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what it becomes in the almost
two hours Of "Landru," whose
bedroom settings supply the
heat that eventually becomes
the smoke Of that kitch e n
chimney.
For all its cool irony toward
Landru and his clients, Cha
brol's film is bent upon having
as much fun with its hero's
relationship with the police and
courts. In its efforts to inter-
fere with Landru's business,
officialdom is as messy as Lam
dru, himself, is tidy. Chabrol is
delighted to make the most OF
this, especially in the climactic
trial scene, the high point in
the pictures mood Of macabre
jest.
That mood, incidentally, is
heightened by one of the most
cleverly insistent musical scores
washed up by Frances New
Wave of film makers.
MEMOS: ITO Kill A Mock
ing Bird" will be leaving the
Town Theater, after its long
tenancy, on June 20. The
successor item will be Billy
Wilder's latest comedy, Trina
La Douce." It's stars are
Jack Lennon and Shirley Mac
Lame. Thanks to the extern
sions Of its season by some four
weeks, Arena Stage also extends
its subscription sales for next
years program. The Is per
cent discount bargain will hold
until June 30, the closing date
Of the seven-weeks hit, Three
penny Opera" Sales are
running 10 per cent above last
years level which ended with
a 10000 subscriber list.
Six hundred delegates here
for the World Food Congress
saw How the West Was Won"
on Wednesday night as guests
Of the American Freedom from
Hunger Foundation. Many
developing countries Of Asia,
Africa, and Latin America are
in the phase Of growth with
which the picture deals in
Americas nineteenth century
-. Fides Neighborhood House
Teen Music Club will present
THE Music Man" tonight al
the settlement house, 1856
Eighth street, northwest.
Admission is free. &. Inciden-
tally. the composer-author o.
THE Music Man." MEREDITH
Wilson, will be getting an hon
orary doctorate tomorrow from
the University of Indiana.
The occasion also will mark the
first public performance OF
Indiana's new alma mater song
words and music by Mr.. Wilson
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-14

Olney Theater-"Plays from
Blocker Street: $3.50 pm.
Screen
Ambassador - "West Side
Story; lis, 4, $40 and 600
pm.
Apex - 1.-THE Four Days OF
Naples; /, S:l5. 5;45, 1885 and
GAS pm.
CapitOl-"Hud"; 1855 am,
l;55. 1855, 6. 8 and 1905 pm,
DupOnt-"Landru"; /, 500,
5:35. 1855 and 1918 pm.
Keiths - "Dr. Mo-; 1925
am, 1880. 1885, $40. 7:45 and
$3.50 pm.
Macarthur - 1.-THE Wrong
Arm Of the Law; $3.50, 8 and
9:55 pm.
MetrOpOlitan-;"The Wonder
full World Of the Brothers
Grimm; 1918 am, 1880,
l2:45, 5, 7:15 and $3.50 pm.
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finally tried and convicted
This estimate of Landru's I'M
common way Of life, and death,
they present with a cool and
contagious conviction in the
film called "Landru" at the
Dupont theater.
The acceptability Of its oddly
,shateable mirth will be less
embarrassing if the moviegoer
srelates it, as do Mile. Sagan
and Chabrol, to the contem-
,porary scale Of horrors. Their
precedent for this, let it be
remembered, was Chaplin's
.''Monsieur Verdoux" whose hero
Justified his professional prac-
.tice as something to be done
for the wife and Riddles.
"Landru." then, is purpose
fully sophisticated and jolly
and definitely not for those
who can equate Landru's coal
stove with Hitler's gas furnaces.
Mile. Sagan and Chabrol ignore
the equation. Or perhaps they
Just overlooked it.
= 3 =
In its own terms, "Landru"
is a film of eerie excellences.
These begin with Charles Dem
Tier's busy browed, bald, bright
eyed. wavy-bearded Landru, q
zAny parody Of the romantic
male. He ignores these as posi-
bic handicaps. He is indifferent.
too. to the fact that many of
his victims tower over him in
height.
sDenner's Landru simply is a
dedicated merchant of under
standing for any lonely woman
who happens to have enough
money to justify his interest in
her plight. To get an invitation
70 his country house, with that
coal stove in the kitchen, she
does not need beauty or youth,
although Landru is not unap-
preciative of these. His ladies,
mike Christopher Fry's. are for
burning after he has exchanged
his gifts for gentle dalliance for
their signatures on their saw
ings and securities.
Landru's victims, whom Mile.
Sagan and Chabrol find so
amusingly vulnerable, are at
tractive enough to have aroused
the interest of some Of Europe's
best actresses. These include
Michele Morgan. Danielle OAR
rieux, Hildegarde Neff, and
Stephane Audran, among 9TH
ers, and a less strictly business
man might have been inclined
to delay disposing of their prob
lens by disposing Of them.
He is decent enough, however
to grant them his time in pro-
portion to their ability to pay
and, sometimes, their reluctance
to surrender their amorous i'm
pulses to his financial needs
M. Chabrol takes q Pan-like
delight in visualizing some OF
Landru's more attractive af-
fairs with the explicitness
which is the trademark of
Frances New Wave.
To his knowledge, mo movie
boxoffice has ever been ad-
versely affected by this kind of
literalness. no matter how re-
petitive. Repetitive, however, is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-14
Films of More Than Routine Merit

