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Evening star., 1962-05-06
PHILATELIC NEWS
Smithsonian Exhibits
Swaziland Art Work
By BELMONT FAIRIES
Star Stamp Editor

An unusual exhibit of art
work for the new Swaziland
definitive set is now on dis
play In the Smithsonian In
stitution's Division of Phil
ately. 1t will continue through
June.
Color sketches used by En-
schede Of Holland in two and
three color photogravure pro-
duction Of the issue provide
q graphic Illustration of the
printing process.
In addition to stamps and
source material, the exhibit
includes photographs by Den
mis- Suttill, who lived for 20
years In this part of Africa.
The exhibit was prepared
by Theodore B. Ruhoff Of the
Division Of Philately staff
from material provided by
A. J. E. Davis, the Crown
Agents representative here.
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Homestead First Day
May Is is the deadline for
first day covers Of the Home
stead Act Centennial stamp,
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WEDNESDAY

Washington Philatelic So
city, 8 pm, Arts Club, 2017
I stret NV. Election and
installation Of new officers.
Woodbridge Stamp Club,
1880 pm. Woodbridge Public
Library. Eighteenth street
and Rhode Island avenue NE.
Jim Brewink night.
Fairfax Coin Club, 7::30
pm, 200 North Little Falls
street, Fairfax, Va. Auction.
THURSDAY
Silver Spring Philatelic
Society, 8 pm, auditorium,
Citizens Building and Loan
Association, Pershing drive
and Fenton street, Silver
Spring, Md.
American Topical AssOcia-
tiOn, Potomac Chapter, 7:45
pm, Cleveland Park Library,
Connecticut avenue and Ma
comb street NV. Malaria
Eradication stamps.
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MONDAY

Alexandria Mount Vernon
Stamp Club, 8 pm, Hospi-
tality Room, Penn Daw Coop
Store, Kings Highway near
Route / south Of Alexandria,
Va
Evening star., 1962-05-06
STAMP AND COIN
CLUB MEETINGS
TODAY

Associated Stamp Clubs Of
the Chesapeake Area, l pm,
Baltimore Philatelic Society,
1924 North Calvert street,
Baltimore, Md. Donation
auction.
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OFFICIAL
BRONZE MEDALS

See our collection Of offieiol msdals
for the notobls events Of our times
Eoeh mokeS an impressive historical
show piece. Lerse 2Ia" msdaIs come
IN an original box with informative
circular.
President Kennedy: Tho one and only
official inaugural msdoI for 1851.
$50
Civil War Commemorative The cen
tenniol msdaI Of 1861 ovthorizsd
BY the ConsresS-ersated Civil War
cenisnniel Commission with heads Of
Generals Gront and lee. 400
Woodward g. Lothrop
Coins and Siumps -.
Washington end Chevy Chose
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RARE COINS

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U. S. gold silver and minor coins
Of oil types ond oil doisS. .
U. S. loFge-sixe paper money as well
us Confoderofo ond Coloniol issues.
General foreign coins IN oil metolS
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-03-15
LourELady
by: JOYCE
HAIR SHAPING

Before having your. hair cut. de-
eide exactly what you want. A
new hairdo is bound 10 provide
a "newlook" and a much bright
or outlook. Hair shaping is the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-03-15
People M Nro~
Fashion Show Craze Never Dies
BY Kathleen Leary
WOman's Editor

Each year as spring ap-
proaches it is continually amaz-
ing how many fashion shows
are scheduled-.and more than
that, well attended - In Mont
gomery County club circles.
You get the same feeling when
you look at the never-ending
home and apartment building
program and wonder where all
the people to fill them are COM
ing from.
It's safe to say that style
presentations are the most pop
ular rnoney.making projects In
this area. They come in many
forms. There are coffees,
luneheons, dessert-bridge par
ties, dinners and evening pro.
grams.
Some fashion shows have all
the trimmings. They start with
a theme such as the Woman's
Club of Chevy Chase chose for
its big benefit on March %.
Working together with Gar.
finckels, considered by many
the most glamorous of show
givers, and the British Overseas
Air Corporation, the Chevy
Chase Club has lined up a pro-
gram with an international
flavor. Travel wear will be
shown during make believe
stops in various countries of
the world. Costumed in anthem
tic native outfits brought back
from their own trips abroad,
members will distribute door
prizes in a club room decorated
in the vacation mood.
One way to make hit with
the ticket-buyers is to show a
special collection such as the
spring designs of courturier
Philip Robertson to be present
ed in the Spring Parfait of
Fashions" This March 81 lunch
con at the Mayflower Hotel is
being sponsored by the Junior
Woman's Club of Chevy Chase.
Organizations must move their
events from hotel-less Mont
gomery County into Washing
ton if they do not use the coun-
try clubs.
There are many gimmicks.
Special prizes range from mink
stoles and courtueier gowns to
homemade hats and fresh.baked
apple pies. Each place setting
always has "favors," ranging
from well-known brands of
cologne to ball.point pens. Area
merchants are called upon to
donate the prizes, and on occa-
sion, to buy advertising space
in programs.
It's all, for the most part, for
sweet charity. Thousands of
dollars are realized each year
from fashion shows here. And
thousands of women are made
happier looking at what's new
on the style scene. They must
| be. They keep coming back.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-03-15

