THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C. C-6 WKPWMDAT, SXPTKMBKa I, 10*4 The Passing Show : f¦¦ ||ff' Hitchcock's Wizard Touch -1 ¦ {s f ; A picture to be S |;i.l i At Best in 'Rear Window' S%tlv; "' I I seen and enjoyed 9 ; By Joy Cormody , PL JB' by sli. ’-N Y. Post 9 mm Alfred Hitchcock, a wizard at finding the exciting angle from * which to view life, comes up with one of his all-time bests in H “Rear Window" at the Playhouse Theater. ' l Rarely has Hitchcock entertaining as act • Hf been in this of so - ¦ turning moviegoers into unabashed Peeping Toms. What he does YEARS... i* Is lot. tin hit ratnpra —with telesnnnta Ten* nn lass—ln the winrinv Gaia news for apartment * of a court and photo- 4 • graph moviegoer*.” the most intimate and “REAR WINDOW." •’ Paramount pic- jffflSiß ture. produced and directed by fHBIK.. revealing Alfred — details of life across Hitchcock, acreenplay by* John N. Y. Herald Trib. Hayes, Michael the way. on story by y based the short Cor- *¦>' &§P? X g[jg>* V ' The result is an eye-popping nell Woolrich. At the playhouse. album with snapshots of every- The Ceat. ‘. iv •*. Jeff _ James Stewart -^s thing from the torso of an un- Lisa Fremont Grace Kelly Thomas J. Doyle Wendell Corey inhibited blond dancer to an Stella Thelma Ritter act of wife-murder. Lars Thorwald Raymond Burr Mias Lonely Hearts . Judith Evelyn This carnival of snooping, as Song Writer _ Ross Bagdasarian Miss Torso Oeorgtne Darcy comic as it is tense, is a shame- Woman on Fire Escape . Sara Berner lessly enjoyable Fire Escape Man Prank Cady adventure. It is Miss Sculptress Jesslyn Pa* played by a cast headed by James Honeymooner Rand Harper Mjijß Mrs. Thorwald Irene Winston Stewart and Grace Kelly, whose Newlywed .—, Haris Davenport members give the delightful im- they pression that would have life BREAK FOR A SCRIPT CHECK—A cigarette and candy bar been glad to do this for insists upon being looked nothing. squarely in eye, it help Director Jerry Hopper and Gloria Grahame concentrate From no other director but the will here- after have to make itself more on the dialogue of their recent film, “Naked Alibi." The ac- Hitchcock could they have “playing saloon-singing triple-killer, exciting attractive frontally. tress, a moll to a receives learned how undraped •• • * conventional Hollywood reward crime lifecan be when viewed from the the for after a roof- rear. The rear window through top chase. It is be of which the camera maintains its to hoped, course, vigil that the impact of “Rear Win- dramatic is that in the dow” will not be habit-forming, apartment where Stewart sits in a wheelchair, an but if this should happen, it is ace photog- Hollywood Diary consequence rapher grounded by a shattered a social for which leg. Hitchcock cannot be blamed. If Trained to keep life under surveillance, he passes the rest- Reagan Buys Cattle less hours peeping into his neighbors’ windows. From Brando Herd Where and When By " '¦ They give him a quite unbar- Sheilah Graham 1 Current Theater Attractions gained eyeful, the dancer di- HOLLYWOOD. Hills, and Jack says the house And Time of Showing verting snatches of nudity, a Guy Mitchell made enough •will have to have a garage to lonely spinster fleeting glimpses money in Europe to retire—but hold a big car which will be Stage. of slow heartbreak, a frustrated can only bring 10 per cent of it Mitzi’s wedding gift. Room composer’s outbreaks of violence, into this country. Gordon Mac Rae’s 9-year-old Arena—“ Service”; 8:30 and honeymoon couple the her a Ronnie Reagan is going to Lib- daughter Meredith makes YOU I be able pm. debut Pop won to 9 taunting vision of a fixed and ertyville, Mo., to buy cattle from motion picture with * Carter Barron Amphitheater—- lowered window shade. in “Oklahoma!" tear your eyes away ml X. W*7 “lce Cycles of 1955,” 8:30 pm. Marlon Brando’s ranch. So that's window! These, however, are merely the where Brando sinks his $175,000- Janet Leigh is losing too much from this 999BBGjH9fl^B^J9B9f9GG|9B3*jM|3K Olney—“The Male Animal”; sideshows. The main point of in- a-picture salary. weight rehearsing for her dances 8:40 pm. terest along ,the picture-win- be a race- in “My Sister