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45 Oikland Tribune, Friday, June 4, 1954 'Caesar' Role for Lana Stars CURTAIN CALLS Ballets Two Shakespeare Star v1 In 'Flame John Gielgud, Ingland'i inter Billed for And Flesh' Pamela Lunches Britton oPBrigadobn' at Villa de La Paix "Flame and the Flesh," latest nationally known Interpreter of Shakespearean roles, makes his American motion picture debut in "Julius Caesar," which entered its fifth week today at the Tower. New Season romance drama in color at the Fox-Oakland, offers si new type of characterization for Lana Turner, in the role of Madeline, Gielgud's role Is that of Cas- Anton Dolin'i London Festival sius of the "lean and hungry a gin wno nas known many look" who is the prime plotter of Caesar's overthrow. Marlon cities 1 and many men. Miss Turner is co-starred with Carlos By WOOD SOANES Miss Katherine Lee Steel, daughter of Mr. and Steel (the former Armilda Jane Owen, you know of course) paid a visit to No.

204 the other day yesterday, in fact and we went to lunch at the Villa de la Paix. It was very pleasant because before lunch we were met by Harry and Dewey, who own the joint and they treated us Miss Steel and me to drinks on the house. She in Ballet and the reorganized Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo will be two of 12 events offered by California Civic Music and Arts Foundation in War Memorial Opera House for the 1954-53 Thompson and Pier AngelL Brando enacts Mark Antony while James Mason and Edmond O'Brien portray the roles of Bonar Colleano heads the fea tured cast Brutus and Casca. inompson, screen newcomer Also on the screen Is Tchai season, Paul Posz, managing director, revealed today. hailing from South America, kdwsky's "Capriccio Italien." plays the pivotal role of the The Festival Ballet will star Gene Kelly.

Kathryn Grayson There are continuous showings Italian cafe singer, loved by one dally from 1 p.m. at popular Tamara Touminova and the Iron Curtain refugees NoraxKovach girl but infatuated with another. prices. The picture was filmed in Naples, and Istvan Rabovsky. Italy and in the resort towns of Maria Tallchief and Frederic and Frank Sinatra.

The role was that of a dese, dem and dose waitress from Brooklyn. "I'm afraid the child was 'marked' she sighed. Positano and Amalfi. Franklin will star with the Monte Carlo troupe, to which Miss Tall Also on the bill is "Prisoner of War," filmization of POW Eves. Kit.

Sea. SiM chief returns on "lend CURRAN Mat. WroVSat. JiJi treatment in Korea starring Ron as she expressed it, after the Oft. MM aid Reagan, Steve Forrest and summer tour 6f New York City fB apa7BssB 'SSBNaBBaaBBSfcA' mm vTONIGHT 9 P.NCjUJ jlH ADDITION TO "RIVER OP NO VVVfTTl 7 I OaamaSfaa If Thty fomt) coins hit tfca PomiiuIii ffiLr A i rt'J ,4 In l.v d.niarauslr A JJ 7Sf rapturc-Mily! J4n tyS A 1 SGJF dulged herself in coca-cola and I had some tea, a brand called Overholt.

The reason Miss Steel didn't have tea is because Miss Steel is 7 yean of age and the Messrs. Harry and Dewey are no fools despite the fact that she revealed to them that her sole ambition in life is to become a waitress. They do not propose to have the house pinched for serving tea to a minor. Miss Steel, perhaps I should report, was not entirely in my charge. She was brought to No.

204 by her mother who is much better known as Pamela Britton, the bright particular star of "Brigadoon" and Signor Antonio Buttitta who handles the bagpipes for this Highland fling. Dewey Martin. Ballet, of which she is now a 40 SEASONS AGO TODAY Blanche Bates is on the stage of the Orpheum this week in a I v' Robert Mltchum who is member. Other events include the Sig 'We Want a Child' Is Award Winner new sketch. LAST I DAYS H.r.CrWes'frfxtMisIeaf eesso With BRILLIANT SINGING AND DANCING COMPANY OP 100 GOOD SEATS NOW ALL PERFORMANCES I mund Romberg Festival, opening the season November pianists Rubinstein and Gieseking; vio "We Want A Child" which At all events, to get back to the opened today at the Globe Thea ter, won the Venice Film Festival Gold Medal Award and was en linist Helfetz; violinist Primrose; contralto Marian Anderson; Rise Stevens, mez2o soprano; Jan Peerce, tenor; Roberta Peters, ostensible reason for this story and the preceding interview, Miss Britton is a native of Milwaukee, a city located in the State of Wisconsin, and made her dorsed as enlightening entertain Opens June 14 Seats Nowl Marilyn MonrcVt vii-a-ria In "Rlvtr of No lUtum' screen attraction at the Paramount.

ment. coloratura, and William War-field, baritone; Rounding out the "off-beat" stage debut at the age of 12i in M4IW tiSii i'm i affJKjiSi Season subscriptions are now summer stock. screen fare is "Terror starring Caesar Romero. Heiyy Generators being accepted at the new Foundation 680 Sutter Build 3 Coins Singer TWENTY SEASONS AGO TODAY Clark Gable and William Powell re teamed on the Paramount screen in "Manhattan Melodies." ing, San Francisco. Dorothy Granville, long prominent in Bay Area musical activities, has been SPOKANE, June 4.

