
Mayer Meier Tzelniker
Lady Rosemary, Ambrosine Philpotts
Leon Eric Pohlmann
Gilbert Harding Gilbert Harding
Penelope Hermione Baddeley
Rev. Tobias Craven
Reginald Beckvith
Mr. RudEe WilfTid lawson
Kakky Martin Miller
MIS-. RudRe ----- AVIS bunnhee
Beast Burns Barry Lowe
Charlie ----- Kenneth Grifhth
Cynthia Susan Hampshire
cynthiA's Boy Friend Peter Myers
Chinese Rose --------- Lisa Peake
Evening star., 1960-05-19
HOLLYWOOD
Freddie's an Ad Man
By sHEILAH GRAHAM

Her salary has doubled since
she said Il do" to Warren
COwan last June.
Richard Egan and wife Pat
are of to Rome for The Story
of Esther" in which Dick plays
King Ahasuerus. -. They
would like Joan Collins for
Esther, but she is reluctant, as
I have mentioned before, to be
separated from Warren Beatty.
A communique from the set
of Lets Make Love-: Yves
MOntand, Tony Randall and
Wilfred Hyde White on the set
at 9 am. Marilyn Monroe due
at 10. She arrived at noon with
husband Arthur Miller. Her
first shot of the day was made
at AIT pm. After which Mari
lyn departed with Mr.. Miller,
in a chauffured limousine, as
per her contract. Actually. il
doesn't seem to matter when
Miss Monroe reports for work
as long as she reports.
Evening star., 1960-05-19

curate. production number
called THE Shrine on the
Second Floor" From then
on. Herbert is everyone's boy.
Yolande Donlan gives an
honest picture of a brasSy
but fading song queen who
latches on to BERTHE. Cliff
Richard is excellent as the
18-year old innocent. In fact.
all of the performers are just
about fiawless. particularly
two fine actresSee-Hermione
Baddeley in a bit role as a
Short-sighted lady of the
streets. and AmbroSine Phil
potts as a coldly cultured
press agent.
From time to time, the
principals are called upon to
timber up their vocal chords
and burst into song. Even
Laurence Harvey, who does
well. However, the songs,
albeit clever and pertinent,
do impede the tempo of the
script. It's a minor point to
quibble about; let it merely
be said there's so much of
everything that there may
be too much.
So many lines and mo-
pents in "Expresso Bongo"
are worth quoting that his
torians years hence will run
it of as a fascinating glimpse
into this segment of our age.
1t may not appeal to every
one, just to those who are
non-squeamish when watch
ing the contemporary mores
being slashed by the satiric
knife Of a witty surgeon. It's
strictly for adults.
w. L. S.
Evening star., 1960-05-19
WHERE
AND WHEN
Current Theater Attractions
and Time Of Showing

Stage
Arena Stage The Disen-
chanted;" $50 pm.
Catholic University-"Sweet
William" $3.50 pm.
National - Sweet Bird of
Youth; $3.50 pm.
Screen
Ambassador - Wake Me
When It's Over; 1:50. 4:3o.
Z and 9:35 pm.
Apex The Poacher's
Daughter: /, 2:4O, 4.20, 6:15,
sos and 9:55 pm.
CapitOl-"Please Don't Eat
the Daisies; 1925 am, 1870,
3:35, $40, 7:45 and $50 pm.
Dupont - THE Would-Be
Gentleman" /, 2:40, AIS, 6:10,
8 and 9:45 pm.
Keith's - The Gallant
Hours; ll:45 am, 2:l5, 4:50,
1920 and $50 pm.
MacArthur-"The Man in a
Cooked Hat; 6:05, 8 and 9:55
pm.
Metropolitan - Wake Me
When It's Over; 11:45 am.
AIS, 4:40, 7:10 and 9:35 pm.
OntariO-"Jazz on a Sum-
mer's Day; 1:25, sos, 4:3O,
$50. 8:15 and 10 pm.
Palace - The Fugitive
Kind; 1850 am, 2:l5. 4:35,
z and 9:20 pm.
Espresso Bon
60; IL, las, 3:45, $40. 7:40
and $50 pm.
Plaza - Private Property;
l1:45 am, lis, 2:30, $50,
$40. $50, S:25 and 9:55 pm.
Town - Greatest Show on
Earth; 4:O5,, GAS and 9:25
pm.
Trans-Lux-"Suddenly Last
Summer; 10:15 am, 1890,
2:50, $40, 7:30 and $50 pm
Warner-"Ben-Hur";; 8 pm,
Evening star., 1960-05-19

