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16, 1953 Joey Faye, a 'Top Banana, 9 Started at Bottom of Bunch MOVIES There are probably few work ing comedians who can speak i with as much authority on the subject of burlesque as Joey Faye, starring In the title role in the musical comedy "Top Banana," opening a week's run at the Brighton Theater, Brighton Beach, on Tuesday. The elfin Faye worked for more than a decade on the bur- ley-cue wheel as a "banana," the term for a comedian in the glossary of that industry. He is familiar with virtually every sketch and "bit," standard on otherwise, in the burlesque repertoire, and a multitude of variations as well. It was while he was a fix if ture at the Republic Theater during the Minsky era that Joey was "discovered" by a coterie of Broadway headliners, including Lou Holtz, Beatrice Lillie and Gertrude Lawrence, Joey Faye Kow top banana Who were regulars at the house's opening midnight show to watch his work. It was during bis baggy-pants days in show company of "Room Then followed "Sing Out tht News," a tour as Banjo in "The Man Who Came to Dinner," a few' short-lived Broadway vehicles, and finally, wide acclaim business that he developed his famous "Flugel Street" sketch which became one of the most popular in bumps-and-grinds 4 1 I 1 I emporiums.

Joeys preeminence In this field was recognized by Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse when they produced "Strip for as Phil Silvers' sidekick in "High Button Shoes." More recently," he cavorted during the long run at the Winter Garden in "Top Banana" and has just completed the 3-D filming of this musical hit. Having established himself as a Brighton Theater favorite Action," a play about burles que, and employed him not only for a leading role but also as Author of 'The Cruol Sea' Got Title From His Father By JAXE CORBY PARENTS, it looks like, have only themselves to blame if their children don't turn out to be literary successes, a term which now includes having their books turned into films. There's Nicholas Monsarrat, who wrote "The Cruel Sea," a book which everybody read and which is now to be seen in the picture ve'rsion released by Universal-International at the Fine Arts Theater. He got the title, and subconsciously the idea, from his famous British surgeon father, Dr. Keith Waitiegrave Monsarrat.

"When I was seven," said Nicholas Monsarrat, in his suite at the Hotel, having arrived for the opening of the film "The Cruel Sea" only 15 minutes before, from Canada, "my father gave me a small rowing dinghy, later on my first sailing boat. I've always loved boat? ever since, and I think my early experiences influ-need me when I went into the Navy after World War II broke out. I was 29 then. "It was from something my father said to me when I was a hoy that I got the title of the book I was to write later, after the war, about the Battle of -the Atlantic. My father and I were walking home after a day on the sea and I looked hack and said something about it being lovely.

my father said, 'the sea's not lovely. It's 1 always remembered his words and so I called my book 'The Cruel The title is alio in a way the theme of the book, and the film points it up by frequent close-ups of heavy seas and detailed views of trie struggles of ships and men against the ponderous water. Mr. Monsarrat is not among the writing fraternity who avoid seeing their books on the screen. He's seen the picture seven times, thinks that all involved in the J.

Arthur Rank Organisation-Michael Balcon production made a good job of it. "As far as J. Arthur Rank was concerned I was the ideal author 6,000 miles away in he said. Born in Enjland of an originally French Huguenot family that established itself for a while in Ireland, Nicholas Monsarrat wrote "The Cruel Sea" in his spare time, while he was director of the United Kingdom Information Office in South Africa. He now holds a similar position with the UK Information Office at Ottawa.

Canada. He has a law degree, but two years with a law firm convinced him that it wasn't for him. The time he refers to, which he can devote to writing, 13 very spare indeed, for his job requres making speeches, sending out news releases, conducting ladio programs, maintaining a reference library, answering endless questions and otherwise behaving like a director of information. It took him two years to write "The Cruel Sea," and he wrote it three times. "In the first draft I used a quarter of a million words." he explained.

"The second time I cut it down to 200,000 words and on the third try I got down to That's a lot of words for a man who also has a full-time office job. "It's easy enough if you set yourself a minimum goal." said the author. "It's nut necessary to write it ali at once. I write a minimum of 500 words a night. It adds up." He is writing a new book now, entirely fictional, about an Irish girl named Esther Costello.

