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THE EVENING STAR
Washington, D. C., Thursday, Notrombor 5, 1959
A-16
> THE PASSING SHOW
Muni's 'Angry Man'
A Dramatic Figure
By JAY CARMODY
Drank Critic of The Star
Television which has found its biggest audience In the
current Congressional hearings should get another boost In
attention from the film, "The Last Angry Man,” which opened
today at the Playhouse theater.
The picture stars Paul Muni In another Irresistible haro
role, the dramatic appeal of which Is intensified by the
fact that television is the vil
lain. A most exciting villain
It Is, too, and a timely one al
though the Aim’s producer
cannot have known that the
picture's release would co
incide with television's supreme
ordeal.
“The Last Angry Man” which
should be lingering a long time
at the Playhouse, is a version
of the Inevitably popular story
of the aggressively good man.
In this case, he is the one
.played by Muni, a brilliant,
dedicated, elderly doctor who -
practices in. the New York
slums and is a veritable model
of the crochety saint.
*** • j
Mr. Muni who can make i
something of virtually nothing ’
has something substantial to J
start with in Dr. Sam Abelman. ]
'This character, extracted by j
.Gerald Green from his own |
npvel, is the true healer. Be
cause he has taken his medicine j
to the poor who need it, his 1
neighborhood reputation ex- |
tends to a point where it comes !
to the attention of a television
producer. 1
This latter, played by David i
Wayne, is a maker of true-life i
’documentaries. At the moment •
he is in dire need of a super- |
special among these, one that 1
will impress a big drug manu- 1
facturer who promises to be an 1
extravagant sponsor
As the narrative Aows, the ■
elderly doctor makes it quickly 1
clear that his charity does not <
extend to rich television net- 1
works. He prefers to live his 1
story quietly rather than have
it dramatized to advertise 1
somebody’s drugs and to keep i
a young television producer:
employed.
Mr. Wayne, however, is a i
persuasive sort, a chap who 1
hides something of the old doc- 1
tor’s own honesty beneath the i
narrow lapels of his Madison
avenue jackets. In a querulous '
way, the two get along, not to 1
the point of making the pro- 1
gram a cinch but never quite :
i
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WHERE
AND WHEN
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing
Stage
Arena Stage “Major Bar
bara”; 8:30 p.m.
Catholic University “The
Taming of the Shrew,” 8:30
p.m.
National—“A Loss of Roses;"
1:30 p.m.
Screen
Ambassador “The FBI
Story;” 1:15; 3:45, 6:20 and 9
p.m.
Capitol "Best of Every
thing”; 11 a.m., 1:05, 3:15, 5:20,
7:30 and 9:40.
Dupont “The Horse’s
Mouth;” 2:25. 5:35, 8:45 p.m.
Keiths—"Samson and Deli
lah;” 11 a.m., 2:35; 6:15 and
9:55 p.m.
MacArthur ‘The Mouse
That Roared”; 6:15, 8:05 and
9:55 p.m.
Metropolitan “The FBI
Story;” 11:30 a.m., 2, 4:35, 7:05
and 9:40 p.m.
Ontario “Pillow Talk;”
1:15, 3:20, 5:30, 7:35 and 9:45
p.m.
Palace —“Career”; 11:50 a.m.,
2, 4:10, 6:20 and 10:20 p.m.
Sneak Preview 8:30 p.m.
Payhouse—“The Last Angry
Man,” 12, 1:50, 3:50, 5:45, 7:45
and 9:40 p.m.
Plaza “The Lovers;” 11:45
a.m., 1:10, 2:45, 4:20, 6:05,
7:55 and 9:40 p.m.
Town—“ Bend of the River,”
12:45, 4:05, 7:25 and 10:45 pm.
Trans-Lux—“They Came to
Cordura;” 11 a.m., 1:05, 3:10,
1:20, 7:20 and 9:30 pm.
Uptown—“ Porgy and Bess;”
8:30 p.m.