Eileen.” Screen. wall way Frank Sinatra will (Released by NANA.) dowed across the is horse jockey in “St. Louis Wo- Ambassador “The Bounty the apartment of a salesman and man.” That’s what the man said .jik* Hunter”; 1:25, 3:30, 5:35, 7140 his invalid wife. In the dead of MS ii!j| ki w HH *ms &SB SI. rainy night just when we found him reading the and 9:45 pm. a made for a Racing Form. Capitol "Seven Brides for murder, the sleepless Stewart decides that that is just what he Cecil B. De Mille told me that Seven Brothers”; 11:05 a.m., chariot in “The Ten Com- 1:15, 3:25, 5:35, 7:45 and 9:55 has seen. He has not seen the one cost SIB,OOO. mgmw 9 % h p f « pm. actual act of homicide, but the mandments” will m 9 V 1&BP f nil: fragments has glimpsed fill "And we will use it. not look at Colony “Sensualita”; 6:30, he the pattern perfectly. it,” he added. Sonja Henie’s 8:10 and 9:55 pm. “Surprise” Saturday night added Few Columbia “Valley chair-bound humans at least $5,000 to the cost of her £j^=^^^tar-Bfight of the ask could for a new and sharper party. Kings”; 11:45 a.m., 1:45, 3:40, interest in life than this. Obvi- thehoneymooners 5:40; 7:35 9:35 pm. *** * and ously, posi- however, he is in no r oo haptly to see the | Vi .'.-’M Dupont—“The Vanishing Prai- tion to apprehend the murderous Jose Greco is living with his rie”; 10 and 11:40 a.m., 1:20, salesman. He needs help and former hoofing buddy from Terror tba f lurked! [ . _ : , I'Si 3:05, 4:45, 6:30, 8:10 and 9:55 the first to answer his call for Brooklyn—Dan Dailey. Paul pm. volunteers is the beautiful, pred- “The Duke” Gilbert hopes to Keith’s—“The Caine Mutiny”; atory Miss Kelly who stops nag- walk down the church aisle with . Wag- 10:30 am.. 12:45, 3:05, 5:20, 7:35 ging him to marry her to join Barrie Chase. Robert and 9:55 pm. the manhunt. A second ally turns ner paid 18,000 pesos for a saddle Little—“On eSummer of Hap- up In the spade-calling nurse in Mexico. That’s $1,500 to you, Welcome, legionnafres! piness”; 6:25, 8:05 and 9:50 pm. played by Thelma Ritter. amigos. MacArthur “Turn the Key DObra Paget discourages her Quite a squad of crime «ma- thisaway: When invited TODAY! Softly”; 6:15, 8:05 and 9:55 pm. these three are, but they beaus STARTS "17 vuahci Metropolitan Bounty teurs to any affair out town she 10:30 A.M. a “The are barely able to dent the skep- of DOORS OPEN L T W IW U)E 15th AND H ST. ItfaltKsneifrl - brings'mama, papa and her seven —* Hunter”; 11:15 a.m., 1, 2:45, ticism of Wendell Corey, an old !¦ TECHNICOLOR WBS LATE SHOW TONIGHT 4:35, 6:20, 8:05 and 9:55 p.m. pal the crip- sisters and brothers along. Inci- ¦MSMkMMMMki Owenm mi aim police detective of dentally, do Ontario—“Susan Slept Here"; pled caremaman. Debra will her cen- 1, 3:10, 5:20, 7:30 and 9:45 pm. ** * * sored dance from “Princess of ... - "«<'? " -- - Palace—“ Magnificent Obses- Hitchcock, a fairly ob- the Nile” as the opening number “ALASKANESKIMO” f- Nwiw)i((r’- | man in her night-club act. sion”; 10:45 a.m., 12:55, 3:15, sessed by a yen to pen up vol- FRI. SAT. SIFT. 5:25, 7:40 and 9:55 p.m. canic action in an area the size Byynie Foy, producer of "Wo- 3-4 Playhouse—“ Rear Window”; |of a crowded New York back men's Prison,” keeps up to date. MOTHERS, THIS IS YOUR LAST ‘‘Captivating and thoroughly a.m., 1:10, 5:20, 7:25, Recently, a woman died in a 11:10 3:15. yard, never was more brlllliant CHANCE TO TAKE THE KIDDIES BE- \ . prison in the . 9:35 and 11:35 p.m. | than in playing with the strands South Carolina engrossing We’ll probably see Wait Rome 11 O’clock”; 12, is same gruesome wsy as in his FORE SCHOOL BEGINS MORNING Plaza—" of this narrow narrative. This *. 1:40, 3:20, 5:05, 6:45, 8:30 and he can and does, picture. “But it was not a publi- mmmmmmmmmtmg Disney again marching to and from the "pT meat on which AT 9 r IfAPADOVANI .. ... p.m. ! ravenously. city idea of mine.” swears Mr. SHOWS ONLY fr 11 I , . J 10:10 feed > ¦ Foy. hi m ostha podium like a one-man parade at the next Trans-Lux—“Man With a Mil- The immediate human crea- nicol / ** * * LAST TWO DAYS c y I , lion”; 11:20 a.m., 1:05, 2:50, tures with whom he deals are All prostitute iKcnWRN¦ Academy Award Telecast. Carmody. Star 4:40, 6:25, 8:10 and 9:55 p.m.