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BROOKLYN EAGLE, TWUR FEB. 28, 1952 10 Brooklyn Fox Presents Two First-Run Pictures Brief Rapture' At the Holiday The blazing fury of "Retreat, at the Brooklyn Ft Theater, is offset by a family gtory, "Clos to My Heart," itar-ring Ray Milland and Gene Tierney, which Is having its eitjewiria premiere at this theater. "Retreat, still In its Initial rua on Broadway, is making its Brooklyn bow at the Fox. V'ranlf aa 3 Mir, nr. "Brief Rapture" Italian (HbMttBW commander; Richard Joan Crawford, Dennis Morgan Co-Star in N.

Y. Paramount Film Lots of prominent young divorced doctors would think twice, I bet, about Inviting a former lady embezzler, currently the brains of a cozy three partner mob, to become the stepmother of his eight year-old daughter. But Dennis Morgan Vivien Leigh Doesn't Include Scarlett O'Hara on Her List 'MM impon at me nonaay i neater, i Carlson as a captain and Rusty m. i deals with dope addicts, dope Today let' have a smattering of comments made to, or Tamblyn as a young volunteer are starred In "Retreat. peddlers and gangsters, as back within earshot of.

your reporter an anupasio of aroaaway ground for an unlikely romance which reconstructs some earlv desperate fighting in the Korean Hollywood has already explored -innarentlv whnlA-hoartarl near tne now famous Items, a smorgasbord of personal opinions, reactions and prejudices, some hors d'oeuvres with a theatrical flavor, all of It dished up bv various ladles and, ntt.irhfxi to mr-rent of Our the part taken; the gangster field pretty thoroughly, and even these gang- Chosin Reservoir. The Dlcture rMiohi who plays the doctor in "This Woman Is Dangerous," the woman being Joan Crawford, has no such qualms. It is dl-l vulged, in the course of this highly involved film at the N. Y. Paramount, that the doo-! tors former wife walked out Broadway slnnv- The quotes here by Bankhead.

In other pj, silvers Mr rI, HEARING END ster film experts are hard putiwas made at the Marine base. There is considerable sufr to it to find a new angle foric.amP Pendleton. Cal and in- pense In the tale, as Milland'i this type of picture It is "onie train- effort- trad the baby's par-surprising that (his Italian ln as ai impressive entage, ifter the youngster's effort made without Hollywood lw'''e health and mental status have know-how. is less than sensa- rnp derives from the been certified, nearly wreck the "Two on Bert Lahr "Ronofir nartips MMU LI O'Hara in "Corn With the rmmh wiiiti." didn't mention a word os heod funnyman, is i take you uav (lorn You rem! about G. W.

T. W. last three weeks of its long tlonal at best, and ludicrous in run at the Mark Heli'nger. the notice an. I Mink even- 'xiok 11 "i-iciiiiauun "i uen.

couple chances oi getting tneir Oliver P. Smith, commander of youngster. Tliaadoption its more awkward moment: thin is fine hut tiipn one of David Alexander. It was my Lois Maxwell, a Canadian me ist amnion, who. society, represented by Fay referring to the withdrawal Bainter, makes it clear that a an old.

old actor's trick. blonde, and Ermanno Randi arei one of the first things you're action which was ordered me romantic pair, wh these benefit night crowds over all plan in the staging not comes along and vou think to shoot fur deliberate vul-maybe vou smell lint thev're! Rarity. That's the reason we a good "thing in the long run, left out a couple of pieces of the Chosin sector shouted "Re blossoms under discouraging taugtu at dramatic school. "I'm not the same sort Gigi is. At 16 I was more mature.

treat, Hell! We're just attacking I uHiuuions. nanai comes to loving acceptance of the child, unmarred by fear of his heritage, is one of the requirements for adoption. Baby John Winslow, the center of all this attention, is so in dimmer uirecuon. town (an unnamed citv) look a rather serious and depressed 'Close to My Heart' ing for his long-lost sister, and tney re tnev Keep you from getting too confident, volving the fox-head fur piece, "About a month after we from the original production. nnpnpH Paula I ro-nmrturer Harold Lang is about the Miss Maxwell, a nitrht rluh sinJ The nrnhlom thof person, i wantea to De a dancer.