She has an unusual problem, he said, but declined to say any more about it, because he wants it to be a surprise. Mrs. Monsarrat he married a journalist in South Africa, and they have a son ten years old reads her hus- and's writings "with a critical ee, as a woman should," hut otherwise steers clear of a book while it is in the PUSHING TOWARD CENTURY MARK "Wish You Were Here," tht colorful musical comedy or the Imperial Theater will reach th 100th performance mark on Sept. 20 when Summer resorts, around which the play's plot revolves, are shut down. In a scene from the show, above, Sammy Smith, remonstrates with short -clad Jack Cassidy while singing star Patricia Marand listens with interest.

a technical 'advisor. The son of a Mulberry few seasons back In "High barber, he was christened Jo-j Button Shoes," Joey Faye will' seph Anthony Palladino. Vale-1 be returning here Tuesday a dictorian of his class at P. S. ithe brash ex-burlesque comio I MMMMMMMIIMMHHaMMMMIMMB mWMPM 14, he finished grammar school; in "Top Banana" who, accom panied by an entourage of his "banana" cronies, zooms to two years younger than any youngster In the history of that institution and was enrolled in i television stardom.

DeWitt Clinton High School. Joey spent the better part of each day at such vaudeville houses as Loew's American E3 ca ST. JOHN TERREll'S during this period of his educa MUSIC CIRCUS I I I 'r' If I tion. But at the end of every lombtftvHIt. Ntw Jrty school term he attended review sessions and, wdth the aid of a fabulous memory, wound up Evei.

Sam, Ee. iLu Sl. Ml. WORLD PREMIERE tut. 11-13 V-Z OFFENBACH'S 1 Mil i with high marks In most of his ii a.

if i i i-' ii subjects. ORPHEUS UNDERWORLD Concurrently with his high school years Faye became a professional "amateur night" performer. For a guarantee of two dollars and whatever he could win in prize money, he turned up regularly to enter Prim: DIM 3M Mall Orferi Filltd. Phaiis LHmtortvllU CDS In N. Y.

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M51. tain in vaudeville houses in every borough of the city. He combined the best material of such reigning favorites as Frank Fay and Joe Frisco to cop prizes night after night. Just as the license depart ment was clamping down on burlesque, Joey landed the Teddy Hart role in the road 9 I IhtiiifrfiiiMifflMlriii OPEN DAILY 1 P.M. World's Most Famous 1954 SEPT.

AMUSEMENT PARK Moti. SaH. Sot. 1 1 SHOW SUNDAYS 7 fM rMtMri(Watt KmmYi AU-NCW HAVING A WONDERFUL RUN The 200th sellout performance of "Wonderful-Town," pnze-wmning musical at the Winter Garden, will be chalked up Wednesday evening. Here Edith Adams, Rosalind Russell and Henry Lascoe (left to right) are having a bit of a misunderstanding in a scene from the Robert Fryer play.

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Music of Spain Featured On Recent Disc Releases Vflhm GARDEN'S BIG MUSICAL MTl SZ NO ADVANCI IN MICH win pfn rrn A GRAND PERFORMANCE Yul Brynner, semi-barbaric King of Siam who craves Western civilization, is dressed for title role in "The King and musical saga of mid-Victorion Siam which celebrates its performance on Wednesday at the St. James Theater. By PAUL AFFELDER The music of Spain, perhaps more than that of any other country, holds a fascination for both the composer I i IiL IW A Harrrnf 4WE I Wm a way KltlfMlny a rf Book by Hy Kraft snd Music by Johnny Mtrctr sbhI TaMy Hal. 4 Slfnay SLACKMER Judltk EVELYN "THE COUNTRY SIRL' and the listener. Its many varied cokirs and easily recog making.

Nicholas Monsarrat has written several books. "The Cruel Sea." which i about convoy ships in the war, is the first one to reach the screen. He got his information about convoy duty first hand, having spent live and a half vears in command of a corvette, and later to frigates. "I started convoy duty in 1911. when we were losing five ships a day," said the author.

