Stage—Screen—Books Art—Camera—Stamps R&dio—Music—Classified |EI)e ftotfcjg ffctf Records—Bridge B TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. WASHINGTON, D. C., OCTOBER 28, 1966 THE . PASSING SHOW These Long Films Furrow the Brow By JAY CARMODY parture time of the last com- ,y %/ PPMj i .... _. ißym There are many aspects to muters’ train: to the dilemma the brave, new world the, of how to keep the “sitter” that movies are entering. late; and to similar perplex- One of the most interesting ities and vexations of average of these is the three-hour, mortals. or Such a longer, film which is not playwright and his ex- producers actly commonplace but is nev- do not need from ertheless losing its sl2 to sls million to enter the uncom- • profit. monality. area of There is much more to the It Needs Masses ¦fl film of this time dimension Hollywood does need that than being, cynic de- as one kind of money which scribed it, “the greatest boon can come to baby-sitters since ‘Gone only from a mass audience With the Wind’.” True, the with which it obviously must baby-sitter is involved to the make terms based upon an ; extent of earning f *4M %m,|m| enough by acute sense of that audience's IS . sitting .- % with the baby to pay „ .& ..- IMft ' problems. HBmn1 Af* '^^TW^BHr for the privilege of sitting There is no taint of ‘ ¦-¦ through the movie later. the high-handed in its chang- nBQM ing production For this, she may Holly- structure. Hol- love lywood ® wood more than ever, but has no exclusive dedi- fftßSUh whether she does cation to any one type of film, or not is long except IyBRCi beside the point. or short, that which it hopes will prove good Moulds Broken enough to be popular. The point is that the film In this experimental frame studios turning of mind, it is giving hawk- are adventur- like ous, daring attention to the public so to speak to get acceptance of its first long up and, if necessary, limp away films with “War And Peace” from the moulds which tele- the one providing it with its vision has broken. huge earliest useful information. ffj With The star-saturated classic BaMgSMtessj^^,^.. v disposal, screens at its it is based upon Tolstoy's novel—- experimenting with a type of A NOVEL THE ™ rated by many as greatest FOR STAGE 1 S :: the *** - l >: - ¦ap&MK t,t^%i^r^laWl entertainment that is beyond ever rv,l /... •,< 'x- ><v w $* written—is in its fifth Edmond Purdom and Nancy Wickwire play two of . • S^.£ :. • the scope of the small screen. week at the Capitol Theater, the leading roles in “Child of for which Hence its willingness to Washington’s largest. Fortune,” gamble There Producer Jed Harris has high hopes. A dramatiza- A KING RANCH SIZE NOVEL COMES TO THE SCREEN on such heretofore has been almost no vocal com- out-size material as “War And plaint the tion by Guy Bolton of Henry James’ “The Dove,” it Oil spurts from a new well to Peace,” that film is over- shower its black particular one-is the gusher that starts Jett Rink, three and one-half long. It absorbs audiences be- will start two prior-to-Broadway weeks at the Na* wealth over the plain in “Giant,” Texas George Stevens’ the cowhand played by the late James bean, to high hours: approximately yond any comprehension of tional Theater tomorrow night. filmversion of Edna Ferber’s novel, “Giant.” This position as one of Texas’ new crude oil millionaires. the same: “Ten Command- passing time just as did Mar- ments,” and three hours 39 garet Mitchell’s version of the minutes: “Around The World same story, “Gone With The THE In 80 Days,” almost three Wind.” BROADWAY WEEK hours: “Raintree County,” in Pattern Changing ¦ ¦ ¦ process of being made, three hours and 40 minutes. “War And Peace,” however, This does not signify that has intimated a changing pat- Jean Dalrymple Has film producers are seeking to tern of moviegoing. It is a turn movie-going into an en- better nighttime picture than durance test. Os that, they daytime, more popular in the Own extremely Success Formula are wary. They feel, nevertheless, late, early, that if the dra- than in the after- By WILLIAMGLOVER Miss Dalrymple’s work pat- matic dimensions of theme Patrons do not just drop • a noon. tern. -if »; .