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st. n.W. Notice Of funeral later
| Services BY Frazier. 10
MAhoNEY, LYNN ALLEN lBIGGY)
I9 I9NN NEidaI IIEN rtSsTae5E tsfodFE, MAH65SsfBrl 5sfr
.tiS Of ga y Mi1fylsad H.lsa6, ave- ne; and for;
the late. vida Mahoney; brother oi
David C.. and Frank g. Mahoneyi
half brother Of Jack, William anc
oeoEge Mahoney. Friends may cal
be held at / pm. Tuesday, FEBRUARY
q: Interment Arlington Nafiona
MARCY, CHARLES II. Suddenly. q,
opa-Locka. Fla. CHARLES H. MAR.
husband 5 i' of ElizsSe.s ssiinssS; Marcy tne, NE,
Jones). father OF Mildred NJ. Ken.
non and Norma Jean Hartley. sor
Of Mrs. Cora Marcy and brotheI
Sba9i.s Esvsray r.mDS and George Ds Mcey Mrs
CUNNINGHAM. Friends may call a
the Ives Funeral HomeS 2s47 Wilson
services viii be held on Monday
RssTp.Gz msns SS astSna asSS R
McDERMOTT. JAMES IGNATIUs; Or
aaEs MafadREss'disSyk disSykATrf1Sssu Trff1SsusEsD sMEssDERMoT1Te 1ee5 i
401 Greenlaw drive. HyattsVille
| Nd, beloved husband OF Jane Loyoll
McDermott. father Of Mrs. Elisabeth
Hennigan Of Rockville. Md: Jamei
]. McDermott Of San Diego, Calf.
Joseph A; McDermott Of Hyattsyille
Md, and Mrs. Mary c.. Pullman
Of Pleasantville, N. j. He also Il
survived BY thirteen grandchildren
Friends may call at Nalley's Funera
Home. 5000 Rhode Island ave, q
Estern ave: ne, on Sunday, Febru
airy 10, after 10 am. Funeral OF
Tuesday, February FL, at $40 am.
thence to st. John Baptist De Ii
Sale Catholic Church. where mas
will be offered at 8 am. for tn,
repose OF his soul. Relatives ant
friends invited. Interment Arling
ton National Cemetery. 20
MULLIN. GOLDENA T. Suddenly, OF
eoIpESH Mf6fIai MSEEfN Of @S15 iHsl fSl
st. NV, loving sister Of Mrs. Rutl
Snowden and Bruce Woodland. Sh
also Is survived by one aunt, Mrs
Ella Miles; Q niece Q nephew. othe
Sunday. February 10, friends ma,
call ct the johnson q Jenkins Flu
neral Home. 4S04 Georgia ave. NV
Funeral on Monday. February 90
at o am. from st. Paurs Catholi
Church, 18th and v SITS. NV, In
j terment Woodlawn Cemetery.
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CU0PEE' e[y ANNAa A1as, On thqSsdaE r.. Es6;
COOPER Of $3.50 18th st. NV,
the beloved sister Of Lucy Rutiedge
and aunt of Roy A. Ellis. She
and and many friends' After I'm
sunday, February 10, friends are
invited to call at the William
Spangler Funeral Home, 524 Sth
St ne, where services will be
am. Interment Lincoln Memorial
Cemetery. 10
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ruary II. 1851. ANNIE [. EARP
Of 10000 Portland .rd, silver Spring,
Nd, mother Of Mrs. Vincent
sister Of Mrs. walter o. Brown.
There also are three grandchildren
Mrs. carp rests at the Warner
z. Pumphrey Funeral Home. S434
Georgia ave. Silver Spring. Nd,
day. February 20. at II am. Cpark-
ing facinties). Interment Rock
vile Cemetery. 10
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DAVIS, SIMON NJ. There win be an
g. q !; = !,
W Home. 2o01 14th st. NV,
for the purpose Of conferring the
last Masonic rites at the funeral
Of our late brother. SIMON NJ
DAVIS. AL members are urged to
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GIAMPETRoNI. JOsEPH on Friday