I never thought in those days cute that it is worth a trip to Kci aim me sisters tormer young couple who want Paula Stone wa at the theater hardest working performer of becoming an actress. It OH him, for another man. so maybe he just can't pick em. In any event, this doctor's dilemma appears to represent an unique case, and. in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, Is entirely a figment of the combined imaginations of Geoffrey Homes and George Worthing Yates, who wrote the screen play.

With reckless abandon, they put into their story all kinds of added predicaments: a hazardous eye operation for Miss Crawford, involv-ing life or death: the callous killing of a State trooper: the holdup of a gambling joint; a brush with the inmates of a woman's prison; another ticklish eye job, this time on a farm kid who has had a hard hit on the head, and a final bang-up crisis in the onerating room of tne fox just to see his funny smile. J. C. ve ever met around Broad-, wasn't until a year and a half roommate, conceals the girl's suicide from him. Bv the time adopt a baby is the basis of "So Close to My Heart." with Gene one night and it was murder.

She was scared and felt that "V- 1 struck for an aspect of with a tiny, tiny part in he finds ouTTnat his sister was Tierney as the wife. certain O'56" ana' Johnson a nope aonici. in tne power ot to acqun a gang that also has a hold over adorable and Ray Next at the Palace Mis- through her ad Milland as her new-paper col- The Palace Theater's next maybe we didn't have the kind pauios in Lang pertormance. tne rums, that I first thought of show- we'd been told by the -omcthing that Gene Kelly I of being an actress Acting in critics, the firt night crowd never had We're still rehears films doesn't help you act on She had to leave for California ing the show, still putting in, the stage, it doesn't teach you the next morning but that new things." how to do the other at all. right, a Fridav vou never have Llkcn the Actor not unless you know both idiction.

he and Miss Maxwell baby. too. but feels that his limited run Tuesday, March 11, are oeepjy love. Sinister Atmosphere ICKgrotlnd should he thor- will be headed hv Dlsen and pretty well. 1 suppose." oughly investigated before Johnson with their new comedy adoption.

revue; Jose Greco and his Span- Caruso Program There are sinister hoodlums hovering around every time they meet, the police grab the spotlight everv so often, Miss 'THE BIG in Technicolor, starring Kirk Douglas os a lumberman, is at the Brooklyn Paramount with "Street Bandits." Miss uerney and Milland. lsn Ballet, and comedian Jackie make an attractive couple, and Mile. Tickets are now on sale siepnen rasseiu autnoritv on rare recordings, returns to the! ii -oitai a gunman their introduction to the meth Maxweu is elusive and Randi for the current and forthcoming shows. benefit parties on weekend Emlyn William, the one-man nights it was wonderful. If Charles Dickens show.

"He only Paula'd still been around, (Dickens) was very much like she'd have stopped worrying." 'an actor. He enjoyed parties, Mis Leigh Impresses loved being surrounded by The Vivien people, hated to be alone, un-Leigh. "The thing that im-i lps he was working, of course, pressed me most on this new! He gave his readings for about visit to America is the amount lfi -vears. and I've tried to fix of space and interest the news-Jhim (in Williams' performance) paper devote to the theater. It at my own age.

46. This show- ods of a well-managed adoption threatening the operating surgeons from the observers' doggedly persistent, but fin- ally a dubious kind of harminess dm The present bill offers I Academy of Music tomorrow evening to give the fourth program in his series on "Singers of the Golden Age." The evening will be devoted to the late seems assured for them lne unole sunJecl amus- ritz Melchior, Jean Carroll, Ben The romance department in the police rescue them, in the this well-stocked story is also crammed with obstacles. Not nick of time, after a waterfront Enrico aru-o. -bowing trie onlv has our tolerant doctor. ing as well as informative.