BILLY BUDD"-Peter UstnOv in his own moving film YER
sion Of Herman MeIviles classic.
DAYS OF WINE AND ROsEs"-Lee Remick and Jack
Lennon in dramatic bout with alcoholism.
"GIAN-GeOrge Stevens pctOriay impressive film of Edna
Ferbers novel about Texas crude oil milIiOnaires
"JUABO"-Jimmy Durante, Doris Day and Martha Raye
I'm big cheerful musical for the family trade
'THE MUSIC MANI Lively musical Americana, with 76
trOmbOnes, Robert Preston and Shirley Jones.
"THE UGLY AMERICAN"-MarIOn BrandO makes dramatic
thing Of our "image abroad"
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WHERE
AND WHEN
Current Film Attractions
and Times of Showing

Stage
NatiOnal-"Take Her She's
Mine; $3.50 pm.
Arena - 1.-THE Three-penny
Opera; $3.50 pm.
Carter Barron AmphitheateE
Roger Williams: $3.50 pm.
Shady Grove Music Fair
"Showboat";; $3.50 pm.
Howard Special Teen Show;
IL noon; Vaudeville; James
Brown, Babatunde Olatunji:
4, 1880 and 1910 pm.
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THE PASSING SHOW
Londru DroII Killer
In Mile. Sogon Film
BY JAY CARMODY
Drama critic Of The star

Henri-Desire Landru Frances historic Bluebeard
dro fellow in the Of FRANCHISE Sagan New
director CLAUDIA Chabrol.
< They find it macabrely comic Of him to have made
profession of seducng, then killing unrecorded
lonely women for the deaths of only II of whom
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-14
K.B THEATERS

ApEY 4sl3 Mass. Ave. Wo. $4,000
Free Parking
-FOUR DAYS OF NAPLES" utal-
ianl At 100, 3:15, 5:25, 1886 and
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sat. Kiddie Show Tomorrow At
loo, 300 PM. THE MARK
OF ZORRO" plus Cartoons.
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"LANDRU," . Joseph =. Levine
Chabrel production. directed by Cha
brol, screenplay by FRANCHISE Sagan.
At the Dupont Theater.
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AUTOM0sILEs FOR SALE AUioMoBILEs FoR SALE Al

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AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE

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ROsenthal
PLYMOUTH s

PLYMOUTH IS
good WV. tires. Car In excel.
cond. Must sell. s27-3sS4.
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/ AuIoMoBILEs FoR SALE

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/ OLDSM0BulES At BAYSEK OLDS,
Silver Spring Nd $4,000.
0LDs 80 A-dooF sedan ~ss," excel
lent condition. Power 81. and
brakes. electric eye original owner,
$50. q. 4s3t9. Ewes, u. 1-e7As.
0LDS 81 HOLIDAY
Super O.. fully equip. BY OWNER.
Looks and runs Ike new. Code 10
A3I-33zz 70 9 an and after pm.
OLDS. 81 'Fs5" sedan, black,
auto trans very clean. special
Capitol Cadillac Olds Co.
1880 22nd ST. NV. Pc. $4,000
OLDS 80 "se," fun power, elect
eye windows, seats. Al cond. Must
SCI, SszS OF best offer. Sss-lSo5 AFT.
OLDS. 1b3 "es" cow, white,
blue trim, power steering,
brakes. special S2.995.
Capitol Cadillac OldS Co.
1850 22nd ST. NV. Pc. $4,000
OLDSMOBILE ~ Super "ss," one Of
the cleanest, includes power steer
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finish, yours for Sl,7lS. BUD
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Notices