THE PoAcHER's DAUGHTER" a
Show Corporation of America release
of an Emmett Dalton production pro-
dueed by Robert s. Baker and Monty
Berman, directed by George Pollock,
by Patrick Kirwan and
Blanaid Irvine from the romantic
comedy, The New GosSoon." by George
Shiels At the Apex Theater.
The Cast
Sally Hamil Julie Harris
RABBIT Harry Brogan
Luke Carey Tim Seely
Ellen Carey - Marie Kean
Mag Kehoe Bird Lynch
Ned Shay - Eddie Golden
Mad" Henly - Philip O'Flynn
Biddy Henly - Finola O'Shannon
Evening star., 1960-05-19

HOLLYWOOD (NANA) -
Robert Horton has house, girl,
and will marry-singer Marilyn
Bradley, whom he first met in
Ohio when she played the lead
in Guys and Dolls" They did
the show together in Detroit,
and Marilyn will be jetting to
London when the popular
Wagon Train" actor goes there.
Chatted with Freddie Bar
tholOmew. whom I shall always
remember as young David
Copperfeld." Freddie is in
Hollywood for the first time
in 10 years. II haven't acted
for about seven years" said
Freddie. I'm with a top ad-
vertising agency. and I have
three children of my own"
He does not banker for Holly
wood.
I didn't know that Steve
Aliens mother, 75-year-old
Belle MontrOse, is an ex-trapeze
artist and vaudevillian until 1
also learned she will play Fred
MacMurray'S houSekeeper in
The Absent Minded Professor. d."
i
Pretty Dolores Hart, who
made two movies with ElviS
Presley, visited him at Para
mount and relayed, "Elvis looks
very we'll, Is pounds lighter
and two years in the Army
made him more mature:
Dolores is currently filming
THE Plunderers" with JEFF
Chandler. Marriage has
been good for Barbara Rush.
Evening star., 1960-05-19

while it is not a sample Of the
Irish imagination and sense
Of humor running riot, the
film provides Miss Harris and
her associates a familiar bit
of something to work on. And.
of course, even in black and
white photography, there is
always the Irish landscape,
with its lanes and hills, to ex-
cuse even the Gaels for any
non-gales of laughter.
Puns like this are the ef-
feet of seeing Irish movies
and reading Time magazine
film reviews.
- &&
A romantic comedy, The
New Gossoon," by Georg e
Shiels is the source of the
Apex screenplay, the latter the
work of chaps named Patrick
Kirwan and Blanaid Irvine.
Miss Harris role is that Of
a spirited colleen whose mis-
fortune it is to be the daugh-
ter of a butter-tongued poacher
who sensibly prefers to live by
his wits rather than by work,
This is hardly the type of
parent a proud, fiery girl can
admire. Miss Harris is too
canny to try.
She makes it her objective
instead, to keep him from
hopelessly upsetting her owr
trapping operation by which
she hopes to capture the rich
Evening star., 1960-05-19

