A-14 THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C. AMUSEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS, MONDAY. MABCK 30. 1953 WINNERS OF The Passing Show IsjlSai ACADEMY AWARDS That Exclamation Point (!) I^orr 1 lltt t hi. 11 N.W. ACTRESS”^ 'Oklahomal's' Only Flaw By Jay Carmody ' jIPpPI That exclamation point in the title of “Oklahoma!"—if you want to know a trade secret—is the only defect that critics and “Face to Face” I euYHOusi^rrjy.. drama columnists to find in ever have been able the musical. * The ! mark is the work of Lawrence Langner and is credited jkjjM Jp 1. -SIST ACTOR” mr universally with giving the show a perfect title at a moment when V the Theater Guild was in a-* ® frenzy of a name. MSjLi T COOPER despair for Or “Come Back, Little Sheba!” CARY Nevertheless it has taken a ter- one, set paper, in energy time That down on riffic toll and locks as if it be a | HIGH NOON among drama writers during the would natural 10 years. gruesome •for the symbol. William Inge, preston j&*£**§ | DUPONT musical’s The however, is a moderate man in truth about the exclamation punctuation. point, apart from its brilliant his Or, perhaps “Oklahoma!”, he and all others have avoided [§ ion r7fT?¥llLAiUid Mount Vtrnon Junior College service to is that fA Auditorium. aioo rsiAsii n.w. it get out the mark for the reason that It LillßAlaMklAniilSrr u. is the hardest thing to You mw it m idtrUtt,[Ctltlli Wad., April 1, of a typewriter. Itrequires three is not worth all that typing 8:30 F.M. movements, the striking as effort. bowdoin college of something about, mUm glee many keys, on the part of a typ- It’s to think club concert ist class that is of any and don’t think drama writers Frodoric THIotMn, Director never sure have not Tleketa «. On ot one stab it makes at the key- been thinking about It sale Sow. board. Three represent sheer these last 10 years. There will be no bitterness, malevolence. (No exclamation K point). however, in their happy birth- . • yBF ¦: day wishes to “Oklahoma!” to- This is why Mr. Langner’s bril- morrow night at the National. liant contribution to the title of $' No, indeed. (No exclamation HK Film* of More “Oklahoma!” has been known in point.) 41 I Than Routine Merit. the trade for 10 years as “that THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL,” ?* * * Kirk Douglas as an amoral damned exclamation point.” movie-maker. One *** * THE MOVIE?: of the sub- “BREAKING THE SOUND BARRIER,” superb drama of jects that will up big man’s The truth about the exclama- come at supreme aerial triumph. tomorrow night’s birthday fete “ICONFESS,” Suspense-Master Hitchcock in top tion point is that it is an immod- will be the movie version back form. downright immoral, of the “MILLIONDOLLAR MERMAID,”confection for the Esther Wil- est, if not a most triumphant musical of liams punctuation mark. There is all BVyy ilir. • fans. time. “MY COUSIN RACHEL,” excellently acted by Olivia de something hammy about it, coming up Havilland. It has been for 10 “THE NAKED SPUR,” James Stewart in a superior, suspenseful something overinsistent, overem- years, merely academically. phatic. There is no doubt it, Starts SATUHDAY WAVE There can be no doubt that about “NEVER AT A WAC,” Ros Russell and Marie Wilson in “Oklahoma!” (exclamation point Anrll ith Vs? TOM the Andy. this was in the minds of those and all) be EASTER PREVlEW—Kathryn Grayson in an Easter mood, great who invented the will enshrined some and “THE QUIET MAN.” rollicking Irish jest by John Ford. moralists day in celluloid. And in third- costume, as she will be seen in the musical biography JMY typewriter when they made the dimension of an earlier singing star, Grace Moore. Title the 111 HHHB -fiCHNicmo* ! celluloid. u of film: ¦fH so write. \ difficultto If they had it possible The Grace Moore Story” thought respectable, In this form* is GEORGETOWN ESSmT its use ex- that Rogers-Hammerstein MOUSE’I , “The Community Art cinema’’ WINELAND THEATERS cept the by charm school girls whose production 14,3 constant absolutely will make several LAST DAY! high aim is times as many as ANACOSTIA expression, they millions it has J. ARTHUR RANK Present! MARILYN MONROE. JOSEPH COT- purity of would in its guides. TEN in “NIAGARA.” in Technicolor it as simple as made current Per- Hollywood Diary JAMES MASON have made the haps at 1. 3:65, 6:55. 