ing of Region "H' at the Am
bassador Hotel in Atlantic City,
N. j. Mrs. Thelma Maeder of
Chevy Chase, president of the
Suburban and Maryland Asso-
Citations, led a discussion on in
surance; Mrs. Edna Johnson of
Silver Spring conducted a work.
shop on trade shows and educa-
tional clinics; and Edward
Heeger of Bethesda was a dele
gate. Also attending from this
area were Rick Riccardi of Be-
thesda, End vice president of
the Suburban group; Willard
Saes of Silver Spring, Bird vice
president; Charlotte Martz of
Wheaton, public relations chair.
man; and Guy Bremen Of
Chevy Chase, board member.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-03-15
Keyeffes Convene

A group of Fl girls from the
Montgomery Blair High School
Keyette Club Joined the over
300 Keyettes converting in Nor
folk, Va, over the week end.
They were accompanied to the
national convention of Virginia,
Tidewater and Maryland Dis
tricts by their faculty adviser,
Miss Becky Cotton; and two
members of the Silver Spring
Ki.Wives, Kitty Spinelli and
Ruth Wolford.
Youngsters making the trip
were Dorna Beach, Margie
Pearson, Cathy Chapman, Chris
Burns, Kathy Knoll, Laura
Qualina Stephie Overbott,
Trera Wingo, Sue Wills, Sue
Anderson, Marianne Sanguin,
ETH, Carol Frank, Margaret
Hall, Martha Fellers, Chris
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-03-15
TroveI Talk

Mary Edna and Roger White
ford are in Miami Beach, Fla,
where Mr.. Whiteford is recup-
Grating after an illness.
Bill and Avis Birely have re-
turned home to Laurel Hill" at
Ashton following a vacation at
the Dorado Beach Hotel in
Puerto Rico. They also visited
old San Juan, Ell Yunque in the
heart of the Rain Forest, Ell
Comandante race track and the
University of Puerto Rico. The
Birelys flew to st. Thomas in
the Virgin Islands, too, and sail
ed to st. John where they visit.
ed the Cancel Bay Plantation.
A number of local figures in
the National Hairdressers &
Cosmetologists Association took
part in the March Hip meet
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-03-15
Coffee for
Candidates"

Democratic candidates for
Montgomery County office in.
Guiding County Council and
State Central Committee will
make appearances at a Coffee
for Candidates" on March 20
at the home of Mrs. Lloyd Cut.
Ter, 5215 Chamberlin ave-, Ken
wood. Interested women voters
are invited to attend the 10 to
IL o'clock affair sponsored by
the Woman's Suburban Demo.
cratic Clubs education commit.
tee.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-03-15
ReeUperofinq

Mrs. Sidney G.. Buterbaugh
of Silver Spring is recuperating
from major surgery performed
February 6 at the Washington
Sanitarium.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-03-15
Blair Class Of 81
Plans Class Reunion

A 18th reunion will be held
for members of the Montgom'
cry Blair High School gradual.
ing class of 1887 at a summer
date to be announced later.
Class members are being con,
tacted by a committee including
Mrs. Mary Margaret Perry
Dickson, Juniper S1024, and
Mrs. Betty Porter Witherspoon,
Emerson 5-1845. They are as.
sembling information about
classmates such as married
names, addresses, colleges at
tended, or where parents may
be contacted, in order to track.
down fellow graduates.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-03-15
Ammo Rosendorn

BetheSdanS will miss the
charming Anna Mae Rosendorn,
who left her position Friday as
secretary to j. Horace Srnithey,
manager of the Bethesda office
of Perpetual Building Associa'
ton. Mrs. Rosendorn became
associated with Perpetual in
December 1854, shortly after the
new building opened at Wiscon-
sin and Montgomery ayes.
Married to Albert Rosendorn,
an architect with the General
Service Administration, sh e
plans to devote her time to their
home at SOFA Battery Ia, Be.
thesda, and church, the First
Church of Christ Scientist,
Chevy Chase.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-03-15
UrsuIine Style Show

