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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-17

magazine Brigitte Bardot's
latest, "A Very Private Affair,
which has pointedly autobio-
graphical sound, will be screen
ed today for critics. 1t will
open tomorrow at the Palace
theater.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-17

amusing at the same time, and
in his favorite theme, the
American family. O'Neill wasn't
amused very often, even sar-
donically. He was a man OF
sorrows that humans made so
little Of the experience of liv-
ing. He lacked Albee's gift OF
irresistible and malicious bad
image, even when he was young
and q long distance removed
from the compassion Of Long
DAYS Journey Into Night"
The difference, in its SIM
plest terms, would seem to be
that what made O'Neill sad
makes Albee mad. in the sense
Of angry. Another difference
based upon Broadway's over
the-week end reception Of his
play, would appear to be that
where O'Neill was a moving
playwright, Albee is more accu-
rately rated an exciting one.
There have not been many
of this type-exciting-lately
and should Albee go on to be
nothing more, this is enough.
At least for the time being.
ANOTHER RESEMBLANCE:
It could turn out that the per-
sonal resemblance between
Albee and O'Neill is more pro-
nounced than the professional
one. This, at least. until fur
Their evidence is In.
Albee is a solitary, more art
fully than aggressively. So was
ONeill after his early, intense
experience in the company Of
men, mostly men Of the sea
and the seaport saloons. His
final years were spent in almost
complete secluSion, partially
due to his illness (Parkinson's
diseased, partially by choice.
ONeill had had gregariousness.
Albee hasn't. particularly, He
doesn't want it.
He lives part-time In Green
wich Village, close to the scene
of his early impact on critics
and off-Broadway audiences.
He writes in a remote nook on
Fire Island. He Is not anti-so-
cial: more merely mon" He is
not at all interested in pub
licity, which has been helpful
in getting him a great deal
Of 1t.
He travels occasionally, as on
his visit to Washington last fall
TO see his American Dream"
presented at Arena Stage. He
held no press conferences, as
so many visiting playwrights
do. He made a one-night ap'
pearance at the Library o
Congress to serve as q PANELS
with Arthur Kopit and Jacl
Richardson in q discussion o
avant garde playwrights.
TT was not mentioned the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-17
Films of More Than Routine Merit

"ADVISE AND CONSENT"-Behind the political scenes In
Washington as seen by Otto Preminger's camera.
CIDSOphia Loren and Charlton HestOn In large ana
handsomely photographed adventure drama
"JUDGNENT AT NUREMBERG"-Nazi war criminals 60 on
trial in dramatic courtroom film by Stanley Kramer
"III ABNER"-Peter Palmer, Subby Kaye and scads OF
pretty girls in a free wheeling movie musical
"THAT TOUCH OF MINK Sophisticated comedy, the fun
nier for deft playing by Cary Grant and Doris Day
VALIANT"-JOhn Mills fights to save Dattleshp In
a first-rate World War ii suspense drama
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-17
THE PASSING SHOW
Success No Menace
To the AIbee Type
BY JAY CARMODY
Drama Critic Of The Star

going to get its chance to spoil Eowaro ATs
He has had it-sccess- the reception OF his Wnos
Afraid Of Virginia woo" Broadway more even tnan ne
had it Broadway with his first two plays Aoo ooy
and 1.-THE American Dream The more ecStatc OF the O4-yea
old Albee's admirers limiting Of announcer y NELL -.
This lnkape detected in the Albee syle, SaVaee eu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-17

MEMOS: Latest recruit from
the theater to the top staff
of Brandeis university, Walt
ham, Mass, is Dore Schary. .
The producer, author, dram
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-25
THE PASSING SHOW
Films, Maybe, Should Speak
Strictly for Themselves

theless, he has exposed 1t to
an almost impossible chal-
lenge in the latest "Mutiny
on the Bounty"
The challenge is to deny the
film a hero, to reduce Mr..
Christian to the size of a
naughty. above the battle
fop. Yet. If only to prove the
superiority of his class or
type over the villainous Capt.
Bligh, he does lead the mu-
tiny and take over the
Bounty.
Sick, Sick, Sick
So far, so good, as Bran
dos concept of the character
goes. 1t is what happens aft
erward that makes it seem
less good.
What happens afterward, of
course, Is that Brando's
Fletcher Christian becomes
sick, sick, sick with guilt.
This is not the result of
dirtying his foppish hands
with the deposition of Capt.
Bligh but because he has be-
come an outlaw of the So
ciety at whose moral top he
stood.
In the eyes of the movie
goer. he is less the right
eouS, decent. just man than
the Self-pitying one who,
quite possibly, never had the
right temperament to lead a
mutiny. .
Perhaps with less Of SEN
sational publicity in advance
of the actual films, this i'm
preston of him might have
been less vivid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-25
Tall Girls for the Tall Men

