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The Brooklyn Daily Eagle from Brooklyn, New York • Page 15

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mom rrC "545 By Arthur Pollock THEATER By Jan Corby' SCREEN Mexican History Shown in Film Ballet 'The Lost Weekend' at Is Film of Year, From Hard Days for Young Actors, but Good Ones Are Still Being Born It. ha become a habit to bemoan the f.ut that young Mitchell u-ed --fW payers of his stcar wt, rjrak, George and B. Daniel-, to dance tne roles et i figures. The of the ballet ls the llllgla at Mexico lor freedom rioAtt 'hm the years from Spaiusii to the liberation me coionui ti history is toll a laffc HajWl lliantH -t-itned Paramo Masque: aOI Ml Mrs- lro." the romantic mtk Hub I at the Paiamomr Tbeate Tlie number, in whi- tarn 200 dancers were used, is Iht neel an bit ion historical ballet prodUctaaa Holhwood undertaken or a I've seen 'The Last Weekend" at the Rivoli Theater T'm half inclined to say that the screen, through Paramount Victures. which made the film, has taken a long vStnde forward in presenting this study of an alcoholic.

But I'm half Inclined, again, to say uhey're off i cm the wrong (not What I'm civ in: actors now have few eh ROM to gain experience the theater and thereby equip themselves to take the places of the older generation who enjoyed long apprenticeships in stock companies vaudeville and in the many Iriinra that u-cri to travel O'Neal And Alice Childress and from one end tl-r country to the Rosetta, LeNoire played like vet-other after plays had enuned sue- erans cess hi New York And it is true The other BifW Strange Fmi' RKO now I 'J: ,1" Msmi Utaa AMBaWS taMM CMM fm people One of them Juauo He-. JaaPHflLaV'aaaaaKaaaaaaaaaaaaarJah rlirk HAyilFC Vivian UiMI 1 I rvtv-inve open to the he- lreq ienrv thrv had had the without qualification. howeei, lor effort Paramount ha been courageous enough to tackle a. very bo'hersome social question frauEht with all kinds ooientiai Hons. I'm also giving Ray Milland extended applause for his sustained and entertaining performance in difficult part, and warm applause also to Jane Wyman.

Howard da SiKa and Philip Ten v. all fine and believable in their roles. A whole separate paragraph of commendation Roes to Billy Wilder, who directed the film story, which he helped Charles Brackett to write. The picture is based on the novel by Charles Jackson. I haven't read the book, and my remarks apply only to what appears on the Rivoli For the benefit of the nosMble theaters for year- The instinct for for his playing of a silent role in the theater marches on.

last seasons 1 The Hasty Consider, lor instance, young Bea- delighted the lu st-night audience trice Pearson who came to the Em- Jane White, inexperienced, riistin-i-ihe Theater The lUttiktd RCraeil as Lillian Smiths naa ptajed arounn in raain ann oi-l Die tm I V. reeled Hollywood, proved that- hill I mmiL lS5l fl'CUC 1 he is one of the fined of the young uttmti strand I LLUTU NULAN MILNAtL iMtM ta-! actora in the theater CltCUHliTAMmi fWDfrVCf 1 aiourc in radio ann ni- ree'ed in Hollywood, proved that he is one of the finest of the young the theater "THE DOLLY SISTERS," with Betty Grable and June Haver, starts its first Brooklyn run at the Albee Theater tomorrow. "The Crimson Canary" will be the accompanying oniiiai.i pr: ii.ai.ee. aui wno ever he no o- Fcvnar.rir- or fore? Earl Jones, unknown except herome And Mrli hor Ferrer, who There are mam Miner 1 ns' -ra' ei -Barbara Bel-Geddes, in "Deep in "Dear Gwen Anderson, who plaved season before last in Tom Helmnre Patricia Mar-hall, in The Day Before Nrlle Fisher, in "On the Town' d.vrtis. No ma a tkt'trtnl 'UM riDCn DICDft' uhrn I MpjHPP'r' jhins to make a stage siar of the Are the Roots': Virginia Gilmore.

