Raisin in the Sun' Comes to Midtown Screen By SANDRA SAUNDERS "A Raisin in the Sun," Lorraine Hansberry's prizewinning play about the struggles of a Negro family to find its place in the sun, has been transferred almost Intact to the screen. As a movie, "Raisin" 1s de- Saturday Night, Sunday Morning Opens at Lane "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning," now at the Lane, is an angry picture about an angry young man. It's also the best drama to come our way from Britain since "Room At the Top." It has the same guts, a stark serving of still more laurels.| Unveiled yesterday at the Midtown, it's a fine human drama, combining solid entertainment values with timely social commentary. THE ORIGINAL Broadway cast, headed by Sidney Poitier, is on hand for the film. Each is a standout. And Miss Hansberry's own screen adaptation retains her insight, warmth and deep feeling for humanity. The hopes and frustrations of the Younger family are universal and identifyable, regardless of color. These are every-day sort of people, seeking to find harmony within, with each other and with their environment. THEIR SALVATION is in the form of a $10,000 life insurance check. To the grand old matriarch (Claudia McNeil), her late husband's -dowment means a house sunlight and a medical education for her daughter. To her son (Poitier), it means freedom from the servitude of his job as a chauffeur, dignity as a man, To Poitier's wife (Ruby Dee), it means a way out of their crowded flat on Chicago's South Side, hope for their foundering marriage and security for their young son. The drama explodes through two events. Miss McNeil make a down payment on a house in a white suburban neighborhood, which brings a representative of the "welcoming newed and Poitier at last finds his manhood. committee" to discourage+ them from moving. POITIER SQUANDERS the rest of the money, "made out of his father's own flesh," on a get-rich-quick venture in a liquor store, only to learn his "partner" ran off with the funds. Through these crises, the family finds its courage re- ADVERTISEMENT New 'Beacon Wax' Won't Yellow Floors Is Only Wax Needed For All Floors Science marvel 'Vinyl-Plus' is now in 'Beacon Wax'. Beacon won't yellow; it's the only wax needed for a long shine on all floors. STANLEY WARNER THEATRES 5th STANLEY 19th & MARKET - LO 4-1200 WEEK! DOORS OPEN 10:45 A.M. -Fat -11 A.M. -12:50 P.M. - 2:40 - 4.30 - 5:20 - 8.15 - 10:05 P.M. GREAT FUN FOR EVERYONE! "GAY FAMILY -Inq. The