1heBlue Les Compagnons de la film provides plenty of emo-jCnanson tional appeal, as is natural con- DatK heon Lvon and sidenng the story material, but otner3 much of its interest is due toi the performance of the stars. BrcoUjn, t. Wormi. ckirckc, ik who hahdle their assignments. Dodim BROOKLYN EAGLEI chase, from the vindictive gangsters.

The Hollywood for celebrated tenor's amazing development in voice and art as traced by means of recordings Dennis Morgan, his lativ friend's reminds me of Bernard Shaw's tribute to the theater as being! as important to our day as the! "Tbla Waaaaa Dauaraaa." Warner Braa. ilracM kr hill fetal ana prndurrd br Robert Slit. Scrrrn plal bi Geoffrey Hemea and Georre Werthfnf r.lei. free, a eterr br BenuH Glrarl. C.19T Betb Aiatlo Joan Crawfore Br.

Ben Hallerk Dennta Morexn Matt Jarkaen Darll Brian ldmmtal'Nara KatbertMWMTll mula is discernible in "Brief isn't as tiring as I thought it'd be, it carries you along. But I do miss not having a cast with me, somebody popping in all the time to say hello, and when originally made during the niria past to recKon witn, Dut also her mobster lover, the jealous type, played by David Rapture," but it shows no new improvements. Miss Maxwell is an interesting actress, but dinstinctlv a cnurcn was in tne Middle Ages. "It seems that whether I'm playing a girl or young woman years from 1902 to 1920. Mr.

Fassett's program is held under Brian. I go on tour it 11 be especially lonely." Confused Issues tne auspices ot tne tfrooKiyn institute of Arts and Sciences. "Gtel's Audrey Hepburn, "I non-Latin type. She seems an odd choice for an otherwise all- IF YOU MISSED JUDY GARLAND AT THI PAIACI you can see two ef her greatest M-G-M musicals! "MEET ME IN ST. "BABES IN ABMS" If incidents and confused Is or elderly woman, my favorite roles are the American women I've played." Which roles were they? She named Blanche du sues could make a picture a Italian film.

Randi is darkly King' to Aid Hospital Randall handout, "lhis Woman I was ambitious and used to be my own stimulant, but the moment you make a name you become the property of the pub Doualsa fowl. Yul Brvnner of "The King handsome and good in a role that requires him onlv to look Hois of -A btreetcar Named De and will join Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis on their 17- drama, but they're both handi Dangerous" would be well in the front ranks of new offerings. What it does do here is and act bewildered most of the sire," which she played both on the London stage and in the American film version, and capped by the story. David time. J.

C. lic and have to live up, or try to live up, to what they expectl NOW! loew' STATE NCW LOW PIICB! U.9kt.Jn' K.Tf tmwW mm STMTS Wm-fW Aitair. VtroUw "BIU Of NCW YOIK" Brian is a convincing murder nour maratnon inht television show, starting at midnight provide enough action on the' ous gunman, because he never Held Over at Vogue March 14, to raise funds for the screen to hold the attention, however muddled, of the audi Terence Rattigan's "The one is ever satisfied hecausei projected New ork Cardiac Hospital. This will be the first ence. Anyone who tries to fig varies n's murderous expression throughout the film.

