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r- DaiUiUiH(rrlbunlt May 22, 1964 I 22 PRICES $2.50 1 2 Ahgry Men More Suitable on Film 'FILM FINALS' TONIGHT AT S.F. STATE San Francisco State College's radio-TV-film department holds its 196 "Film Finals" at 7:30 p.m: today in the school's Main Theater. The program features motion pictures prepared by students, who script, produce and edit the films. COLISEUM DRIVE-IN OPENS HERE TONIGHT -v. 'Cj Cliff Robertson portraying Mr.

Kennedy; "Spencer's Mount-tain," with Henry Fonda and Maureen O'Hara, and "McClin-tock," starring John Wayne and Miss O'Hara. Next week, the Coliseum will move into first-run status as it joins seven other Eastbay theaters in presenting "A Distant with Mr. and Mrs. Troy Donahue. A -77 7 i By BOB MacKENZIE "12 ANGRY PEOPLE," adaptation of "12 Angry Men," by the Playmakers of Pleasant Hill.

Friday and Saturday nights, Pleasant Hill Recreation Center. Even i when flawlessly executed, "12 Angry Men" is not a good stage play. Originally a television drama and subsequently a movie, it was written for the camera. Filmed, it is a tight and gripping piece of work. But it is static on a stage, for several reasons.

First, the three acts unroll in a single, uninteresting set a jury room, where 12 jurors must decide the fate of a boy accused of murdering his father. There is no genuine action; the story 1 in words only. Three acts of endless wrangling over points of evidence by characters who scarcely move from- their chairs has an eventually soporific, not to say claustrophobic, effect. A movie camera can cut from one face to another, catching a flicker of emotion here, a nervous gesture there. It can stand away from the players or zoom in for a probing inspection.

It can move around the cramped room, varying the viewpoint But the stage audience has no West Coast Satire NEW YORK (AV-A West Coast specimen of brash topical satire is being brought to Broadway next autumn by producer Arthur Cantor. He participated in the arrival here several seasons back of the youthful Second City group of who pioneered the improvisational lampoon fad. The show is put. on by The Committee, a group of. six performers and a musician.

HELLO? Don! yoi often bope if out-of-town relatives or friends calling? They probacy fed the same. Why not start a Long Distance visit AH you have to do is dial. Nothing says YOU like your voice. (J) Pacific Tttapbm Reminder: To complete your eate more quickly, dial them direct The Eastbay's newest theater, the Coliseum Drive-in, opens tonight with a triple feature. The Coliseum, off the Nimltz Freeway at High Street, features the usual outdoor movie refreshment fringe benefits plus "hi-fidelity sound." The opening bill is "PT-109," story of the late President Kennedy's wartime heroism with such happy mobility.

It is frozen in one spot, watching actors equally transfixed, and unless the players are explosive and magnetic, they soon become just a bunch of people sitting around talking. False action such as walking to the water cooler or opening the window is not sufficient to relieve the stuffy quality of the play. The play must have seemed ideal to the Playmakers, because of their intimate, sparsely equipped theater. No elaborate Nancy King of El Cerrito and Carl Reggiardo of Richmond play Sophie and Tom, the lead roles in Contra Costa College's production of "Tom Jones," an original musical comedy. The college production has a freely adapted script from the novel and original music, including 11 songs.

Performances will be seen at the San Pablo campus today and tomorrow. NEW LOW niBuuiDnin Ail Cm 11 Am SK. 24109 ALAMEDA ALAMEDA ly3, In Ttchnloolorf Ian rianhti'i "FROM RUSSIA WITH tOVI" Saaa Con nary as Jama toad "ACT ONE" Georoa Hamilton-Jason Robardt, Jr. KIDDIE MATINEE SATURDAY "NAKED HILLS" CARTOON ALBANY il ni Solano Ava. LA 4-5656 fLLjjJtn I 2 Swinging Color Hita! "MUSCLE BEACH PARTY" Annette Funleallo-Frankia Avalon "SUMMER HOLIDAY" Delightful Musical! Cliff Richard Children's Matinea Saturday "Summer Holiday" 4 Cartoons "Muscle Beach AMTIOCH STAMM PLW52 Patricia Neal-Paul Newman "LILIES Of THE HELD" 11 BERKELEY DrtJWri TV Shattuck at Haste DLfiUlXIt I TH ornwall 8-4300 Fourth Hilarious Week! "THE PINK PANTHER" David NIVEN-Peter SELLERS "MARY MARY" Debbie Reynolds-Barry Nelson Box Office Opens 6:15 p.m.

