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 '' S%tlv; "' I I seen and enjoyed 9 ; By Joy Cormody , PL JB' by sli. ’-N Y. Post 9 mm , 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 _ -^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 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 “!" 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. solid, opinionated, articulate be- Johnny Johnston told Hilde- Warner—“ This Is Cinerama”; ings who can make a mountain garde he had to split up their act “GARDEN OF EVIL” Extraordinary :££&»*# 2 and 8:40 pm. of excitement out of what the because he didn’t get to see his detective insists is a molehill of family for five months. EXCELLENT FOR CHILDREN “itgoes without saying that they Ammmt nfWl suspicion. Moreover, when Gilbert Roland shouted, “Hey W want s are not pre-occupied with ferret- there!” then, "It’s okay to have Apspamn no one *M | | ing out the murder, the personal me loving different women, but HISER-BETHESDA CE A rosisthar B|S l excellent latest in the tTrue-Life0 mm ¦ relationships handsomely fill all don’t ever write that Iam marry- ahi gaps in the plot’s major tension. ing any - - coNomoMto particular one. Because n| i j touflh" boy series... A worthy successor f °* vout COMFORT The most accented of these is this will scare all the rest away. nn M Miss Kelly’s high-styled, but re- Then what have I to live for?” • THIS IS CINERAMA'' Welcomes the APPEAL I to that great record. -.coe.Pont-T.H. pursuit Stewart; next American legion —TIME,Mag. lentless of Dean Martin flashes that when lucia sou alk in emphasis the comically candid Jerry Lewis became sick, his first Tickets Now or Solo for 3 labor Doy Shows relationship between Miss Ritter thought was to get Joe E. Lewis Monday Sept. 6th at 2, s, 0:40 p.m. and the helpless hero. to assist him. “We could keep the capital aspect The 2.SHOWS..TODAY STIRRING FILM I £2~?». . | An incidental of “Rear same billing—Martinand Lewis.” M/flfitl OJAS I Only A I the 2pm 1:40 pee Window” with which movie- Dimitri Tiomkin is after Dana goer can delighted that the ReallyVi *oo»r s was 1 be is Andrews Broadway U *i HIGHLIT cocktail which Hitchcock beats for a musical iuw »•»¦»* tattoo on spring. be surprised <»CMT SI.7S.S2M n^. his as merry as in the You’ll Wonder emotions is it to learn that Dana opera Bead Seats Available for lounge is The master studied A Sh,wt merciless. melo- for five years before his Holly- Os The ". : dramatist was never better in movie career, and can sing Motion respect; never so kind wood 1 ** TfcHNICOI°» this as six complete operas. Ned Wash- Pietura Vl’'" when he injects a shot of the ington is doing the lyrics for the World! Jlmiiß&r informal dancer’s derriere into the middle Tiomkin of the film’s suspense peak. show. TnleoT Reed tbs** REEF ENTERTAINMENT Patti Andrews’ battle 10»h Mont»\9 with her _ lot truer Seldom have the players in Reserved mim »m NIGHTLY FROM SF.M.B two , ... "Rear presented more sisters concerns their mo- 5a Window” ther's estate. EXCEPT SUNDAY j winning facades to an audience. Patti claims un- MOW oVsale Stewart is something new as a equal division. HOUSEWIVES MATINEE tun M* ** * * ?.l._..atatl:tlM' querulous invalid who is more bet it 1 . interested in a neighboring homi- Television tidbits. . . Gene AllCONDITIONED VAV.'.V.V.V.V.'oV.VAV.VO clement M cide than making love to Miss Nelson raced off the “Okla- AT THE Kelly. The latter, more reminis- homa!” seb and did a 2-minute WARNER Eu&i-is cent daily of Ingred Bergman dance on the Betty White TV FOR YOUR CONVE*NIFNPHILADELPHIA with Rossillini, is here clearly en- Linda Christian will to prestige now make her TV debut on the Chrys- no covi* titled all the she itfjfSi':,-. . ¦ has in Hollywood. Miss Ritter’s ler hour October 21. . . Mario *• MINIMUM OR ' just ma«Za*M»m/*N I f' nurse Is a gem comedy Lanza asked CBS-TV to let (•war Prance, end Its admission far exMUtien kyoar ASA J > 111 Dll I AmUSIMINT TAR of and songs 0 1/ If I Corey’s is a first class him sing a few straight, TONIGHT! xieAreusers Is a trhwnpfc to be Cf~** / detective they go OPENS HaUed."-W«r BEDROOM!** f A ft R A I Hi Wgg self-made bumbler. then could into the rest ..... of the show for laughs. Mario "" “Rear Window,” is a phrase, is Hitchcock at his best. has cleared $175,000 so far on DALI * his “Student Prince” JOHN* ** * album. 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