On Paramount Stnge Browning Version," starring they've had some success. An Old. Old Trick Michael Redgrave and Jean hospital of its kind in America. MOVIETIME SCHEDULE ure out afterward what all the row was about is going to have a tough session with himself, however. TON IT 8:30 LAST 4 GAMES "Sometimes during rehearsal Kent, nas Deen tieici over a sec ond week at Springer's Vogui Theater, Coney Island Ave.

am The Billy Williams Quartet is starred in the new stage show at the Paramount, with Georgia Gibbs, Buddy Lester, The Dun-I youU find yourseit naturally I -1 Mr I VK" LEIW STEWAJtT CUNOI 1 lFffTK, 1 I I ITIL I CLAUOt RAINS temord lffL fen jsas; fflTMj aw wo I I 9 "Zm7Bti ahi'iV i inn urn iDiuimDril doing sometning tnai me ui-rector says is quite wonderful. 11 IS. 2:34. 5:52. 9:10.

hills and Jerry Wald and his Avenue K. o-featured is "Poo of London," a British supens thriller. What it was can be as long as FOX- R.lr... Woman Is Dangerous" Is its failure to win sympathy for any of its characters. They're not tMr'llmrt." 1 1 is.

211! orchestra. a second, long as a wnole scene. You find sometimes that it's people, just a lot of svmnols. METROPOLITAN "Cawer Mil 2:56, "SmUh Vrll." good and bad. and in the case: good to put in a pause here or rush the words there, and -DERBY.

Ladles Admitted for 25c I 2nd CORPS ART. ARMORY I I AVE. 4 15th BROOKLYN 1 PARAMOCNT "The Blf Trn." 11:54. Mi--; rau ford, indifferent. vou feel proud of vourself.

II. 1:3. 9:24. MANHATTAN Then somebody tells you that ASTOR "Qon TWJU." 11:10, 2:1 They're moved around into and out of a succession of narrow escapes and grave dangers on the screen, and some get killed MBJUDSON 6-4646HHH irrv MgiiwBtiiew.a.i-'i.M iiings- HksBHet UUHiI VmWK fm I f6 I (rSW 1 'Caf ttgBUUgOGDRjy ND' and some don't, and there's no sound reason why what happens, does happen. Topping all the rest is the final bland as sumption at the end that Miss Crawford has nothing to worry ormt rfWHflflj'jr k.

CRITERION "Snow Whll. end th. Seven 4 TmROWI K.r.4. Collide," 9. ,0:49.

OQifti(i'J( XJpiffl A cfflBiMr Si-m 4 ,6 5' 7:44, 9 23 w.irMM.nc 5P ii'HEsf Wnu" 3 11 tatore it 1 I I TWO BIO SHOWS ijrABAMOIWT "Thb Wem.n banrerou," I eytry friday Saturday nitrs I I I I Ai 1I.80F.M 12:3.. 2:45 o.i'..:i VSOOJ UBmaBImia 4:55, 9:25, 11:40 ROXV ri.f Unr.r.." 10 10. 1.15. 4:33 STAGK PI.AVS ri.A. 35, ,0 35.

3.4,,; atiout trom tne law, now her partners in crime are dead and sne and uennis Morg; in love. Morgan and Miss Crawford do their talented best to make i mknusiMrm mstm. hi.i.ht win at i "This Woman Is Dangerous a thought provoking nielo- LAST 2 WEEKS! 1 SHOWS SINOAV JUNE HAVOC A iff TO BE SEE Howard Llndeav 4 RulielCreu.e 5:35 Jr 12 111 rt JAMS PAIGE JACKIE COOPER morosco. 15 st. man st 4wd.

wtmmmammmKmmmKmmamt Affairs of state RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL 3lac of th Nation' Rocltef Her Center REGINALD BARBAR MARTHA WRIGHT GEORGE BRITTON 'GREAT'. gt with HlM- CtOWTHBt TIMES PTHFI MFRMAN SOUTH PACIFIC TeEOtElTEST.E0W0IIE.BTB' -V- JltffT BETTY HUTTON CORNEL WILDE CHARLTON HESTON Call me madam ygsitt theatre, ttrJ' A FLARING Erf. .1 10 Mali. SAT. A WED.

at 2:30 A 1 A fi 17 COMEDI uvirn m4anmr 0 thIa This Woman is DOROTHY UMOUR CLORIA GRAHAME JAMES STEWART Produced and Ofrecled CECIL B. DtMILLE Color by TECHNICOLOR A Picture ON STAGE: "STAR-SPANGLED" Colo mi row. produced by loonidoft, with the Roclettei, Corpi do Ballot, Choral Enionblo ond Symphony Orcheitra directed by Raymond Paige. Dangerous HCROK Evv U. SAT and ll.