CALIFORNIA 'jiiSMES Twa Color Hits "PARIS WHEN IT SIZZLES" William Holden-Audrey Hepburn Leslie Caron in "GABY" Doors Open :45 p.m. ELMWOOD "NIGHT MUST FALL" starring ALBERT FINNEY NOBTHSIDE J82S Euclid TH 1-2648 Studio "SUNDAYS CYBELE" Acad. Award Winner with Hardy Kruger Emmonuelle Riva in Alain Resnais' "HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR" Studio "IRMA LA DOUCE" Shirley MecLaine-Jatk Lemmon LIKE IT HOT" Marilyn Monroe-Tony Curtis flKIPf Solano at the Alameda UAIV.IJ Phone LA ndscape 6-1 836 First Run East Bay Showing! In Technicolor! Ian Fleming's New "FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE" Sean Connery as James Bond UNITED ARTISTS THP 3 we. Startling Realism! In Color! "MONDO CANE" "THE SKY ABOVE, THE MUD BELOW" UP TH 3-6267 University at Shattuck w. "SOLDIER IN THE RAIN" Steve McQUEEN-Tuesday WELD "A GLOBAL AFFAIR" Bob Hope International Beauties Doors Open Tonight at 6:45 p.m.

CASTBO VALLEY o560 Castro LU 2-2555 ItiliiOUl PETER SELLERS "THE PINK PANTHER" Color! "A GLOBAL AFFAIR" Bob Hop Kiddie Matinea Saturday 1:00 CONCORD ENEAN Phone MU 5-5411 rnum suuia WITH LOVt" Sean Connery as James Bond JE EAST OAKLAND riMF 7 Vlll. I Phnn. AW "CHERRV'S HQIUP ab Miinco 2nd Adult Hit! "MAD MAN" FAIRPAY Foothill Blvd. Fairfax 1IM MA Phone: KE 177 "THE VICTORS" Albert Finney Vincent Edwards-George Hamilton "A GLOBAL AFFAIR" Bob Hope Doors Open Tonight at 6:45 p.m. KIDDIE MATINEE SATURDAY 1:00 "LAST OF THE BADMEN" FRUITVALE kS "THE PRIZE" PAUL NEWMAN "STRAIT JACKET" -Joan Crawford-Diane Baker KIDDIE MATINEE SATURDAY 1:00 "MAGNIFICENT ROUGHNECKS" FBEHONT CENTFH 3-3833 Vbniliil JANE FONDA "SUNDAY IN NEW YORK" Color! "FLIGHT FROM KIDDIE MATINEE SATURDAY JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS" GRAND LAKE PARKWAY Cinema GL 2-3391 rtUUinHI ParkBlvd.

AF lath "DR. STRANGELOVE" Peter SELLERS 'ONLY 2 CAN SELLERS II HAYWABD HAYWARD "ADVANCE TO THE REAR" Glenn Ford-Stella Stevens "7 DAYS IN MAY" Kirk Douglas KIDDIE MATINEE SATURDAY! "RAYMIE" RIT7 22331 Mission Blvd. Phono I 1 1 O-rum 'FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE" Color! MM (TAaaaiAnmf I It "PLIGHT FROM ASHIYA Yul BVynner VtKT DAT LAFAYETTE PA Rlf Lafayette Phone 284-4533 1 Pu. In Technicolor! Ian Flemlnq's "FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE" Sean Connery as James Bond Shown at 7:00 and 9:00 p.m Continuous Tomorrow from 2:00 p.m. LIYEEMORE VINE Hl 411 Ci i.

