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The Brooklyn Daily Eagle from Brooklyn, New York • 5

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TU Brooklyn EagU Wtdntiday, Harold Stern; Theater Notes Canary' Should Fly Away Hollywood Reporter Mike Connolly 'Bounty9 Box Office Bomb Bugs 'Big Budgef Brando six or seven times and then he i I p-cV HOLLYWOOD-MOVIE NEWS- Marlon Brando is making all those announcements about quit ting the acting racket because his "Mutiny on the Bounty" Is one of the year's biggest flope. He says he's in process of "discovering more Important things than acting." M-G-M, meanwhile, Is discovering it shouldn't shoot remakes such big hits as "Bounty." The studio has its proposed remakeof shortly after the turn of the cen- Leon llrls. whr, wrntsFnrfiit UNI has dropped his remake plans too. Instead of rewriting it as a Broadway musical, as previously announced, he'll write a completely new musical called "Song of new Urls show will deal with Illegal Immigration Into Palestine before it became the State of Israel. Rock Hudson is huddling with "The Man In the First Hollywood film for Alain Delon, Romy Schneider's fiance, 'will be "The Love Cage," In which he'll co-star with Jane Fonda at Metro Walker Is dickering to return to his old studio, Warner Brothers (where he became a star In the "Cheyenne" series) to make a World War II movie, "None But the Brave." TV NEWS-Connle Francis and comedian Don Rlckles are getting Anl 1 -1ft.

closer and closer to the altar. Jack Benny cheap? A cab driver told me Tinseltown's top skinflint tipped him five bucks. "Naked City" star Horace McMahon, who Is president of the Catholic A'ctors' Guild, has been picked by the B'nal B'rlthof Philadelphia as Its Man-of-the-Year. Ken Murray scoops himself on the Perry Como show tonight. He was going to show some footage of his old Oscar-winning movie, "Bill and Coo." on his own tv special "Hollywood Without Makeup." But he's showing It on his Como caper Instead.

Ralph Bellamy replaces Wen dell Corey on the "Eleventh Hour" series next season. Corey says he's too busy as president of the Academy of Motion Picture -Arts and Sciences, board member of the National, TV Academy, board member of the Screen Actor's Guild and president of Home Pay TV Entertainment Corporation to be Just an ordinary actor. Horhum. producer Blake Edwards about The Purple The Purpl Canary," which opened at the Midway Theater oh Monday, li that rarity in the theater, the perfect off-Broadway play. It Is a perfect horror.

Set In a suburban high school Just before a local election, It's one of those do-gooder catastrophes 'which popup periodically. It discusses what's wrong with the educational system, and what's wrong with politics. It" delves into opportunism, communism, anti-Semitism, racism generally, miscellaneous corruption, etc. Name any 111 afflicting society and "The Pur- pie Canary" compounds It. The drama Is straight out of the J.

Rodale' school of playwrlting. In fact, there's even one character who pops Into a scene out of nowhere and casually asks: What do you think of the educational problem In the South?" Having dropped this bombshell, he, disappears offstage, never to be seen again. This chap, Incidentally, Is about the only performer to exhibit any sense. He conceals his true Identity behind the theatre's favorite alias, George Spelvln. The high school is a strange place.

The school's janitorial staff seems to be summoned every few minutes to clean up a mess left by some upchucking member of the student body. Luckily he students were off stage. The play, which is the handiwork of two sadists of the typewriter, Gordon Bishop and Frank Papps, also' includes an assistant principal who quotes Shakespeare -Incorrectly; a newspaper publisher whose dialogue seems to have been created out of Ro-get's Thesaurus-alternate definitions only; and an assortment of teachers, students and poli-ticos who prefer to fraternize with the school's Janitors. Pm tempted to call the acting uniformly horrendous, but this would be unfair. Some of it Is worse.

There Is one performance which is so hopelessly bad, Scramble For Joining Jack Lemmon in Blake's sit down and write them." big adventure epic for 1964, "The It's poetic Justice-Art Peter Big Sellers replaced Peter Ustinov in summary: "Sweetie, I HAD to "The Pink Panther" and now break up with hlm-he kissed me Peter U. Is replacing Peter S. In Nazi's Treasures Still Hidden in Italy 'Syracuse' A Hit Off-Broadway Rodgers and Hart's "The Boys From Svracuse." which gar nered the best set of notices of started getting sentimental!" France Nuyen la one of Fred Zinnemann's top choices for a starring spot in Next picture for The Three Stooges, who are running out of places to go, will be "The Three Stooges Go Around the World In a late Theodore Dreiser's only screen play, an untitled yarn about the break-up of. the Duke tobacco monopoly tury, will be produced by Garrlck Films this summer. Horst Buckholz's "Nine Hours to Rama," like Brando's "Bounty," hasn't been getting good reviews.