2:40 VMI VN WILLIAMS -a hr d.ii.ht."- Nf, mi KmtSl Charles dickens Piclvre ol, 9.40. 12 0. 3 40,0:40,9.40 Stoga Show at. 2. 3.18,e,l.

9 18 taMm-iii-lH 1 lOOIt SCREEilS TilMI BAY RIDGE AND SUNSET PARK "AimRFY HF.PRURN THE CONSTANT WIFE NATIONAL.W 41 Ev 140 Mitt 3l (j I I ri LTON. JIOW 4 j' 'An Irresistible Comedy' "ISS JtMICATAUnV HUME TRONYN Eleetra, 75t St. an 3rd Ave Mr KHU: alao Under Mr KkiO SUnl.y. tt. Ave.

an. 731. St The Golden Girl; alao Th. Lady P.ya Off BEDFORD N.U.HI. 7I Wuklaita.

Ava Wealw.rd Ihr Women alo A Y.n. la KerM DRAMA CRITK (The fourposter KM MAS. GUYS DOLLS 1g5-mjy Iflll'lllM 11 THE STAKE I HAIf PRfl 2.C) 'l ddedMrrio I rlnUK5 I FLORENCE DESMOND I -4 3JJ Rtitrt Ava. PR. 4-2230.

Starlllti also The L.dy From Taxi. SAVOY i-uJTTn- DUtant Drums; also On the Loom I BENSONHTJRST mi ABJV lth Ave. and Ilnrl Man. IA RETREAT HELL! InMtK tOVEJOY-RICHARO CARLSOI BlOlREES nci masterpiece: Mt- SAT. AWED.

PRAYM eVVleVnl SI "n'w tu th. Law Distant Drums also On the Loos JULIE HARRIS I'll mmtmj tm. AAAnKKAmJ MARB0R0 My ravonte 2py; also Uosswrnth GERTRUDE LAWRENCE IT HE KING AND I Richard Rodger i Oscar Hammerstein 2nd il -ir JAMF.s Tbf 14th St. West of tM Y.n: M.U. SAT.

and WED. I AM A CAMERA BOROUGH BALL AND DOWNTOWN Wil I A PRIM I iMPim. ST. GEORGE i.s?, Detective Story; CM" Terminal, Faurtll Ava. and St Detective Story I ilso Darllni.

How Could Y.o! TIV0LI fr.H7,i Detective Story; "A thoTOUgh un CI.ABK GABLE AVA GARDNER "LONE STAR" Mis AID BARBT EDNA BEST BASIL RATHBON KINGSWAY Klnu Hllhway 4 Canay lal.rid Ava. BRIGHTON BEACH U. Saaeh Half St. Deelnlon Before Dawn: aiso Lot. Neat IINHWIllN ano "CALLING BULLDOG DRl MMOND OTTO PREMINGER'S PRODUCTION JANE The GARY COOPEE TECHNICOLOR Colonial, latay.

A Chauncay St Elooement: The Strame Door AVAL0N TECHNI 00N IS BLUE I Hit by HUGH HERBERT mm 'DISTANT DRUMS and "ON THE LOOSE" JOAN IVANS COLOR MARINE W. HOLL1 HOLLYWOOD SNEAK PREVIEW TONIGHT ASTOR LT The Browning Version; Grenada. Cnurah and Naitrand Double Dynamite: Slauchter Trill I'land 4 Naoklrk Detective Story: Darllni. Hot, Could Yont VOGUE BrowninC Version; i'A FaKinating cTfT" Jose FERRER Judith EVELYN THE SHRIKE 1 ORT IRth St Fast or B'waj PATIO 5 Kr: MIDW00D BROOK. Flallandi 1 Flalbii.h a SSSSiS A Prices 95ft to 1.80 'DECISION BEFORE DAWN' 4tOVE NEST' June Haver 'MY FAVORITE SPY" SlfS helen hayes Mrs.