Warner—“ The Big Fisher
nan;” 2 and 8:30 pm.
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screenplay by Oeruld Orsan, from
his nortl. adaptation hr Richard
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nlns. At tho Playhouse.
The Oast
Dr. Mam Ahslmann ... Paul Muni
Woodrow Wilson Thraahar
Anns Thraahar BstsP^almsr*
Dr. Max Vocal Lunar Adler
Mrron Malkin Joby Baksr
Alice Tatsart Joanna Moors
Sarah Ableman Nancy R. Pollock
Josh Quincy BUly Lae Williams
Mrs Quincy ... Claudia Mefifsu
Lyman Oattllni Hobart P. Simon
Ban Loomsr Dan Tobin
Nobody Homo Godfrey Csmhrldts
Lee Roy David Winters
Miss Bsnnabaa Hsian Chapman
closing the door on H m a
possibility.
Daniel Mann, who Is direct
ing “A Loss of Roses” currently
at the National, has performed
the same chore for the Play
house’s picture. He proves him
self alert to every pitfall of
sentimentality in the screen
play—with one exception. This
is its ending, a long scene of the
valiant old hero’s death. In
an otherwise less hopest pic
ture, this deathbed scene could
be much more hollow than it
proves to be in “The Last Angry
Man.”
There is a nice, generally
solid warmth in its acting to
go with the honest and search
ing direction of “The Last
Angry Man.”
Mr. Muni who can always
make a big performance out of
the smallest of men is at his
best as the wrinkled, bespec-
I faded, brush-mustached Dr.
Abelman. He makes of the lat
ter a Agure of virtue but also
one of bluster and righteous
petulance with intruders upon
his sense of duty.
Wayne, as the television
bloodhound in search of a pro
gram subject, is also an
engaging Agure, pictured as
| more the victim of vidios ag
gressiveness than as one of its
triggermen. Other useful mem
bers of the cast are Betsy .Pal
mer, as Wayne’s wife: Luther
Adler as a doctor pal who
thinks Muni is a fool to waste
his life on the poor; Joby
Baker as Muni's over-ambitious
nephew; and Billy Lee Wil
liams as the delinquent who
becomes Muni’s favorite pa
tient.
** * *
FURTHERMORE: Helen
Hayes, here a few weeks ago
to see “Cheri” by her friend
Anita Loos, will be coming
again on November 12. ... She
will be guest of honor and
speaker at a luncheon by the
District’s Tuberculosis Society
to launch its annual Christmas
Seal sale. . . . The party will
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FROM THE PHILIPPINES
Two members of the Bayanihan Philippine
Dance Company go through the intricacies of
the Singkil, named after the heavy metal
anklets the dancers wear. It is part of the
repertory the visiting dance company will
at Lisner Auditorium on Saturday,
Bovember 14, at 8:30 p.m. and Sunday,
November 15, at 2:30 p.m.
be at the Presidential Arms,
starting at 12:30.
New York gets another legit
imate theater In January. . . .
This is the refurbished Hudson
on Forty-fourth street, re
deemed from television at a
cost of $200,000.... Ted Kraus'
Critical Digest reporta that
neither Stockholm nor Lisbon
critics liked Tennessee Wil
liams' “Sweet Bird of Youth.”
. . . What, no Swedish qjr Por
tugese Geraldine Pages?
“Five Finger Exercise” will
be the first straight play pro
duction of Frederick Brisson.
... He has specialized ih legit
musicals and films up to this
point. . . . Incidentally, Pro
ducer Brisson has written a
preface to the published ver
sion of Peter Shaffer’s play.
. . . Social note: There will be
a dinner tonight at the Statler
S. HURON RESENTS
SUN., NOV. 10—3:00 PM
IN CONSTITUTION HAIL
"Ona as America'* mo*t
voluptuous voices"
BLANCHE THEBOM
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STARRING
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MARTIAL SINGHER,
Laurul Hurley, Andra Turp,
Leuit Quilico
Stefan Schnabel, Narrator
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
ARNOLD GAMSON, Cond.
