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10 BROOKLYN EAGLE, DEC. 28, 1949 tone problem Is used to solve the other, but the net effec is still one of disorganization. of two stories that belong lnl two seoarate nlavs. HOLLYWOOD Overseas Trek, When Ex Meets Ex, Columbia Finds an Out, Reagan's Safe The hard-hearted or at least hard-headed bankers Faltering Valerie Bettis Into 'Great to Be Alive' Valerie Bettis, the provocative Tiger Lily of "Inside U. S.

has been engaged for "Great to Be Alive," the musical which Vinton Freedley is producing in association with Anderson Law-ler and Russell Markert. In ad. dition to the dancing lead, Miss IBettis will also have" a speaking role in the Walter Bullock- Hi! The authors, besides being clumsy at manipulating their) the feel for the kind of special, pointed talk that is LOUIS SHEAFFER le theater, the gives full, easy kind of voice to tne piay intentions and. at the same time, moves the reasons for the current rash of Kuropeati piuductio ty by Ameican movie makers. Of course, a principle cau; is a -t e--eas production on tbe part of th studios is that theirl over there is "frozen" holding hands So are filori has to he spent huhoy.

also accounts for high -Nl, sl)at wlc iction cost abroad, for the smipst split tnem up i ai forward toward the play The talk in "How Long 'How Long Till Summer' Weakly Attacks Anti-Negro Prejudice Going by last night's arrival at the Playhouse, it is that Co-authors Sarett and Herbert Rudley have their Summer" is plain, flat, literal lalk that falters along, begins to dance with heated "The Desperate Heart." she also choreographed, the New Dance aroun at in the right place. They feel strongly and hotly about the emotion-, and tall- hj 'k tha IS, knowing they have to id -of a certain sum of dough, fling it around injustices visited on Negroes solely because they are ISegroe. to its limping tempo, with the City Center. particularly when vulnerable, Gladys and her new sp wealthy Canadian, are ing at the leash already. But even defenseless Negro children are! pace always erratic, forced from the outside by the authors; rather than developing under its own momentum.

concerned. Feeling this way, they have written a play about till fiarmn, being a Brook-lad is fond of the Knot and 'Roseanna McCoy' At Albee Friday The gripping story most famous feud ot i colorful history. Samt Under the best of circum-ances, "How Long Till Sum-er" would be an abortive ef too unhappy the it in "How bong Till hummer," their starting point being a Negro child's first terrifying encounter with prejudice. Unfortunately, since good intentions and sincerity are not enough in the theater, "How Long Till Summer" is a bad that his television show re keeps -him away from Hywood. But his wife, Mary homesick and mi-erable iy from fUmtOWn, so Bill isl AVA GARDNER and James Mason, in "East Side, West Side," now at Loew's State Theater.

fort, and in Mr. Rudley's tight, unseasoned direction it loses ground still further. There have been plays that successfully combined two different styles MADWOMAN Mortito Hunt stars in "The Madwoman of Chaillot," now in its final two weeks at the Royale Theater, opened a aging, but this is not one some strings tn trv to llent uu 1 gaui en- snow transferred" nut tertalnment. Starr: lg Farley "'I that leg be broke so Oraner and "Ho-- plav, a prosy, stumbling of them. The Impressionistic sheltered Ne- Of prejudice on i that lacks the skill to be eithe eloquent or exciting.

It doe year ago last comedy-fantasy gro child wh known 'prej tlnful dret ntZ Wll-t0ur- game, father, a rounds the tather are jarringly Ui1mj11 have lh vui(l The stork dropped him at Min- conflict it engendered On the neither does It contribute thing to its progress. combined. posedly decent citizen, a lawyer1 entire cast au'V Heiil le leady for the happy, in from time to 't't frankly, it is likely to give its Although the wno is running tor congress wimming upstream through well-wishers a rather uncom fortable time at the Playhouse, on a crusader ptattoi out (lie evening, oom Is actually in the pay of since it tries so hard to get! i corrupt wnite sc ript and direction, Josh WT.te, the celebrated ballad singer. brings effective sincerity and acketeor fellow tftfldwTli SS G9m" RiftandPatBrien-mer" stutters over it. umm2 Robbins to Direct i she grew up 10 he hailed a- he are hemg offered a Guys and Dolls Dances worlas most beautiful 52 j2 i- 00 tHe -v rctttrand Ernest H.

Mar-Charley with the Inimitable and plaver of the 7 hit sonRwriter- Kichard tin have -ign roine Bobbin, across, ana tans. Too Much Story The play, for one thinK. Kvidentl.v the Rtulles hoped intensity to his role as the to arouse some excitement from) father. Josh White playing the ironic contrapuntal play makes the mistake of trying to tne two tnemes tne tamer include too mucn story, foi- es a touching figu -kimpily bv both of them. Onelthe child running into preju ington-, Leigh Whipper.

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