The Ursuline Academy Alum
nj Association will sponsor a
Spring Fashion Show Tea at 3
pm. on March IL in the audi.
torium of Ursuline Academy,
Bethesda. Styles from Jelleff
will be modelled by girls from
the academy and alumni asso-
citation. The public is welcome.
Donation will be $1.50 per per-
son
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-03-15
Rockville COP Club To Hear Candidate

Rockville Civic Center. Also ex-
pected to appear following a
Get Acquainted" coffee period,
are Frank Small, jr, guberna-
torial candidate, and Bob
Heeney, who is seeking the
nomination for States Attor-
ney.
All area Republican women
are invited to attend the pro-
gram being arranged by Mrs.
Richard De Callies.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-03-15

Walker, Amy Schnapper, Mi.
chele Sivigny, Martha Hen
bricks, Krisi Wallen and Robyn
Warren, who was an unsuccess-
full candidate for vice president.
The Blair club took first prize
for their scrapbook, a project
completed by Dana Beers.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-03-15
Children's Sale

The annual children's clothing
sale of the Montgomery County
Thrift Shop will be held March
II from $3.50 am. to 4 pm. at
1920 Wisconsin ave-, Bethesda.
The sale is sponsored by the
Montgomery County Mental
Health Association.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-03-15

Edward T. Miller, James P.
Gleason and Harry L. Simms,
candidates for the Republican
U. S. Senate nomination, head
the list of office seekers expect
ed to attend a meeting of the
Rockville Republican Women's
Club on March IS at 1890 am.
in the executive room of the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-03-15
To Hear Book Review

The Book Section of the
Women's Community Club of
Kensington will meet at the
home of Mrs. Robert E. Red
ding, 1909 Hillridge dr., on
March 10, at 1890 pm. Mrs.
Billy Horton will present the
book review.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-03-15

field can bring out a natural wave
or make straight hair easier TO
curl. II will add sparkle TO your
life.
A new hairdo. when becoming
and professionally arranged. can
bring out the best that is in you.
For q fIatterine new colt. make
arrangements now. Joyee's Stu
do Of Beauty. 224 E. Montgomery
Avenue, Rockville. Poplar 2
2434.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-03-15

When Pat Moon of Bethesda
Joined Kappa Kappa Gamma So
rority at the University of
Maryland, another Montgomery
County girl, Elaine Downs of
Hillandale, became her big
Sister" They've become an in.
creasingly impressive team.
Pat, a freshman, was chosen
Miss Maryland of 1861, after
her big Sister" won the 1860
Miss Silver Spring title and was
runner.up for Miss Maryland
that year.
Last Friday night at Indian
Spring Country Club, Elaine
Downs added to her honors by
being crowned Miss Maryland
University" during the Junior
Prom.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-03-15

toundati tor
any styling. II
must be done
with the great
est care and
skill TO create
the wanted ef-
feet. There is
an arrange
menf TO suit
you. An ex-
pert in this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-21

cYNTRY darlington Shop. Center
U@ ~AA re. $1,000 Free Parking
Funniest Picture of the Year!
ROCK HUDSON, DORIS DAY,
LOVER COME BACK"
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tellectual decisions Of the Pet
koff household is the more
singing for being always sub
dued. He dares to be off-hand
with the plays most dazzling
dialogue, to pit a crisp and tidy
mind and soft voice against the
primitivism of the Petkoffs.
1t is a performance that pro-
vides the ideal contrast for the
slapstick portrait of Major
Petkoff of j. Robert Dietz. This
is a Dietz natural, polished now
through five productions of
Arms and the Man"
A nice balance it provides,
also, for Robert Mills swag-
gering young Major Saranoff;
Carol Keefe'S coy Rama Pet
koff; Naomi Vincent's preten-
tious Nine. Petkoff, and Mary
Jane Mills assured, aggressive
maid servant, Louka. Sydney
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-21

