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The Gazette from Montreal, Quebec, Canada • 33

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BBie wiyl ipriywy i ipyt0t 'yp ye lyl iy i ii "ipipiiwy niyii iy iyii 1 i 1 liiS inyi Nyjy HylpTp ijftijy ijp" "bi I B'ly oj piilBlni. I Tiy hyi yiiymilipi "1 "THE GAZETTE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1834 33 1 Western in CinemaScope, Musical in VistaVision Prove First Rate Shows ON THE SCREEN rr.f tlfT rf I r-i xrv.r rrrv i iL- J.f, Airi HAROLD WHITEHEAD ''O'oc' Theatre, hits a new high iu -rv-mw in westerns and in screen character SAYS: develooment. development." BROKEN I.AVCK PALACE Spencer portrayal of lb tyrant ii. 'hi; mj o' thp plains, ie one of the nest Jobs of fsln he has ever dorp and ihp film i one of the most impressive pir-hres we have wrn months. Thp storv about the disintegration of a cattle baron's famlv no' he'me and after his deatn.

The old man is a devi. in the ces of three nf his sens and a god so far as his fourth bnv He runs h.s ranch and his in a feudal manner and lie brooks no argument v. any decision lie nugh. make. tomes di .) the plot ttial tt.e old man.

uy um time cr.pplei Hi.d is alone witn his elde.t son, she one whu hates him tne most. The struKKle between two provides must of the tension and drama in the film and the rn rcq.nre reen act.nZ of a very man oinei. We have ahcidv n.p. Mr. Tracy, hut almost equa' pdit must so In Richard W.dmark.

who plays the eldest boy. Jean Fe'eis and Roh-ert Wagner play the young lovers. WH'TK I'HKHTM I.OKWS Trie 'atesl Sr. the screen prwfvf! VistaVision. is currently on view with va prod ion starring Binj Crosby, Danny Kaye Kor-e'rai Clonnev and Vera Ellen.

The process as far as we could judge is similar to Cinema-Scope pxce pt that the cameras give, us full-depth focus. That is trie background of any given scene is just as sharp the foreground. This is fine for scenic "vistas'' and we suppose this is whv it was thought fit to make a product. on under the ciear-eved lens. As for the musical, it harks back nostalgically to a funnel type of mus.cil extravaganza that Hollywood used to be so fund of turning out.

Lately the Hollywood musical.s have (tone in. and successfully, for" originality" and artistry of a high order. Whits Christmas', as is fitting for the season, uses ail the tiadst.onal props and stnrv lines and leaves Me.sj.rs. Crosby and Kaye free to work their casual ma sir on the big screen. And oik it they do.

We dn'ibt if there a-e nv two more relaxed people in the i 1. li-jIaNel i.a&ZOi, inw. irf i.iLi.i rLIill Btiym- tl I at nrrl-- Romance on The risir.s Paluce 1 And in The Cabarets I pirtnie witn me pfslDie excppi nn ot r.in i Mr Hope hid been in the cast thero would have been no need -ri at ah. 'hcie isn't N.Y. Critics Praised The Dream' tiuirh in the way of a -reen-ply.

Whatl ncuirc WUIUB effm ts of Mr. Crosbv and Mr Kaye, with i Saturday only) the the. thp bu- ra i -rl to set a rei.rea general up inpiv White ChnstmaV ati of 'In'infv a Vermont addition I Paul Paray Is Next Conductor For The Montreal Symphony The conductor uf the next pair position as director of the Crsn. of concerts to be given hv the ci i ts Colonne, Paul Paray won the bor.ifare. 9 45.

J2.05, 2 3D. 4.55. 7.2(1, 9,45. The premiere comedy and vocal antics of Crosby and raacp "Broken Lance" at Production of of the Old Vic John Chapman wrote in The sical theatre came back into Its Shakespeare's A Daily News: "This 'Dream' is a own last evening in pictorial It, Midsummer Night's Dream at the vast 10.30, 12.45, 3.00, 5.15, 7.30, and incredibly beautiful splendor and lavish imagery Moira Shearer is a It is a performance that is thor- Kave have snng hv Clnnney and dances by F.lien to round on: the hill a-ri. of course, VistaVision to make sure that we miss none of the details.