i II Are the Hoots Virginia uumcrc, Singing week Max be the hp q'M-y im- nevclon event a- a be lost to the stage, ministers easily he- famous hut seldom really tine Mi.ss has even movies will snatch her up quick and he will never develop except as a screen actress be lost lo the stage Hollywood, younirstera easily few who don't know by now what commit suicide, is saved bv the girl "The Lost. Weekend" is about jt'a again, and becomes, without further this: A confirmed alcoholic, plaved'ario, an ex-alcoholic bv Ray Milland. just over a bender, What's on the credit side of Para- iri about to go oil on a weekend i the country, at the instigation of how few may he the facilities up sometimes -o Helen Haveses. right on WKtm 1 Hayesc light being I MOrV JESW actors few people had ever heard Syhan Simon has been Ik. I 4 fKm of came in the Mansfield Theater signed bv M-O-M to dirert "But fl fc I A I 'Wm im "Anna Lueasta Suddenly it Not Goodbye," a comedy drama UV MA.

A VV I fl I MM was evident that the theater had with a New England background ML BJtZ3u lik I few people had ever heard S. Sylvan Simon has been MTJ ThP enri nf mm $3,000 denominations, which are ft, -mr maikable talenUs. Hilda Simms Wolte trom an original story Wjuf flW Pkml JH i in all Broadway movie I everybody about now Grea- George Se-on trying Starr will MM aaaaaaaaaaaaW Ma1aY itating effect. The end of the fUm; leaves us with the but $5,000 denominations JBW. things are expected of Frederick be the producer.

cAft I BW 1 II hp J. HW I feature. $8,000,000 Victory Bond Show Tonight Square Garden to he the biggest rv Com11tpP BOOTtSOreO DJ Theaters of the Wa. Ae-ivuie. Co" show ls nf 1'11 bonds in 1'eat snow incUldP Bln Closbv- Sinatia.

Danny Kaye, Leo Durocher. Hank Greenberg. Joe Di- Maggio, Joe E. Brown. Fred Waring.

Mis uicnesua a no vocai uioup. Kington ann r.i, oicncra Hussy. Ralph Bellamy. Ger- trUtte N'iesen. Hazel Scoit.

Jimmy 1'W hi "ichestra, Beatrice Manon H-ition. Maurice Rckto "-i r- Hie Mum, Hall Lockct. and a host of other headlmers. 'he sale of ann Victory Tosn bond al Madison Square to- h'Eht a total of SR.nnnono in Victory Log" Bond (t aunitorium. mTLRED i Jifr of the nation RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL center fl(4VZ I FpfOLW LAST THREE DAYS! iHV ft GINGER ROGERS LANA TURNER I WALTER PIDGE0N VAN JOHNSON faTt WKKK-KD AT THK WALDORF- I WIH CUGM IM his ORCHESTRl PHQA I A 1 OK JTI6t: "GOLDEN HARVEST" Olnrful rtvue produced I aM4 I "IT ALL CAME TRUE," I ll Uomdoff.

bv Nno NUme ith Corp. 1 1 HTHf Jfk with Ann Sheridan, is al the IjAM deBaUtt'Glef ff 'V 'or 11 I s- Rivoli Theater Diacussion Angle chr jnr imt rr. r- clri janf Wyman. and hit brother Philip Tern, connives at tn, moment to put off leaving or a inuple of hours object, more dl.mklI1K He hold of some monev bv trickery and at the near- est bar, presided Howard Silva. goes back over of drinking, told in flashbacks.

He gets helplessly drunk, falls downstairs and lands in a hospital which might be Bellevue. escapes next morning, eludes his girl, drinks himself into delirium tremens is sobered ana set on his feet again Miss k. not in the traditional man- as either the butt of comedy oemg in me grip 01 a maun Ihe rinh.l tirlo nl 1 Hp Him assumption, in the end, that the love and encouragement 01 inosc to him will have, suddenly aftrr vears of non-snceess a rehabil- plca.Mng, narnty creomie thougnt, tnai trom now on, Milland is olt the stun, sit down to his much-pawned type writer and riasli off that seller that, will bring him fame and 1 fortune instantly The more pes- among apt 10 leave theater worrying about what ppens as dav follows day and ek follows week and the end of gnsh-hlameri nmrl is not yet sight, or a prospect lie publisher re.ecton? MieceM lightly that the author nist change th beginning of the plot, and the lend and the middle, take out this character and put in a couple more and make IhL one a Miarie fomr- thing or other. We'd all be happier, i mink, it Paramount, had let Alcoholics Anonymous take over at the end instead oi him Wyman Anyway you take it. though.

