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GROUCH APPEASED SHADY SADIE'S BACK lei SLSXZtlti Uimtl MAR. 9, 1 9A3-fert 7 ter drench th background for what looks like a record rainfall. par, capturing all the atmosphere of the lush, steamy tropics while spigots of wa 'Rain' Revived on Pasadena Stage Minstrels Ease Folk Music Pain "Miss Thompson," nowadays NATIONA with no reeling of sup I SIMa-iM! 'tax 8ENERAI I CORPORATION pressed fire or tragedy. His suicide after being seduced titled after the play in many anthologies. BY MARGARET HARFORD Sadie Thompson, the gaudy' hussy of Somerset Maugham's memorable story, CALL.

THCATRK CR. 4-0411 BR. 2-9241 Standout in the cast is by the woman he is trying to save from perdition should be the thunderbolt in pleased young people are t1 Ml iVI .1.1 1 1 -J. I I AJ is back in business at the moving back to their books, I this durable classic but he tf; KQLLYWO Vl 111 gas flHHMlilxf Pasadena Playhouse. That is where "Rain" does not create enough sympathy to bring this have learned my lesson well.

music is fine as is any music if it can touch opened Thursday night in a By ART SE1DENBAUM Not knowing an um-dum-diddte-dum from a fol-der-rrM-der-ray, I have been by the ferocious success of folk music. One week I see the hostility- AN ALIrSTEREOPHONIC PROGRAM! I revival recommended for Best reasons for seeing some good moments despite "Rain" once again hinge on Paulle Clark as Mrs. Davidson. Miss Clark an intelligent, creative actress who realizes a complete characterization. She suggests the banked emotions and unhappy interior life of this repressed woman as well as her smug, puritanical Cynical Trader Allen Jenkins is lazy and you.

Soloists, Too the Questionable casting of Maugham's genius as a story teller and several supporting My mentors, the Min Vera Miles as Sadie and Keith Larsen as the sancti haunted face of Joan Baez strels, have a good deal more monious Rev. Davidson. iwrariiiBH'n hq- 4-9111 'staring out of the red-framed Walt OttiMy's "iwy, jjf 4.4 role3 which are in extraor dinary capable hands. Impressive Scene Neither time nor familiar flAtURtlUMW. Miss Miles is an admirable actress in the right role and cover or a weekly news WMWyw 1 1 win lin ii ii mTii in yMiiTiiijwiiii mmmmmmmtmmmmmms: if magazine.

The next week rrii a marvelously pretty one in NOMINATED FOR 2 ACADEMY AWARDS! I EEST CEST SCEEKFJIlHi viiaw in- iwmK I imii erhii a vvn ity can erode Maugham's lit notice that the charts of best-selling records are full any setting but her Sadie is STAR Romy Schneider is teamed with Karl Boehm going for them than size. All ten young people eight men, two girls, just beyond undergraduate age can read music, unlike many folk artists who claim that learning the notes might somehow pollute the pure sound. Each of them is an in jgg cynical as the Trader, an inevitable victim of jungle lot and Bette Treadville plays erary powers any more than of folk, crowding out the hardly more than a caricature. She isn't really tough "Forever My Love," in Mashed Potato and other rWaRUIUJ UMitiiwn' Chekhcv's. Both writers understand the human heart.

The scene in which the Rev. screening at Crest Theater. enough, either by looks or rrT a- m.M ftJ his buxom native spouse. Bill Erwin does a fine job' teen-age mush music. Even the lounges in Las Davidson's prim wife con A WAVI ROCKS LA4 as the understanding med GOLDBERG Vegas, about the most un strumentalist as well -as v-kj i nfli.i niiMi.i a.

singer; each has enough Tooted places in America ical missionary and Florence Hawkesworth is good as his amiable little wife. inclination, as the Tree-wheeling trollop marooned in the tropics with some soul-saving missionaries. Sadie's No Lady Sadie may have been a fesses the strictly spiritual state of her marriage and her longing for children is as touching as a fresh voice to be able to sing alone Continued from 6th Page jous suddenly sprouted right in the mainstrum of 0L. 5 839 Win r.M v- JAf.JUN. In fact, many of them had Also noteworthy are Ed ana pictures that are imag single acts until group lead RV ward Kemmer as Sgt.

