The Salina Journal from Salina, Kansas • Page 19

"Greatest Show On Earth" DeMille's Epic Returns To Salina By George Gilbert routine action filler with is no secret Cecil Blount De- nice, shots of Gina in a bath tub' It is no secret Cecil Blount DeMille has taken much critical abuse during his flamboyant film And, career. But since many of his pictures, with Clifton rank as great box office hits, he'man. ii a significant figure in the history of the movies. Film historian Lewis Jacobs, in "The Rise of the American has written: DeMille, himself, would have been proud of. "Holiday For Webb and Jane Wy- "If In the arflsHc tive of American film history C.

B. DeMille is valueless, in the social history of It is Impossible to ignore him. "Almost more than any other Wednesday and Thursday "Wonderful with Robert Mitchum and Julie London. And, "Miracle of the Rex Reason. 81 Drive-In Sunday Through Saturday "The Adventures of Huckleber-, ry with Eddie A Moore, Tony Randall.

Pat- director he caught in his films the! ty McCormack Neville Brand, changing temper of the times and. ter Keaton ar -d Judy Canova. his creations are singularly repre-i And White a Walt sentative of the social attitudes Disnev tru lifer. that inspired them." Jacobs points out that DeMille's emphasis on erotica and limitless production values has made his name synonymous with Hollywood ideals and the Holly, wood type film. Here biggest hits, Show On booking Sunday Hit One ol "The Greatest Is toe Fox through Wednesday.

The cast in dudes Charlton Heston, James Stewart, Betty Hutton, Cornell Wilde, Dorothy Lamour and Glor. ia Grahame. DeMille, one of the first lo produce full-length pictures (1913 Strand Sunday Through Wednesday with Rossano Brazzi, Mitzi Gaynor. John Kerr, France Nuyeti and Ray' Walston Walston steals the show as a raucous, rakish, gleaming-eyed compadre of John Kerr. Thursday Through Saturday a documentary made by the Nazis in World War, 2.

More than 200 cameramen, of whom 16 lost their lives, took these combat from all over cap- Europe, including material tured from the Russians. There is an English commen- "The Squaw came to Hoi- tary in an unaltered translation of the original Ger- lywood from Broadway, where he was a successful playwright and man was associated with David Bel-! And asco. It was DeMille's link with Belasco, the master or naturalism, that later was to play tuch. a major role In hit picture work. DeMille concern for rich production values, theatrical realism, an- iheallclty of trivial detail, ail stem from bis Belasco development.

Vogue Sunday Through Tuesday "School For with Brig Itte Bardot, and "Three with Alain Delon and My- iTodd, with Richard a concentration camp dra- lene Demongeot. Wednesday "Sep, Look and with the Three Stooges and Paul WincheU. It is believed this is a compilation of old Three Stooges' shorts made many years ago for Columbia tied to new footage of Paul Fox Sunday Throftgh Wednesday "The Greatest Show Oa with Charlton Heston, James Stewart, Betty Htltton, Cornel WQde. Dorothy Lamour and Gloria Grahame. And, Patterson-Johansson fight films.

Thursday Through Saturday 'Crack In The with Orson Welles, Juliette Greco and Bradford Dillman. And, "Valley of the with John Hudson and Lynn Bernay. (The top television chowt rehearsals, watch screenings as previewed by TV staff ol experts who attend and analyze scripts In New York and Hollywood.) SUNDAY CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF, 4 pm, Channels 2 and 3-The winner of this competition, has been going on since ast fall, is chosen during today's! 8-hole game. Mike Souchak and JACK BENNY, 9:30 pm Chan- Dr. Gary Middlecoff play a nip- nel 12 (Repeat) Rochester and md-tuck battle featuring some the gang pitch in for an amusing putting, and the match vintage 1958.

Jack decided on the 18th green his little pals, the mem- nervous putt rolls in and out of a 7 Jfc gyj- CORNEL Wilde eomiorts Betty Hutton in scene from C. B. DeMille's "The Greatest Show On now at the Fox Theater. COMICS AND BUFFOONS Eddfc" Hodges' and Archie Moore (L) are comics in "Huckleberry Finn" at the 81 Drive-in this week, and The Three Stooges (R) are up to their usual buffoonery in "Stop, Look and starting Wednesday at the Vogue. TV Key Mai! bag Show-Biz Whiz Had Good Mentor By Cynthia Lowry Writer NEW YORK (AP) Ben- Question I read a novel called nett, the singer, was filling "Hound Dog Man" by Fred Gip- engagement in Hull, Canada, near an i 5 man uj i-icu uip-1 eiiEdgemeui uanaoa i JVinchell as an exploitation piece son Is it the same as about six years ago I JV.CH..3 of the Stooges' new movie "Hound Dog E.