February II, 1861. JOSEPH DIAM.
Filomena. Giampetroni and father
Of Daniel B. Giampetronf and Mrs.
Yolanda O. Colella, Funeral from
the Walter W. Deal Funeral Home.
Fsb2usES 4sb2 1s0rgis ave t M 4aysd on Tuesdsy. s
duiem mass at st. Gabriel's Church
at 10 am. Interment Gate Of
Heaven Cenetefy %
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5gsi, ps Eanes n 5ssl IESk cssss Il ia hS; sS
st. ne. beloved wife Of James
Leak. daughter Of Mrs. Ruth Thomas,
mother Of jerome and Ronnie Leak,
ris, Jessie N. Adamson, Leoia' James,
Neal. Cole and George Thomas. She
also Is survived By other relatives
and friends. The late Mrs. Leak
= may be viewed at the Stewart Fu-
noon Sunday. February ip, 70 IL
noon Monday. February 20. Fu-
neral and intefment Camden. 8. C.
20
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Fe%61SarT % 'l5. n 1851, z TrHM. rMHMsdneIsda1NE IaN
CASTER g s1rlIs. q 1907 5th q NV. Eii.
are other relatives and friends
After 4 p.rA. Sunday, February I9
friends may call ct the johnson 4
jenkins Funeral Home, 4S04 GeorEia
ave. NV. where funeral services viii
be held on Monday, February 90
at 12 noon. Interment National
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STEVENSON, GEORGE. On Saturday,
February is, 1861, at his residence,
524 56th st. ne, GEORGE STEVEN
Notice % Of funeral Ma later. % ArranSe.
ments by Henry o. Washington &
Sons.
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DrathH

BURNS, KATHLEEN KATHYl ANNE.
On THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1861,
ct Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Mimi,
KATHLEEN ANNE 5,, suRNs Of 6s2s
loved daughter Of 2loysius r. and
Evelyn L. Burns and sister Of Karen
mons Bros. Funeral Home, 1881
tiesS. on Monday. February 90. at
$50 am; thence to Mount Calgary
Catholic Church, Forestville. Nd,
where mass Of the angels win be
son SsrSG SatGnsl 70 cemeters n AenS en C
flowers friends may send contribu-
tions to the Heart Fund.
CANNON, MICHAEL PAUL. On
Thursday. February .16. 1891, at
Providence Hospital, MICHAEL.
PAUL CANNON. beloved husband Of
Alice C. Cannon (nee Neitzeyl and
sf.a'r Mss Juii. Ms cIslf. Ein Mrs. sIiiH Eie:
c. Barrett. Michael p. and Robert
p. Cannon; Funeral from the Tim
othy Hanlon Funeral Home. 1881
SSSay GsSTgi.s 20 ave- 4. ma $50 on mondHs, E.os hsS
mass at st. osbriers Church, Grant
Fort Lincoln Cemetery 10
CASE. CORNELIUS. On THURSDAY,
CASH. Funeral services and inter-
ment In King David Memorial Car
den on Monday, February 20, at 10
am. (Dansansky Funeral Serviee.l
10
CHEAGAN. JOSEPH N. OF 342o Gath
st. Sc, on February Is. 1861, hus-
band Of Mildred q. Cheman, step
father Of Ronald L. Black and
Ruth I; Norris: son Of Rose Che
Paul, Michael and Steve Cheman.
Services ct Chambers' Funeral
Home. SIT 11th st. s.e.. on Monday.
February 20. at 10 am. Inter-
ment Arlington National Cemetery.
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BENJAMIN ScHENDELL. W. NJ.
JACOB SANDER. Secy. 10

DE SHIELDS. ZAvAN. On Thursday,
EssEGssIy EssDs sVAN IA 1ef5t pt sEfbs St GiSs'ls &
Olivia Irby. Geneva Miller and
Sammie De Shields, brother OF
Roosevelt. OBJ. Roy and Alphonso De
Shields. He also Is survived b.
eight grandchildren. three great
relatives and friends. The late Mr,
De Shields may be viewed at the
Stewart Funeral Home. 80 H St
ne. after 8 pm. Monday, February
20. Funeral on Tuesday. February
81. at st. Marks Episcopal Church.
9th and Underwood SITS. NV, at l
pm. Interment Woodlawn Gene
terry. 20
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?, DoNNELLY. beloved husband Of
Nae ,5 T v26onnnnssily. ;,, isshsT Of I, jane. me.
Church. Va. and Elizabeth Jeanne
Brennan Of Alexandria, Va; brother
Of Raymond L. Donnelly Of Des
Moines. Iowa. He also Is survived
BY four grandchildren. Friends may
call at the Lee Funeral Home. 4th
st. and Mass. ave. ne. Rosary
and prayers at z pm. Sunday. Feb
ruary Is, Requiem mass will be
held on Monday. February 90. at
st. Joseph's Catholic Church. ed and
Mount Olivet Cemetery. 10
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DgSSs gsSFaasy ~ nAH1|i issi. iySSr % boSd: 55SeE:
Las o. nag Eaton I'd Sc. son Of
las. Arrangements By Mcguire. Inc.
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TODAY'S SCHEDULES
STAGE

