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-Youfqzgot to fll a oc ft I YOUR REFERENCES. irS IrXAK'OTttEX VSCf MOWATS. AS OUR1 PRETTY Jog ARRIVES cur strictest poucr. You atauotmez Dcmrrom office- 00 II F-rT a ft ft SEEMS A' ORPER- I CI 1 MOVIES the Town Tour de Force for Rod Steiger By CHARLES McHARRY- By WANDA HALE Vi Tie ll irordf of or. When Poughkeepsie's John Lee had nothing better to do the other day he sent me a note asking how "oz." as the abbreviation for ounce came about.

I didn't know, so I 5 Our most versatile actor, Rod Steiger-is, in any role, fascinating- to watch. Steiger is six times more fascinating in "No Way to Treat a Lady" because he appears in a half an indication that the psychotic killer hates some woman who had painted her lips like this. One he goes into a tantrum when ha a newspaper headline accusing him of a crime he did not commit. The ending isn't original but the picture is well worth seeing for Steiger's fantastic vignettes. dozen disguises as ha goes about the methodical business of asked you, and Manhattan's Donald A.

Jennings hit the nail on the head when he began his letter with: "Be warned that you are sticking your 1 strangling women in their apartments. "No Way to Treat a Lady-beats "The Boston Strangler" to the screen but the Paramount release, at Forum and Tower East Theaters, cannot be taken seriously, since it isnt taken seriously by scriptwriter John Gay or di- 4 i-fefJ" toe in a murky and confusing pool." Mr. Jennings went on to say that he was one of a group which edited 12 dictionaries of abHrevia i several years a-o for technical and scientific fields, and he said flatly the old English spelling for ounce was 'Party' to Open "The Party" will open at the Trans-Lux East and Trans-Lux West Theaters on April 4. The United Artists release stars Peter Sellers as an Indian actor who stumbles into comic misadventures at a lavish Hollywood party. Travel Films Town Hall's travel series concludes with a film on Russia on April 4, the Alps on April 11 and Manila on Aoril 18.

The programs start at 5:30 p.m. at 128 W. 4.1d St. "No Way to Treat a Lady." Paramount Pictures release in Technicolor. Produced by Sol C.

Siegel and directed by Jack Smight from a screenplay by John Gay based on the novel by William Goldman. Presented at the Forum and Loew's Tower Fast Theaters. Running time: 1 hour, 43 minutes. Morty Gunty Raquel Welch "ounze" and hence "oz." Rod Steiger THE CAST: Christopher Gill Kate Palmer Rod Sleloer Lee Remi. lt Georoe SeQAl Morris rumme! Mrs.

Brummel- Inspector Haines 2 ll GMT KrvAV DISCLOSE ft Eileen Heckari -Murray Hamilton Michael Dunn Mrhne Bartiett Barbara Baxtev Irene Dai ley Mr. Kuoperman Alma Multov Belle Poooie Mrs. Fitts A. PEBBLE IT TAXES CARKNESS TO REVEAI tiful but slightly tough babe is played by Lee Remick. They, all give good performances but "So Way to Treat a Lady" is a tour de force for Steiger as he comes on in the different disguises witn accents to match.

He characterizes a priest with an Irish brogue, a German plumber, a theatrical producer, a New York cop, an effiminate hairdresser and a caterer of some foreign extraction. ALTHOl'GH garroting women is no laughing matter. I couldn't help but laugh at Rod as he cajoles his way irto a lady's apartment and chats with her before working his way into the strategic position behind her. His calling card is a cupid bow mouth painted on the forehead of each victim with a bright red lipstick, rector Jack Smight. Smight has made what is being referred to in the trade as a black comedy, which means that it is neither a comedy nor a drama but a com-! bination of both.

SANDWICHED between the is humor from a harassed detective working on the strangler case, the butt of jokes at headquarters for his fail-' ure to find the killer with the gall to call after each strangula-' tion to gloat over his success. The poor cop lives with a whining mother who is continually nag-I ging because he isn't the big shot 1 that his brother is. He finds a girl he likes but has little time to pursue a romantic course. George Segal plays the detective, Eileen Heckart the mother and the beau- W. 5th Street's Henry Gorelkin chided me: "With all due respect.

Mr. McHarry. yuu really don't need the help of your readers. Any reliable dictionary gives an explanation. Here is one: 'oz.

Italian early abbreviation of ONZA, ounce, being the sign of abbreviation, as in VIZ." Now this struck a s.re point, really made me see murky, for many others poiuted out that "oz." is explained in Webster, and up until a few months aji we had a big fat Webster Unabridged within ready reach. Then, in the dark of the night, somebody snatched our Webster and replaced it w.ih iae new Random House Dictionary, and while this is a good book, I will pay 25 cents to the first person who finds "oz." explained therein. Ace newsman Dan O'Malley called to say a Spanish gold coin minted in 17-54 weighed exactly one ounce and was called an "onza" and that gave origin tj "oz." Could be. From Loudon ville. N.Y., Frank J.

Sweeney wrote: "It is my understanding that the (written a bit differently) is from the ancient apothecary symbol for drachma (or dram). There are eight drachmas in one ounce. The small 'o stand for eight (octa), so translates into eight drachmas or ona ounce." So how about that? And who's right? I dunno, but I am grateful to Mr. Gorelkin for not going into "viz," and all the rest of you for helping me out of that confusing pool. Never again.

Johnny Mathis tM chums at Frank Drum's that he's through with night clubs for life, having just signed a contract with Columbia hich will bring him an income of $1 million per year. Noel Coward's new musical revue, titled "And Now Noel Coward." is scheduled for late fall. George Grizzard and Dorothy Loudon have the leads The American Society of Chest Physicians, meeting in Miami, voted "Lady in Cement" star Raquel Wekh "The Best Chest Girl of the Year." Word from the Desert Inn in Las Vegas Is that Howard Hughes now has his meals delivered to his penthouse suite encased in aluminum foil and carried by waiters wearing white gloves. Security men take the food, hand it to a valet and then escort the waiters downstairs, where they rem-we the gloves for laundering. Harold Pinter is due here in May to cast "The Man in the Glass Booth," which he is directing.

Morty Gunty is giving a concert Saturday at Brooklyn College and his agent asked if he knew how to get there. Guntv said he didn't anticipate any trouble on this count. He went to school there, taught there and married one of his pupils at Brooklyn College. pnuijfe ia i iiiiw ii i llMilMjyW i m.j Cia-H vfLtiLiAf jihm JU )m. i Ir'ifmr fliijiiiMilStOTii i i 'Hi iMWftrini Min i ihhiuij i 1 i.v.mai xwrnnrk i rfvi taYliMn.

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