r.t..i "IT HAPPENED IN ATHENS" Continuous Tomorrow from 1:00 0 OAKLAND PIEDMONT P' 41t Phone OL 4-2737 last aay premiere! Sean Connery as James Bond "FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE" In Color, at 7:00 and 10:40 p.m. Also MARGARET RUTHERFORD In "MURDER AT THE GALLOP" Oimm nurs imji Coma Earfy for Best Setts! Free Parking PLAZA Est. 12 and 7th Ava Ph. IIS-SSM -Ml vi DA a UNA CANCION" Enriqua Guxman-Angeitca Maria "FRAY ESCOBA" Rene Manas ORIXDA nUTWTIS Tunnel Hrwey and Orfnda UOlililA Crossroads 254-2233 isr vn easr aay Areal '-In Tachnkalor! Ian Fleming's AN New "FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVt' Sean Cannery as Jamas Bond 2nd! "THE OLD SOLDIER" 8HOW STARTS AT 7:00 p.m. prmznsG Ul rtir Phona HE mpstaad 9-9141 IWttUaa Science Ftctfanl "XHILDMN OP THE DAMNED" Pkje Advaatwra ThHUer wtrh Richard Harrison "GLADIATORS SEVIN" I TONIGHT 8:30 Special Shidanl Marina Ivary SATURDAY 9:30 A.M.

Sudan Child It BHEEN VALLEY BHPPtf Rhm DR -446 Explosive Entertainment" Time Peter Sellers-George C. tcatt "DR. STRANGELOVE en How I Learned to Stop Worrying Love The Bomb( SHOW STARTS AT 7:00 p.m. BICHMOND PflY nd Macdonald BE 2-3129 UA GREGORY tm "TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD" Alfred Hitchcock's "THE BIROS' Tonight Doors Open 6:45 Perk Free! PARK Rod' El "IRMA LA DOUCE" Jack Lemmon Tony Curtis "SOME LIKE IT HOT" KIDDIE MATINEE SATURDAY SAN LEANDBO DM East 14th St. 148th Ave.

Unit Phone EL ain 7-4 inn "THE INCREDIBLE MR. LIMPET" In Color with DON KNOTTS "KINGS OF THE SUN" in Color' YUL BRYNNER-GEORGE CHAKIRIS "Limpet," "Kings 1:45 Continuous Tomorrow from 1 2-Noon nn MAR SAN LEANDRO UXsii Vltta Wfh-Euclid NE 2-5SSA "MUSCLE BEACH PARTY" Color! Annette Funicello-Frankle Avalon 'SUMMER HOLIDAY" Cliff Richard KIDDIE MATINEE SATURDAY "THE COSMIC MAN" SAN LORENZO TILLAGE 0RFN70 Laramo VHIag. aaUJiLaleTsU BR ownino 6-467S "LILIES OF THE FIELD" Beit Actor, Sidney Poitier "HUD" Best Actress, Patricia Neal KIDDIE MATINEE SATURDAY "LAST OF THE BAD MEN" WALNUT CHEEK ELREY YE llowsrone 4-4465 PETER SELLERS "DR. STRANGELOVE or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Lova the Bomb" KIDDIE MATINEE SATURDAY 1:19 ALL 3 STOOGES' SHOW! ALAMEDA ALAMEDA DRIVE IN Webster at Alameda Tube. LA 3-9344 "FLIGHT FROM ASH I Panavision-Color! Yul Brynner Richard Widmark-George Chakirhr "THAT TOUCH OF MINK" Color! Cory Grant-Doris Day FREE DINNERWARE to the Ladies ISLAND AUTO MOVIE 3 Blocks from Tube LA 27201 Show Starts at p.m." "IRMA LA DOUCE" In Color! Shirley MacLaine-Jack Lemmon "SOME LIKE IT HOT" Marilyn Monroe-Tony Curtia Jack Lemmon-George Raft Pat 0'Brin-Joe E.

Brown Penny Market Sunday a.m.-5 p.m. ANTIOCH BRIDGEHEAD PL 7-41 14 Dean Martin "WHO'S BEEN SLEEPING IN MY BED?" THE Woodward "LONELY ARE THE BRAVE" CONCORD AUT0M0VIEMUuZ2anA "LOVE with the PROPER STRANGER" Natalia Wood-Steve McQueen "7 BRIDES FOR 7 BROTHERS" "CHECK POINT" In Color! Family Bargain Night! Load Your Car! FREMONT FREMONT AUTO MOVIE Fremont Fr'wiy SY S-5900 ROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE Color! "SOLDIER IN THE RAIN" NIMITZ AUTO MOVIE Nimlti FrVay-Durham O'Pass 656-9500 ADVANCE TO THE REAR" "TWO FOR THE SEESAW" HAYWABD MOTOR MOVIES E. Tennyson Mission Blvd. 581-5973 Best Foreign Film of the Year FELLINI'S "8'!" Marcello Mastroiannl in "DIVORCE ITALIAN STLYE" OAKLAND AIRPORT AUTO MOVIE LO 9-3622 98th Ave. near Airport' Gates Open Starts Dusk! "ADVANCE TO THE REAR" Glenn Ford-Stella Stevens "THE 7 FACES OF DR.