£• . Li** ’•; NEW YORK, Oct. C^P). — Lit are big enough, length of pic- in at any point in the film’s 27 “This the toughest secondary Broadway’s secret leading lady is season ture is a considera- projection. If they miss the all,” insists, looking tion. has a simple secret of success. of she beginning of one showing, they back over four years of Center So far, the new colossals have wait for the beginning of the “Ifyou want to get anyone to do something.” explains production. confirmed this conjecture, with next one. show, Jean Dalrymple with feminine For the third she will the further satisfying evidence Each of these developments have “Mr. Roberts," with that New Yorkers has logic even a msn can get. will pay as its meaning, but of what Charlton ("Moses” of the much as $3.30 precisely “you just find something they to see such films. exhibitors are not movies) Heston After The price scale, of course, want to do.” starred. is sure. a typical Dalrymple juggling related not only to the quan- And, beyond these, Miss Dalrymple has done lies session, Hayes agreed tity of the long picture but its another which may be the fine with that Helen formula—U> to appear in "The Glass quality and its cost of produc- most significant of the lot. which she adds a lavish dash Me- "'f * ** nagerie” tion, the latter a pretty terrify- This is the discovery that the of distaff determination. as the middle bill. ' Although backstage ?m W ing figure. maximum popularity of such As directing manager of one her ac- * -» W JI -~ " kept w _ ¦» tivities have Miss Dal- "•'¦• «jr t te a picture is of the White Way’s most !¦ ' ’¦' the week end, v p I 5| Reckless? No over re- ” ¦ *‘tJ*" * 11 t || rJ' |jj|j|| |ppj from Friday through Sunday currently exciting show enter- rymple relatively unknown to There is nothing reckless in night. One of its intimations prises—the drama division of the public, she is without doubt the film studios’ current com- is that the long picture in- City Center—Miss Dalrymple one of the best-known theater mitment to huge productions, volves planned moviegoing, annually conjures a series of women anywhere on the globe. ' plays whipping to extravagant packaging more careful mapping of the star-studded at cut-rate Besides up the im _Jlr~ f jJU*t. 1 of project than in the halcyon or prices “forpeople who come to yearly festival, she maintains the classics and the near- carefree days. the theater because they lively classics. love a multitude of irons m\ At least nothing This is not surprising. Still it.” elsewhere. casually A short time back, reckless. it is somewhat disconcerting The City Center season be- for example, site boss-lady It is recognized was still that to exhibitors with an all-day gins November 7 with a ver- of a television spectacular, the movies are a popular operation art policy, seven days a sion of "Teahouse of the Au- "Reunion in Vienna.” starring form and, as such, subject gust to week. It is pleasant to have a Moon” in which Miss Greer Garson and Brian restrictions that do not apply lot money of come into the Jean has done a typically off- spring to a flnec-art. This is to say boxofflce, large Aherne, and last she in wads or beat bit of “let ’em do what took a production to Latin that it isTnore plausible for a otherwise. But For * “ “otherwise” is they want” casting. the J^%i4*- fl ‘• ' '¦’W ‘- «- £ '’rV '- v ' ' ,* &j§f^%t^- America. 5 ¦**#•£'%? I' l Eugene O’Neillto write a four- the form in which money has focal role of the Okinawan in- hour play than for Hollywood to ¦ /' ’ ¦ ¦: : , ¦ been accustomed come. terpreter. played until now on Outwardly Unruffled to make a movie of almost What does the shifting pat- the stage and screen by males, Her desk holds letters from equal length. tern connote? Holly- Neither will be portrayed by Rosita hundreds of the great names Mr. O'Neill is not writing nor wood the exhibitors know. Diaz, a stellar senorita from of the theater. The phones in for a mass audience but a From one long picture City. to the Mexico her two crosstown offices ring coterie group instead. He can next, however, they are anx- Assembling the rest of her be indifferent, if it pleases him constantly with calls from all ious to learn. And expect to play series is, as usual, chal- over. as it sometimes did, to the de- learn a lot. lenging serenity the calm of The hectic atmosphere THE OLD REGlME—Dining in the Benedicts’ mam- and comes with him to the horizon-pushing Reata moth and leaves her with outwardly un- ornately furnished Victorian mansion Ranch. Mercedes McCambridge is dramatically quietly stands amid ruffled calm, more a that stark the Texas vastness are three determined and sharp-tongued as Luz Benedict, chic hostess than a bothered others of Mr. Stevens’ 3-hour-and-18-minute movie. Bick’s spinster sister. Jane Withers and Chill Wills Dorothy Would Marry But Right Now manager.