And Julie Newman can see
practically eye to eye with
co-star Kirk Douglas in
Three on a Match" Julie,
with heels, is well over 6
feet.
Paula Prentiss, brightest of
MGM's younger crop, is s.
foot-9.
Wayne's leading lady in
"Donavan's Reef" is Eliza
beth Allen, So. Frank ST.
natra's co-star in Come
Blow Your Horn" is Phyllis
MCGUIRE of the singing sis
tiers. At So, she also sees
eye-to-eye with the thin
singer.
Elsa Martinelli is ST., so
are Sophia Loren and Shirley
MacLaine.
Thus the big girls have
broken the height barrier.
Miss Talbot, while admit
ting the First Lady trend,
gives most of the credit to
Miss MacLaine.
II couldn't get arrested In
this town until Shirley made
it." says Nita. 81 used
to stand in trenches in
scenes with short actors.
Then Shirley started getting
Oscar nominations and I got
out of the trenches.
Il used to cuSs my height
When I was IL years old, I
was already being turned
down for child modelling Jobs
because I was too tall.
Finally I won a dramatic
scholarship at the Irvine
School of the Theater. 1t
was established by Anne Bax-
ter, one of Hollywood's short
er actresses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-25
SECRET JOKES
Billy Wilder Films Trina
rom WeII-Guarded Script

Wilder and Diamond, who
delight in finding humor in
unlikely subjects, welcomed
the chance to kick around for
laughs the worlds Oldest pro-
fession. They have kidded
everything from the sex life
of the organization man to
divided Berlin in their last
three box office hits: Some
Like 1t Hot" THE Apart
ment" and "One, Two,
Three"
Besides there is no shock
value in prostitution" Dia-
mond said, especially after
themes of cannibalism, homo
sexuality and lesbianism in
recent movies"
Wilder, who directs the pic
ture, said, Trina La Douce
is just a return to the movies
of old fashioned SEX" Wilder,
who once raised eyebrows
when he picked alcoholism
for a subject in THE Lost
Weekend" added:
I'VE portray Shirley and
Lennon realistically. We
show Shirley accepting
money and dressing and un-
dressing in a hotel room. We
show what kind of people
they are and how they got
into their present situation"
To get an authentic touch,
Wilder advised Shirley to
take a first hand look at
street walkers in Paris sleazy
red light district in the Les
Halles market place. Shirley,
no shrinking violet, did more
than that. Diamond tells it
this way:
Shirley amazed us all by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-25
SCREEN

AMBASSADOR-"Girls, Girls Girls; Join Evis as he
renders IA new songs; 1:25, $3.50, $780, $780, s:4O pm
APEx-"Dvorce- Italian Style; bawdy farce starring
Marcello Mastroann Of La Dolce Vita; 20 $780,
535, 1885 and $40 pm.
CAPITOL-"Per1od of Adjustment; artificial comedy
about marriage from, Tennessee Williams play; l:4O
3:45, $50. 7:50 and 955 pm
DUPONT-"Phaedra"; Melina Mercoun scars to grand,
doomed passion l, $40. $40, TAO and 955 pm.
KETTHS-"The Manchurian Candidate; a Korean vet
finds he's been brainwashed; 1910, ESQ, sos. 1880
and $50 pm.
MacARTHUR-"Rebel With Cause; another angry
young man entry from England 120. 1925, $50, 735
and $40 pm.
METRoPoLrTAN-"G Girls Girls; 1:15 $780, $780,
7:35 and GAS pm.
ONTARIO-"The Longest Day.; of the greatest
pictures, the D-Day story and pm.
PALACE-"H Man Answers: romantic comedy with
Sandra Dee Bobby DARN; las, 3:45. 5:45 7:45 and
9:45 pm
PLAYHOUSE THE Island" brilliant japanese venture
into realism; l:15, 315. Sis, tbs and 9:1O pm.
PLAzA-"Palace of Shame; French murder mystery:
1920 8, 4:40 $3.50, 8:15 and 10 pm.
TOWN-"Requiem for Heavyweight; Rod Servings prize
TV play comes to the screen; 115, T. g. and 10 pm.
TRANSLUX-"The War Lover; with the Bits and their
crews in England and Germany; 1880, $780, $780,
1880 and 925 pm.
UPTOWN-"The Wonderful World of the Brothers
Grimm" fiction and fairy tales Cnerama- size; 2 and
$3.50 pm.
WARNER-"Mutiny on the Bounty" classic has turned
into spectacular; and pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-25
BY JAMES BACON
Associated Press Staff Writer