One of the huge waterwheel generators Is Frank Sinatra for the Grand Coulee dam weighs appointed, associate director of I I 20 r' LSW Tsar The unidentified voice which more than two million pounds. the Foundation. SENATftA alar Us moviecoers hear ting the hit Furthermore, she was not at By the time she was 16 she was ready to take a job as a singer with a band and in 1940 she went to New York and needled the Theater Guild to such a point that she was hired for a small role in "Away We Go." When the play, then "Oklahoma," became a hit on Broadway she was assigned to the Chicago company to play Celeste Holm's role of Ado Annie. In 1944 she married a handsome man in uniform, Capt. sag kit las yaart song, "Three Coins in the Foun tain," in the opening sequences of the new CinemaScope picture CP, JJ 0 I Tfnn qrar Oil of the same name at the Para BT mount, belongs to Frank Sinatra Deer a.as Last CsmpleU Skew at a.m.

COt OR by DELUXE lha wordf of 4-Trock, Hgti-FMiity STEREOPHONIC SOUND I 65 1-5 p.m. 90 1 evenings i Although it previously had been decided not to disclose Arthur Steel, and in due course of time Miss Kathie arrived on NOW all interested in me. Her concern was a visit to Fairyland where My Pigeon had promised to take her after she had eaten her spinach. Fortunately for all concerned the Villa didn't have any spinach yesterday so everybody was happy. At this writing I don't know exactly how the trip to Fairyland turned out.

If it hadn't been forAhe fact that I was committed to write a column I should have liked nothing better than to have followed the quartet if only to have seen Buttitta trying to re st tut me CLIFTON WEBB-DOROTHY McGUIRE-JEAH PETERS LOUIS JO URD AH -MAGGIE McHAMARA aaa Barry SULLIVAN OsrsUr MALONB la LOOPHOLE" EXXBA1 the scene. "We live a quiet life in South PATTI PAOI tas 1 era siarlnr and indiserstiaa era California," Miss Britton said, "but occasionally I like to I S8LMMH HCTtMU OPKN P.M. 2 SENSATIONAL M.G.M. TECHNICOLOR HITS! Sinatra's identity his name appears nowhere in the film credits the rapid rise of the Jule Styne-Sammy Cahn tune to Hit Parade status in only three weeks led to a reversal of the earlier policy decision. The comedy-drama, shot on location in Rome and Venice and in color, stars Clifton Webb, Maggie McNamara, Dorothy Mc-Guire, Jean Peters, Louis Jour- INDISCRETION get back into the theater.

I can't make it a profession however as I have Kathie to think about and I do' not intend to leave her to duce himself to child's size to get through the opening to the chil the care of baby sitters. -A "Once, when Arthur was in the dren park. service and I had to keep work I have never thought that there mg, i taught her lor a year ifflit Montgomeiy JONES CllFT 2nd RED-HOT HIT! was much about heredity, but am beginning to have my doubts dan and Rossano Brazzi. Second screening is the tense crime drama about a bapk robbery, "Loophole," starring Barry Sullivan, Charles McGraw and Dorothy Malone. After all that shouldn't have been too tough.

Miss Britton was educated at State Teachers Normal School in Milwaukee where USHERiTOTHRULWV 1 jlflVilaViS 1 0nH 4:30 fM-JJLDw TWO ALL mil at TIME GREATS! her father practiced medicine. If one manages to wriggle one's way out of Normal School one SaaW ft mmnr aTBaV XBd lilt lira ALL DEL7 GIN SIIOV should be able to transmit the three R's to the very young. i six GUIIlllfSS Miss Kathy's determination to tote trays could very well stem from some pre-natal influence. Armilda Jane Owen changed her name to Pamela Britton shortly before she won distinction in the original "Oklahoma" it was called "Away We Go" in Boston and got a two years run out of the show before she shifted to "Brigadoon" and got another run of two years. On the strength of "Okla-j homa," however, she won a nod from Hollywood.

The producers of "Anchors Aweigh" felt that she was just the type for a certain role in a picture starring KM AaAX.sC Money Back on The World Dances' "The World Dances," a film with commentary by George Fenneman, will not be presented at the Paris theater tonight as announced. Refunds will be made at the box office of Sherman Clay according to announcement of the Oakland Community Forum. Starting Times Today FOX OAKLAND "Flame and th Flesh." 12:35. 4:10. 7:40.

11:15 p.m. "Indiscretion of An American Wife." 1:55. 5, S. 11:05 p.m.. 3:10 a.m.

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