The Brooklyn Daily Eagle from Brooklyn, New York • 8

1: By tallty of Mr Shaw's writing Kven ao "Saint Joan probably th finest play written In tha English language In our century Isn't- given every day For those who have never seen It a visit to tha Cort la recommended Shaw dona moderately well la till finer entertainment than most new playa dona In handsome style Tha Shaw dialogue fresh as tha day ha wrota It Is a substantial Joy Orry-Kelly Walter Plunkett who designed some spectacular- costumes for the final sequences staged at the Beaur Arts Ball and Irene Sharaff who did the ballet costume "An American In has raised the standard of film musicals by-several notches Here's musical that won't be aurpaaaed In many a year On Manic Hall lags "Autumn Album? la die title JANK CORBV Army-Princeton Como On Ouild Theater TV fyi I The Embaaay newsreel rhii'A JU anounces the completion ofh first brgwacreen televuion 1 lta Guild Newsreel Theater Kh St at RockehUa Plaza Aa It first attraction the Guild Theater will ahow each! alvely In New York the Navi Princeton football game iomE row at 2 pim This will com by video cable direct from jff napolls Stadium Reserved seau are now on salt Outauiullng games wlU be abown on kuccew atve Saturdays haati rhlch rhlch tnuh jlse Superb 'An American in Paris' Now at Radio City Music Hall YouH rail In love with "An American In This new musical film which oienel yesterday at Radio City Music Nall la Irrfsbstable So you'll probably have to aland In line to see It! The Music Hall only seats B200! backgrourida If It out of a new extravaganza on the Muf ulc Hall stage which features Uta Hagan a Comciantioui 0 But Unimpircd 'Saint Joan' lanint-hing lli own iwrlU-ubr unison the Theater Guild brought to the Con but night new let's ngt say "revival" Margaret Webster dlitllkea the of Ilernard Joan" with UU Hagen the Maid MUa Webster doea better It apiwars by apiwars rtnxl 4NB4f4N American In Paris" runs for minutes and against atrik Ing backdrop la- threaded through by dancing gendarmes French cancan girls flower sellers and cafe habitues In a superb medley of movement color and music A second production tiumber with Gershwin's llulkl a Stairway to aa its theme Is sung by Georges Guetary with a bevy of feminine ballet dancers -Well known on the continent Ciue-tary ha alad been seen on Broadway Other George Gershwin melodies with words hy Ira Gershwin 12 In all Include I Got which Kelly alngs and dances with a group of lively French children "Embraceable You" By Strauss" and Wonder "Our laive Is Here to runs charmingly through the film as the apeclul song of Kelly and Mlsa Caron A remarkable number Is an all-Oscar Levant production in which he dreams of playing the Gershwin Concerto In and as ha visualizes himself In great concert hall Levant gives magnificent Interpretation of the work on the piano The striking costumes whlrh add to the eye appeal of the Mm are the work of three Bu irl nidi Bit Hill Ml 4 4I Si4lb 04PIT0b--4 Si liM Ml Ml SiM IImT dramatic musical tribute to Beethoven and a scenic reciwa-lion of Time Square -with elaborate ballet' dances by Olga Suarez Michael Maule and tha Music Hall Corps da Ballet Others starred are Dick Stewart baritone Tony Sternum tap aancerr Howard Caine Frank Sc ho field Philip Abbott Lea Oiagoraa Rex Ramer and tha Rockettes 1iH kM" MM Cat SiM 4iSS S-M nn ISlSSL LQN4 Ma I Irtl (S I ion 4iSA Si4 Ml IL uS '1 uoi A VVT 4W4I 141T Sam lavtnaon It Sat For Borough Bonofit Tha annual Knights Before Christmas star-filled stage show at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Wednesday evening Oct 31 will feature Sam Devtnaon and Red Huttons according to an announcement by Gene rieahette manager of the Brooklyn Paramount Theater who la producing the rharlly affair together with Morty Curtis Other entertainment head-lirera so far art for the all-star ahow Include Jean Carroll Buddy llackeii and Phil Foster The Knights Before Christmas are a group of SO civic-minded Brooklynites who have under taken the task of making the Yule season brighter for the handlrapiied and Indigent children ISiSSi Ullfb IllWIa a M-aS Ilia 4i4 lilt lllifi UiM SlS 4iSN IM M6VIE TIME SCHEDULE IN linVu iiuii MiSA Ml Ml All liM Ill Ml Mill 44 Balt- MJ IllSS Sieij ISi4N A BUS