weak young man down the
road.
Any moviegoer can take the
plot from there, but not quite
with the laughable Tilt that
some truly adroit acting injects
into certain spots of it. Even
if her brogue is slipping. as it
lis on occasion. Miss Harris
manages to make fleeting Sc
quences of the film fun, more
innocent than riotous.
One of these has to do with
her i'm m bilizing of her
qusrry'S motor bike rather than
see him use it to break his
neck or go counting the OPEN
armed daughter of a tinker.
The dramatically contrasting
passage is one in which she
shows too much pride to spring
the trap on the desirable young
man once she has lured him
| into it.
Inevitably the most Irish of
| the characters in the Apex film
would be that of the poacher-
father played by Harry Brogan.
In the process of invoking the
blessing of heaven and all of
the eligible Irish saints upon
his dawn -to-midnight rogue
ries, Mr.. Brogan miraculously
manages to make his part look
better than the vaudeville turn
1t actually is.
A number of other Abbey
Players perform with the ap-
propriately lunatic touch which
the Irish would resent in any
one but themselves.
MEMOS: Arena Stages dead
pan boxofice yesterday received
a reservation for two tickets
to THE Disenchanted" in the
name of B. Hur. Did Arena
treat it as a joke 1t
did not. 1t didn't even
say, Delighted, Mr.. Hur."
1t merely said thank you and
that the tickets would be held
until the usual 8:l5 pm.
There was some anticipatory
speculation, however, as to just
what B. Hur would look like
a.. Their The Rat Race" due
soon, will mark the goth an
niversary of the association OF
Producer William Perlberg and
Director Writer George Seaton
The comedy stars Debbie
Reynolds and Tony Curtis.
Saturday Review drama critic
Henry Hewes. will lecture at
George Washington University
May 81, 8 pm, under the
auspices Of the schools Writers
Club" He will speak on
New Forms in Playwriting. y
:. Hollywood Columnist Joe
Hyams. writes in the current
Ladies Home Journal that the
children of film stars are un-
happy because their parents
ARE basically unhappy people. u
=. Sets one to wondering about
the children of critics. II
anyone cares to go into that
on the theory magazine editor
would buy it.
There will be special sneak
preview Monday night at Joew'i
Capitol Theater, $3.50 pm, the
time. News" releases We
never finished reading: Nancy
Kwan, Eurasian actress who
} plays the lead in The Worlc
of Suzie Wong has taken 6
stand which might divide thu
American population in half.
Evening star., 1960-05-19
THE PASSING SHOW
Still the Joke Lacks
Both Pat and Mike
BY JAY CARMODY

If anyone entitled to portray the Irish as oveable
loonies. it is the Irish themselves
They have been working this project for
now naturally have developed it into something of
art the latest specimen The Poachers Daugh
ter" todays film at the Apex theater.
offers Julie Harris Of all actresses its star and
Evening star., 1960-05-19

"All you need to succeed is
one success after another"
observes the leading charac-
ter in the PlayhouSe'S new
film, "ExpreSso Bongo," and
the line may well fit its crea-
tor Wolf Mankowitz. He's
the novelist film-writer whose
"A Kid for Two Farthings
and The Bespoke Overcoat"
were successful examples Of
non-cliche screen entertain
mentS.
This time Mr.. Mankowitz
and his cohorts examine the
world of the cIche itself
or worlds, for very little is
left unobServed: television,
the record industry. teen
ayers, burlesque and other
pects of show biz. and our
selves. They have come up
with a biting commentary
that is anything but cliche.
and most hilariously well
come.
The setting is London's
seamy Soho, the counterpart
of which does not exist in
the United States, unless one
can imaginatively combine
such jungleS Of civilized
Americana as And Street,
Coney Island, Scollay Square,
and certain parts Of Green
wich Village and its Los
Angeles San Francisco
compliments.
The leading characters are
a brash, down-at-the heels
theatrical agent named
jackson. superbly played by
Laurence Harvey. and his
stripteaSer girl-friend C'My
voice teacher says I'm a new
Judy Garland'0, well done
by Sylvia Syms. In what a
B.B.C. commentator refers to
as "a contemporary youth
center" they discover a teen
age tonsiLtwanger named
Herbert Rudge "that child's
got more sex than age") and
jackson seeks to parlay
BERTHE into a million pounds,
half for himself.
Bertie's name is changed
to Bongo Herbert, jackson
arranges for him to make a
big splash in an Espresso
joint. and after a variety of
other devious deals, they felo-
niously assault TV viewers by
adding motherhood and re-
ligion to rock-and-roll, re-
sulting in a screamingly ac-