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One Performance Only! ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE Sunday, Dec. 18, 1966 3E Mi Thursday, Dec. III LAST 10 DAYS! 8 a holiday treat for young and old 2 I I 1 4 It 4 'Man for All Seasons Top Movie from Play By BERNARD DREW, Gannett News Service 1 "JfW hi ii va.r urn rTi 1 ir mi in The ran IK HI Wllf vH I II aTi Tl Hi mmmm nilia WinCim wrnm mmm mmuxt UN my soul," which is as valid today as it was in the 16th Century. Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and in 1535 he was beheaded in the Tower of London on charges of high treason. SAMUEL JONES, conducting HmrvmA tl CI i ca i Tr ll On' II ll KWm.M EASTMAN THEATRE CUMCMNAlfl il 0Wt MORE WAS CERTAINLY no martyr, as presented in "A Man for All Seasons." He was jmspuk 2 HERE COMES THEQ BIGGEST BOND OF ALL! I itT MNAVBION'-TKHMCOIC mnavbion'tichmcoi oh 7 THE FILM DIFFERS from the play in the omission of the character of the common man.

This was the device Bolt used to have a narrator, speaking in the vernacular, move the action back and forth in time, and from scene to scene, and bridge the gaps. It was admittedly a theatri LAST 10 DAYSI 2:004:45 7u20 M5 PAUL SCOFIELD takes his martyr to screen river for More's home in Chelsea. From the opening shot of the oars moving in unison, to the debarkation in the mud, and everyone anxiously awaiting Henry's reaction before they dare show theirs in gorgeous Technicolor it is cinema at its very best. mm THE CHRISTMAS SHOW FOR EVERYONE AT THEATRES TO TAKE CARE OF CROWDS! NEW YORK "A Man for All Seasons," Robert Bolt's drama on the last seven years In the life of Sir Thomas More, was one of the most eloquent, moving, and exciting evenings of theater of the last decade. The film version, which has opened at the Fine Arts Theater here, is hardly less distinguished.

Bolt has written the screenplay from his own play, and Panl Scofield is repeating his memorable stage characterization of the martyr who tried so hard not to be a martyr. And Fred Zimmermann, one of the most perceptive and sensitive, not to say talented, of all film directors, has guided the property from stage to screen with all the taste and meticulous attention to detail which make of all his pictures major efforts, and often total works of art Bolt has written In the Introduction to the published play that he wrote it not as a religious man, which he isn't, nor even as a good Christian, but simply because, as he saw it, in More's lonely stand against Henry VIII's efforts to divorce Catherine of Aragon and marry his mistress, Anne Boleyn, and in the demand by cal trick, and its being omitted has caused the figure of More to become somewhat more remote. Scofield is every bit as magnificent as he was in the play it is the screen's most noble performance this year but there seems to be a coldness, a withdrawal, a do-not-touch-me ness, which was less apparent in the play. 191 a man of robust humor, who had a happy family life, and a highly successful career at court. A devout Roman Catholic at a time when the Reformation was causing abuse to be heaped on the church from without and within, More was nonetheless a favorite of the tempestuous Henry.

But then he was caught up in the scandal which shook all of England Henry's demand for a divorce from Catherine. Henry, after fighting for years, eventually broke with Rome completely and set up his own church. More, seeing the wave of the future and having no desire to needlessly offend Henry and martyr himself, -and at the same time nn-atole in all conscience to accept Henry's actions, resigned as the King's chancellor and retired to private life in his beloved home in Chelsea, hoping In this way to go unnoticed. EHUDHOOfi psorunwiis aaw 'ml MONROE piwwtj Mil ROSSANOBRATZfcL Ridge Theatre CONTINUOUS TODAY FROM 2:00 P.M. THEATRE 585 MONROE AVE.

473-0694 paul tripp mrm Elvis Praslty l. i "PARADISE, I HAWAIIAN STYLE" i plus Clint Walker in I "THt NIGHT of tta GRIZZLY" omplt frtt parting i ISWHSTM, N.Y. TR WATCH YOUR GIRLI I HOLD YOUR JEWELS! In the play, we heard the scaffold with him. In the movie, rapt and moved as we are, we merely watch. Wendy Hiller as Alice, his loving wife, in the finest performance she has given since does a heartbreaking job as she attempts to bridge that inviolate barrier.

And Susannah York as his fiery daughter, Leo McKern as a ruthlessly ambitious Cromwell, Orson Welles as a cynical Wolsey, Robert Shaw as a brilliant Henry, Nigel Davenport as a befuddled Norfolk, and John Hurt as a despicable, venal climber, all give superb performances. "The NUKED 2 Big Action Color Hits "WAR of the ZOMBIES" the king for recognition as head of the new Church of England which he established, More stood for a principle, "So far will I go, and no further, or I shall compromise But Henry finally Imprisoned him and again and again demanded of More a word of public approval. But More could not cut his conscience ffi entertainment JM I that's almost teOi1 I t0 800d pFjjj I ftMDOM'S LEQEHDAHY COMEDIANl W. C. FIELDS EDGAR BERGEN CHARLEY MCCARTHY "YOU CAN'T CHEAT AN HONEST MAN" WW4 Show Scene The Scattered State Of Our Theaters ZIMMERMANN HAS BEEN content in the main to photograph the play, with particular attention to maintaining its integrity, and not to aim for cinematic tricks.

