* THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C. AMUSEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS- A-20 FRIDAY. JUNE 18. IBSS

- Passing Show “AMERICA'S FIRST TBEATRE” Mg&sSk The Eve*.. 8:30. Mat., Wed. and Sat. 2:30. Katie Passes Big-Screen Test In his In Warner's New Musical rugged arms'jrKpg^ By Jay Carmody * Interrupting its sense- * Kathryn Grayson and widescreen film projection look u If they were made for each other In “The Desert Song,” which opened yesterday at the Warner and Ambassador theaters. It is not equally apparent what “The Desert Song” was made for. apart from the Warner Bros.’ yearning, perhaps, to keep the studio active. This is a pretty lavish remake of one of the musical hits of ¦ mll MmmJ IJ llli the ’2os but the fact •> that in spite of Miss Grayson DESERT A pic- ture,“THE BONO.” Warners’ 11 U/ produced by Rudl Fehr. directed . widescreen, “The and Desert by Bruce Huberitone. tcreenpley by Ro- Song" has become old-fashioned. land Kibbee. based on play by Lawrence might unjustly Schwab. Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammer- It not be de- stein. 11, Slsmund Rombere and Frank tintype Mendel. At the Ambaaeaaor the scribed as a widescreen Warner. and which somehow hardly seems _ waiting Mareot .. Haihryn Orayaon Rax Office Open 10 A.M.-IO P.M. what the world is for. Pauf Bonnard. ** * * El Khobar Gordon Macßaa Capt. Fontaine Steve Cochran Miss Grayson, who has not Youssefi Raymond Maesey Benjy Dick weeson been as busy of late as when she Asuri Allyn MeLerie Gen. Btrabeau Ray Collins Metro-Goldwyn- Hssssn Paul Plcernl worked for Mtndar Frank DeKova Mayer, obviously Lachmed William Conrad has not been Neri Treror Bardette wasting her time in sheer idle- Lt. Duvalle Mark Dana ness. Her improved voice is gist who just the one that can get the doffed his French na- of “The Desert Song” tionalism to aid the Riffs’ cause. most out By becoming music. This, incidentally, seems a thorn In the flesh of to have been written by every- .the governing French armed forces, he not only got FRONTIER STALWART—PauI Kelly, an actor as much at M-G-M / one. Composers and lyricists on sagebrush Broadway drawing /\ the credits include Lawrence some decent treatment for the home in the as in a room, turns Schwab, Otto Harbach, Oscar oppressed natives but won the up in the former in “GunsmokeKeith’s next film, starring 'J Hammerstein 11, Sigmund Rom- general’s daughter. Audie Murphy. Starts June 25th In a world as grim this Cool Loew’s CAPITOL berg and Frank Manel. as one, * AMUSEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS. Any girl in the movies but and in a period of realistic musi- Miss Grayson might be hard put cals, it all seems too painfully to sing as much music as these like an inspired fairy tale. could cram into a single score. Bruce Humberstone's direction She, however, makes out very of "The Desert Song” has well with such nostalgic tunes as the embarrassing intimation “One Alone,” “Blue Heaven” and throughout that he might be be- any number of others which i lieving in it. He goes to great have been hanging around since ! pains to find something—that the ’2os. ! isn't there—in the political im- She gets a notable assist, of plication of the story. course, from Gordon Mcßae, j His picture eludes this plan to who is the No. 1 vocalist on the hit its best moments when it Warners’ payroll. j lets Miss Grayson look and sing ** * * very prettily. Macßae also does It is the loud creaking of the a creditable job with the score of “The Desert plot that mars the lilt of “The Song,” which is . Wj ; a lot more than he does trying ife. Song.” presents Drama...Music...Dancing...l Desert This has to do to act like a philosopher-strate- Sr with the postwar period of the gist redeeming the Riffs from 20s when the Riffs and the ' j the French yoke. French were ruffling each other’s The comedy of the musical Is feelings. Into this nettlesome sit- j generally on the stale side, but uation there fell, of all unlikely there is one unwittingly funny humans, an idealist-anthropolo- touch that keeps bobbing up. This is when the characters drop colos sr into French to say such things d!