McThing A Crmlc ra-o'V MAPV JULES MUNSHIN BRANDON De WILDE Hlooem ante Dooi EAST FLATBU9H "THEIR BEST ".3. PHIL SILVERS etreat MARTIN BECK KIRK DOI'QLAS ELEANOR PARKIR "DETECTIVE STORY" an. "PAJtLING. HOW COULD YOU!" "DOUBLE 1 "SLAUGHTER TRAIL" M. Avai.ua al Eltt 17th 81 LINDEN.

No.lri.Pirknoa A.n AI.Bi:.WARI,E.FIalb.A Alhemarl M1MRAN1). KinitH.y-Nalt.Av RIALTO.FIatbinhAvCtrlalyouRe y. Ulid Church Dl -707 Weater.rd the" GERRITTSEN BEACH Graham. Cerrltteen A Whitney An. The Unknown YiT Yondef BANANA rn.

FBI Girl lee The Wild Bio. Slranee Door ff 1 WINTE INTER KINGS HIGHWAY AMCC DADTAW rARBAGLT, Hd. mJWIImmaKlm r.F.... -LLOPEMENT- "THE STRANGE DOOR" CAROEN.B irlSOtliSt CU 47I 11:30. Matlnan WED.

ana SAT. al 2:30 COLLEGE. Fl.tbutll Av Al Paimt vniiD vtrrmiL Trl.nile. Kl.ee Hwy-t. 12 St.

IS.1-S07I Elopement: PARK SLOPE 'iiu i mi 1 rt.sJsl" m. Zr I LAST 3 WEEKS LOVFJOY CARLSON TAMBLYN LOUISf BELL Oliver Twist; alio Short Subjects CARLTON Star; Cauin, Bulldog Driimmoiid ifiBTw Ji'hv. BERT LAHR-DOLORES GRAY ii iu.il i aSmsi RsjisaiPisi to lad is iiiiiiiiiniioini ininn Erta. at Mall. SAT.

WED. at IN THE HILAKIUUS mu.ni.Mi. rn IN THE HILAKIUUS MU.11l.mi. UNITED STATES PICTURES WARNERBRDS I TWO ON THE AISLE TUT Ml Sl( 1. 111)11111 IVI VT MAYFAIRM I AT THEATRES Jtmff 3t li-t fKfr mm ivUMdMJkmkim marked below m3Zt2lLMiUiimMlkmkm SANDERS Take Cere of My Little Girl': Seeret ot Cnnvlet Lake Lone Star; Calling Bulldog Drammond MARK HELLINOER AVENUE SECTION and Ea.t Uth St Elonemrnt: alao The Stranie Doot PAL JOEY xbtpim VIVIENNE SEGAL HAROLD LANG CANARSK.

Avnj. I and 93rd Street. CLIFTON WEBB ANNE FRANCIS FASCINATING!" REX LILLI Detective btory; Cm" Colder. Girl; also The Lady Pays Off IXWE. rVff.ViS5 HARRISON PALMER VjflbMf strange door- RlVOLI Avan'jr, VSKMIDQ I ilMMll COLISEUM.

-ANNE Of THE INDIES- Gypsy I ury' RI HOOK sef you i rOINT Ur NU KtlUKN, laurence olivier Cellini Bulldoe DrommenS BROOKLYN qyyQjJ JZZ RITE tit. Avenue and 431. Street CCiflEjrilL THE CUP'1 A "Bride of the GorlUa" BOtaho. ouxl SOUTH TODAY A BAT. th Deteetlv.

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