O'Hara inative and provocative, set forth with concision and an folk melody. Early on, The Kingston Trio made the craze collegiate; then Allan er Randy Sparks proposed Maugham's authorship is 11 1 ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS this unique amalgam. and William O'Connell who plays Quartermaster Bates, a Britisher to the hilt shallow dame but she is more variable and interesting in print than Miss Miles unerring command of orchestral resource. The audi Aoler. JACK LrMON Aotra.

Ckl.r-AMiCK Sherman made it kosher; and now Peter, Paul, Mary Sparks found the name and idea by reading about George Womack's direction can portray her in this shrill, ence was appreciative and BEST! An Dirsmion buck tna wmt) Cesium Etesian (Black ana Whni so overriding that you have to look at the credits to remember that John Colton and Clemence wrote "Rain" from the British-, writer's short story, seems car for this sana of high-pitched, version. Edwin Christy, whose min Son, DA YS OF WINE AND ROSBS and -you- name -them are making it commercial. It sin in Pago Pago. Don Rob the composer took several bows from his box to appease the applause. Larsen's too youthful Rev.

strels made a 19th century In I Ih i iiIi 1 ii'nn Davidson is also wooden erts' set is a lot better than can't be long before Leonard Bernstein televises a lecture folk giant out of Stephen Foster. The minstrel format gives body, also allows individuals to step forward and on folk accompanied by the iffllF ST. is.ew York Philharmonic. Outnumbered WHtWM4 Nt. Hllw4 IhtrniM aiki filndtl Hollywood solo; every New Christy show includes feature mate VOGUE VILLA2E EL PORTAL LA 9Hk ALEX ACAPEMf Why there are intra-folk rial for each member.

Happi LOYOLA CALIFORNIA CRITERION FOX WEST COtf wars between the pure eth weVst NOW! Suit Am ly, Sparks tossed out the minstrel makeup and the iiics and the not-so-pure-nics violent arguments about bad Mr. Bones jokes. He whether it is depraved to dream up new lyrics for found his crew by asking for tapes from artists wandering the folk circuit. With those some boozey old ballad. Folk music is feeling so fine, thank you, that its factions can split and still outnumber tapes he sold Columbia on the notion and the need for a record.

most of the rest of us. Stage and TV The guitar has become as Sti Directory ftr 2nd Ftiturn common. a piece of apparel The first album was a I Hillywoot Culvir City IRIS CULVER Mlllywoot IRIS Studio City STUDIO CITY MARTIN H. POLL pressnts Gienn. Hope for college kids as the letter chart-climber.

Then came a sweater. Cltndalt GLENDALE PiMdina ACADEMY long live date at the Trouba dour on Santa Monica Boule I Intltwood I FOX Ltnf Buck IMPERIAL Vinlci FOX Linf IikK CREST Van Nuji FOX Hunt. ark PARK Amnelm Cjmpton TOWER My grouch has been that the pure old music i3 too narrow, too limited, that it rora Lange rhartfis vard; Then a regular run on Minhittan Ich. LAMAR I Ontarl Rlvinldt t. Itrnardln Andy Williams' TV show FOX RIVERSIDE I GRANADA FOX CALIFORNIA has all the surprises of a Now fame, concert dates of 1 their own (they headline tonight at Milliken High Forty Boy ep metronome.

And I have grumbled that the moder- nized stuff, rearranged or ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEES School and March 22 at San ta Monica Civic Auditorium) LOS ANGELES T3 HOLLYWOOD a reworded, is either too pre-'tentious or too precious to be 'taken very seriously for very and one huge folksy CHINESE I CARTHAY CIDfl TH LONGEST DAY" 1 Toay-2 1:30 P.M. Walt Disney's "FANTASIA" upun ii H04-8III Sparks Is the first to admit Talking, Twanging WE 3-9147 RESERVED SEATS that there is a scarcity of Hollvwood A.M. C'S, 8:30 pm Plul HO 3-9371 On Any Street.) Room 43 'West Side Story' material; he and Art Podell S9RY lvlllllon wSJ Dollars Beautiful Her. I Money Looks in I TAnl we i.i ioi n-M Jacme wnneoy I lour vrtn ALL NIGHI UNIIL 5 A.M. DAILY Puffed up with all these prejudices I had forgotten that good music is supposed are constantly researching u.r: WHO'S GOT IRIS Wilt Disney's I FAIRFAX I 7907 Btv.