So now Horst is announcing he wants to be a director. When asked what he plans directing, Horst said, "I have the ideas for three pictures, all In my head, but I haven't got the guts to currency, gold and Jewels alued at close to $1,000,000. (3) Near the small town of 3astell'Arquato, between Milan ind Padua, a cache of diamonds itolen from Italian Jews remain juried In a grove of trees Just ff the main road. It is estimated as being worth over (4) When a U-boat, which In 1944 was supposed to rendezvous with a German warship at Sicily's offshore Island of Ustica, smashed into some rocks, a spoils of war load valued at $9 million went down In the wreckage. Up to now skin-divers have not found the grounded sub, but everybody around Ustica knows Its snuggled In the tricky waters.

Even Mussolini's nest egg, estimated as coming to about $80 million, is all yours If you can find it. It's believed 1o be at the bottom of Lake Como's. azure waters and consists of a hundred cases of sapphires, Swiss francs, British pounds and American dollars (Including the bejeweled crown of the King of Ethiopia). If you try to recover Duce's vanished loot, watch your step. Just remember that so far nine people have been murdered be- cause yiey out too much about Big Benito's treasure trove.

It's definlte-ABC-TV Udrop-Hhe PLAYERS AND DIRECTOR- Bob Broadway, qnd Charles Curiale during rehearsals for "The Purple Canary" which opened at the Midway Theater on Monday, Looking on is producer-director Lawrence Tobin. "The Purple Canary" come purpose obscenity. In that dra-from? matlc context, it is also an apt In the play, the term "Purple description of the play. Canary" seems to be an all- forget if! by Dubin nixed the Clarke of "The Virginian" has a new romance abulldlng with lovely Maria Perschy, whose first movie will be "Man's Favorite Sport" in which she'll co-star with Rock Hudson. Burton's inslstance that Sybil she'll give husband Richard Burton nothing more than a legal separation, her lawyers are Investigating several "quickie" divorce meccas.ln the U.S.

The Judy Garland directorial slot Is on the verge of being filled. What began as a wild scramble for the Job between Como director Dwight Hemlon, former Mitch Miller guide Charles Dubin, Garry Moore's pilot Dave Gelsel and a little-known, but multltalented Canadian lad named Stan Harris winds up with Charles Dubin of the Miller show in charge. Chad any musical this season, set two war loot" as "abandoned prop-records over the weekend." The erty." So therefore It's finder's new musical grossed $10,500 for keepers, the first 8 performances, which put it at the top as the highest A few miles from here in one grossing off-Broadway, arid the lakes near Verona, Field set a new house recored, for Marshall Albert Kesselrlng, who site Tilr Taia oil Aimv Poo. GRADUATING- L.vtly Eunice Wolkin, daughter Brooklyn' well known Cantor Ah Wolkin, (s com pleting her studies of the Manhattan School of Music and will ting at the Crtd-uation Recital to be held at the school, 238 E. 105 St.

on April 30 at 5:30 p.p. Concert Tonight Is Part of Church Aita lo lvo Vincent Gaudloso, 18, a pian ist and student at Fort Hamilton High School, will appear in a concert tonight at 8:30 p.m., In the Parish House of Union Church of Bay Ridge, 8101 Ridge Blvd. i The concert will be a part df second annual Festival Arts of Union Church. GaudlcMptV, winner of the sixth annual youth music contest sponsored by the Brooklyn Philnarmonla, wlllptay Chopin's Polonaise in A' Major (Mllltalre), Scrlabln'a Nocturne for Left Hand Alone and ToccttA by Khachaturlan. Admission to the concert and the current exhibit of art la free to the public.

