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Thriller UAIA In 'Baby Jane1 Style In Poe Story A SERGIO LEOUEFILf.l fuuniirnrnanHrniR OHCEUPOHATIME 111 THE WEST XJX JW sw. TECHKtSCOPE-TECHHtCOLOR- A FKRAMOUNT PCTURE MANHATTAN BROOKLYN OUEENS ANCO 42nd SL RIVERSIDE ALBERMARLE ASTORIA As tori BAYS IDE Bayside MIDWAY Forest Hills BOULEVARD CINEMA DUFFIELD MARINE OASIS BRONX DAVID MARCUS INTERBORO KENT STATEN ISUND Jackson Heights FOX PLAZA New Dorp LEFTERTS Richmond Hill Robert Aldrich. who teamed Joan Crawford and Bette Davis in "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" and kicked off a chain of murder mysteries featuring veteran dramatic actresses, has done it again with Geraldine Page and Ruth Gordon in "What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?" The chiller is featured at RKO 23d Coliseum and other Showcase Theaters. Miss Page gives a fascinating and outstanding performance as a lady of breeding whose mind slips when she learns her wealthy husband has left nothing but debts. To continue living in the manner to which she has become accustomed, she hits on the murderous scheme of disposing of her housekeepers, lonely women with lifelong savings.

MISS GORDON GIVES an amusing peppery portrayal as "Aunt Alice" who suspects her employer had something to do with the disappearance of a friend (Mildrer Dunnock). The scenes with Miss Gordon and Miss Page, each gauging the other until they I a "The Oblong Box," American International Pictures' screen version of the Edgar Alan Poe dated classic at the Penthouse and Loew's Cine Theaters, has the proper atmosphere of suspense and mystery, plus so many throat-slittings that the staunch-est horror fan will cringe. Opening scenes begin with glimpses of African voodoo rites and an unidentified white man nailed to a tree. Then the action shifts to a mansion in 19-century England where two brothers live. One is a chained prisoner, supposedly afflicted with a tropical disease that leads to madness.

The other acts as his keeper, but also shows concern for appearances. WITH THE HELP of the family lawyer, the ill brother seeks treatment from a witch doctor. Plans go awry and the afflicted man is buried alive. Grave robbers bring him to another doctor who has been paying for stolen bodies. Revived, the patient discovers no treatment is available and he goes on a vendetta.

Debts due him are repaid in blood. ACTING IS competent enough with Vincent Price and Alastair Williamson playing the brothers, and Christopher Lee skulking about as a doctor who experiments on dead people. Hilary Dwyer as Price's fiancee, and Sally Geeson as a maid, lend genteel screaming support. is uneven with a definite lag before a surprise ending. But that ending will make your skin crawl.

A. G. Of hniim br CtHcm. M4Jneit, He- -NASSAU GLEN TWIN ALAN COVE NORTH Mew Hyde Ptk Glen Cove Hicksmllt VALLEY RtVOU CABLES STREAM Hempstead MeniU VJlej Stream -WESTCHESTER- BRONXVILLE LARCHMONT RYE RIDGE Broniville lafchmont Portchester 'One of the finest films for children I've ever seen, 1 and great for adults tool I urge you to see itVI Lidiet Home Joomel COL11MRIA PlfTllDFA IRVING ALLEN PRODUCTION CS Technicolor fWSBttAVONTHUSIKS 1 NASSAU SUffOtK bA-9 FREEPORT UOO ISUP mm UAt tlffDENMURST UMOCNHURST Bjur Bhaiwti HERRICK3 OYSTER BAY HCRMiCKS OTSTCN BAY WESTCHESTER PICKWICK aviXAee BflAUKET DOBBS Ft WHY KIMBALL ni4 ni-wts CFNrnAL dMCMAS UA1 PALACE NEW PLAZA' TEANECX- wme QBIJ IMtY P01 ft (puis) THE STRANGLER PnnWofl Color by MiP I SMA I 17T7 RWMUJU1UI HI IIP I IARB0R0 CALDFRMI rtAYHOUa Daily matinees at all theatres! Children's prices at all performance! "What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?" a Cinerama Releasing Corporation release in Metrocolor. Produced by Robert Aldrich and directed by Lee H.

Katzin from a screenplay by Theodore Apstein based on novel by Ursula Curtiss. Presented at the RKO 23d St. Cinema, Coliseum, and other Showcase Theaters. Running time: 1 hour, 41 minutes. MPAA rating: (suggested for mature audiences).

THE CAST: Mn. Marrable Geraldine Page Mrs. DimmoeK Kuin portion Harriet Vaughn Mik. Darrah Miss Tinslev Julia LBwson George Lawson-Jim Vaughn Rosemary Forsvth Robert Fuller Mildred Durnock Joan Huntinqfon Peter Brandon Michael Barbera 3 5 4 WANora 5 42nd NOW AT COLUMBIA IbwooklynI ctmmr MtOWOOD eMni OCEANA bronx) I queens! UTTLENECK UTTUNCCK PARSONS rtUSHIN GLOBCtti TRYLON mtfSTHUA NEW JERSCyL ALGONQUIN' CUFTON. vl, HAiTm wnr tUMnorwrirfi Kniuiiin pvu Bum mi It WNASOUAm CUTIWI OSU mi-Wm M4NHATTAN wkLTtuneAcc.

BARONET ELMH APOLLO ST. i 1 uuiniannnruvvnxuvnruvuvinrt "ENORMOUSLY INTERESTING! UNUSUAL, A FAR, FAR ABOVE AVERAGE FILM ABOUT WAR! IT'S IN A HEW 20th Centuiy-Foi present. IK HARD 'ICOIJTRACT Geraldine Page, Ruth Gordon reach a suspenseful cat-and-mouse sequence, are the best. Rounding out the cast are Rosemary Forsyth as a next-door neighbor who almost gets killed for meddling; Robert Fuller as Miss Gordon's solicitous nephew; Peter Brandon as Miss Page's less principled nephew and Joan Huntington as his cheating wife. BUT ASIDE FROM strong competition from Miss Gordon, Miss Page runs away with the film.

Her performance overshadows that of the rest of the players, capturing interest from beginning to end. The production, based on a novel by Ursula Curtiss, was filmed on location in Tucson, Arizona, and at the Aldrich Studios in Hollywood. Aldrich left the directing to Lee H. Katzin, who has done a keen job with Theodore Apstein's screen adaptation. Ann Guarino Archbishop Resigns Castel Gandolfo, Italy, July 23 (UPI) Pope Paul accepted to day the resignation of Archbishop Karl Joseph Alter, 84, of Cmcm nati, Ohio.

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Presented at the Penthouse and Loew's Cine Theaters. Running time: 1 hour, 35 minutes. MPAA rating: (suggested for mature audiences). THE CAST Julian Vincent Price Dr. Neuhartt Christopher Le.

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