"All while I was going through a lot of the things that are shown on the screen, I was making up my mind that I was going to write a book alxmt it or but." The book is neither an autobiography nor a documentary, but the main characters in the story are composites of Monsarrat himself and other captains and first lieutenants he knew, and the incidents in the film are based on events he took part in. He never had to ue his imagination for the most exciting incidents are all factual reporting. "The Cruel Sea" departs from usual film custom In having a cast made up. with the exception of the corvette's commander, of actors-who a' not well known. Sir Michael Falcon, the producer, felt that audiences would find the picture more realistic if thy were not distracted by the presence of well-known and that unfamiliar faces would be mote convim a- the ship's ew.

Jack Hawkins, who has the role of commander of the Compa-s Ro-e. the corvette that stars in the film, was until recently known principally as a stage, actor in England, and has been seen very little before this on American screens. He is a natural for the part of Captain Ericson, his rough-hewn face and sturdy build suggesting the capable man of the sea, and his ability to "be" the character he is playing making him a standout in this roie. Oniy slightly important to the success of the picture is. the fine work of Donald Sintlen, as Sub-Lieutenant Lockhart, the captain's "Number One" aide.

"Still, it's the sea that is the star of the film," said Nicholas Monsarrat. "The sea is the star and the villain in this story of the Battle of the Atlantic." his keyboard performances of nizable dance rhythms make it immediately appealing nisL musjc LAST DAYS! A MICHAEL TODD'S NIGHT IN VENICE; By Johann Stramt to all. It is also among the easiest music to imitate, as has AMSRICA'S QREATIST MUSICAL! GERSHWIN HEYWARD'S P0RGY AND BESS mfll CAB CAI.I.OWAT That Is why It Is somewhat been amplv demonstrated by such composers as Rimpky-Licann JONf BKACH THEATRIC Korsakoff, Debussy, Ravel, Lalo and Chabrier. But theji hurried readings of piece's Shaw Ba ffpntitl: frtm Ti'; liuirt tftrtet to Inn Buck mi rtturn Scat 14. fO iwllon plus reunri trip IS 00.

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BR0 AO WAY. By-53. Ev OJO.CI. 7-7092 releases have been devoted to tne wnoie, it is a sausiactoryj jjle roVprs a wide va-1 music of Spain, yet most of job, though one could ask for a iety of compositional style i -w4 1 "MUSICAL pMASH!" Cottmait, Mirror cole porter's Can. can Dtrrcttnn hy ABE BURROWS A ir-Cond SAM SHUBERT.

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Mala. Sal. A Labor Day TlnilFk with Atkinson. Times MAIIRIfP F.VANS Certainly, among the most exciting of all music from Spain is Flamencan, the im-i pulsive, almost improvisationali UUterent is certainly ine(oui uie mgnesi praise iiu word to apply to an EMS disc; Urania's splendidly lifelike re-entitled "Spanish Music From! production, the Court of Ferdinand and; Et hanU on Piano Isabella." Most of this musicj 4n(W 2 PERFS. TODAY in "SOME OF THE HEARTIEST Dial for murder music of the Spanish Gypsies 1 io i 1 1 rLVMOUTH.

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II. rridiliw KONDOI.F prrit EM ASH A RICHARD skulnik wh0rf The fifth season The Comody Hit hr SYLVIA REGAN 8ta-ed hv GRSOOSy RATOFF Ttv.4! St.E.af y. CI J-42S9 Evi.lnil.Suii.l:40.INgParl.Mia.lMat.St.ASiM. NOW M.AYINO srjCIAL ENGAGEMENT Enrique Granados. Like, Montoya, himself a full-blooded i i.

uiar compositions lAlbeniz. he was a fine pianist 17 ho nrae a fino knowJ-V IN WASHINGTON. D. C. istener who did not t' vi inl' nl.

lamencan numoers lor item- its origin miffht. not piipcc that1 Home Again Aug. 21 0-- r. nctnn mtnetror. ham inH ro-i f'nr Westminster, the Cuban For some, Flamenco tends to SEATS NOW ron Arc.

4 THEREAFTER MARTHA WRIGHT, South Pocific co-star, equals Mory Martin's achievement of 900 performances as Neliie Forbush. tomorrow night at the Broadway Theater. borders came from the Iberian Pianist Echaniz. gives become boring and repetitious. 'Peninmla for they stem PrfP'fly idiomaticjhut It is doubtful if anyone will ia period when nui'ie had as verarcount Granados' Twelve! find anything tedious about Inot gained so many national8''1'-'11 nces.

music of slight this lively disc. In two of the i distinctions. stature written over a period of numbers, Montoya is assisted Nevertheless, it is both inter-' manv -Vfars- but nonetheless; by the mezzo-soprano Lydia c-ting and rewarding to an1 highly melodic! Ibarrondo, who manages to "Orliinal an4 Tlmei Yul Brynner Rodgers Hammerstein's The king and MATL ORDERS PRO.HTTLT FILLED Evai. 17.20. 00.