5" nl Other special events scheduled for the week at Union Church in-, elude a lecture, "How to Know A Good Water Color," by Dorothy Simmons, tomorrow at 8:30 p.mvj presentation of "Harvey" by tfl Union Church Players Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:13. AUo on Sunday at 11 a.m., Svend Ok' Tollefsen, and cholf-master, will direct The Chancal Choir ln "MustC Through the Ages." Town Hall Tonight Cesare Vallettt wlU be re sented by Hurok in the Italian lyric tenor's only Ne York recital this season at Tpwn Hall tonight at. 30. Valettl1 will be heard ln songs and arias ty, Mozart, Haydn, Brahms, Tlz zettl, Debussy and TTTTTr AVALON INK WINNfH Of 3 ACADIMY AWARDS BROW .0. GREGORY PECK IrtrtUrfttta A nunniwiBrm kill a Mockingbird "ONI or TM run te utv urHUM amuM IUTTAII vta.Pm SHOPSHCAO UMM inui KAVt owiul wiw vmi' iiZTZJT XHJRNEY INTO NIGHT mm.

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I D3Y I twin aMjr, 4ACADIMV AW Aktt WiNNfUJ ANNE BANCROFT PATTY DUKE mum tnemracls worxer PMDRtTNIWUiai msart tci ROMAN HOLIDAY IHIli 6Vilig Elll WIWUI of to A(AMRIAtM 'llR 1ST PKTURT' Pt 0 BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC 30 Laloy.tt, Av. ST 3-6700 BROOKLYN OPERA CO. THIS SATURDAY 8:30 LA B0HEI.1E $4 TOPI April 24, 1963 V. DefSPjl prospect isa MEALXmS mmJ, TO I IWM.tMi 1 Li.ivMMr trill a A rThi 11 Theatre Four. Musical by George AoVout received 8 rave notices from the If Dinah Shore marries her (book) Richard Rodgers (music) 'palra sPrhs' Paltf- Lor eriz Hart (ly rlM) Wulti8rfl Jriti.

i. nuA dallies and likewise from thef ink 1 few arb 0 ft J. ft. In linn the lady giving it Just has to be of the principal investors. There's no other Where, you ask, does the title Garland Won Mitchell Trio is involved In a very hush-hush deal with one of the big networks.

Mel Torme switches fields and will wind up as a writer on the Judy Garland CBS-TVer. If Torme writes as well as he sings, he'll be a great' asset to the show. Connie Stevens wanted to tour in a summer-stock version of "The Unsinkable Molly Brown," but her Warner Bros, bosses Mrarif rt.lrflri rWnn. ni Monoo" woman oi wie wuriu- 7 1. touched off the new controversy Having set off sparks from France to South America with his "Mondo Cane," which for some time was banned in England, Jacopettl shows distaff Israeli Army Soldiers bathing au naturel in his new movie.

Filmed in camp, the nude sequence follows a scene of the girls in uniform, marching and training. The movie is a documentary about various types of women in the world. An Israeli army investigation is trying to determine how Ja copettl obtained the eyebrow- raising footage. Army officials admit that Jacopettl and I his crew llOU lUVll BUllllllUVI UW VAIU), since If was considered routine public relations to permit filming of the girl-soldiers for a documentary movie. One of the cameramen, interviewed in Rome, admitted that the scene In question was taken surreptitiously with a telescopic lens.

Since "La Donna Del Mondo" ping "Stoney Burke" and "rm Dickens, He's Fenster" from its 1963-64 schedule. Adams, who needs the money, will star In "Rain" at the straw hat theater in Warren, July 23. Crawford turned down a bid from Warner Vizier Jack Webb to star in a series: "It's Just too time-taking. I can't do 39 full hours, what with my travels all over the world for Pepsi. And I don't want to be Just the hostess of a Series.

I want to act." Solution: She'll do guest Bea Benaderet's new "Whistle Stop" series, a spin-off show on "The Beverly Hill-billies," will spotlight' three girls as her marriageable daughters. No actresses have been found for the parts yet. But the specifications read: "One Is a sexpot, one is a tomboy and the other is ethereal." And darling Donna Douglas, who stays behind with the "Hillbillies," says, "It jsounds ltke'a composite of ME1" Comedian Phil Foster says Hollywood Is where vou have The Hollywood Reporter sent up with your morning coiiee ana, 11 you don't read your obituary in It, you decide to get up, in- 11 a.m. Mr. Adler will play Bach's "Jtsu, Joy of Man's (Photo by Suter) MUSICAL EVENT IN YEARS! off-beat movie footage in the most unlikely places is now at odds with the Israeli army.