CHORUS, Margaret Hillii, Dir.
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with Tommy Noonan and Pete
Marshall as guests of honor
from Hollywood. , They are
the co-stars of 20th Century-
Fox’s soon-to-be-released “The
Rookie."
William 8. Abell has been
elected chairman of the board
of the Washington Ballet Guild
for the coming year... . Other
executive choices are Gerson
Nordlinger, jr„ president; Mrs.
James Johnston, vice president;
William Rippard, treasurer....
Ronald J. Dunlavey who writes
on political and cultural affairs
for the Voice of America has
won the top prize, SI,OOO, in a
one-act playwriting contest
sponsored by the United Na
tions Association of Los An
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HOLLYWOODmW
By SHEILAH GRAHAM
Ingo Trains Even for Acting
HOLLYWOOD (NANA).
Fight champ Ingemar Johans
son made three movies in
Sweden before his fourth, “AH
the Young Men,” with Alan
Ladd in Hollywood. Which ac
counts for his show-biz know
how. “You train for a big part
like you train for a Aght,” said
Ingo, on the set . . . always
with the champ is his trainer,
A1 Silvani, who told me: “I
have worked with 17 world
champions, and I was Frank
Sinatra’s bodyguard for three
years beginning in 1944.” . . .
Ingemar Is living with th; Alan
Ladds and does his daily'work
out there. I asked him if he
knew Garbo, Ingrid Bergman,
Viveea Llndfors and Signe
Hasso, all Swedish actresses. “I
know about them,” he grinned;
“but never met them. I lived In
Ooteborg, a long way from
Stockholm.”
Johansson likes acting, and
coming up next is the role of
Anderson in Ernest Heming
way’s story, “The Killers”—the
movie version produced by the
late Mark Hellinger, made a
star of Burt Lancaster.
Jack Benny received an invi
tation to a reception for Rus
sian composer Shostakovich.
He telephoned, to accept.
“Who’s calling?" he was
asked. “Jack Benny,” said the
star comedian. “Will you please
spell it?” came back the voice
at the other end of the line.
Jack has been going around
with a dazed look ever since.
** * *
Lucille Ball and Desl Arnac
are Aiming only two showp this
year, as against a dozen last
season—the Ann Sothern show,
of which they own 50 per cent,
and Robert Stack’s “Untouch
ables” series. And their own
Westinghouse series, which has
been chopped by 50 per cent
. . . But even though Lucille
and Desi are not getting on
well, and they’ll be spending
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much time apart, I doubt that
they will ever divorce. For
many reasons, some financial.
. . . Yves Montand’s one-week
stand at the Huntington Hart
ford Theater was sold out in
advance. .. . Satirist Mort
Sahl plays Gregory Peck's
press agent—“A Thinking
Man’s P. A.”—in “The Billion
aire.”
Prediction: The Louis Malle
picture, "Las Amants” (“The
Lovers") will be the most
banned movie in history. It was
interesting to watch the faces
of the preview folks as they
left the theater here. Every
one—and I guess, me too—was
laughing in an embarrassed,
sheepish way, as though we had
done something we shouldn’t.
I just don’t see how this one
passed any censor.
** * a
When Baroness Von Braun,
mother of rocket-scientist
Wernher, was asked “aren’t you
glad to have a handsome actor
like Curt Jurgens portraying
your son?” (in “I Aim at the
Stars”) she replied, “Yes, but
I think my Wernher is hand
somer.” “She’s right,” Jurgens
admitted.
Top stars will attend Jane
Russell’s “Imperial Waifs” ball
on Saturday. With entertainer
Peggy Lee planning to wear a
$22,000 diamond tiara. Jane’s
ball last year raised $55,000 for
the orphans. In the old days
of mad splendor, were stars so
charitable-minded ?
Clint “Cheyenne” Walker
See HOLLYWOOD, Page A-17
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