HOLLYWOOD.-Movie &C
tresses are bigger than ever.
Some studios call it the
Jackie Kennedy influence,
but whatever the reason John
Wayne no longer has to
stoop to kiss the leading lady.
In Who's Got the Action2"
Nita Talbot, 5-foot-9, towers
over her co-star Lana Turner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-25
BY PATRICK McNULTY
Associated Press Writer

PARIS.-Middle-aged bust
nessman to pretty Partisan
streetwalker: How did a
sweet young thing like you
ever get into this business?"
Lady: II don't know. Just
lucky, / guess"
Billy Wilder, his cherubic
face as straight as possible.
testifies that this ancient
joke is not among the gags
of his latest comedy romp."
Trina La Douce."
1--WE like to keep our jokes
new as long as possible" said
Wilder on the Paris set of
Trina"
Even the old ones" sec
onded l. A. L. Diamond,
Wilder's writing partner.
During the Paris shooting,
a ht-fisted script girl kept
the script away from spying
eyes. At night the script was
locked in Wilder's office.
The Title Remains
Shirley MacLaine plays the
tart with the golden heart
in the Wilder-Diamond ver-
sion of the Paris and Broad
way musical. Jack Lennon
has the dual role of Shirley's
business manager and her
best paying customer.
But any resemblance to the
stage version is purely COIN
cidental. Wilder and his part
ner in laughs did to the mu-
steals book what Sonny Lis
ton did to Floyd Patterson.
About the only thing intact,
they admit. is the title.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-25
HOLLYWOOD
Terence StomPWoited,
Now Offers Pour In

Woolf, than for any other
reason. I do know that when
Hal Wallis offered him a Sec
ondary role in Beckett" Ter
ence told me he would refuse
it, adding, 81 am going to
wait until Billy Budd' is re-
leased" A very wise deci-
sion. Every producer, it
seems. is now offering Ter
ence leading roles.
Voice Improved
II want to perfect my
voice." he told me. He was
born in Stepney, London, and
I have read that he has a
cockney voice. But he must
have been working on it, be-
cause it didn't seem too
cockneyese to me. II want
to do some of the classics in
the theater," he continued.
I'm not mad about movies"
NonethelesS. he is now CO.
starring with Laurence Har-
vey in another picture in
Spain.
That's where we made
most of Billy Budd.' I'd
never been outside of Eng
land until then" When Ter
ence signed for the movie, he
also signed a contract with
Associated British Films that
will bring him 100000 dur
ing the next four years. Be-
fore this, the young actor
had earned a maximum $50
a week for exactly four weeks.
Nerve Racking Wait
MY family had come to
the point where they were
suggesting that give up act
ing and try for a steady job
in a factory" Terence smiled.
II had a nerve-racking three
months of waiting after I
made the test, and I didn't
tell my family that I had
signed the contract. I waited
for them to read about it
in the papers. You should
have seen my mothers face
when she read the story"
The first result of the pub
See GRAHAM, Page F-4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-25
BROADWAY
Virginio's Joseph Gotten Talks
About Stars He Has Known

sound. / didn't call her Kate
I always called her Kath-
arine."
Ingrid Bergman Gotten
was the detective in Gas
light" who saved her from
the merciless persecution of
her husband. played by
Charles Boyer - She has
extraordinary talent and a
luminous quality. She has
lived a lot of life"
Orson Welles (who directed
Gotten in Citizen Kane" and
other pictures) = "Orson is
the best director in the world.
He is unerringly perceptive
about what an actor can and
can't do"
Margaret SULLIVAN, an
other Virginian. born in Nor
folk Che starred with her on
Broadway in "Sabrina Fair"
in 1953)-"She had a rare
and wonderful talent. I've
always thought her death
four years ago was &C
cidental. She wouldn't have
done that deliberately"
Marlene Dietrich - 81 was
in a magic show with her.
I was locked up in a trunk
with her as part of the act.
1t wasn't a bad experience"
Bette Davis-"One of the
best actresses in America"
Patricia Medina, who be-
came Mrs. Joseph Gotten less
than two years ago and who
is appearing with him in Cal
culated Risk"-"Patricia is a
darling girl. We don't con-
slider ourselves an acting
couple, but this play jus t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-25
BROADWAY
By WARD MOREHOUSE
North American Newspaper Alliance