Scenes of naked Play land Open Friday Nights Rocka ways' Vlayiand is now open on Friday evenings from 7:00 as well as all day Saturday and Sunday from 10:30 a.m., it was announced by A. Joseph Geist, president. Now in its 36th year of operation, the Rockaway Beach amusement park has Just completed a $250,000 renovation program. Among the new rides is a spectacular "Calypso" imported from Germany. Illuminated by 6,000 decorative lamps, this colorful ride is dramatic and thrilling.

7 The Kiddie Park has an all-steel miniature Roller Coaster, a pint-size replica of the Big Whip, a new speedboat ride, and a spanking new merry-go-round featuring all Jumping horses. There are several new games, and two exciting new walk -thru attractions the giggle-provoking "Wacky Shack" and "Out of This a simulated Journey to outer space 'empluul-alngjhe wire ervicea. 10 uaie we press has been unanimous in its ap- provalof the 25 year old musical Ellen Hanley, Julienne Cathryn Damon, Clifford David, and Stuart Damon, top featured in the cast, were highly praised for their performances. Tickets at Theatre Four are now on sale through August first and the box office is filling mall orders through the end of the' year. Christopher Hewett directed the musical and Bob Herget staged the musical numbers, TV I nfo Awarded Medal "Never Too Late," Broadway's hit comedy starring Paul Ford, O'Sulllvan and Orson Bean, was presented a gold medal as "The best play" by an American author," by The Theatre Club at a luncheon honoring the cast at the Waldorf Astoria Empire Room yesterday.

In the absence of the author, Sumner Arthur Long, who is in Miami, where the London company of "Never.Too ed last night with Fred Clark By NINO LO BELLO Special to The Brooklyn Eagle VERONA, Italy How would you like to find a couple of million dollars Just like that? One these days if bound to happen to some lucky visitor or tourist In Italy he's gojng to stumble on one of The Boot's hidden swags of unclaimed World War II treasure. Nearly all of this lost loot was abandoned by the Nazis and Fascists when they fled Italy as the Allied armies closed In on them towards the end of the Big War. And, according to a semiofficial estimate by the Italian government, -the missing booty amounts to more than $100 million. The hoards consist of heavy deposits of gold, gems, money, rare coins and art works. Anybody who finds one of these treasures will likely be able to retain most of it, since Italian i law classifies, "privately owned headed the German army in Italy, 'Is known to have hidden minion.

in currency ana, jewels.1 Kesselrlng tossed the 'ig Chest of valuables Into the auncumicu maj 1945. rr After serving 96 months in prison. for' war crimes, Kessel rlng cuea in ieu witnout re-, yealing the location of his treasure. Italian divers have scoured some of the lake bottoms since his death with no luck. Further north there's another huge undiscovered load of riches not far from' the Swiss border.

This $8.5 million worth of gold Ingots belonging to Hitler. The gold, which was Intended to finance Mussolini's sagging war was lost in flight from Germany when the planecrashed near the Alpine peak ofAdamello. 'After a mountaineer located the plane wreckage and the skeleton of the German pilot ln 1945, an official search party followed him to the spot. As luck would have it, a huge ice crater had in the meantime toppled over and burled the area under tons and tons of ice Some gold hunting teams, amateur and professional, have since tried digging for It, but Hitler's Ingots, still remain frozen ln their mountain hiding place yours to take. Other Nazi toea8wegwtng; (1) Some $3 million in diamonds, burled hastily to stop from falling into enemy lands, lie in a cave somewhere ilong a mountain road between 3olzano and Bressanone in the Tyrol region.

The entrance was sealed and camouflaged by dyna-nlte. (2) In the vicinity south of 3olzano near Or German field )Clcers hid away two chests full Comiryj: MayfT-J-nekr: RCSEKT GOUUT TCTf EEKHETT CHECKER I I appearimo I XS I i'T I Dinner. I MaurlceSmith.she'llbethe partner age-wlse. uauica Aincaa nuunu uu Willi tus" h. Am A HiAimJ im Alt Mrs.

Arness's lawyers convinced her would lose any court battle because, of her several suicide Bela-fonte shrugged off Bobby Darin's bad imitation of Harry on the Dinah Shore TVer, but showbiz, insiders who witnessed what was an obvious attempt of Bobby's to copy Harry's style were shockedl It might have come off better- if he'd done a good Job. There were many reasons why Darin's marriage to Sandra Dee fell apart, but two things that upset him most were her heavy g- bllng and drlnklng. Carol Channing opened a month-long engagement at New York's Waldorf-Astoria on April 15 and found a cheering crowd awaiting her. The charming and talented Carol gave them what they came for and more. Errol Garner presented the first pressing of "One World Concert" lng ln seven years to the Ubrary of Congress.