Bl. WEI-3III IMS 25. Syit.m Pk. SON Or FLUBBER) THE ACTION; Garland, A Child Is Waitinf and reworking songs for the group. But all ten insist that ho 3-21M 12:11 tewn, it I only Money VflRIIF 5 Acad.

Nominations) folk is not narrow. to be good fun. And I got my come-uppance this week a rollicking folk crowd i HIGHLAND "THE LION" I SS04 N. Fi. CLI-94i 12:31 Jackie Gliason, GIGOT Hollywood Lemmon-Remick, DAYS My lesson continued; many HOi-ei2i ur wint KUStS; Continuous Performances P.M.' called the New Christy Min- i LIDO 830; w.

Pin. Pk ol s-nmt i -m Girl Stealers! OPERATION SNATCH) Crooks Anonym ous IcwmUUIMaI ii LU'V- in the group define folk as a style or sound, say that any good song can be good fodder; others remind that folk 1 SAN FIRWAWDfl VAt-lEi 1 MESA Com Eai'yl SurPr's 5807 crtnsh.w Tonight! Plus Lancaster, AX 1-6959 12:45 BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ; Bancroft, The Miracle Worker strels. They were in concert at UCLA. There are of them count 'em up there on "stage at one time, a-talking STUDIO CITY is also foreign music with a Walt Disney's SON OF FLUBBERi Poe's The Raven firit TR 7-1977 eaaQ-99 whole world of songs from KTHITIIUS-WESTIOOI cmiEiciir EL PORTAL 5 Acd- Nominations! N. H.llv.d "DAYS of WINE A which to draw; and they and a-twanging and a-trou- TR 7-2983.

11 PM-Fright Night Of were unammous In main badouring. The house a full WILSHIRE 1 Acad- Nominitions! 440 Wlhhlr. Gregory Peck in TO n4 Mmduen taining that folk's staying brie becomes part of the OL 3-0863. 2M KILL A MOCKINGBIRD MONTALBAN RICARDO JACOBSSON TELLY SAVALAS RUTH McDEviTT ULLA act. The audience clap3 in FINE ARTS power is in the universality of the simple message and 1331 Wilihlre tempo, even rousingly joins the choruses.

Royce Hall ScreenDlav by DAVID SwIFlTOM WALDMAN and FRANK WALDMAN Directed DyUAVlD 5WIH Produced Dy MAKllN PUU- Music by uichel iegrano. the music "The future," says 2 Acad. Nominations! "DAVID I LISA" Open Ply, i P.M. Acad. Nominations! J.

Lemmon-L. Rimick, DAYS OF WINE 8 ROSES 0'ord ProductionsGold Medal Enterprises. Ino. Released thru UNITED ARTISTS i lie run moon snow! prizes! fefc.H'West Side Story' PQ 2-2272 1 :4 Friendship In Acapulcj LA REINA 5 Acad. Nominations! sinrmnn urn.

J- Lemmon-L Rimick, 8T4-H4I I2M DAYS OF WINE A lintce FOX Walt Disney's SON V.n Nuyi OF FLUBBER; Presley. STJji 12:45 Girls, Girls, Girls- EE Nuy. 'West Side Sir? Friendship In Acapulc I VILLAGE Sparks, "looks pretty grim to normally has all the intima- TECIIIIICOLOn- PAIIAVISIOU' I wtilwooa most young people. They GR 3-1J42 tUt cy of a bus terminal; but now the performers and patrons fuse into an exhilarat I BRUIN turn to the past for enlight XCLU8IVK RNOAQIMINT 'West Side Story' WtlltMfUlrf enment, for something sim GR 7-247 12:41 PIUS Thi SnoCS pie and strong their histo ed mob. Even this old fogey man feels the excitement.