Metropolitan Opera House this show dreamy 1 suin as 1 llama ougluy delightful Mi.ss Shear- particularly Montreal Orchestra on as Holtom, is a el dancing arlistry rtpulaliun of one of France's mot lifted conductors, and he has since toured both Europe and America as guest conductor of the second I iirwl.iy and Wednesday will be hacked Paid Paray. The jim at comedian the pas de deux in the udeed." jcl with Mr llelniuaun, Niamey iioiioway fine roughliouse Thee an- Itowland Fleid RtKit'K COP PIllN'CUSS '1 his week we have tl crime films, not all they lice off leers who are two of dc uf Tiie N'ewark bv the- is one lr r.aleau Hall will Ltrgiii at 30 of uiolr; "The evening a treat wiolr; lie liaA- evening a t.veiuug News 1. m. It is three years si lilelp.ll ol'v'liCSi! as. the fiuin-i ''Is program here A4r, Porav lias chosen representative liohei Tavlor as a renha! ion of a belte'" himseif, in the jargon Should he Th" fu s'.

is a ior iti.m eop gone rong who vvak' way of doing hin Inr' of the unHci a o. Id. runhod out. up to iher get eiit Flench conductor made In-, last apprarancr in and his coining coiitcits pic excreted lu anuisr ihltuesl. A native of Noimuiuiy, Paray was of a prodigy, lie works from the romantic and post -1'imiaiilic periods.

Opening with W'enei's Kuryanthe Overture, he cell then conduct Schumann's f-ourlh Symphony in 0 minor, nd three Musical Fragment by has been ev'teneiy vve.I written and lUr Taylor. ti 'hr oi mvoii hen hrt wanis to, does if full justice, direction, he moves through the taie with a light-r mat is most i pres-i ve. Good photography and ion srrnes also hein out tne star in no small measure. The sto ho ca ri I 'nder- good I I Pred 2 fomp fine ac Schubert. ne ttradualeit from the Coiiserv atoh de Paris while still in his teens, and was awarded the Prix de Koine for composition at the old role as a gangster and Ar 11 to good effect.

ft is hark his aleoho mil caused as much sensation toe opening of the opeia Tins piojuction, which wa.s oioi. uvcr in its entirety froui iir.l.iill. lliew Siial.espe.ire ba I letoui jues and music unci's, for it is a lavish and spet laging uf the Shake- pc f.i.i'as.v tiiut presents, not only aclois, but two famous bal-y a baliel, and the en-lire score of incidental music Mendelssohn wrote for the play. Tins Old Vic production will be presented by Canadian Concerts and at the Forum on the evening of Dec 17 and the afternoon and evening of Dec. 18.

ex-achy a it was seen at the Metropolian Opera House 'I'm- New' York reviews were litim. about the ilo.j. rl Coleman. of the Dully Al.iio:, wiule thai the director Alicitael lienUiaii, fashioned the play in tne spirit of an flu istnia.s pantomime. "It is huge lu-tctui ami eye-filling, with moie appeal lo the eye than tne tar.

A Midsummer Night's 9 45. Capitol "Betrayed'' at 10.15, 12 30, 2.45. 5 00. 7,15. 9.30.

i Princess "Kogue Cop" at 10.35, 12 50. 3 115, 5 20, 7 40, 9.55, Orphciini "Coideii M.stre.s'' at 1 1 115. 1 5(1, 4 35, 7.20, 10.00; Sin-id For Mindei" al a.4o, 12.25, 3.10, .5.55, H.40. Ontrernoiit Snow don "Human Jungle" at 1.55, 4 45, 7.35, 10 25; "Tw ice Upon a Tune'' at 12.35, 3,2.5, 6.15. 9.10.

Avenue "Doctor In the at 1.00. 3.10. 5.20, 7.30, 9.35. Monk land 'The Kidnappers and ahey of Kings." jKmpiess Triubie In The Glen" and "My Favorite Spy." Kent On The Rocks" at 1.00. 4 00, 7.110.

10.00; "Two Loves Hath Barbie" at 2. 15. 5.35. 8.35 York "Samson and Delilah" and "Frances Joins the Van llorne "Living it Up" and "Secret of the Incas Savoy "Magnificent Obsession" and 'Three Young Umpire "Men of the F'li'hting Ladv" and "J'lunder in the Sun." VVestmount "The Greatest Show on Karth" and "Indiscretion of an American Seville "Human Jungle" at 1.20. 4.15, 7.05, 10.00; "iviee Upon a Time" at 12.00.

2.50. 5.45. 8.40. Strand "Human Jungle" at 11.15. 1.55.