Young Mike Pollard, who Is appearing In "Enter Laughing," the comedy hit at Manhattan's Henry Miller's Theatre, has another reason for series and they're paying him not to do any TV until their series Is set. Dean opens a month engagement at New York's Americana Hotel on June 5. Winters showed up at Danny's Hlde-A-Way in New York with her newest love, actor Ken Shel says this one is serious. i Ammmmjt ifA was approve, ui llve COncert record 1 ii .1 1 sors.tneitaiun governmerawm not intervene to ask that the scene be deleted. 4Tlnn Pneniinlp St.

John's Unlverslry wlllpre-f SOLOIST--Harmonica Virtuoso Larry Adler will be faliand- Joair3ennett Staf eDanleTTE be (llscovef ed: sent Gaetano Donizetti's comlcABC-Tv-wants him for ness. In keeping with the space age, the food stands, under new management this year, are featuring such Items as "Flying Sausages" and "Atom 'According to Geist, attendance this spring has been the greatest in the history of the park, pri-. marlly because of favorable wea-. ther. opera "DonPasquale "featuring world famous basso buffo Salvatore Baccaloni, Sunday at 2:30 p.

m. ln the Little Theatre of Alumni Hall, the Student Athletic Center on the University's Jamaica campus. Anton Guadagno, will conduct the orchestra and direct the program. CARUSO' fl'S HOW BOAT' BLYTK COtOR LfiKATHRYN GRAYSON toiOi Brooklyn this Sunday at his own transcription of Desiring." NEW SHOWS TODAY BIGGEST MET. rtff Miiwt After 6PM TOWER CAST PARADISE mAMHATtAM ORPHEUM VALEMCIJU STUltll ALPINE (MM.

I 3rd IT. STREET COMMODORE DELANCEY CONEY IS BATES A 0 mill 'The Great Marie UNZA-Aim "ONE 10 jum Hollywood will accept the award. Show Warrants Satisfaction Possibly for the first time In history of the New York stage, audiences have a chance to get their money back If they are not getting their money's worth of enjoyment and a refund of their transportation to boot. The show that made this offer, yesterday -Is "The Saving Grace," at the Writers' Stage Theatre, 83 E. a comedy by Edwin Harvey Blum.

oS'aTwn'SHOW BOAT'-Cow OF THE YEAR'S Katharine HEPBURN Ralph RICHARDSON imams, n. tin sue mm EUGENE O'NEILL'S ra ULMJ II -IV RECOMMtNOCO FOR MATURE AUOltNCt AND 'ADVENTURE, AFRICA' i coiot f-ir, I 0 0 0 01 TMMH SMEKIDUN yicromtl ORIENTAL PITKIN PREMIER link STiEET wnrcMtrm NEW R0CH MT VEtNON WH'PIAINS TRIBORO AMERICANI ROMIEVARD NATIONAL ORO PARK TO KILL 'i if MOCMINCeiftD 'SHOWDOWN' KeVtH-S MOSPCCTj ERfEWfOiMT KIRK DOUGLAS 'THE HOOK'I men AOAMt ri1 SEVEN SEAS TO CALAIS' ROD TAYLOR Sf OOttEXl 'AIAIAV AU. OATS'U itnn wir a man AmCR)'-( PABIAKS 70" II NEVIHS HSS35I BOB LUCILLE HOPE 'BALL 'CRITIC'S CHOICE" PLUS Snd NEW Ft ATURR IMi SHOW T0N16HT RADIO CUT MUSIC HALL Rocktftllfr CtflUr Ci 4-4600 "BYE BYE BIRDIE" -T lEICH me ernt AM MEI MllOEEN STAPLETDN ROSffr RYOELl 'c PEARSON tnd E0 SUUIVAN (u AimatlO A Columbia Pdur i Color Hwc Ntiri 6rwl Eatttr Sttt She futn" tnd "In iKr SHi" it FlCAKMY AWARDS WINNf Of 3 KSTACTOIM "YtFJl AUOIt ALDEN t-m -m 0 fiuMr a Mam mm rkoALBEE ALFRCD HITCHCOCK't THI BIRDS HOOALTN ess: PATTERNS- An original choreographed dance "Patterns" will be presented by members of the undergraduate. Modern Dance group of St. Joseph's College for-Women in the cotlegt auditorium Friday evening ot 8:30 p.m..

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