ATTRACTIVE TEEN-AGERs with model
POTENTIAL. Cal North 1871. CAPPA
CHILL MODELS.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. band WITH
yrs. exp. me best IN music for every
oeeasinn. PAUL KAY. 10. e-7663
The AVENGERS for that exciting
sound IN music. Reasonable rates.
JIM. HE. 4-4436.
The CHORDoNEs-Best IN Rock m
Roll, music for all occasions. re.
The MARTLANDERs-Music for an
occasions: hootenanny, dance and
7. m 2. band. KEN. HE. 4-4lO6.
TIE EMBERs. the band that eateFI to
oeeAsions. BOB NERI. 67i-642e.
The EXOTICs. 6-piece rock-and-Foll
band, music for the young and young
IN heart. Call EDDTE. WI. 6-43i3 or
JACK. 10. 5-27O3.
TIE PROPHETs-Experie COLLEGE
students who guarantee music for
al occasions. BILL BARRICK. ia.
9-o13l.
THE RUNABoUTs = Music for any
occasion at q reasonable pFice NIKE
We. 5-550s. CHUCK, WE. 5-4959,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-11
Life on the Campus
By LALlNDA LoMoTTE
Star Special Writer

DOrmiory living is quite experience with ups and
downs like roller coaster
1t is fun but it also teaches invaluabe-and sometimes
panfu-essons in sediscpne and how to get along with
other people.
There is always buzz of excitement around DORM
After the first mixer the telephone rings constantly Sreks
The writer Is a I7-year-old Washington-Lee High
School graduate Oho Is freshman at Ohio University
Of delight echo through the Railways when that first college
date is made.
Then there are the gabests which sometimes last late
into the night Individual thoughts hopes and troubles are
poured out and this sharing Of condolences help create
common bond For instance you discover that Others tOO
are having moments Of doubt stage fright and pure home
sickness during their first weeks Of college life.
Blending Process
Many little things involved in this initial blending
process, such the weekly laundry party at my dorm
when group gets together to do their wash at nearby
laundromat.
Planned events keep dorm occupants busy too Teas
and mixers held periodically And much time spent on
such projects planning and building homecoming float
But there are problems and responsibilities as well as
fun In this dormtory life.
In the first place, you have more roommates.
Their tastes and interests may be very different from yours
but since you are going be living closely together there
must be some give and take.
Dual Decisions
It's good idea, 1 have found for roommates to make
some decisions together soon as possible
Probably the most important item to settle is what type
OF study atmosphere you want to maintain Most dorms have
quiet hours, but these don't take of what goes behind
the closed door Of each room.
Many students my floor have specified periods in
which no Oisenot takng-iS allowed in their room.
Before and after that period anyone who wants to study
60 to the library if he still wants quiet atmosphere
To discourage outsiders from dropping in to chat during
rooms quiet hours occupants display on their doors
such signs as Keep out-were studying"
Neither Borrower :. :"
Roommates must also settle the question Of whether to
borrow One Of the deans at school advised that way
to avoid misunderstanding and maybe some friction is to
heed Shakespeares advise of neither a borrower
lender be-"
People may forget to return things or may stretch them
out OF shape damage them &c. unless you want lend
out your new formal and take chance, you'd better think
twice about asking to borrow somebody's bulky knit sweater
All In all, successful living in dormitory simply re-
qres the exercise Of consideration TACT common sense
and fair play And those traits might prove useful down
through the years.
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Miscellaneous
For Sale