The Lost Weekend" is sure to make an impression. As a subject for dis- ciission. it's the film of the year, liant achievement, with two sequences standing out as high points of film horror, on a strict realistic in the hospital ward, where a patient has DT. and the other is Milland's own attack of DT, alone in his room. When I called Ray Milland at me Degmning oi tins tertaininc in his role, I of heinj sympann pc has ever done, and art 3t aln ihnr Wvman Is viper hn Im nor censorious, but honestly and Irrefutably in love.

Howard da Sil-va's bartender is a good guv. disgusted and understanding about drunks at one and the same time, brother Philip Terry, though his role makes him more forebearing than brothers are generally expected to be, is perfect in his characterization and Frank Pavlen as a male nurse in the alcoholic ward the hospital, provides starthnch rvniral comeriv A lot nl New York skvlmp am-j fnv ni(1 vr MF AN ambassador CArtroi, stair 12 43. 3 30 HivoL'f- Th MOVIEJIME SCHEDULE 'J n-fiUou V''-ZV won i no WW ni v'l'm sin you. btedh Fomc mi iti i MILL A AlV I 3HISI iKAAwrinu if alTH Til 1 KkNVfflPm 4 r-'iiiiT iVii-os WfiiP gggp ,1 I Th- t6RWM CAlAo Noah BEERY COLLIER John LITEL II cSaTua? SJJ5S' iSsW? jl oS'Kflr1" JIB1 I -tB" Pl Th. ESQUHt All load Winnni S1 "'IS SE DOROTHY ARTURO 'TTTatal "1 J'l rV-aft'MltLlilt 1 1 1 i IRENE MANNING and Bill Johnson in "The Day Before Spring," the newest of the town's musical comedies, at the National Theater.

Judith Anderson Killed in Film Judith Anderson, who portrayed the villainess, Mrs. Danvers, in ttenecca, naa oeen engaien ior the role of autocratic Miss Ivers In Ivers." a Hal B. Wallis production for Paramount release with Barbara Stanwyck, Llzabeth Scott, Van Heflin and Kirk Douglas. In the role of the stern-visagel ruler of a small industrial town, Miss Anderson is murdered by her niece, portrayed by Miss Stanwyck, the crime being the basis for the story of the film. mer athlete, who will soon be in nepuoiics pecier 01 wr, held the schoolboy champion swim- S.

C. on a swimming scholarship. He set three world's records at the California school, includins the backstroke and the 400 Philip Reed Hollywood irom New York and re- por.en ui proouccfa nmvua run and William Thomas for his lead 4 Robert, Lowery. Hillary Brooke and Veda Ann Borg in lop roles. Reed will portray Steve Wilson, a part created by Edward 0 Robinson when he and Claire Trevor did Hie Allyn Joslyn and Anne Revere edy roles in Twentieth Ccnuiry-Fox's "Tlie Shocking Miss Pilgrim." a musical which will co-star Betty Grable and Dick Haymes.

Porter; Hall, who was injured in an auto- mobile accident, has been replaced by Gene. Lockharl. Edith Head, Paramount Studio fashion designer, will Young's costumes in ttie Hal Wallis production, "The Perfect Marriage." comedy drama in which David Mven will co-star with Miss Young. fllrlPr' SE hussey lAMOUR de CORDOVA 7, Tpa 1 111 fTYr.MM.riMI JF 5 TncVTrU I ifrS2E 1 11 tn'J majmM. SmS Vn V- Vv MUl'V I fB jww-apiTKiN "OUR VINES HAVE TENDER GRAPES" am now mErNiw eve.

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