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i T- At Cinema 19 Connection' Is Best of Year a tense, almost breathtaking v. yy 1 the arty "Birthday Party," the riotous "Night They Raided Minsky's," the swinging "Good Times" and the tragicomic "Boys in tha Band." There are no similarities in any one of his films not in pubject-matter, content, style or cast. And that's a tribute to Friedkin's talent. Hackman is quite simply America's finest actor. If you doubt this statement, just compare his performances in "Bonnie and Clyde," "The Gypsy Moths," "I Never Sang for My Father" and this top-notch film.

Top-notch? ITiat's an understatement. "The French Connection" is far and away the best American movie of the year so far. Tuesday through Saturday at 8- "mafinee Thursday and Saturday at 2 P.M., Sunday at 3 P. M. New Locust Theater, Broad and Locust (PE 5-5074).

Through Nov. 7. "The Price" Long-estranged brothers pick over their father's estate in this Arttiur Miller drama. Tonight and Saturday at The Colonial Playhouse, Magnolia and Ridley aves, Aldan, Pa. (MA 2-4153).

Also Nov. 5-8. "Twelfth Night" Shakespeare a la St. Joseph's College. Opens Tuesday at 3:30 and 8:39 P.M., Bluett Theater, Overbrook near 56th (TR 8-5000) "West Side Story" Leonard Berrvstein Stephen Sondeim musical finds Romeo and Juliet on the streets of New York.

Tonight at 8:30 P.M., Saturday at 2 and 8:30 P.M. Bucfca County Playhouse, New Hope, Pa. (862-2041) "The White House Murder Case" Jules Feiffer's anti-war satire plays Fridays and Saturdays at 8:30 P.M. Cheltenham Playhouse, 433 Ashbourne rd. Through Nov.

20. Present At The 1 Spectrum 1 Tour of the Week "All Over" Philadelphia premiere o( Edward Albaa's play views the American way of death. Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8:30 P.M. Society Hill Playhouse, 507 S. 8th St.

(WA 3-0210) Through Dm. 11. "Bullfight" Laslia Stevens play takes you there. Thursday through Saturday at 8:30 P.M. Hedgerow Theater, Moylan, Pa.

Through Nov. 20. "Decline and Fall of the Entire World a Seen Through the Eyes of Cole Porter" Porter's lesser known ditties, played against an historical photo panorama. Wednesday through Friday at 8 P.M., Saturday at 7 and 10 P.M. Manning Street Theater, 1520 Lombard St.

(Ki 5-730S) "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" All-black musical revue features Alex Bradford and group, but not muoh else worth bothering about Tonight and Saturday at 8, matinee Saturday at 2 P.M., Sunday at 3 P.M. Walnut St Theater, 9th and Walnut (WAL- NUT-5). Closes Sunday. "Dracula" Happy Halloween, you all, adapted from Bram Stokers novel. Friday and Saturday nights through Nov.

6. Cafe Theater, Aliens Lane Art Center, Aliens lane and McCallum st. (VE 6-7S85) "Fiddler on the Roof" Hit musical plays Friday and Saturday night, 8:30 P.M. Abbey Stage Door, 6615 Rising Sun ave. (Pi 2-8324).

Through Dec. 11 "Hough in Blazes" Jerome Max's absurdist comedy places a Jewish family in a Japanese Kabuki theater setting. Far out Annenberg Performing Arts Center, 3617 Walnut St. "I Do, I Dor Musfcal -version of "The Four-poster" chronicles 50 years of a marriage. Tonight, Saturday and Sunday at 7:30 P.M.

(buffet dinner from 6 P.M.), Marriott Motor Hotel, City Line ave. and Monument rd. (667-0200) "The Ma Nobody Knows" What, you haven't seen this one yet? A sensitive and provocative view of ghetto life, as seen through the eyes of children. 'Hamlet' at LaSalle Theater La Salle, in association with the Masque of La Salle College, will present 12. performances of Shakespeare's "Hamlet," beginning 8 P.

M. Nov. 12. It will continue nightly through Nov. 21.

By JOE BALTAKE The rousing, screeching car chase which comes towards the end of "The French Connection" is almost too good to be true. Up to this point, it seems almost impossible for this extraordinary crime film to top itself. But top itself it does! What we have here is a fantastically super movie about the international narcotics racket and police-squad tactics in seamy, dingy New York. It's a dream come true for famished moviegoers who have a strong yen for an energetic, exciting, gutsy film. The R-rated work opened yesterday at Cinema 19.

Adapted for the screen by Ernest Tidyman (author of the novel the involved and intricate plot has to do with two plainclothes-men (Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider) who sniff out 120 pounds of pure heroin valued at $32 million. From then on, the film rapidly shifts between New York and France, the headquarters of the wealthy heroin big-wig who's heading the smuggling caper. The pace increases to TONIGHT at 8 pm il CHESTER FIELSHOUSE WEST CHESTER. PI. DIRECT OR RT fl (UlTfKI LLOYD WEBBER BLUES ARTIST John May-all will perform at 8 and 10:30 tonight at the University of Pennsylvania, in the Irvine Auditorium.

mal pictures. It is now a museum for his prints and stuffed specimens. Outside are four miles of trails. Open 10-5 daily, admission free. Leave the shrine by way of Audubon rd.

to Pa. 363, turn right onto the Express Route at Betzwood and follow south to Rte. 202. Follow 202 to the Schuylkill Expressway, east to center city. TICKETS -f I FOOTBALL BASKETBALL I I II YEARS AFTER 1039 I SEA TRAIN 115 SUS CHMIT I ALL PHILA.

HEW YORK I THEATRES SPORTS GLASSMAN'S I 231 S. 13th at Locus! (PE 5-9673) I I i speed as the two cops become more maniacal in their search for the smugglers, the contacts and rhe goods. This is all a prelude to what is easily the most exciting chase sequence put on film. Hackman races through the busy, congested streets of New York (New. York, no trying to keep up with a speeding elevated railway car.

The action alternates between a sweating, hysterically cursing Hackman and the panic inside the train, where a gunman is going berserk. If the tension of this scene doesn't give you the shakes, nothing will. "The French Connection" stands as a personal triumph for both Hackman and director William Friedkin. With this work, both men keep up their track records of never having repeated themselves in their movies. Who else can make such a claim? Friedkin previously directed American History in action at the AMERICAN WAX MUSEUM m4 arhria vaaj'ra at InriapMoMC HaS and tha naar U.S.

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