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)f p-yf iW) yyyyjj NEW YORK THEATERS 'Cheek9 Producers Holden Will Play RoU of Tough Sea Captain Plan Another Revue Managers of Hits Fight Ticket Monopoly Evil As soon as he completes his starring role in "Sunset Boule-vard," William Holden will go to Columbia studio to star in "Th Harder They Fall." In this one ha will be tough sea captain. It will be his first such role. "Tongue in Cheek" closed last night at Las Palmas Theater. Producers Ross Hunter, and Jacque Mapes are discussing plans for another musical to be presented here next season. "Tongue in Cheek," which was written by Earl Brent and Buddy Pepper, now is scheduled to go on tour.

ahcl NEW YORK. April 30 UP) i Broadway managers at long last are doing something about the ticket situation. Not bnlv are they now adver Only Six Remain From Ice Capades9 First Crew of 50 Nine years ago the Ice Capades began its first tour. The cast numbered less than 50. Today the technical crew accompanying the figure skating champions numbers more than that first-year roster.

Of the small band that formed the Ice Capades, only six remain. And of these six, only one is still skating, the other five being important figures in management. 1 Denise Benoit, the curvaceous Canadian, is the sole remaining skater. Bob Dench and Rosemary Stewart are production co-ordi-nators. Charley Uksila is stage director and his wife Vida wardrobe mistress, and Jerry Mayhall musical director.

a $50,600 gross capacity on its first full week engagement, is taking measures to make a wider distribution of tickets. Solution of Problem So acute is the problem of getting good seats to good Broadway shows that a new popular book lists solely the locations of seats in all Rialto theaters. It tells Log angcles Cimes Part IV-SUNDAY, MAY 1, 1949 tising exact dates when tickets mav still be ourchased for hit shows and for what prices, but they are also taking other meas 1 Hedy Lamarr Plays Her First Western Role Hedy Lamarr's role in Para-mount's Technicolor "Copper Can yon" marks the first time the star has ever appeared In a western. She costars with Ray Milland, Macdonald Carey, Mona Freeman and Harry Carey Jr. ures attempts to scatter tickets among as widespread a public as which seats are good to hear and possible.

'Cavalcades' to Bow as Spanish Hit 1 16 Birds Understudy This Act at 'Blackouts Most theatrical companies carry a couple of understudies to assume leading roles if the stars are forced to cancel appearances. But George Burton has 16 understudies in his act in Ken Murray's "Blackouts of 1949" at El Capitan. Burton is the bird trainer whose act scores in "Blackouts." For every, bird that performs there is a spare trained and ready to attempt the same stunt if some trouble befalls one of the "leads." see from and which ones are mediocre or "bad. There are some playhouses which often have complaints about certain seats where the hearing or is faulty. One Broadway theater had a single row from where, due to some odd puzzle of acoustics, it was ex One of the ibost elaborate Span ish revues ever to be brought to this country in years wil' ve tremely difficult to hear.

That VACATION IN MEXICO? Learn Spanish first Gat iha noit out ei seein? tha eights rem Acopulce, Taxco to tha beautiful Fertin da Iaa Flora. a I i will teach you aiy-traral Spaniih with surprising pd. Theater Parties Hit Producers for several of the newer hits, such as "South Pacific" and "Death of a Salesman," are refusing to sell more than four tickets to any one performance to a single person. This is done to cut down the number of seats a professional ticket agency might buy by sending' runners to box offices in the guise of potential customers. Also, many attractions have banned the sale of tickets for theater parties.

The current "Death of a Salesman" advertisements warn that $1.80 evening tickets are sold out completely through Nov. 12. "South Pacific," which attracted its American premiere at the Bilt-more Theater May 16. It will run two weeks. French Director Sought Ed (Archie) Gardner may try to secure Rene Clair to direct his planned film, "Pigsfeet in Paris," to be made abroad.

problem was solved by installing hearing devices and making it a reserved row for patrons hard of hearing. As a result, many such folk were converted into regular theatergoers and several managers have, installed similar hearing aids on special seats in other playhouses. Thus, a healthy new trend has 'Spanish Cavalcades" is coming direct from a year's success in Mexico City and another year of capacity business in Havana. It will be presented with the ori SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES BERLITZ Is mmmmr--nmMwwinrrnmmmm xttmmimmmunmmmu Wilcoxon Starred After seeing a finished version of "Samson and Delilah," Paramount executives awarded star billing to Henry Wilcoxon, the Philistine commander in the C. B.

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