4.35. 7.15. 10.00; "Two And a at 10.00, 12 15, The second in our stories how Fdmond O'Ri-ien stray.5 also how he fares as a film PHlf FOR I DUR OR PHI-I nf w.v wvd copv this week shows i from the straignl and narrow and of twenty-five for his Canta'a. Yanit.a. He was only thirty-two when tie was appo.nied assistant conductor to Cam i He t'lieviihud of, the celebrated Lainuiireux Or The soprano soloist on Hi" pr.

sram, luge Boi kh, will he heard in an excerpt from Purrmi'i Tuiandot and the great final scene from Slrauss's Salome. Miss Borkh. a native nf Germany, made her American debut in 1053 in the San Francisco Opera Company, and was acclaimed ttie M.cc(.--or to Fiagstad. This will be her first Canari.au appraranra. chestra, and five veins later he director.

Both as actor and director he does a the picture may be counted a.s a better lood job and, altogether, than average cops and cccriled Chevillaril as In tins po-l, in lain' Hollywood Acfress robbers epic. It concerns a plain clothes officer who to tiie temptation of the almighty buck (several thousand as a matter uf fiict) and commits a semi-official murder. Once he ha.s gone over to the other side, he finds that one murder is not enough and discovers the truth of the Cininese adage about one finding it difficult tn dismount from the tiger back once one is in the saddle The greater part of the film is taken up with an absorbing in-vetigalion carried on by the cop's colleagues once they have I 'r Too Enthusiastic Dream should go on your see' i.st." TODAY 7 p.m. 9.30 p.m. Tfesa Wrigiit lias definitely decided not to diiow herself into her loles wiUi reckless abandon In tne future.

Slie ouiled a regun lo suspect that the snield oi olticialdom is hiding a niur defer. Maria English and John Agar head the supporting cast. meul in her lli; ht knee to remind! New Show Seen At Moongiow MI MAS' JVNGI.E OVTKKMONT, SNOWDON, STRAND, SEVH.T.K Gsrv Merrill is the hero of the third Dolice storv on this week's 3.25, 6.05. 8 45 nei Scheduled to toss herself oil the floor at tiie side uf liec "dead" orutlicr, Hopper, for a scene in Track Of The Cat. Mr Wright threw caidiou lo the winds and helself tu llle deel.

with such Coins la The list. lie plavs a detective who has been taking law on the side Montrose "Tluee i Comedian Singer Kay Roller-skating Artist Johnny Men ard and Dancer Jouun Mierwuodi make up the current bill at the! i ZWV ifcV XeJI euUiusij-iiii tliat a rehellioui inns and is just on the point of leaving the force. Before he has a' Fountain-' chance lo resign, however, he is put in charge of a particularly! ON STAGE busy pi e.inet in the hopes that he will be able to clean it up. MajestCs "School for Like all new brooms, lie sweeps exceeding clean and nian-i ii ides, at 7.00 and 9.30 p.m. ages to make himseif quite unpopular all round.

He does, though. succeed in keeping the gangsters and thugs on the right side of i fnliiiraf (ZttAt ituolu of the Aslor Cafe. lie went out Killer and ieu- dcied her iiol lie coliiltl for Ihr day. the law fiaiK Of The Cat. a Wayne fr' If 4CAV.

x- Felioi.s hiieUuScope pi inliu lioli fur Waiuer -lais M.lciiiun, WiiEtht, Diana Lynn and Tab Hinder. Wiiiiam A VVeliman d.recti. rum lvW i.H, 2 2, J.25, I 69, mi. ua.s goou nuruue; voice and a raft of rallier blue comedy material to offer the audience. 11c works well with the ringsiders.

however, and manages lo keep them enthusiastic about! both him and his act. I Mr. Menard has played the: room quite a few times before! but he always seems to go over, well with the customers here. He i.i 4 A The film is not much more than a stock item of its class out 'The Normandie Continuous en-it generates a fmr amount of ti.pense ami action dining Us terlainment. fooiage.

Jan Sterling is the co-star. Ruby Foo's Continuous entertain- I ment. KiU Cafe at Night Two shows HOI M-OVFRS At the Capitol. Betrayed, a generally ex, it ng film' nightly. a'-iout the Hu'ch during the Second World War that III Mororro Continuous enter-i: maired hv the presence of i a Turner in the cast.

