Evening star. [volume], May 01, 1946, Page B-6, Image 25

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LONDON (/P).—Because he forgot
his wife's birthday a Londoner went
into business. He opened offices as
Remind Me, Ltd.—to inform pa
trons of approaching anniversaries
and birthdays.
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THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE IS
A murder mystery to challenge them
all. You simply must see the picture
even though it is guaranteed to scare
you almost out of your wits.
IETTY HYNES, TIMES-HERALO
«
The sort of melodrama that culmi
nates in a hair trigger climax that de
serves to be kept secret for the benefit
of future audiences; a “whodunnit” of
more than ordinary pleasurable strain,
on the nervous system.
NELSON S. SELL, WASHINGTON POST
A thriller that should easily reestab
lish murder as your favorite entertain
ment. “The Spiral Staircase” is a
superb piece of suspense.
JAY CARMOOY, EVENING STAR
“The Spiral Staircase” is unabashed
in Hs use pf violent thunderstorms
dimly lit sets and elaborately cryptic
c h a r a c ters to
work up a goose
pimples and cold
shivers mood.
TOM OONNILLY, WASH
INGTON DAILY NEWS
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; GEORGE BRENT
ETHEL BARRYMORE
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KENT SMITH RHONDA FLEMING
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Now It’s Success That Foils
Another Repertory Group ,
By Jay Carmody
In one way or another, fate contrives to frustrate most idealistic
projects aimed at the establishment of repertory companies in the
theater.
It is rare, however, that fate chooses success as the means of
accomplishing; its end.
That is what has happened in the case of Theater, Inc.’s
production of Pygmalion,” wltlr
Gertrude Lawrence and Raymond
Massey. When the project got un
der way late last fall, Producer Rich
ard Aldrich announced that the en
gagement, after a Boston fortnight,
would be limited to 12 weeks in New
York.
There were a great many skeptics
around Broadway who laughed their
sardonic laughs a£ the announce
ment. It was inconceivable to them
that the combination Of Bernard
Shaw and Gertrude Lawrence in the
role of Eliza Doolittle could be al
lowed to escape Broadway with so
limited an engagement. They said
as much right out in the open, but
Producer Aldrich stood his ground.
William Fields and his research
associates, however, were forced to
day to come out with the statistics
which prove the skeptics right,
Aldrich wrong.
( “Pygmalion” has already reached
a total of 144 performances, will
have attained 180 by the time it
closes in June. That exceeds the
record for the play established by
Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne
under the production auspices of the
Theater Guild.
And, after a summer's vacation
during which Mr. and Mrs. Aldrich
• she's Gertrude, of course > will oper
ate the Cape Playhouse at Dennis.
Mass., "Pygmalion” will take a long
road tour, possibly all the way to
the West Coast.
Miss Lawrence, as the star of
Theater, Inc.'s repertory company,
will not be available for a second
play until the company’s third sea
son.
No repertory company ever en
joyed a happier form of frustration.
But then, no repertory company in
the last copple of decades ever had
Gertrude Lawrence as its star.
Now that he is independent and
has no studio to fight with over
what roles he shall play, Jimmy
Cagney really is getting away from
those hard-boiled characters against
whom he revolted so long and so
hard. In his next picture, based
upon Thorne Smith’s “The Stray
Lamb,” Cagney will play an Irish
magician of 30,000 years ago. The
character is one to give Cagney
.more scope than almost any actor ^
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has had since the movies began.
That is because the magician was
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travel gave him not merely the earth
to roam, but three other planets as
well.
* * * *
Washington theatergoers contrib
uted $49,374 to the recent Cancer
Drive in the District of Columbia,
according to the figures announced
officially today by Co-chairmen John
J. Payette and Carter Barron.
* * * *
Washingtons Variety club, and
local show business will be well
represented at the club’s national
convention to be held in New York
May 15-18. Official delegates an
nounced include Chief Barker J. E.
Fontaine, John S. Allen, Sam Ga
lanty, Nathan Golden and A. E.
Bichtman.
Highlight of the national meeting
will be the annual humanitarian
award dinner at which the club will
bestow honors upon the person
deemed to have contributed most
outstandingly to human progress.
Previous award winners include
Sister Kenny. George Washington
Carver. Martha Berry, Father Flan
agan, Secretary of State Cordell
Hull, and last year. Sir Alexander
Fleming, discoverer of penicillin.
V * * *
“The Outlaw" is not the only cur
rent production whose promotion
methods are arousing concern with
in the motion picture industry. A
couple of other pictures which are
heightening blood pressures over
what they may lead to in the way
of outside restrictions are “Gilda”
and “Kitty.”
The situation is one which could
lead to quite an explosion within the
industry as well as to the one it
already is creating on the outside.
A lot of studios are pretty angry
with the methods of studios with
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presents
EVELYN DAVIS
ALLEN WAINE
and
The Dance Playhouse Group
Thursday Evening. Moy 9, 1946, 8:40 P.M.
Tickets: $2.10—$1.80—$1.20 (tax incl.)
On sale at:
Llsner Auditorium. 21 it and H St*. N.W.
Dance Playhouse. 1712 Church St. N.W.
For Beservations. call: National 50.W
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HOLLYWOOD SNEAK PREVIEW
OF ONE OF THE BIGGEST
PICTURES OF THE YEAR.
which they were getting along quite
happily at this time last season.
Thq competition has a tendency
to become cut-throat at a time when
there is a large killing to be made.
• *• * * *
Prom the looks of things today,
local moviegoers will have to be
satisfied with but two new picture
openings this week. They will be "A
Walk in the Sun,” which comes to
the Capitol tomorrow, and “The
Wife of Monte Cristo” at the Met.;
"Road to Utopia.” at the Earle, j
“Ziegfeld Pollies,” the Palace attrac
tion. and "The Spiral Staircase” at
Keith's all are good for further stays.
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2ND WEEK FOR M-6-M'S
“THE 6REEN YEARS" IS BI66ER THAN FIRST!
THIRO WEEK IS EVEN BI66ER THAN SECOND!
New York has never seen anything like it! The biggest
thing in years is M-G-M's “The Green Years”. The
record-smashing Music Hall lines stretch completely
around four city blocks. Happy throngs jam the
world's largest theatre from the moment doors open
at 7:30 A. M. until midnight. Everyone wants to see
the great motion picture that has been made from
A. J. Cronin’s romantic masterpiece! Everyone agrees:
‘“The Green Years’ is a wonderful motion picture”.
M-6-M presents A. J. Cronin's
' THE GREEN YEARS”
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Sob Hope
Oorothy Lpmour
STARTS TOMORROW
BY DAY... BOLD
/ A tcoman, danntletsly and
/ daringly romantic as
)I Dumas' dashing Count
'of Monte Cristo!
flLEX*ND«I DUMAS*
DOORS OPEN
10:30
ALSO ON SCREEN - - ' f
LEON ERROL COMEDY • “UNUSUAL OCCUPATIONS* • JASPER CARTOON
UST MY • MH COOPER IMIII lOMUll “SAIAT06A TMH"
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IN ITS STORY!
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Starring
“DANA ANDREWS
Miltsfont — •**•>
til RICHARD CONTE
°" Th* Produced and Directed by
E?7 LEWIS MILESTONE
From the Novel by HARRY BROWN
Screenplay by ROBERT ROSSEN
20* CENTURY-POX
The One and Only
PATJOONEY
RICHARD ADAIR DANCERS
featuring
LILLIAN & MART • JEAN ARDEN
DOTTIE BONCORE
in “A Clyde Beatty Fantasy”
bunin’Tpuppets
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