speare's, lay at the far. far end
of his new career as a drama
fist. So, off he went, beating
his quill into a flame thrower
with which to do hilarious and
deadly battle with the absurd
ity of the species. especially in
its political posturings and in
tellectual pretenseS.
That the fruits of his vic
tories are still the best of the
alter is attested again with the
presentation of Arms and the
Man. at Olney Theater during
the next three weeks.
The production, directed by
Leo Brady and built around a
splendidly made portrait of
Capt. Bluntschil by Sam Wanna
maker, is a sheer delight. 1t
matters but little that some of
the secondary performances
slip occasionally into an over
wrought enthusiasm for Shaw's
cleverness, especially in con-
trast to the knowing key Of
Mr.. Wanamaker's playing.
That Shaw simply is a riot.
1t takes time for a Shavian
riot to achieve the style the
master intends. One perform
ance, at least, say.
War and love, to stick to the
plays own order, are the twin
themes of Arms and the Man"
Shaw's chief spokesman on
both is Mr.. Wanamaker's
Capt. Bluntschli. The captain,
a Swiss mercenary, is purely
the musical comedy character
which he became in 1.-The
Chocolate Soldier" He simply
wandered into a military career
as a less odious prospect than
joining his father in the opera
ton of a chain of hotels.
He has EN- aimed in it
through inertia and because he
has found war a mad comedy
of errors. the latest of which
has landed him in the bedroom
of the attractive daughter of
the enemy's commanding Off
Ger. Around this situation, any
other playwright would con-
struct a plot. Not Shaw. He
Uses it to set up a free-wheel-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-21

Walker is a smooth Nicola, the
butler willing to surrender
Louka as a possible bride in
favor of her as a customer of
the shop he intends to open.
4 y 4
James D. Waring has con-
tributed three superlative Sha-
Wan sets to Olney's Arms and
the Man." a balconied bedroom,
a disordered formal garden and
a Sardonic mockery of a Pet
koff family library. The pro-
duction's costumes are the work
of Vita and devastating paro-
dy they are of the decisions
Shaw sets out to demolish in
this early comedy melodrama.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-21

ing series of meetings and dis
cuSSions between characters
who represent the gamut Of
human folly.
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The detached, mocking fig
ure among these is Mr.. Wanna
makers Bluntschli. He rep
resents civilized man, rumpled,
in flight for his life, dying for
a couple of hours of peaceful
sleep, but wise, gracious and
utterly fascinating to the Bull
garian Petkoff family. These
latter are socially outstanding
barbarians utterly captivated
by the stranger who is tech
nically their prisoner.
The Petkoffs are desperately
in need of the presence of a
civilized, if beaten, enemy. At
tractive daughter Rama needs
him to show her through cool
indifference that she is a pos
turer, a liar and a gross self
deceiver. Her military father
and her philandering fiance, a
hero and a Junior Bulgarian
officer, depend entirely upon
Bluntschli to tell them what
to do about the war they have
just won from him.
Even the Petkoffs' servants,
a pretty maid anxious to mar
ry above her station and a
crafty. proud elderly butler, are
beneficiaries of BluntSchli'S
civilized bounty.
+ 4
Mr.. Wanamaker's BluntSch-
Ii is a brilliantly conceived
Shaw hero. His scorn for the
absurdity of military heroics
and for the romantic and in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-21
WHERE
AND WHEN
Current Theater Attraction
and Time Of Showing

Stage
National Theater-Dark.
Carter Barren Amphitheater
johnny Mathis, the Lime
liters; $3.50 pm.
Olney Theater - Arms and
the Man," $3.50 pm.
Shady Grove Music Fair -
"Brigadoon;" $3.50 pm.
Washington Theater Club -
Period of Adjustment" $3.50
pm.
Howard Theater - James
Brown. The Famous Flames,
Yvonne Fair, 2, 4:45, 1880 and
10 pm.
Screen
MISUNDERSTANDING Ma
RAIDERS" 1880, $3.50; $50, 7:40
and 9:45 pm.
Apex = Tomorrow Is My
Turn; l, 8. sos, 7:2O and $40
pm.
Capitol - "Reprieve";; HAS
am, LAS, 3:45, 5:45, 7:45 and
GAS pm.
DupOnt-"La Notte;;" 1, $40,
$40, 7::35 and GAS pm.
Keith's - Road to Hong
Kong" HAS am, 1:45, $3.50,
$50, 1850 and 9::55 pm.
MacArthur-"Whistle Down
the Wind" 6:15, 7:55 and $50
pm.
Metropolitan - "MerrilTs
Marvaders";; 11:45 am, las,
3:45. 5:45, 7:45 and GAS pm.
Ontario - World Of Com
edy;;" 1, 2:45, 4:30, 6:15, sos
and 9:55 pm.
Palace - "13 West Street.;
1915. 2:10, 4.05, 6, 1850 and
GAS pm.
PlayhOuse-"Advise and Con-
sent; IL, 2:30, 5, 1880, 10 pm.
Plaza-"Five Sinners" HAS
am, 1:10, ESQ, 4:35, $40, sos
and $50 pm.
Town - "Spartacus;" 1890
am, las, sos and 500 pm.
Trans-Lux - Advise and
Consent" 1880 am, 2, 4:30 z
and $50 pm.
UptOwn-"West Side Story"
$3.50 pm.
Warner-"El Cid;;" 2, Sis
and $3.50 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-21
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Films of More Than Routine Merit