ARENA-"The Rivals: 7:3O pm.
.NATIONAL-Dark. "Midgie Purvis''
head: starts Tuesday.
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A memorable Bankhead movie performance
was as the woman forced into the discovery
that material things are less important than
some other things, In Alfred Hitchcock's 1914
film "LifebOat"
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SCREEN


ANBASsADOR-"The Sundowners": htst-rate Fred zinne
mann drama about wandering Australian family:
1855. 4:10. 6:45 and $40 pm.
APEX-"Li: the enchanting musical with Leslie Caron
l, 2:45. 4:35. 6:25, S:l5 and 1905 pm
CAPTTOL-"Where the Boys Are" the mating season at
Fort Lauderdae, Fla. and most entertaining flm;
1850 $3.50. $3.50. 1850 and $3.50 pm.
DUPONT-"Never on Sunday: sophisticated saga Of how
life is In Greece these days. l. 2:50. 4:40 $3.50, 8:25
and l0:15 pm.
KETTHs- Facts Of Life; Bob Hope and Lucille Bali in
gay farce about suburbia; $40. $780, 745 and 10
Observation-Disclosures Mine Mink: an echo Of "The Law
ender Hill Mob" q $3.50. 5:45. 1850. and 955 pm.
METROPOLITAN-"Th Sundowners": first rate Fred
Zinnemann drama about wandering Australian fam
lily; 145. 4:20, $3.50 and $50 pm. ta&s
ONTARIOThe Grass Is Greener" marital fable which
strains at sophisticated comedy; 1:l5 3l5. 525, 1880
and e:4O PM
PALAcE-Flamng STAR" Elvis Presley has more acting
than singing to do in this frontier shoot-em-up 155,
$780, $50. 7:45 and 9:45 pm.
PLAYHOUSE-"Please Turn Over: t-qute- -fulyre
zed farce on the havoc created by 18-year-olds
best-seller /, 2:45. 4:30, 500, $40 and 955 pm.
PLAzA-"Ritual Of Love-: fokways Of some primitive
groups: 1880, 3:15 4:50, 6:25. 7:55 and 9:45 PM
TOWN-"The World Of Suzie Wong" tastefully tailored
flm version Of the Broadway show and novel; l. 3:15,
5:35, 1850 and 1910 pm. ,fs
TRANSATLANTIC Wackiest Ship in the Army" Jack Lem
mon scores again. l. 2:40 4:30. 6:20, and $50 pm.
UPTOWN-"The Alamo; John Waynes opus of the heroic
fortress battle: and $3.50 pm.
MISUNDERSTANDING; brilliant 11-Oscar production
mammoth scale Of the story of Christanty's birth;
and 1850 pm.
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the paws Of tho epinx In
Caesar and Cleopatra, = and
hastened the death Of her
husband, Horace 0iddens, In
"The Little Foxes" What
ever her ussignment In the
40 plays el1e has illumined on
both sides Of the Atlantic,
invariably she's been chic.
rash and provocative, . touch
predatory. d touch higafncsis.
. sultry siren luring strong
men to the brink Of the abyss
or beyond.
IS Woman In Revolt
As Midgie Plrvis in Mary
chasss farce OF that name
which brings her to the Ma
tional 'Theater on Tuesday
night. Alabama's most truce
uient daughter forsales the
femme fataie formula. Mid
gle. . welI-l1eeled midwest
matron, on the curtains rise
Is 50 and h revolt. Numbed
at the dreary Illustrations of
middle age. she decides to
hurdle this span. To acceie-
rate her design she feigras 70.
an illusion effected through
the use Of hair.whitener,
wrinkle pencil. shawl. sinau-
lated stoop. carpet slippers
and other symbols Of dotage.
Thus laasaueraded. the bo-
gus septuagenarian fees her
palatial home and her hus-
band for two rooms behind
o candy store. From this
shabby base she operates Is
q baby.sitter with cloudy
credentials, to the conster-
nation Of friends and rela-
tives. and solicits contem-
poraries to join her Mother
Machree Club. Through this
strategy she hopes to win the
compassion and attention for
which she thirsts.
She's Undisrnayed
Is Miss Dankhead disniayed
ut the prospect Of animating
q volunteer crone? No whit.
Miss B.. Is anyone knows
who has known her for SO
much as half an hour. doesn't
dismay easily. In turn she
has challenged and subdued
the stage, the screen. radio.
television. the lecture plat
form and bellies lettres.
'Tallulah." her affair with
the last named, headed the
non-flctioh best seller list for
months following It's pubi-
cation In 1852. Eyebrows
shot up from coast to coast
when Harry Truman said
that 1t was the best book he
had read since he'd been In
the White House. This in
dorsernent caused Harper 6s
Bros. publishers Of her auto
biography. to blanch. They
were fearful Of what the
enemy might make Of Harry's
enthusiasm.
Miss B. has another reason
for rejoicing In her two-week
See NANCY, Page F-2
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BY ANTHONY WHITE
Associated Press Writer