& \ Ib as “Au revoir” and “merci” to v I JAMES MASON TECHNICOLOR Her Nibs show that they are not entirely loves enchanting at a loss for what is supposed to On Stage be their native language. HOHUSHEARER! This can get very funny. And p|£ R ANGELI Georgia Gibbs does. *** * At Capitol With BULLETIN BOARD: Open- 1 ETHEL 'Pony Express ings of new movies, which used BARRYMORE to be fixed, and predictable, “PONY EXPRESS " a Paramount Die- j rure. produced by Nat Holt, directed by continue to wander over the en- LESLIE CARON Jerry Hooper, icreenpley by Charles Marquis Warren, baeed on a atory by tire week. . . . Today, the Palace Frank Oruber. At the Capitol. comes up with Story of The Cast. “The Cody Three Loves,” with an all-star KIRK DOUGLAS Buffalo Bill Charlton Heston Evelyn Rhonda Fleming Denny Jan Sterling > cast. . . . And the Ontario pre- Wild Bill Hiekok Forrest Tucker | Ranc* Hasting* Michael Moore sents its, and Paramount’s, first Bridger Porter Hall ! FARLEY GRANGER 3-D film, “Sangaree.” ... “A Barrett Richard Shannon i Cooper Henry Brandon Queen Is Crowned” has broken Pemberton Stuart Randall Sat Ruasell Lewis Martin all attendance records at the Chief Yellow Hand Pat Hoaan MacArthur theater, the reward JAMES MASON i for which is naturally a second By Horry MacArthur ! week at the outlying art house. Any of ecstasy you j. . expression . The Flower theater. Silver AGNES MOOREHEAD see on the faces of people com- i| Spring also set a record with lng out of the Capitol Theater jthe same picture. ... Its print ! was for showing this week probably can be traced ! withdrawn MOIRA SHEARER . . . Only elsewhere. 25 Techni- k'w. Pi«y* by JOHN to the presence there of Georgia ’ prints of COLLIER, JAN LUSTIG »nd GEORGE FROESCHEI | color the film are avail- Sl.ri.tby ARNOLD PHILLIPS. LADISLASVAIOA *nd JACQUES MARET Gibbs. Her Nibs is headlining the | ' able for the entire country. o"«t.d by GOTTFRIED REINHARDT «.d VINCENTE Byrd Cinema, Arlington, MINNELLI stage show which accompanies j The Prtduwd by SIDNEY FRANKLIN • A. M-G-M Picture j continues its increasingly popu- “Pony Express.” a fairly stan- j lar policy of art pictures. . . . Charl- dard action film starring Its current week-end feature is ton Heston. "The Winslow Boy.” starring

Robert . . Miss Gibbs is something pretty ; : Donat. . Starting Sun- STMIS _ COMFORTABLY COOL special among singers, a tiny gill day, the theater will show “The with a large and lilting voice and j Bad and the Beautiful,” one of a great deal of style. She is no the five Academy Award nom- singer confined to a single type inees for 1952. . . . Howard Uni- versity players g jufiAag of song, either. A woman of in- | will make their finite variety, this one. first television appearance on She can go from a romantic WMAL-TV June 25 In “Richard ballad to the foot-tapping hit and th* Three Queens,” a scene of "Seven Lonely Days,” her cur- from Shakespeare’s “Richard M-CotlMM£o rent record hit. She can turn III.” . James W. Butcher, as- blues singer for "Birth of the . sistant professor of drama and Blues” and get torchy for “Kiss | ] a member of the university t mow! eo ” mom^ of Fire She does all equally drama faculty since 1934, will well, which is very well indeed play the role of Richard. ... His Shrnnf Before Miss Gibbs appears on j fellow players will be Juanita the Capitol stage, the accent is ! Tolson, Mary Nelson, and Toni largely on the comedy of Joey Wofford. Adams, CBS radio star, racon- teur and author. Early in the FERNANDO LAMAS*DAH« MEDINA proceedings Mr. Adams remarks Where and When I that he has not been in America Current Theater Attractions long, he’s been in Alexandria, but And Time of Showing I STARTS • • « he gets funnier later. ONTARIO ONCE IN A LIFETIME The Adams contribution in- Stage. TODAY! COLUMBIA ROAD AT 17TH ST. N.W. CONDITIONED cludes jokes, singing imitations Arena—" The Country Girl,” TONIGHTI of Eddie Cantor and Johnny Ray 8:30 p.m. LATE SHOW SUCH A SPECTACLE! with the Four Lads and a comic Carter Barron Amphitheater—- gj dialogue with A1 Kelly. Mr. “Showboat.” 