Ilia Ml II aozvwA 1:1 SiM SlS in I nn in si db far MO lie II mil IW rould a the1 iff to radl rjco intli nth ibe rorki Ms aibi line An Ucf njrcl cf I iris ii tisa lA" III Sill 4il tlM I III" aa grew of the time and place Kelly Is an American GI staying over id Paris after the war to study art He meets a wealthy American woman whose romantic designs on him are camouflaged by an Interest In hla career and falls In love with little French working girl who loves him too But she thinks she ought to marry an older man a singing star played by Georges Guetary who aaved her from the Nazis The older man takes himself off finally and gracefully but until he does and considering the complications due to Kelly's rich patroness there are momenta when carefree young love la clouded Gotgeoua Ballet Gene Kelly who la choreographer aa well as star dancer and singer In "An American In handles all hla well all but hla with breathtaking artistry His little teammate Leslie Caron Is an exquisite dancer and together they scintillate through the moat spectacular ballet the screen haa ever produced It la set to "An nothing compared to the num-lier of people who will be try Ing to get In from now on because what "An American In offers Is all the Joy of living wrapped up In one big dazzling package Music? American In Paris" takes its name from the George Gershwin tone poem and the whole picture Is built around this and other Gershwin music Color? Here Is Technicolor at Us loveliest bringing right to you gay Parisian sidewalk cafes the Montmartre the walled walks beside the Seine Romance? Gene Kelly of the winged feet proves that Paris Is the city uf romance and by way of assistant he has piquant Leslie Caron young French actress end Iwllcrlna This is her first American film ajqiearance Oscar levant as Kelly's nairerl pianist friend supplies music and humor The story Is the least of It In American In hut it's a captivating story at that Is-lievahle ami natural woven In with the music the songs and ilanrtng and fascinating liN aiML llllSl 1 SiSS IS rsasNovNT um IiH -Tim I IM SiSA mss WABNS-1 Bi Mil IUI I Shakespeare Dialer her direction the Shaw masterpiece Is well played for the most part in a handsome Intelligent production hut It should lie some-thing more than that It nhould lie exalted or thrilling or Inspired For "Saint I an Inspired glowing theater work witty and profound ami touched with spiritual lieauty and It lakes an Inspired performance to do It Justice Joan of Arc was no ordinary human being She was Inspired and so was the Irreverent unpredictable old Irishman when he wrote about her t'la Hagen Is a fine actress one of the finest of our younger players as you'll undoubtedly agree If you saw her In Country or Streetcar Named but I'm afraid she Just Isn't Joun At mi time did I believe last night with more than half a heart that Saints Catherine and Margaret spoke to her or that she saw or was divinely Inspired to save Frame A Smaller Joan Nut that Mlsa Hagen gives a pour or indifferent performance la too good conscientious and intelligent an actress for that Uut aha doesn't convey to any Impreaalve degree the fire the tingle-minded drive the re- LATE SHOW TONITEI been dlrrrted at a brisker mice It Is perfectly understandable X' roa Theater League The League of New York Theaters aa It annual membership meeting re-elected the following officers: Arthur Schwartz president Lee Shu-bert and I stub ljtllo vice presidents Gilbert Miller treasurer and Herman Shumlin secretary The by-laws were amended to enlarge thy hoard of governors and llariy Gould A Berman Anthony ID Farrell Otto Preminger George Abbott Richard Myers and Irene Mayer Sell-nick were added to the board that Margaret Webster should want us to get the fine full flavor and meaning of Mr Shaw's beautifully written lines crackling with substance and thoughtful wit but the play loses some of Its sparkle ami snap under Miss Webster's careful painstaking treatment Some uf the Intellectual excitement of the arrlit raised by the clashing of opinionated characters speaking their minds brilliantly is lost on the Curt stage Richard llarrlson Senle'a backgrounds are tasteful and DhcxgrouiHls are tasteful and aaa ms SPECIAL! 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