LONDON, - Foggy, rain-
swept London has taken o
proud new title-"fiollyw0od
On.tne .Thames'' they call It.
in, the movie business.
The big American mag.
mates are moving in In force.
beckoned by the knowledge
that they can make q filml
here for q fraction Of what it
costs them back home.
The stars with their bag
gage and families are NOV
ing in. too.
Take q walk down q West
End London street and
there's q good chance you'll
spy q familiar Hollywood
face peeking in the window
OF some fashionable store.
Drop in for o quiet drink
In some cocktail bar--and
there's o Hollywood lie-man
lunging back after q heavy
day on the set.
Britain's movie industry Is
booming. Studios are booked
! for years alie3d.
But Theaters Close
And It's all o paradox.
For while business bounds
ahead. movie houses all over
the country ore closing down.
! The seats are cleared out and
In their place 60 bowling 4l-
leys.
British MOVIE men say the
fne old American indoor
sport Of bowling. growing
into o nationwide craze here
now, Is coming them more
money than the old movie
houses ev sr did.
Many movie houses strug-
gle along still half-empty.
In closed-down theaters, the
paint peels from weathered
walls. Posters Of forgotten
epics peel in the rain, nostal-
gic reminders Of the time
when almost everyone went
to the movies at least once
o week.
And yet the industry, say
the men who work in 1t. is as
vital. probably buster than
ever before.
Audiences Decline
y Because you will always
get . packed house for q good
movie" said q spokesman for
the big Associated British
Cinemas. ITS largely the un-
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BY RICHARD NANCY
Contributins writer

In her time-and what Q
time it's been, men!--Tallu-
lah Bankhead. actress. agita-
tor and unilateral converse
tionalist. has played ! great
variety Of roles. many Of
them In the theater. AS an
Ice Age maid in -The Skin
Of Our Teeth" she MIXED an
off-stage mammoth and
prodded Mr.. Antrobus into
inventing the alphabet and
the wheel. She slept between
Evening star., 1961-01-08
ny JAY CARMODY
Drama Critic ok The star

:
An italian picture win be
opening here thisNeek which.
in . iirst long speechless. or
pantornines shot leaves not
the slightest doubt that it Is
going to prove q superb piece
oteGamera story telling.
A genius 1t writing in inn
ages IS clearly at work here.
his camera focused on b drab'
figure w1lking on q dfah side
street In Genoa and o day
that Is both drab ana cod
The mood Of everything that
Is to follow Is Instantly es-
tablished. Anyone familiar
with the jargon Of film
criticism knows that what he
Is seeing is q reversion to the
sneo-reaiisni" Of the great
post-war days Of film making
in Italy.
The professional movie
goer. say q reviewer. Is,
alerted TO an echo that is
more than an echo Of such
pictures as ''Opeii City"
aShOeshine, and THE BIZ
cycle Thief. y q
And not merely the prOfes-
sional moviegoer hut also the /.
sharp-eyed regular among
the laity who pays to see
films who can be. and Is.
equally sensitive TO the
hypnotic effect Of camera
magic. Il
Matter Of Ph0tography !
Among those who compare
American and foreign fiims
usually in awesome polysyl-
lables-the fiattering differ
ence in. favor Of the latter
is most commonly related to
more effective photography.
The argment goes that the
availability Of big screen.
extravagant color. and the
money to use both gives the
American film q technical
advantage that Is In final
effect an artistic disadvan-
tage.
. In its simplest terms the
accusation Is that their gloss
robs Hollywood filnls Of the
realism possible in simpler
European productions.
It is an argument. as so
many are, that viii never be
settled. But 1t did have the
effect Of sending this corre-
spondent back to his 10-best
list. of last Sunday. to make
Q few comparisons.
Celor Can Win
6as u thsss wss Between
the Tfench-made black-and-
white .Hiroshima. Mon
amour" ana Hollywood's and
Director Fred Zinnemann's
The Sundcwners." Both are
dramatically realized screen
narratives. the former in
black and white, the latter
In color and big screen
In comparison. Mr.. zinne-
nanil's picture, shot on loca.
ton in Australia's outback
country. suffers not In the
Slightest. II Is true that in
certain respects. the director
Of "The 8 Sundowners" Is
working With definite advan,
tages. IN telling his story Of
loneliness. for example, he
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THE CHANGING THEA7ER-I
Whot's New? Mail Orders, Violence