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Ii MUST Bi EXCHANGED AT BOX OFFICE. Mail Orders Filled the tvpe of music that Colum-I Throughout his life, the Gypsy spirit and bus and his benefactors must, dos was intrigued by the paint-still sing with refinement, sensitivity by a small, admirably trained organization known ihave enioved. It is performed: of Goya. The Spanish life Amateurs raised tin distinctive and what mustithat Goya portrayed on canvas Another guitarist, Louis Ma- as the Choral Chamber Group 'he authentic fashion hy that Granados tried to recreate in ravilla, made quite a hit withf Pamplona, under the direc "Grand A GonfT TOM EWELL The seven year itch VANESSA BROWN rAlr-OnrJ I FULTON Th.a Evt.S:40. Mafl.tlirl(TrHirl.l4.00..2O.

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,1115 iuh recoro, tion of Luis Morondo. Antiqua, directed by Saffordi It started in irmn. when and Sorrows of Anda-j in addition to its entertain-Cape. a suite of piano pieces lusia." Irnent value, this record may In more recent lime. one of 'filed "C.oescas." Then, in; His second disc, like so manyiw-en Pene as a model of per-the first and most important Iflfi, he exnandeil this sequels, is far impressive.1 formance standards to other Spanish composers to exploit -into a full fledged opera.

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43ta si. "EXCELLENT Net Torktr MY 3 ANGELS hy SAM BELLA SPEWACK WALTER SLEZAK JFROMJR CARMEN HENRY COHAN MAIHfcVfS DAN1ELL Directed by JOSE FERRER aOROSCO. w.4it. Ee $4.00. 1 00.

Mora. Sat.Alab. Dayt3 HI 40 Sfott Horn Thru Labor Dot Such works as the Farruca Broadway producer Charles from de Falla's "Three Cor- Conaway and Raymond Lelcht r.ered Hat and the Malaguena hv Lecnona Snnri a have Uken an option on Ted Its final movement, however, "The Maiden and the Nightingale," has attained well deserved popularity. It is good, live piano pieces from his Iberia'' "Fete-'ieu a Seville," "Triana," "El Puerto" and "El 7" better in their original form. Lewis' colorful biography, "Hat, Cane and Hands," which the latter's wife, Adah Lewis, were brilliantly orchestrated.therefore, to have the suite his countryman, Enrique; available in a beautifully sensi-i Fernandez Arbos.

hive interpretation by the pia- That amateurs can produce some remarkably fine musical Palitirr Prix PUyCrltlr' Clrrla Award BEST MUSICAL 1953 DRAMA CRITICS' CIRCLE A WARS rosalind russell Wonderful town Air-Cd WINTER 6AR0EN. y. 30 St. CI. 5-4074 Evai.

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13 Taa TMlra Nalli A Maaoa Laoaa present In the finot representation ofmist, Frieda Valenzi, on a well-, performances is proved in an-'has just completed. George these orchestral versions on recorded Remington disc. jothcr Westminster disc, railed! Marion Jr. will it for PICNIC 4 New Piny r)V DEVIL OF A COMEDY Robert Feyte is the Devil and Jo Sullivan plays Eurydice in St. John Terrell's production of the Jacques Offenbach-Ring Lordner musical comedy, "Orpheus in the Underworld," which will have its world premiere at the Lambertville (N.

Music Circus on Tuesday. WILLIAM INC.g aa, LOGAN Staaed stitne Tlnra. 14.00-1 00. Frl. Sat.

ifinr-piaynig records. George Disappoint A festival of norai Music, jtne Broaaway stage, wun leads the Orrhestre! American-born George Cope- Early Spanish music is inter- Harry Revel penning the mil ides Concerts Colonne in a has always been noted for preted with loving care and sical score. htjra.4 aai. Taa Inn. 1 Evi 0:30.

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