North American Newspaper Alliance
NEW YORK.-Only a few
Of the top actors of stage
and screen were born in the
Commonwealth of Virginia.
Joseph Gotten, tall and per-
sonable and stage-wise, is
one of them. His home town
is Petersburg, historic scene
of gunfire and bloodshed,
tensions and confusions dur
ing the Civi War.
Joe has returned to Broad
way, after a four year
absence, as the star of the
Joseph Hayes suspense dra-
ma, Calculated Risk" at the
Ambassador Theater. His
career has flourished in
Hollywood. but it began in
New York, where in COLA
boration with OrSon WelleS
and Agnes Moorehead, he
was a founder of the cele-
brated Mercury Theater.
Sure Instinct
A relaxed and charming
caller at my apartment, he
talked of some of the people
with whom he has appeared
in plays and motion pictures.
He offered a brief, thumbnail
analysis of some of them.
Katharine Hepburn Che
starred with her in at h e
Philadelphia Story" a re-
sounding hit by Philip Bar
ry) - 81 respected her and
adored her. She's one Of
those actresses with a sure
instinct for theater, and as
a human being her principles
and values are completely
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-25
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM

North American Newspaper Alliance
HOLLYWOOD.-If you go
to the theater in New York
where they are showing
Billy Budd" you will see a
line outside that extends
around the block. The picture
was praised by all seven ma
jor New York newspaper re-
viewers. And of all the ac-
tors in the picture - Peter
Ustinov, Robert Ryan, Mel
vyn Douglas among them
the a actor they praised the
most was 23-year-old Ter
ence Stamp, who not only
looks like an angel, but in
the role of the young sailor
who can think no evil, acts
like one. He had never ap-
peared in a picture before this
one.
Terence had to bleach his
hair blond for the role. "I
sneaked home when my IA
ther "a Thames bargemam
was out. My mother burst
into tears when she saw my
blond hair. 1t wasn't easy
to get the part. The studio
wanted a name. someone like
Tony Perkins, Warren Beatty
or Dean Stockwell." But Us
tinov insisted on Terence.
Barrymore Cousin
Then they wanted to
change my name. They didn't
thirk that Terence was vir-
lie enough. But I wouldn't
change it. You know my IA
ther Is one of the Irish
Drews. He's a cousin of John
Barrymore'S and looks like
him. Leslie Howard and John
Barrymore we're my idols.
And I'd like to be like Barry
more" He means the father,
not the son.
Because Terence realized
the picture could make him
a big star. he refused all
roles except a small part in
Term of Trial" with Sir
Laurence Olivier. And / be-
lieve he did this more for his
good friend, producer Jimmy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-25

since Howard is speaking
such unconditional English as
Capt. Bligh.
The spectator should not
be tempted to squander his
interest in a classic film sub
ject on such trivia. But he
does. His ears tell him this
speech style was a mistake
on Brando's part.
The whole Brando concept
Of 1t. Fletcher Christian
comes into question. the more
especially in view of the long,
fervently publicized con-
troversy between him and his
producers and directors.
One need not have read
the Nordoff Hall Bounty
trilogy nor seen the original
1885 film with Charles
Laughton and Clark Gable to
have absorbed an impression
of Christian as a rugged
idealist. 1t can only come as
a surprise, then, to find
Brando playing him as a
fop and a northumberland
Snob.
He Has Faith
This is not a basically I'M
sound notion of Christian.
But the actor who assumes
1t commits himself to an
overwhelming performance If
he is to prove that such a
type is to be reasonably ac-
ceptable as a leader of a
mutiny. Brando has reason
to have faith in himself as
an actor possessed of such
power. He has never lost the
promise of greatness. Never
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-25

spending the better part Of
two days interviewing a pros
titute. She found the girl in q
hotel that employs 40 girls
for its dozen rooms.
Shirley studied the way
streetwalkers walk and talk
and the questions she asked
I'm still blushing."
Wilder brought the cast to
Paris for exterior shots but
the bulk of the movie will
be made in a Hollywood
studio.
Let's face It," Diamond
said, making a film is a lot
easier in the United States
unless you need the whole
Spanish army"
II Is a Gamble
Wilder said he doesn't
think the picture will stir up
a public storm. But he admits
its a bit of a gamble.
When I did The Lost
Weekend it was a gamble
to find out how the public
would react to an alcoholic
played seriously. Up to then
movie DRINKS were only the
subject Of low, slapstick
humor or pity.
I'VE didn't know where we
stood until it was shown.
Now a comedy is even more
Of a gamble. Laughter is @
fragile commodity. We won't
know until we get the box
office receipts. But we
wouldn't be spending SIS
million on this picture II
we didn't have high hopes Of
success.