Clark! tainment. Gable stats with solid British support. Serond week. Cher, Paree Two shows nightly. MM MLR MAGIC: Kobei llclpinauii and Moil a Shearer respectively have the roles of Obcrou and Titaina in the Old Vic production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's dream voininK into the Forum next month for three performances.

i j.sj.j.- Yi HIVING, 4,1 the Avenue Porter In The Hnuse, a fine little roniedy Rellevue Cafe Casino Two shuw'j does tap dance routines on roller about med ral students in London Sixth week. nightly. skales, something we have always At the Kent. Scotch On The Rocks, the Scottish Highlands Savoy Cafe Two shows nightly, considered quite a difficult feat, onre more provide meat for a good comedy of characterisation. Stork Club Continuous enter- Miss Sherwnod appears twice BKPJJN Organ Recital Kenneth Meek will givt the second in the present series of Los Chicanos At El Morocco Second week.

riSTAVlSIOK tainment. Cafe Minuit jon the program. The second time Continuous enter- she does a South American rou- .4 MOIKM PH.IUM MMM.rutturr South organ lrvilals in the Church of For anyone who enjoys ICS BINC- t.ue that is (pule colorful and pleasant to watch. American Ml (Vmhucco is St. Andrew and Haul luiuoilow Passage Home Parallels Life MNNY TRA- The Tommy Uav Orchestra lb place to eo these Ulehls.

uiioy-miiiN plays the show niusiC- ll.W. in the Passage Hume tainment Venus de Milo liooiii Continuous eulel'tailiiiienl. I. a Salle Hotel Continuous entertainment. Down Beat Club Two shows nightly.

Monterey Candlelight Room at tJ.4r in. The progiain wilt be as folium: Prelude and h'ujiie in A majur, J. S. Jiach; Klexeu AU- covered story. On deck there Is a group of youngsters who go under the of Lu- Chicanos am! llu "7is ftveia rrrr.

i ''WlZ, A ln Organ Program He recalls: 'An even stranger thing is that I was once involved u1' ti((t I ifri i i lYI.1. i (('(tilt are putting on a show that is dear sent and Jeannine Vanier. brilliant vuuni' to the hearts of the ruluba. hach; Ma.ster lalle- i Icslainent Start at ni.uft a la.M am. J.Ji, 4iU, I IS, S.JS one an incident exactly like in the Continuous entertainment.

f.o liieebert ii.l th foi. iuiiiiu uiKdiim, win give oic nil- Astor Moontlow Continuous en- i a 'mnefioerii In Phsh2p Home. Ihr crow luvvni uiuii mil ill mi An ir. uiui. in ui ijiii, The tough life at sea depicted in Pinewood's new drama Passage Home is nothing new to Michael Craig, newcomer to British who has an important role in the picture.

For 2fi-year-old Craig was a merchant seaman for five years hefore he heramr an actor. 'A says Craig, 'is tha' I had the same jon a.S the character 1 play in the film And I sailed in the same kind of cargo ship rp-bel ovrr nolaioos which thov'-. lonL isorpd bv the Canadian t'olli-ye uf drcui the iiii hutnta I 5T- say are loo bri to pat. Thr pota-. outmuous enter'am- Organists which will take place in nn-n and two irls play their tnp arr thrown ovrrborird in meiu- st.

Patrick's Church on Monday. music and also dance and i'lS- eonies the niind-rfadintf set of fj i be-1 On my says Craig, 'Ihej The pool at swank: Program; Concerto No. 2 iHan- miniature revue in. themselves The act has played Montreal Sppncerj Tracy fM crew run just mat wttn tne nmiywiwi apai imcni-nntpi was del); Prelude and Fugue in a very nveiy one ai inai. f0)-p it nnp of tn(, hfj.t in meat used as a ioraiion set for Wr-lrmnor nd Choral Prelude iBachlL Their music is sood.

their voices lhe hnsineiM. We eenainlv cannot But enincidpnce eop.s further. He adds: This film is so real npr A Star Is Rnrn The. Third Chorale iFranckt; Naiedes are true and their dancing is ener- explain how The Garcias manage Broken Lance Craig spent part of his seaman's that 1 often think the old mer- iCinemaScope production in Tech-1 'Franck'; Variations and Hom- getic. Altogether Los Chicanos put their mental tricks but we do ij llle on the run South chant naw has eausht tin with nienlnr stars Juriv fiarland an.H miisi i anplic i i i America and am the trip me.

Mason. 'Fugue (Duprei. I Second on F.l Morocco's bill good W. m. fabMt Wjgna fcjo vftdwml Wrijrk Katy Wjdo ctti I Renegade Police Officers and General Gangsterism inThree Pictures AAlf liiB; 'villi i fJMmsmMf O'Brien Threaten (Opheijnt) Sterling Bribed Outremont, Snvwdrm, Strand, StviVt) fT'-ofi 'dim I IlKltMwmmM r- "-i-- fi t- 'm 'i if ,1 vt i ii-t "'S-i ri Ti.

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