8:45 p.m. Kelly is a past master of double- "HISTORY IS NOT ONLY BRILLIANTLY talk and this is the high point Screen. I m AND FULLY RECORDED, IT ALSO IS great IN 'A . of the Adams act. A deal Ambassador “The Desert ¦bmesmshei' MADE QUEEN IS CROWNED' . . of the rest of it is highly funny Song”; 1:10, 3:15, 5:25, 7:30 and t you m mCHUHJO ALLCAN BE GLAD THEY WAITED FOR business, too. 9:40 p.m. , THl\ THE MOVIE!" Pony MIILU Before the comic gets into the Capitol—“ Express”; 11 midst ofADmnm .. Joy Cormody am., 1:45, 7:15, On act the Four Lads do some rous- and 10 p.m. lliere. 4:30. i Evening Stor ing singing and before they get jStage: 12:50. 3:35. 6:20. on there’s some dancing by Jor- Columbia—“Pickup on South \rxrnew giant/ pm . . BURLESQUE . "SPECTACLE OF THE CENTURY . dan and Parvis. Vaudeville’s do- Street:” 10:45 a.m., 12:40, 2:35,’ \ PANORAMIC / ing all right here this week. 4:30. 6:25, 8:25 and 10:25 p.». r°:, COLORS ARE BEYOND BELIEF! THOSI ** * * Dupont—“Man on a Tight- i \ SCREEN / IDIES WHO VIEWED THE TV OR NEWSREELS In “Pony Express,” a slick rope;” 1:20. 3:25, 5:25, 7:30 and! WILL FIND A STARTLING SPLENDOR Technicolor outdoor film pro- 9:40 p.m. UORUSsJ THESE COLORLESS MEDIA COULD duced by Nat Holt, Charlton Keith’s—"Split Second”; 11:30 BEGIN » NOT TO CONVEY." Heston plays Buffalo Bill Cody ?. 1:35, 3:40, 5:50, 7:55 and ! D.nctn S £wr*S° * Riche rd A 010 9 L. Coo (without music.) At this point 10:05 p.m. Ainet Bios Picture TtCMHC n Washington Post in his life (whether it is his Little “The Strange Ones”; MI"M GRAYSON AC factual or fictional one doesn't ?, 8:15 and 10:15 p.m. 'M RAE matter) WONDERFUL . he is helping Wild Bill MacArthur “A Queen Is SUPERLATIVE "WORTH WAITING FOR . . 86 MIN- On The On Our ’ Hickock launch the pony express. Crowned;” 2, 3:55, 5:55. 8 and UTES OF AWESOME, YET CHEERFUL _ THIRD The villains this time are a 10 p.m. Stdndar^oeen__JilANM(REEN 1 GLORIA GRAHAME I MONTH I SPLENDOR AND IMPRESSIVE CERE- stage line owner and a foreign Metropolitan “The Silver MONY. HOLLYWOOD AT ITS MOST agent, Whip”; 1:20, who want California to 11:40 a.m.. 3. 4:45, fowb - . . . EXTRAVAGANT COULD NOT EXE- < - I 6:25. I ti t "One of tb* saaten's 'mast*' p.m. , og»*WARNERlSSVambassaoort| secede. They are using as pawns 8:05 and 9:50 R Q#M Get- ¦c CO Sim I CUTE, CONCEIVE, A a pair of loyal Californians who Ontario—“Sangaree”; 1,3, 5,! will baa prize candidate among - LET ALONE SPEC- the film, of 1953. A gem of *us- TACLE honestly think California would 7, 9:05 and 11:05 p.m. |fe^HAYWOim«AH6B* SO GRAND!" atmotphara ... a out of the Palace—“ The Story of Three i pent* and Irnio Schior be better off Union. climax incradibla axcitamant." Washington being so away. Loves”: 11:30 a.m., 2:05, SALQMEI Timos-Horild far 4:35.1 — Carmody, operators, 7:10 and 9:45 p.m. Stage line foreign mMMmI¦HI for .1 agents, secessionists or aroused Playhouse “Lili;” 11 a.m., Indians are no match for the 12:35. 2:25, 4:20, 6:10, 8:05 and TRAWS-LUX^,^, Bills, Wild and Buffalo. The 10 p.m. iiilgthweik;| pony express goes through and Plaza “The Seven Deadly iUil Washington and California are Sins:” 11 a.m.. 1:15, 3:35, 5:50, SoeWf Warner** f Nf lt WtR | LESLIE CARON f closer together. 8:05 and 10:25 p.m. | MEL FERRER \ The Technicolor photography Trans-Lux 11 METROPOLITAN “Salome:” tv«fc Open ili« et 7 05’. Jerry Hooper a.m., 12:50, 2:45, 4:30, Is fine and Director 6:30. 8:20 COMFORTABLY COOL gw^ has brought off some good ac- and 10:15 p.m. tion sequences, but the best as- Warner—" The Desert Song”; , set oi “Pony Express” is its 11:15 a.m.. 1:20, 3:30, 5:35, 7:35 playing. Heston does a top- and 9:45 p.m. Hull “MAN and IfUTHOusi aTStTTaJ notch job of creating a likable and Cody. Rhonda SUPERMAN” italic by Tt* Ovg§*gGt* believable NOW 28 NOW PLAYING Fleming as one of seces- EVENING PANNING THRU JUNE the Bret. iWed. to Sun.) R.ifl p.m., M. ft.DO. Tt lonists, Jan Bterlmg as a tom- ft. ft SO: Mat. Sun. i.Jo p.m., ft. ft.so, ELU FITZGERALD il. Mail orders: Olnrv Theatre. Dent. S. FOIIiTH Wgic\ FRoMll DAILY boy type In love wtth Buffalo 60* w O! net, Mi. Wash. Box Oflce: Jordan'*, IT |^ £f^|/ With SitMrilu AU Btar Coot and Forrest Tucker ISth and O. XM. 7-1 SIS. p.m. Bill as Hick- • w/MaiiMBSCT 2 ock, CAPITAL GAHAGE FREE ADMISSION NO COVER also maintain a higher level • N. 14 H w' ConHnueui of acting than most of these IS2O N. Y. Avb. W. rORK AVI AT unt ST. f 1 Start. June 25th C—ln# Reyil VA i*me BetwMa 18th and Mth OLNEY 111 ¦ ¦ " outdoor affairs display. 1 1 9 Cool Loow'i CAPITOL * < i