9:55: JANE RUS- honorably it will even chase “Gone SELL in a reissue of "DOUBLE DY- (.), (,) and other mod- ANN TODD NAMme," at 2:35, 6:35, 8:36. erate punctuation symbols. With tHe Wind” in boxofflce Fellow Mexican Sings AN ANNOUNCEMENT OP GREAT IMPORTANCE popularity. It is a good bet “THE SEVENTH VEIL” HIGHLAND 2333 Even the dash, a furtive mark for For THE J. ARTHUR RANK ORGANIZATION Open at to do so, no story has ever Lamas in Film Doors 5:45 P.M. Feature 6. MONTGOMERY SsraSiT**ANNE lamentably 8 and 10 P.M. CLIFT. BAX- used for evasions and been held in such deep and uni- By Sheilah HAS SELECTED TER in "I CONFESS," at 6:30, 9:36: tail-wagging vanities among Graham JAN STERLING in "SKY FULL Ol* versal effection. Tomorrow: “POOL OP LONDON.” MOON.” at 8:06. ; other misdemeanors, is accorded The Guild, HOLLYWOOD. Mona Knox will tour in South Marlboro Fika at Theater however, DWBSIiCORAL DistrlcUbia more respect. It may be used is in no hurry. Clearly, there is Ricardo Montalban’s singing Africa. FREE PARKING 10. 3-3131 one movement, voice for “Latin Lovers” is that Three of DAN DAILEY. DIANA LYNN 1n with not the no need for hurry. It thinks Hedy Lamarr’s tele- '4, 4 "MEET ME AT THE FAIR." in Tech- three that take a man from side of singer Carlos Ramirez, pics in Italy be telescoped HISER-BETHESDA nicolor at 6:35, 9:40: STEPHEN Mc- merely in terms of “some day,” Latin will 0 NALLEY in a reissue of “APACHE to side and top to bottom of the when the stage version no longer flown here by Metro for five fast into 3-D’s for theater showing. MARILYN MONROS DRUMS." to Technicolor at 8:06. at keyboard as does the exclamation days of dubbing-in. “NIAGARA” Niche's Ave Atlantic can pack theaters with new* and And And all the footage already 8, ATI ANTIP Lana and in “12 6, 16 P.M. AIIeJUVIll# St S E )0 j.jQOQ point. old customers. Turner’s “Flame Flesh” shot Florida for Mile DAN DAILEY. DIANA LYNN In Using to quote is a Reef” with 25,000 "MEET ME AT THE FAm.” in the dash a Being practical, why resurrection from the 18- people in the Good Friday Only: _ should it A SONG IN MY Technicolor at 6:35. 9:45; ROBERT contemporary public figure when year-old French film de Epiphany Day crowds has been "WITH HEART” “ think otherwise? “Baisee Plus “WATER BIRDS.” t,T"“ he tells some one to go to blazes, ** * * Feu” (“Kiss of Fire”) which tossed out for reshooting via KSfwV- tap cinemascope. one has only to out BULLETIN of starred Tina Ross. FVBd 2103 Fa. Ave. N.W. be simpler. Eight BOARD: Tenth wIIIwIsmF CONGBESS Nothing could the Theater Van Johnson reports that wife Wilshire boulevard is umphing, IE. 7-0184 MARILYN MONROE. JOSEPH COT- taps on the one key and there is Guild-American gone MONTGOMERY CLIFT. ANNE BAXTER. TEN in “NIAGARA.” in Technicolor Theater Society plays for this Evie has back to work—- what with the auction of Mari- KARL MAULDEN In “I CONFESS.” at at 6:30, 9:40; JANE RUSSELL In a the exact quotation in the most she had a role in Ann Southern’s lyn Monroe's personal posses- 6, 7:55. 9:50. reissue of "DOUBLE DYNAMITE.’’ season will be “An Evening with FOR THE WASHINGTON ENGAGEMENT OF moderate family newspaper. Will Shakespeare,” which comes latest TV film. Evie was in the sions and the selling of Jane FlinrtV Fairfax, Va. Phone 7M has one happy (AIMAA Parking There been as- to the National April 27.... Sub- original ‘‘New Faces” revue. Russell’s furnishings. And, Etm Wm. STft pect of “Oklahoma !’s” (look at everyone in Hollywood “MILLION DOLLAR MERMAID.” in TYRONE POWER m "THE MISSIS- scribers will receive their usual Seems after “working with Monroe, Techcnicolor. ESTHER WILLIAMS. VIC- SIPPI GAMBLER," in Technicolor that mess) exclamation point. TOR MATURE. 6, 7:56, tickets in the vicinity of April is taking to the road—Gordon Lauren Bacall and Betty Grable Clonic Comedy of Mannare, at 9:40. It did not become a fad. It production Rae, Nelson, to Marry E. M. LOEW’S Cap,, H *• 15 The with Basil Mac Gene Debbie in "How a Million- Morals and Matrimony ;i might have. In a realm as super- Rathbone, Mar- Reynolds, Janie Powell. There’s aire,” David Wayne says he’ll go CAPITOL j!s&' the theater, Eva LeGallienne, NT. VERNON OPEN AIB ROCK HUDSON. JULIA ADAMS In stitious as the won- garet Webster, Viveca Lindfors, gold in them thar night clubs. off alone to shoot wildcats in Rt. 1 So. of Alex. KI. 0-7050 “THE LAWLESS BREED." In Tech- der is nlcolor at 6:30. 9:35: IRENE DUNNE that dozens of playwrights . Tonlte Thru Wed. JAMES STEWART John Lund, and Faye Emerson . Ann Sheridan is following Mexico! In “IT ON at 7:50. did not attribute the In "THE NAKED SPUR.” in Tech.