sign in sign up
<<
Home , Dale Robertson, Eddy Duchin

EVENING STAR, Washington, C. 'Essie pirouetting B-26 THE D. between her meatier roles of Shakespeare ' -—air conditioned WEDNESDAY. JULY 11. 1956 husband's xylophone and print- and Fry, fare less well. Philip ing press; the word game between Bosco, who was a remarkable OLNEY now the Sycamores who have Hamlet this winter, disappoint- ART™™™e»o« » iosoo I| playing THE PASSING SHOW fun nila theatre and the Kirbys, who have only ingly attacks the Mad Russian First Time Ever money. with such ferocity he demolishes 1 Shown NYDIA WESTMAN $ Jreli Edf*: Two veterans, Nydia Westman him. Thom Hitchell, as the over-1 Satchmo Brings Music mgr as Mrs. Sycamore, and Edward bearing stockbroker father of the 'TDFMrU Finnegan, carry the perform- Sycamore girl’s suitor, manages, * k *^ll ance. Mr. Finnegan seems es- through no fault of his own, to Our Amphitheater mk A J®\ pecially at home in the role of suggest more a petulant scout- 11IPc-7?P I Ummub y Kaufman A Hart To xSti the tax-dodging sage. Miss West- leader than an outraged tycoon. J Hilarious Summer Entertainment By HARRY MCARTHUR man. who had trouble from time As Penny’s husband, Gil Rath- rrmini eei#„ Niehtly except Mon., 8:40. Mat. BUKLBSK sun., 2.40. Ticket into., call White- identifying play- bun. is pleasant but utterly fails .. , I hall 6-8100 or Jordan’s. and O. to time fellow ¦• = 13th , who has been spreading particular gaa!i=^'¦l ——• —> DI. 7-5774. Hecht's. Silver Spring. his own ers, comported to convince that he is her con- 1 ¦ capitals Europe herself with the brand of the American culture about the of and indestructible amiability and temporary. Africa, came his capital spread night. back to own to some last monumental witlessness called “You Can’t happy evening any near-capacity Carter But Take It With It was as an as Barron You,” aged, easy Amphitheater audience has had. for. with its laughs,! your doesn’t give pfeiiw, AiR-cmmoitiD for It Constance Schneider’s Essie is the players the should be equally happy tonight, tomorrow .and Friday chance to P nights, merely for amphi- r suitably frenzied; and George do their usual bril- not liant stuff. They do 45 T( patrons ("Gypsy,” Johnson, the hard 11 1I i i ?0 starts DAY theater but for its im- ¦! "Bucket’s Got a Hole as the maid’s loafing things much better. mediate neighbors as well iff in It,” etc.i is sung by Louts in beau, gives a relaxed perform- the latter are sensible enough to 5 that velvet gravel baritone. It ance. be Louis Armstrong fans. When 1 probably is the most distinctive Louis gets wrapped up in spread- - voice and singing style in the The other members, used to! j Bros wc-.cm l|iA - ing the culture, he does not con- world and no “new sound” will —" Air Conditioned fine it to any restricted area. ever take its place. Gkegojiv I - There are some other people -*** * NATIONAL 4 WKS. BEG. MON. of consequence in the jazz world “AMERICA'S FIRST THEATRE" Some of it is ad libbed, too, as ! P£CJC taking part this four-night | Ere*. R:,10: in when everyone gets Matinees Sat*. t:.10 “American Festival," , enthused Music but with giving W. C. Handy’s “Old "Richard Satchmo one they , 4 SPECIAL SHOWS is the come ' Miss” an especially exciting ? ? BaSehart Genn to see. He fairly exudes that Matinee 2:30 Wed., July 18 going over. “A-a-a-a-h,” sighs -ip v quality which marks Danny 1 Brbvi: same high-riding 7 P.M. Sunday Showt July 22, John Huston [ Louis at the climax, A, Kaye an affection for the PMDUCIiONor H|»UIN Mllyme 1 I ¦ ' "here we go.” And go they do, July 29 and August 5 people who come to see him en- I ‘ taking up where they left off. tertain that is instantaneously returned by anyone close enough , While all of this is going on, LARRY BETTY BUSTER to see him grin. young Mr. Armstrong is having J DOUGLAS O'NEIL WEST Louis comes strutting onstage, as much fun as anyone on Clad in a black silk suit that i hand. He plays with his songs would have the entire popula- ” and his audience. He takes that . .«n ..Technicolor . tion of old New Orleans pop- . trumpet up to the very peak, be- MIGHTY MITE GOES TO WAR , yond which go, Wirnfr eyed if it could see him now. He it can’t then Mickey Rooney plays one of the leading roles in “The Bold Sfir.lwg \ / beams and the rapport with his j sends it a few notes higher. He and the Brave,” new screen attraction at RKO-Keith’s audience—a true 9-to-90 group— . stands back and beams, the Theater. Advance reports have it that Rooney, who has , happiest listener in amphi- Is immediate and complete. He the done some good ones and some bad ones in his time, turns AIR-CONDITIONED « / . theater, when one or another of 1 u marked John Ford's sure directorial touch. PI fIWPR low Pin*y Br id depression headed by Eddie Condon. audiences. And the musty, familiar charm. Mrs. — Mr. 1 CMAROI IT—Wt Haw#. All Mai» I ROBERT MITCHUM In "FOREION AND WHEN Condon has done us all a service Sycamores, with snakes in the Sycamore, referring to minions fAto'iM# 4*d Air T.a.al CkA'g* CA.Ot by acting as a sort of one-man 1 parlor and love in their hearts, of the FBI as “J-men”; grand- W ( Alt A tiltCHAISE Ntmbti Stanley Warner Theaters DRIYC-IN THEATERS Hi Current Theater Attractions AU S..n, W»n»»r Ar. lobby for jazz through the years were the first of their kind, a father, the commencement-col- Air Conditioned ;;r ThjAter. I S P - 3 ''l 2»th & Ala. Av. S.E. and Time of Showing Dlh A Pfl‘"•‘ClLIlMFR H.,,, IRI. 701), nRIIiUItNAYLOR spreading killing novelty. At least one of recounting particularly »m«on t , n n~nFSn-7.-.,S VI. 1. l(J 2. 400 „ and the word about lector, a 5 8 ® 1 ?,• r Rd - Klddi,s frrr ROBERT TAYLOR. DANA WYNTER : AMBASSADOR *°r1 o|’ KdRd 'iN.W.w Tnnn in “Confidentially, - thy this particularly American its lines it satisfying Columbia graduation; y DALE ROBERTSON "DAY OF RICHARD “n.nAV I k " # • ?" 1 ,^ - CHARD TODD. SIXTH OF JUNE" p? STAGE musical form. He and his mu- ‘ ' °MoMobyI SSr Dick.Di C 1:U0.nil »J:OS.hn? 5:15,US^°.»7:20, "n»vi’BUSTERE,"nnßTrD^'i 1 10:40. . Color', it 1:15, 3:25, —— -- -- 6:25. 7:30 and sicians also Carter Barron Amphitheater—- play some tidy Dixie- wo-c.m, QUEENS CHAPEL »,*¦, — “ with land. solidly done if not overly HVHLUHAVALONA„ VW. Swcl.l v««- i/Ui RnrHVii i r nnrvr iu American Music Festival.” i —— — H.miltnn St WHT.tt. Md HOCKVILLE DRIVE-IN Louis Armstrong, and his all inspired. A highlight is Billy Cr n e r GEORGE GOBEL. , f. S. Root* 210. Rorkvitle. M4. RIJS5 i i’ £ n? •tars; 8:30 p.m. Butterfield's trumpet assault on gimm°nL RjOS “BIRDS AND BEES” Op^aT'rp'M^X^l'mi.k Stewart. t:00. 