Observation-Disclosures
AUTO sIE ! RaRTs64s cse. snd IS Pont,
%. 1890 FG ord, auto trans traa.. IS Pont
SO Ford smlttys, '57 Ford radio. 40
Glass and skirts. I57 Chevy 2 bris.,
R Rsa0l9 ey ind Can sn L Em' s$ 80 sl'6 Or
BUCKET SEATS, roll and pleat, black
eng white. $50 or best offer. Gail
BUICK ENG. fun race cam, solids. two
iour manifold and CARDS. 80 Ford
hsS pa aRS aS SGSaeF and n cars clutch fdr
Can PRESTON, 50. s-s3si.
CARBUREToRs = Carter 2-barrel S.
and f9ur-hsIrel $40, Excellent eondi-
CHEvRQLET $50 eonv. "34s." 4 race.
n n9es shift 4.6o. New TOD. tires. OR.
CHEV. cow. 8 2s, 80, Isky cam, Jahns
pistons. Hurst shift, new clutch,
offer. suNKY. AR. 1850. VI O'''
CHEVY. trans. '63. pressure plate
clutch. bell housing. WIN trade for
1913 automatic. 522-O737.
CHEy. 55 Bel Air 2-dr. sedan. ,e3
Cd, 456 positrae rear. All rolled
and pleated, Heads comp. revoked,
three pa. 5000 or best offer. 1885,
CHEvY 80 Cdr. sedan, 400 h.p.. A.
M sPa t aftes sSi -s snh h. GOOD eond'
cHEy: '64 PARTS. Ecod motor. trans,
and rear end. Ewes. Ev, 1854.
CONVERT YOUR 1890 Plymouth or
Dodge standard. Rebuilt trans. kit
for complete changeover. Sell all or
parts. ~. s-6aa5. Sunday only.
CORVETTE $50 cow, 3-speed, white.
excel eond. $3.50 or make offer.
CORVETTE, 1854. beautifully restored.
Excellent condition. Many new items
$1,000. 10. 7-3361.
wire wheels wLhub caps. Sell or .ex:
covers. Best offer. HE. 9-0s4s ewes.
DODGE '39 coupe. Body and chrome
good. intact. Good trans, inside rough.
DODGE 700, stick shift, vhite-wall
tires. radio, heater. custom upholstery,
VS.. Best offer. PSI -37aS. After 3
pm.
ENGINE, '5s Interceptor, 352 Gu. In.
full Isky cam and lifters. complete
with straight stick setup Flywheel.
bell housing, clutch. Recently rebuilt.
VIII demonstrate. $500 firm. 1885,
36Ss after 9 pm.
with q completely rebuilt 2e2-cu.- In.
Ford engine; $3.50. CALL JACK,
VIII. 2-5040 after 8 pm.
FORD '54 Vie, full race flathead, 2
StromberE a7s Hurst. needs work,
5000 or best offer. Call BOB. WE.
l-l074.
FORD ENGINE. 400. complete. bored.
clutch. Call KE. 6-5936.
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TOP TUNES
Mary Wells Softens Her Style

whats Easy for Two" is the
biggest seller. you've Lost
the Sweetest Boy" is the big
gest hit for Mary across the
country.
Both songs, while basically
the same in the point of their
stories, are a whisper of
things to come In Mary's style
and performance. Most of the
hard sound she produced in
her shouting days is gone and
she is becoming quieter,
smoother and more self-aS-
Sured.
Motown has changed the
sound Of Mary's records, CIV
ing them a different beat and
tempo. The cha-cha sound of
her earlier records has been
replaced by an up-tempo
rhythm that is less frantic
than some Of her first efforts.
The songs were turned out
by Motown'S most productive
song writers, the team of La
mont Dozier and Brian Hol-
land, and Smokey Robinson.
Dozier and Holland turn out
about 20 per cent Of Motown's
releases. Smokey Robinson,
leader singer in the Miracles,
is another Of the company's
big writers.
Mary's friends in and out of
the business say she hasn't
changed much from the unso-
phiSticated girl from a poor
family who began to find sue
cess in a relatively short
time. She Is more SophlStlcat-
ed, they say, and more con-
Scious Of her physical ap-
pearance, but her main inter-
ests are still singing and per-
forming.
AS Mary has grown up in
the business, her act is grow
ing too. She is beginning to
play in more and more night
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s. Teen to Teen q
SyEeS Us 1s.e.Ad. 70 sroe Ten add SCI ss9Ss
Help Wanted

APPRENTICE HARDWARE TRAINEE-
high School student Must be per-
maEently located In the Washinston
area and interested IN training for
retail sales. Work after school hrs.
and on sat. On graduation from
school, permanent employment will Be
avail Apply in person ONLY to Mr..
CUNT. W. g. jerks a SONS. 723
9TH 50. NV.
N. VA. BOYS, earn 81 .25 hr- in mart
time sales work. il 2-l035 After 4
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A TALENTED teen TELLS THEM WHAT TO DO