Hartford, Conn. a peek. with in popularity. Might be worth And, "My Dog London, the dog. Bocket Drive-In Sunday Through Tuesday "Never So with Frank Sinatra and Gina Lollobrigida, a J.

Answer Yes. The singer's vehicle was from Gipson's novel. "I noticed that one little kid sat through all my in a soup-wrapper contest, called a record company asked for an audition and somehow received one. He played and sang "Diana" --which he had written 20 minutes before the audition--and was launched on his career. teenage; reca ii Bennett.

"Later, adapted was going out tne stage (II you. Jure a question about a TV program or actor, TV Key Mailbag, 229 W. 43rd New York 36. N.Y-) when I he i showed up and told me he was studying my performance. He announced he was planning (into show business." Written 100 Tunes Since then he has written some 100 tunes, among them 20 hits (including which have sold 25 million records.

He's one 8 the darlings of the teen-age set, and has appeared on the na- Three years later, in New York, turn's top TV variety shows On ennett met the kid again. Jufle fa wi. besd ABr Bennett met the kid again. "He was 15 then, and he was special (already doing all right in show crowd, 'business. That lime he asked me for the name of my tailor.

He went to him too." June '27, he'll headline ABC's musical for the teen SUN. MON. TUES. At 8:30 FRANK GiM SIMTIiKOlL6BRiGiBA CinenaScape METTOCOL08 Key Previews Salina Journal A Nervous Ends Golf Duel ALFBED HITCHCOCK, 8:30 pm. Channel 12 "Escape to This is hardly one of the most exciting of Hitch's entries, but his tale about a pair of kidnaping hoodlums who are out of their depth in the parched sun of the waterless desert, definitely has its merits.

Seems it takes the know-how of a seasoned 3 SHOWS SUN, 2.00-5.00-8:00 NOW Adults 90c Kiddies 25c truck driver rather than a gun to deal with the problem. Interesting. he cup. A heartbreaking finish or a superb golf match. TWENTIETH CENTURY, 5:30 bers of "(he Beverly Hills Beaver Patrol, how silly it is to be afraid of the dentist.

There are plenty of sure-fire laughs when brave Ben- pm, a 12 "Japan's Changing Face: The New Look." A repeat) In view of current -vents, this rerun is definitely worth a look, particularly since I sheds some light on the de- of the postwar younger et. Freed from the strictures of an ancient tradition, Western influences both European a American, s'eem to have affected hem with a pleasure-bent, live- or-the-moment psychology with- iut much thought to responsibility, s'ote the accent on coffeehouses, motorcycles, and the charm chool. A far cry from the current demonstrations, but interring as a background. MAVERICK 6:30 pm, Channels 7 10 "A Cure for. Johnny Rain." (Repeat) Jim Garner )lays a narrator and a sheriff on his show and pokes some fun at Dragnet.

He meets a bandit who holds up a stage, but the guy is so charming no one in town will do much about him. Bret Maverick decides he'd better straigh- en the fellow out. It's all handled quite neatly and Jim Garner is as Maverick. ED SULLIVAN, 7 pm. Channel 12 Highlights on tonight's taped show include two pop songs by opera singer Rise Stevens, tap-dancing Conrad Buckner's number with, drummer Gene Knipa, and the Ames Brothers "Amor" and "Brazil." Also, Noe ny sits in the dentist's chair.

Journal classified ads get results. expect any teen-ager--with a cor porate structure, a home-wit swimming pool, a personal man- Harrison (actor Rex's son) sings ager, an East Coast AND a West "-Padam Padam" to his own gui- Coast firm of public relations'ex- tar accompaniment, Rickie Layne perts to be. He is up with Velvel, and comic mannered, apparently respectful Jackie Kannan comes on for of his elders, well-tailored and poised. He acts aggrieved when he is lumped with the rock 'n' roll singers. "I write love songs in popular rhythm," he says.

"Just look at my titles--'You Are My 'Crazy 'Put Your Head on My Rock 'n' roll is never love songs. "But I write songs that today's routine. What kind of a boy is this young young people can understand and man's bro ilent? Well, he's just what you'd; respond to." ishowdown THE REBEL, 8 pm, Channels 7 and 10 "Angry Town." (Repeat) Fairly good "High Noon" type show even if it is a bit overdone. Johnny Yuma butdraws crooked local sheriff and the frightened citizens ask him to take over the job. When Johnny refuses, the town is practicaily put under siege by the murdered brother and his gang.

The at the end is OK. At 11:00 HOLIDAY FOR LOVEBS CUFTON WEBB-JANE WYMAN.JILL ST. Rising Meteor The boy's name is Paul Anka.j a 'show business meteor still i rising. This young singer-compos-j er in three short years has; achieved a phenomenal interna-j: tional success in the records busi-j ness, in television, the movies and nightclubs. Canadian-born son of a Syrian-i restaurant keeper, Paul was a stage-struck high school studem in Ottawa in 1957.

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