PLAVIMG I tl-lU DCV.LIRLY THEATRE 200 N. QGVCnLY DRIVE CR. Walt Oisney's SON OF FLUBBER; Presley, Girls, G'rls, Girls I CULVER 12:45 Sraake VE 1-3124 ry as Americans." tLENOALE fl "Like the frost-faced judge in Attacking that would be Opto Duly 1:45 WESTCHESTER like stomping on apple pie. So my apologies to the folk ALEX Cantinueui 12 CHJOJ25 GLENDAlT Continuoui CH 1-2815 I Acad. Nominations! J.

Lemmon-L. Remick, JAYS OF WINE 8 ROSES Cont. from 12 Noon Dlsney'i SON FLUBBER) P. Boone, State Fair LOYOLA 5 Nomination! I 8i0 8pui. 1:00 lemmon-L.

Remick, 8P S-I4I0 Pk. DAYS OF WINE 8 ROSES BOWNTOWN followers; I promise to pay 9 US ISSUES more attention the future. ONIT INGLE WOOD "It will be playing as thffre'c a chrofl nf f1 a pre-war Johnny Downs musical, as the coda comes on, -my foot begins a-banging myself. Once moved, even the ballads begin to make sense, at least emotionally. And by the time the concert is done and hun-d of transparently PISABH.S8.

PAIAKNA As penance, I may even try plucking out these pieces on the guitar and start a whole new journalistic act called i ACADEMY I 12:45 I PL I-SI5I 5 Acad. Nominations! J. Lemmon-L. Remick, DAYS OF WINE 8 ROSES ETRO GOLDVYrl PASTERNAK f-r DORIS IJTTEPHEN tJIMM? iMBfflmna IIIHIIf tflllWIt Wl Wl .1 a print left The stars are brilliant, each and every is a 'rf every fct!" i FOX Cont. From 12 Noon Disney's SON FLUBBER; Bhful Elephant Fret-Along-With-Art.

ACADEMY CMt. MU I-S5QI STATE 12:45 piH SY 2-7139 On. 11:45 iin Cont. From 12 Ntwnf Disney's SON FLUBBER) Bashful Elephanf 3 Acad. Nominations! SWEET BIRO OF YOUTH) Jas.

Mason. loliU. LOUELLA O. PARSONS 5TH AVE, 'West Side Story' Jackie Kennedy's Tour ACADEMY AWARDSi HEDDA HOPPER 5lli.Mneh. PL I-99M I2v4i RIALTO Acad.

Nominations! Puadme B. Lancaster, BIRO MU 2-1258 12:41 MAN OF ALCATRAZ; Bancroft, The Miracle Worker INGLEWOOD I Olen 12:45 Pav-Hndson, LOVER COME BACK) Hudson, Come September 3 SHOWS TODAY- NOMINATIONS! 0RI-3II5 SANTA MONICA-VENICE 10H6 REACH '''J -1 CRITERION, 5 Acad. Nominations! J. Lemmon-L. Remick, DAYS OF WINE 8 ROSES WEST COAST 5 Nominations! Cunt.

12 J. Lemmon-L. Remick, 8-4209 DAYS OF WINE 8 ROSES 0. 12:15 EX S.82H2 METRO -GOLDWYN MAYER' I "Jf WILSHIRE 12:45 Put, EX J.S9SJ 'West Side Story Jackie Kennedy's Tour CREST 4273 Atlantic. Cant-PaiH a BELMONr" Cut 12 HE8-I00I FOX-Venici 1 1 :45 Pwk EX I-44U Cont: From 12 Noon Disney's SON FLUBBER) Bashful Elephant I II II Ulllllll I Cont.

From 10 A Disney'l SON FLUBBER) Days Thrills Laughter Today 8 Sunday, 40 Pounds of Trouble) Pigeon Took Rome Walt Disney's SON OF FLUBBER; Days Of Thrills 8 Laughter Film Festival! -T. Mifune, YOJIMBOt A Coming Out Party BEST PICTURE BEST ACTOR Gregory Peck BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS BEST DIRECTOR BEST SCREENPLAY BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST MUSIC SCORE BEST ART DIRECTION, black whits DEAN IMPERIAL Oln 12 HEe-3973 IED0HM MAWUTTAMHERMOSA JAGGER BAY GE 0-1123 FOX-RedOtldO Nominations! Op. 12:30 J. Lemmon-L. Remick, FH 4-0485 DAYS OF WINE 8 ROSES III I A.