comedians from our stage
is o cause for tears. Ed
Wynn, living on the West
Coast. remains from the old
days but there have been no
requirements for such master
comics as w. c. Fields and
Andrew Toombes. Walter
Gatlett. James T. Powers,
William Collier and Eddie
Foy. sr. III
The early 1930s saw the
passing Of vaudeville. vaude-
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often merely Q front man. q
money-raiser. q promoter, a
salesman, with his name on
the houseboards and on the
playbills but not q dollar Of
his own in the show.
The passing Of the minstrel
man is saddening. Lew Dock
stader. AL g. Fields and
Honey Boy Evans belonged
to the New York and to the
America Of another day.
Tho disappearance Of
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vile as done at Keith's Union
Square continuous per-
formances from noon to II
p.m.), Tony Pastors and
Proctor's Twenty-thir Street
Theater. In July of 1892, the
Palace Theater. at Broadway
and Forty-seventh street.
citadel Of the two-a-day, and
the best-known vaudeville
house in America. gave up.-
bowing to a change in the
times. The Palace added
films to its variety enter.
tainment.
Drawing-room comedy Is
now obsolete. The romantic
play. in style during the STAR
dom Of E. H. Sothern and
Kyrle Bellew, Is as dead as
the dodo.
Violence Succeeds
Audiences are now tougher:
they can take more. They
now like violence In their
drama, and plays with 1t sell
out. The playwrights Of 1859
and 1860 went casually into
such matters as miscegena-
ton. incest and homosexual- p
ity. I'm sure that Sadie
Thompson's TRADES In Rain"
have lost their sting. Such
plays as Cat ON q Hot Tin.
Roof" and "A Streetcar
Named Desire" win be dated
within another few years.
The vitality of the Shake
spearean plays, when they
are well done, remains. So
does that Of the eternal
chatterbox, George Bernard
Shaw. Few plays of this
generation have enthralled
audiences as the Old Vic's
"Oedipus" did, or have set
them to cheering for an
actress as they cheered
Judith Anderson's wanton
and hellish "Medea."
Broadway openings used
to be dressier than they are
today. A dinner jacket was
frequently considered COM
pulsory. Women wore their
furs and diamonds. 'a
Yesterdays theatrical man
ayers were personalities,
most Of them today are non-
descript figures. The show
men of 1910 went to the
Hunting Room Of the Astor
See MOREHOUSE. Page F.3
Evening star., 1961-01-08
TALLULAHs PROGRESS
From Femme FataIe TO Crone

ME. Money .ls tho eunmudssenIy.
dssn o. thsetfieel press sssnts
cad Q wsIl-knswn sutheF Of bsst-
selling sutebiesraphiss. He sanu-
oily is siysa this specs On the
drama psss % the grounds thst.
whether o. not hs he's aaythias. 10
say. he ssys i sntsrtsiasly.
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/ COMING ATTRACTIONS
STAGE
STAGE

NATIONAL-"Once There Was Russian: starring Julie
Newman and Walter Nathan: starts January so.
ARENASix Characters In Search Of Author; starts
Tuesday. s4s@ ff
cAPrToL-New York City Ballet: January "a. rs. 2s.
SCREEN
sAMBASSADOR-Walt Disneys Swiss Family Robinson"
APEx-"General Della Rovere": Vittoro D Sca starts
"a Thursday. sss#
CAPITOL-"Vilage Of the Damned" starts January q.
KETTHS-.The MishtsD:: Marlyn Monroe Clark Gable.
Neutrality-suspicious. Bergmans "The Virgin Spring"
INSTRUMENTATION Disneys swiss Family Robin
- SON." eE
PAIsACE-"The Marriage Go-Round."
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS." Laurence Olivier, Kirk Douglas.
Peter Ustnov and Jean Simmons starts January 10.
4 -s .
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THE PASSING SHOW
here Is No Rule,
oyeSound I oste.