BREAKFAST AT TIFFANYS"-Audrey Hepburn scintiates
in glossy and sophisticated romantic comedy
1.-THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE"-SuperiOr science
fiction about world knocked aSkeW by atomic tests.
LOVER COME BACK"-LOve and laughter among the Madi
Avenue denizens with Doris Day and Rock Hudson.
NEVER ON SUNDAY"-VOIate Melna MercoWi in lively
account Of how life is for some in Greece today.
THE ROMAN SPRING OF MRS. STONE"-Fadng actress
meets ggoO saved by Vivien Leighs excellent acting.
"STATE FAIR"-Pat Boone in cotton candy flmusical
considerably envened by Newcomer Ann-Margret.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-21
THE PASSING SHOW
War and Love Lose
In Duel With Show
By JAY CARMODY
Drama Critic Of The Star

Bernard Shaw so years from his wits end
and his own when he wrote Arms and the Man"
year 1894 and Shaw in the of aban
donng drama criticism to write plays that would make life more
bearabe for his in that eccentric craft.
also his mind that immortality, like Shake
Jessen's weekly. [volume] (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1942-1968, 1962-03-21
Boxer Rebels At
Casey's Decision

When middleweight title con-
tender Gunner Garrison collapses.
DR.. Casey rules that the boxer must
undergo a series of tests before he
fights again in ITO a Grand and
Natural Finale" on ben Casey"
Wednesday at $50 on KFAR-TV
Channel 2.
Garrison's license is suspended
when Casey files his report with the
Athletic Commission, and the boxer
is billeted in the same hospital ward
with an aged patient who has lost
his will to live, and a little girl
who feels she must comfort her suf-
fering elders.
Jessen's weekly. [volume] (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1942-1968, 1962-03-21

The driving and ruthless lust
of a young pool shark to be-
come the ito n S all-time
champion is the crux of Robert
Rossens fast-paced production
"The Hustler" opening today
at the Lacey Street Theater.
The CinemaScope film stars
Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason,
Piper Laurie, George c. Scott
and Myron Mccormick, and was
shot against the authentic back
grounds of New York's thousand
levels of life, its multiple under
worlds, its fashionable and pseudo
elegant society. the daily flow and
flux of the worlds greatest melting
pot.
East" Eddie paul NewmanD, has
arrived in the big city with his
friend and manager Charlie Burns
(Myron Mccormick after hus.
ting career in the west. eObsessed
with one aim only, to take on the
legendary Minnesota Fats (Jackie
Gleason). undisputed champion III
the field, Eddie is equipped with
cash and a cold resolve that beats
out all other Royalties.
The game is on, nerve-grind-
ing exhausting battle of skills. wits
and stamina. Eddie loses, but he has
been watched by Bert George
Scott), big-time money man who
exploits poolroom talent for per-
centages.
Jessen's weekly. [volume] (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1942-1968, 1962-03-21

She gives him shelter, nurses him
when his thumbs are brutally brok-
en- by a tough waterfront pool
room gang, and strives to steer him
away from Bert, to whom he has
sold himself in betrayal of his
old manager.
Failing to reshape Eddie, her will
to persevere is lost in the weller of
poverty and perversion that have
overwhelmed all of them, and she
takes her own life.
Regenerated
It is in this act that she accom-
plishes the regeneration of Eddie,
who, now aware of the waste of
human life for which he. has been
responsible, returns to beat Min
nesota Fats in climactic and per-
feet game, and, in a showdown with
Bert, regains his personal self
respect.
Paul Newman delivers an in
cisive and electrifying performance
as the game-crazed young shark to
whom winning is compulsion and
passion. Piper Laurie's wistful
md sensitive Sarah is as fine a
characterization as any in the cur
cent film year
Jackie Gleason is suave and sin
lister as the mountainous Minnesota
Fats. against whom no player can
match wits without coming to disas-
ter. The screenplay by Robert Ros-
sen and Sidney Carroll is based on
a novel by Walter Tevis.