But there is one unforgettable filmed sequence where Henry and his court set sail up the PLUS-MAE WEST CARY GRANT "SHE DONE HIM WRONG" Cthstorring and COLOR by Deluxe BRITT EKLAND i IXCLUSIVI ROCHESTER PREMIERE WEDNESDAY I DOORS OPEN DOWNTOWN PARAMOUNT DAILY AT 11:30 A.M FEATURE AT NOON 2:154:454:50 P.M. By JEAN WALRATH Democrat and Chronicle Theater Editor ONSALENOWr AMaM at Ml JfruOt THMIM iht LojuAuui im MATINEE TODAY! I frHE CHRISTMAS GIFT DOORS OPEN TODAY WARING li I YELL AT 1:30 P.M. It's not that I want anything for Christmas, or really need it, you know, but if it could be Just one thing and anything at all WllAWAir GIFT CERTIFICATES! FEATURE AT "DON! HIM WRONG" 1:45 4:30 7:15 1:55 2:15 4:35 "HONIST 3:055:301:35 6:509:10 Ly.ll-Mt. Read Pima 458-8523 Waring Rd. Plato 46M8T7 GALA PREMIERE SATURDAY DEC.

P.M. ilg STEPHEN BOYD AVA GARDNER-RICHARD HARRIS -JOHN HUSTON. baa i i i PETER OT00LE MICHAEL PARKS WEEK! 3 LAST 3 DAYS! that one could wish I'd like a chauffeur-driven pumpkin. As the winter grows meaner, the traffic tougher and the night deadlines more difficult to meet, and all other conditions considered, a pumpkin coach like Cinderella's would be so cozy. After a life of cars we've cooled toward the gaseous, noxious, beeping, burping, bumping, bashing things, and toward license forms, identification numbers, plate numbers, fees, taxes, inspections, one-way traffic traps and two-way signals, seat belts, shoulder straps, jammed streets and wild expressways.

What happened to us the other night when traffic streams from two shows virtually collided is the sort of thing that throws one into pumpkin fantasies. It wasn't the first time. Against the Tidal Wave Ice Capades was playing to a big crowd at the War Memorial, and out at the other side of the Inner Loop, the curtain was falling on the musical, "Half a Sixpence." When we sprinted pell-mell out of the Auditorium in a panic born of experience, we headed for our home port in the Civic Center parking garage with a small prayer. We almost but not quite made it. Within seconds of touching base we hit the three-lane tidal wave of cars disgorging from the garage after the ice show.

It took a few minutes to work but of that predicament, find a temporary port and wait for the flood to subside. When finally we got to the typewriter there were only 30 minutes left to deadline. t. fCOLORirotiuml JiJ CARL REINER EVA MARIE SAINT 4 A aa "(VP pnOYOODOIN war. mimy?" JAMES COBURN DICK SHAWN 1:15, 5:25, 9:45 Panorama w- THEATRE pancMvtui flayten fivifisM food PHONE The Modern Jazz Quartet TT-F RlFUFk All JLwiLilM irAf The Beginning SffeeapVtMBTOPHER FRY ProdncetHtyDINO De IAURENTHS Directed bjJOHN HUSTON Filmed in D-150 Color ly Delnxe To be really practical about it, what we need to get around on our job this winter is a helicopter taxi, and if that sounds a trifle far out for Rochester, we can only say that Cvhat has happened, geographically, to local show business, would have looked like science fiction 10 years ago.

When entertainment was centered in Clinton Avenue a very short time ago, reviewers made their rounds afoot. Also, a few years ago it was a cinch to catch a Main Street bus to and from the Auditorium Theater, and one often walked to the Eastman. The Democrat and Chronicle, five years ago, made its home in Main Street, closer to the hub. Two New Ones for Downtown Now, with the approach of 1967, this holiday season will find a dozen or more shows movies and stage opening in an area that stretches from Loew's in Pittsford to the Stoneridge in Greece and embraces Theater East and the Towne in Henrietta, the Waring, where "The Bible" will be showing, on the eastern outskirts of the city and the Coronet on the West Side. The bright prospect of the new year for the urbanite and bless every dwindling one of us is two new downtown theaters.

Optimistic RKO management talks of a theater before the end of next year to be built on the site of the old Palace in Clinton North near Mortimer. The Martina Theaters will build a small cinema adjoining the present Paramount. That will make five downtown movie houses again, hooray. If by the next holidays all this has happily come to pass, we might get back to walking again for part of the time, and our Christmas wishes will descend into the pedestrain realm. We might wish for a solution to the most stubborn of all small problems with which a winter theatergoer contends boots.

How to get them on and off and where to keep them in the space between two rows of seats without holding up the other customers or bumping one's head is a question that cries for an invention. If any inventor is interested, we have an idea. One that has nothing to do with pumpkins, incidentally. Alas, more practical WARING THEATRE fife aw tidwu foe. Mat iali KAMI THEATRE WARING ROAD PLAZA 467-1897 John Lewis, Connie Kay, Percy Heath, Milt Jackson 'A dazzling flow of musical virtuosity" Ralph Glcagon, N.Y.

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