LAO" In Color with TONY RANDALL COLISEUM ,3 GRAND OPENING TONIGHT! Wesfn Newest, Finest Drive-In Theater John Kennedy Staty "PT 109" "SPENCER'S MT." James MacArthur JOHN WAYNE in "MeLINTOCK" OAKLAND Gates Open 7:30 Show Starts 8:30 NOW AT REGULAR PRICES! "LAWRENCE OF ARABIA" Peter OToole-Sir Alec Guinness Anthony Quinn-Jack Hawkins In Panavision-Technicolor! "POLICE NURSE" Merry Anders STADIUM AUTO MOVIE E. 14th and 154th Ava. EL 1-7038 Gates Open 7:30 Show Starts 8:30 First Run East Bay Showing! IAN FLEMING'S ALL NEW JAMES BOND ADVENTURE "FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE" In Technicolor! with Sean Connery "DEAD RINGER" Bette DAVIS Karl MALDEN-Peter LAWFORD PLEASANT HILL MOTOR MOVIES 2040 Contra Costa Hhray MU 5-1011 Ian Fleming's New James Bond Thriller ''FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE" In Technicolor with Seen Connery "THE HAUNTING" Julie Harris BICHMOND HILLTOP DRIVE-IN Hilltop Drive, Highway 40, CA 1-1784 Free In-Car Heaters "MeLINTOCK" In Color! JOHN WAYNE MAUREEN O'HARA "SODOM GOMORRAH" In Color David Ladd In "MISTY" Family Bargain Night! Lead Year Cart SAN PABLO HllVPHfl BE 4-6648 Starts Dusk tlAIfUIlU 14th. Vay Heaters! "FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE" "MAN'S FAVORITE SPORT? SAN PABLO Movie San Pablo Dam Road. BE 3-4300 "7 DAYS IN MAY" Kirk Dangles Burt Lancestar-Ava Gardner THAT TOUCH OF MINK" Cotert Cory Grant-Doris Day "YOUNG RACERS" Mark Daman Family Baraani Nhaatt Load Yew Carl sets would be needed, and the audience would be drawn right into the courtroom.

But the advantages to an actor of having an audience within touching distance are dubious; every blink and swallow are subject to close scrutiny. That kind of microscopic- playing requires more training and experience than most amateur actors can muster. Some of the actors manage the natural, realistic approach required. Other cast members are far too busy making meaningful faces and visibly reacting to every line of dialogue. One undisciplined-actress flails her lines with such histrionic bombast that she gets laughs where the author didn't foresee them.

Motionless at best, the play is not at its best here, but let's register due" acknowledgement that it is a lot tougher than it looks. S.F. Theater to Host 'I olanthe' Tomorrow The Lamplighters will present a special matinee performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's "Io- lanth" tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. at the Harding Theater, San Francisco. The comic operetta is regularly presented on Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:30.

Gilbert -Russak -and -Jime Wilkins are the stars. Workshop to Stage The Birds' tomorrow The Actor's Workshop weekend schedule has "The Birds," a rowdy comedy, at the Marines' Theater, and "The Chalk Garden," a comedy of manners, at the Encore. Both theaters are in San Francisco. There's, a 2:30 p.m. matinee tomorrow for "The Birds." Evening performances for both shows begin at 8:30 p.m.

Comedian Wanted Producers of the latest Macaroni Show, "Pocketful of Wry," are seeking a man with comedy, singing and dancing ability. Au ditions are being held tonight, Thursday and Firday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Spaghetti Factory, San Fran cisco. Brando's Fat Friend Marlon Brando, starring with David Niven and Shirley Jones in Universal's "Bedtime Story," claims one ef the biggest friends in history: a elephant he befriended while filming "The Ugly American." ice shovj "Merrit Month of Maf BERKELEY ICELAND Ward 4 Mllyla Sts.

May 22, 23 p.m. Sun. May 24, 2 p.m. Tickets: Sherman-Clay, Roos Atkins Berkeley. AJ.U.C.

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