TT1 ri TECHNICOLOR SAW PEORO -'West Side Story' Jackie Kennedy's Tour HERMOSA: OMn 12:4 FR 2-6245 LAMAR STRAND San Pedr. TE2-2MI II Cont. From 12 Noon Disney'l SON FLUBBER; Jackie Gleason, GIGOT Tony Curtis, FORTY" POUNDS OF TROUBLE) M. Brando, Sayonari MiHhattmi HUNTIHCTOM PARK RELL'COMPTON POMONA VERNE MTARIS'CUREMONT NOW BOXOFFICE NOW OPEN 10 AM to 9 PM SUNDAY 12:00 NOON REGULAR RESERVED SEAT PERFORMANCES IN THEATRES iNrwooo CD-iU CR.0-S677 HOLIYWOOO) HO. 4 227S 5 Acad.

Nominations! J. Lemmon-L. Remick, iDtAWMIIS 84i-4 km OOWNTOWN LCSUlii MA. 4-6272 Oim 11 -JO In. CALIFORNIA CI.

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iMirwooe IHf.l UTQIS M. Ml 7 ekiMui ti.ltt tun wwt a 4 t. 14)44 FMTLIL kuauit AN.IIM PARK Cont. From 12 Noon eWS Paellle Disney's SON FLUBBER; LU 7-3442 Jayne, Comancheros 11 P17IR Spec. Kid Show 1 P.M.

4426 EGae. HI- Per'- -Lncister, Ly i-33Utoi2 BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZl Bancroft, Miracle Worker Come Early! Surprise Tonight! FOX i Acad. P.ra.n. Oi. IM' lemmon-L.

Remick. NA 2-1353 DAYS OF WINE 8 ROSES MT.BALDV i. "MUSIC MAN" ne've im 'oD hop' 1nllL'lll Midnit. 'Til Dawn' FMimii-wmi. iii uawn.

LY 3-4931 Fright Night Of The Full Mean GRANADA Walt Disney's Ontario I2MI SON OF FLUBBERi YU4-8GI2 B. Hope, ancy Panti VILLAGE Children' Show 12 JO Clarimont '83 PM; Reg. Pert. 5i39 NA4-2I'2- REQUEIM FOR 5 HEAVYWEIGHT; Best Of Enemlei fieserVStf Spaf Tfrlof sf Rnv tVtfra nr Mill firAmr nr Cn rri(nrnl Une Pn Muiniittiaii UK It MONTf num. 01.

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Disney's SON FLUBBER, t-1315 J. Gleason In GIGOT JL Come Early! Surprise Tonight! Vjpj pT REOtAMDS tAHNIWg 4 HMKOLMl Tf4. HHt ItUM re. no 91 MIVf-IN 10. mo IIMtl RAHBE COUNTY MAW KSittM -PHIUJP ALFOfiO JOM IttBIU RUTS OE KXZt RTE5J ttUIIWUOX-jm UiWH PAUL FIX FrM OYIATH KXMt K3PHT ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE I REDLANDS "MffiJ1 Cut.

2KM B. Lancaster, hiku PY 1.4331 MAN OF ALCATRAZ; PICTUaE CF THE YEAR' Bancroft. The Miracle worer WEST COAST domination! tan ii Ana Llmmon-L. Remick, Kl 3-8317 HXI DAYS OF WINE 8 ROSE! FOX Cont. from 10 A.M.

Disney' SON FLUBBERi ke -3ji0j B. Hope, Fancy Pint! -list Natkftri Bsf4 if Rivlt Wiener BAXNinS I Of. 12:45 VI 1-3714 3 Acad. Nominations! Mastroianni, DIVORCE ITALIAN STYLE; Olivier Signoret, Term Of Trial AttMtlMfcMnrMMmYour III DAMYU F. ZANVCKS til WEEK Suitmj Uri will admit you ind flint FOX Fullert.n -A LA 5-2181 Aced.

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