3:6.i, Ist Chapter of TYRON. "8 CAR LE T " 1 90 S TOM r«/^niPT “How Come You Do Me Like You Serial, and the Ape HOUR. 10;4O. r'fiYYDr'i’LjlUJrvCTiii National Dark “Pajama * "The Monster 11:06. Cartoon Ktds CrUxiliL Do, Do. Do." 3-3SOO Free Park- FlavianfL , In "THE BIRDS AND THE BEES" starts July 16. ilkdfPtlt VII g. (Technicolor), at 0:00 Plus Game" HT] 9 Y I-. "Hlid. r-.a." M LOEW'S JEANNE *** * MT vroitnu nnni mu chain, dale robertson in "city Olney —“You Can't Take It HpjHEaMB n W D" °f OPEN AIR OF BAD MEN "at 11:05 PM Tlie “American Music Fes- Fu‘rr."DaT ßobeAson yon U*WUN With You”; 8:30 pm. °’ W H fr" “rk- Alex ~ tival” moves on to uiU)ir-mi P HP *1 ' the Dave CALVERT in, "On the Thresh- ! "YOUNO AT HEART." at 9:15. DORIS SCREEN Rif " Brubeck quartet. Mr. Brubeck oTSBPfKsMiBNI Old of Space John Hodiak fl 30 PiJ FRANK SINATRA: "JUMP NoinliLnwlww,J TkaslawaHealerS “Moby Dick": dispenses i 9:45: "Day of Fury.” Dale Robert-' 1 i;vro HELL ”at 11:36, JACK BER- neignßOMOOl! 1 Ambassador that modern brand of son. R:in Only. NAS. KURT KABNER ARLINGTON-FAt.I.S I HltCI VA - p p.m. - 1, 3:05. 5:15. 7:20 and 9:35 music-from-the neck up that i bvm 1 rrVTRKI ME. 6-2*41. Near Park- r JA 7-4366. i „ ¦.bn nnL , , Foll, Chu,th Capitol— "The King and I”: drove the younger set rock- , n T h Mav„lck Hury Vo to I.rr “"*•BnLARL* RLVD SIHltSTATE am., Queen.*’ Barbara Stanwyck, 1100 JE. 2 1555 11:30 2:05, 4:35, 7:10 and and-roll. It is music that gets S-26, 6:55, 9:36: John "THE lyftgPfp i fWflßi .Jlma "Sands of Iwo IIBIILIIRIVP.INIR THP&TPRIBIUtIUi Wavne. SEARCHERS" 9:40 p.m. through to the mind, but you __John Wayne.J2:3s. 4:05, T45 HillCIIII 1730 Wilson Blvd JE. 2 of rail! , 4. Colony —"I Confess"; 6:30 and won't tap your foot a single tap. vrtlllrnv RA. fl-Hfioo S-OSOO Mllea Wen WILoUR 7 n Ar ' '’h "OVn MISS_BROOKS_" 9:55 p.m. Mr. Brubeck, vastly 600 *”«L"d however, is a w„»iJohnaon" :0 Corner, and Falrf.i Circle Via l "Private u.i. i 9*l" RllPlfIMmAM 331 N Glebe Rd Columbia “Fastest Gun accomplished pianist f B,nSon Bird BUtKINCHAM ja, 444 i and—de- Chariton He».n° II ' Ellher, ArUn.ton iTnrn.n, 7_0 Alive"; 10:45 12:30, 2:20, pending your ran »*r am.. on personal tastes PENH tt 3-5200. Free Parkins. Warld s l.arteat Screen ’ 4:15, 6:05, 8 and 9:50 p.m. in such matters—you may have JeaTl Bim' mnil o " BLAZING WTTH GLORY. ART TUfTMI Col. Pik» 4S. Woltpr n ** —“ •» ’ : 0 30: D of JOHN WAYNE. NATALIE WOODS, AIILINIITuN o. Dupont Madame Butterfly”; yourself a fine time. He and his 5?r w e Y? I° A eH Dr IA 7 7999 ••RSSndSp'of 1 "THE SEARCHERS” Wayne. 1:05, 3:15, 5:20, 7:25 and 9:35 aides do concoct some interest- PIT Wn*. Rh'nhm®' n .John "TmE*SEARCHERB?^ pjn. ing and Inventive melodic and p '«s?" rA GLEBE SAVOY “WAR OF THE WORLDS” Lane,. - Keith’s “Bold and the rhythmic patterns. Enid fl :w 15*35: _ Mario VrenaDE Brave”; 11:45 am., 1:50, 3:50, “Shamed." Vittorio Oassman,' 7:5(1’. _ 11:15. Jn Glorious Color. Arl. Blvd. & Annan- Next comes Gene Krupa and ° N FREE IPPPPRCDII 6:50, 7:50 and 9:55 p.m. AflUlimnSHERIRAN RA «--*<"> Bpec:a PLAYGROUNDPLAYGROUND. ‘ dal. Rd JE. 2 8040 , there is not much you need to & Matinee Doors Onen Georje GobeL Mltzi Gaynor ‘"THE —“ 10:30 P.M. BIRDS AND THE BEES Little The Secret Life of j f "On of— be told him. It is no over- THE the Threshold Walter Mitty”; 1:20, 3:25, 5:30, about I » ,04 statement when he is introduced BRANCH DRIVE-IN BYRD CINEMA ,* nSS*’ 7:30 and 9:35 p.m. 1:0 ° PM as the best-known drummer in ' BrancbAva.' MacArthur —“The Sea Shall VcLITmVJ!!Md ft Children Always Free.HE An^Blnh the world. He, too, has some | EDDY DUCHIN STORY CVI vro JIT. fl-AAOO Rt 8 dIAsTCiXI p "BLACK DAKOTAS." Color. 0:00: Not Have Them”; 6:15, and j Parkiartcln”,«- ’ talented along associates and