10 dealing IN ma gnlncez1e 0ls-
tances. vast ernptinesses in-,
habited by animals and birds
that still hold title to al that
exists between the earth and
the high blue sky.
Alain Resnais as director
Of Hiroshima, Mon Amour"
on the other hand. had no
such assist from nature In
catching the sick . sotiled
aloneness Of his screenplay's
two principals. His was the
necessity TO work In the
populoils Japanese city of
his flm's title. He did Q wiz
ards lob, but 10 did Mr..
Zinnemann. the latter's the
more dramatic for being the
more beautiful In its realism..
One can conjecture that
! THE Sundowners" win he
the more vivid visual mem-.
ory, as between the two films,
for the availability Of the
technical advantages ct Mr..
Zinnemann's disposal.
The Further Evidence
This. however. proves,
nothing that cannot be coun-
tered by comparing an.
other pair Of films On the
lo-best list published here
last Sunday. y
For such take ELMER Cam,
try" and "Never on Sunday =
The former b Q Hollywood
product. in color, the latter
q Greek production In black
and white. There can be not
the slightest question Of
which Of the films Is the more
completely real, namely
.Never on Sunday" 'Gantry"
In color suffers frequently
from photography that Is
stridently artificial, as for
instance in the climactic
scene showing the burning
Of It's hero's and heroine's
gaudy temple.
To leave the l0-best list
for q look at 0 current and
popular iilm. one can see
that big screen and color
are technical 'imperatives Of
SPECIFIC subjects.
Color imperative
The picture In question Is
Joseph Pasternak's where
the Boys Are" Its subject is
that splendidly uninhibited
migration of northern col
lege students to Fort Lauder
dale. Fla. during spring va
cation. What takes these tens
Of Thousands number still
growing from year to year.
southward Is the elemental
hunger to escape the barren.
hfeless landscape Of the
north for the tropical ex.
travagance of the South At.
lantic seaboard.
It wouldn't be the same
film at all In black and white.
as Tiger Bay" would not
have been in color.
To compare film for film.
then. Is to reach the con-
;ciusion that there Is no gen.
eral rule to be laid down for
color IS against black and
white.
Save. Of course. the one
that the producer and direc-
tor must use discretion In
matching subject to process
Iii he Is to attain the end
Of realism.
Evening star., 1961-01-08
BY WARD MoREHOUsE

AeAAaNAAA
NEW YORK.-Broadway is
Q street that belongs to
everybody. . great center Of
creaivity. heartbreak. high
living, the best and the worst
taste. Broadway to me is the
theater. ! have watched it
change over the years. Here
are some Of the things I've
noticed about the theater-
today and yesterdays:
Theater parties have come
into the Broadway scene dur
ing the past five or six years.
They can be the difference in
o play running for o week or
staying on for q year.
The mail order business has
become q vital factor in the
sale Of theater tickets. These
orders begin coming in with
the first definite announce
ment Of . plays opening
date. It often happens that a
visitor from Atlanta or Mil
waukee or San Francisco will
show up In New York with
choice seats for q hit. seats
that were unobtainable in the
Broadway area. He got them
by writing in for them
months before.
Off-Broadway Grows
The off-Broadway move
ment has developed during
the last few years. Some Of
the offerings are excellent:
others are terrible. Several
Of the off-Broadway houses
have been operating profit
ably. One is Greenwich VIII
lagos Crcle-in-t h e-Square,
where Genet's play. "The
Balcony" has been the at
traction for months.
The summer-theater cir
cult, active from June until
Labor Day, continues its OPP
erations. Summertime thea
ters east Of the Alleghenies
generally total around l25.
Most are dependent upon
name" players.
New York playhouses used
to belong to individuals. Now
they're owned and controlled
by banks. real estate COM
panies. motion picture COM
panies.
The producer In the New
York theater Of today Is
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