17-year-old strawberry blond from Wash
ingtOn-Lee has been instrumental in getting
the show on the road" for the American Light
Opera Co. Jane Quinn, 5-foot-2 high school
senior, in a quiet, firm, decisive manner that
comes from being sure of herself, staged the
dance steps and directed the dancing and chorus
movements for the current production of "Carou-
seP at Trinity Theater, Thirty-sixth and o
streets NV. Most of those in the show are much
older than Jane, but she gained respect and held
it. at worried me at first" she says, "but
gave the dancers very difficult addition to
show who was boss" Jane also showed them that
she is topnotch in the dance field At Is, she was
SoloiSt with the Philadelphia Civic Ballet Co.
She danced in Catholic UniverSity'S Jubilee"
and ALOC's "Pajama Game" during the sum-
mer. She'll be doing the choreography for st.
Johns bye Bye Birdie" next month.-Star Staff
Photos by Tom Hoy.
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clubs and her act is ranging
away from her biggest hits to
include standards, ballads and
occasionally a little jazz.
She still appears most fire.
quently in theaters across the
country, but her one-night-
stands have heightened into
two-week engagements. She is
still aiming her material at
the same audience that
brought her so much sue
cess - teen-agers - although
she is beginning to test some
of her more "adult" songs on
her teen-age theater au-
audiences.
Mary's next album was re-
corded in that area which is
the moment of truth for lesser
echo-chamber born, tape-re-
corder bred talentS-the live
performance. The album was
recorded during a recent ap-
pearance at the Apollo Thea
ter in New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-11
BY JAMES LEE
Star Special Writer

Mary Wells has made it big
again in the Washington area
with not one, not two, but
three (count 'em) records on
the Motown label.
The big record for the 10
year-old singer is "What's
Easy for Two" The hits flip
side, you've Lost the Sweet
est Boy" is following close
b e him d with "Tell Me the
Truth" coming up as a future
hit.
Washington is one Of the few
cities in the country where
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Jobs Wanted

lllilillllllllllllIlllIIIIlIlIIIIIlIIEIIIIHHIHII
VOCALIST, experienced IN groups and
eombos. looking for work IN local
eombo. Call @. K. SULLIVAN. 337-
1854.
VOCALIST, experience with vocal
groups and CONDOS. Interested In find
Ing Work with local combo. 337-e654
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syT. W. nRANA

VOU CAN'T ignore the Washington Monu-
ment. Its 555 feet dominates Washington's
skyline and 1t seems to say, Look, here am"
The simple, towering Obelisk is unquestion-
ably the city's most magnificent monument. It
has drawing power on visitors, as il, like the
oracle at Delphi it had something to tell.
The monument has its moods. too When
Maj. Gherman TitOv went to the monument a
year ago to see the sights, a thick fog suddenly
surrounded the top. Peering from the north
window, his guide, Col John Glenn, remarked
sadly, Normally, you can see the White House
from here"
Last year, close to two million people.
luckier than the Soviet cosmonaut, rode-or
walked-tO the top, saw all there is to be seen,
and came down with new feeling about
Washington. The monuments elevator can
bring A people to the top every five minutes
and the waiting line in front sometimes wraps
twice around the monument, discouraging
many visitors from making the ascent.
Most of the monuments visitors are seeing
it for the first time. A few people are steadies
though. One man, Gustav A. Hergert, ~, has
climbed the 808 steps almost daily for the past
four years. He says it keeps him in shape.
The number of people walking up the
monument seems to increase ali the time.
Fifteen years ago, fewer than 10 per cent of
the visitors walked up. Last year the figure was
81 per cent The Department of Interior guides
say the long waiting lines are responsible for
all the walking rather than any new interest
in climbing steps. The climbers save the 10
cent elevator fee but can still ride down on the
elevator free.
Interior doesn't keep any official records
on it, but walking up the stairs takes about 20
minutes, running as little as seven to eight
minutes. Every now and then the guides have
to stop the elevator on landing to rescue an
exhausted climber. The most enthusiastic
climbers are the visiting high school students,
who at this time Of year are apt to appear at
the monument, 20 busIOads strong. without
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surprised and tied up in his shack The Know.
Nothings we're blamed Today the papal stone,
which once stood in the Temple of Concord in
Rome, probably is somewhere on the bottom of
the Potomac
The KnowNOthings later stole the societys
records, called a special meeting at the old
City Hall and elected a new slate of officers to
the society For four years. until the Know
Nothings gave back the records, a lot of people
couldn't be sure which was the real Washing
ton National Monument Society and which the
pretender. In the confusion, Congress tabled
the monument appropriation bill
In 1876, Congress finally voted 100000 to
get the monument started again The Army
Corps Of Engineers took over and redesigned