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Boorantic figure as a suitor who en fen Cotten, Valli, Stars In Suspenseful Film Sylrie and the di- tributed by Disci na International Film directed by Claude Autant-Lara. The scenario, adaptation and dialogue by Jean Aurenche from the play by Alfred Adam. Presented at the Beverly Theatre. Running 1 hour, 24 minutes. -Walk Softly.

Stranger," an RKO Radio Picture, directed Robert Stevenson from the screen play by Frank Fenton. Presented at the Globe Theatre. Running time, 1 hour, 21 minutes. Tilt AST: Cl.ri- Hal. C.lt.-n Klauui tor-tlli Valli Mr.

Krc'itmati Us intfttm I'aul Sl-wart ir H. al- Parr Jt-if Dv KATE CAMERON The Globe Theatre's latest feature, "Walk Softly, Stranger," was made by RKO several years ago, as Dore Schary's name is on the screen as the production chief and i 73 73 lie moved over to Metio-Goldwyn- Mayer in 1948. Why the film has boon held up so long, I don't know, but it might have had something Joseph Cotten and Alida Valli. to lo with the fait that the co-stars, Joseph Cotten and Alida Valli, are David O. Selznick's property and the latter ifidn't want liis two shining liglits following on the heels of "The Third Man," in which both starred for Selzniek.

The picture at the Globe is based on a tale of a crook's efforts at reform. Part of the suspense engendered in the projection of the story is that the audience isn't sure whether or not the reformation is on the level. From being a tin-horn gambler gaged in mortal combat for the love of Sylvie's grandmother. The story gets under way when Sylvie's impoverished father is forced to sell the picture just before his daughter's lGth birthday. To compensate for removing Alain, the baron arranges to hire a ghost to fill in at the natal celebration and gets more than he bargains for, particularly since the original ghost hasn't left the castle.

Some of what happens is amusing, but too much of it is talk and most of it is slower than need be. Performances are faiily good, however, and the ghostly "fellow picks Up a few laughs in his traipsing through stick and stone. There are English titles for the film, which stars Odette Joyeux as a sheltered child in love with a man dead for more than a century. Francois Perier and Louis Salou are mortal rivals and Jacques Tati is their chief competition as the apparition holds dear. 1 1J0HN GARRELD PATRICIA NEAL IN AX CKMCST MCMiNCWfcl S'O IJiULAiurtu iPOINT MOO.

Km mi turn, curiiz pifcrio UMIWOS. rOPCNS II 30 aW Krh Grim Story Shown On Criterion Screen '-tli Jtow -u A J. I Hiwartl P-trii Krank HuIia KMIirr iJalo French Film Is Talkative And Tedious By DOROIHV MASTERS ''Sylvie and the Phantom" offers an intriguing excuse for fantasy, but is disappointingly ineffectual in its presentation. The French film, inaugurating a new first-run foreign policy at the Beverly Theatre, is a tedious, disjointed account of how a young girl comes to reconcile her life-long credence in ghosts. Actually, there's only one important ghost for Sylvie, not only because his portrait is a prized family possession, but because Alain de Francigny once cut a very Coory tXIRAl- WAIT DISNIT'S Print bv TECHNICOLOR 1 "NOTHING SHORT OF A iill-lioH(l anil graceful I Crowttter.

N. V. Tif I ti ire han hofh Mar and June TKK IM HKI.I. DISNEY'S i 1 a 1 Bv WANDA HALE 1 UK A -T It" Kiati-ot HJ.iu-t- A iti'i 'J Uf KrNfr Ainu Ft ii--iirnv 1 if juili-i'J- -Julian (jri'if Itiu Tickets by Mail Tickets for "Cyiano de Berge-rac," Stanley Kramer picture starring Jose Ferrer, are Ix-ing sold by mail for its two-a-day schedule of performances at the liijou Tht-atie. Kxtra -howings are slat'-d for Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.

The picture begins its regular run Nov. 17. 'A, 4, Vc HARMONICA RASCALS tea'uring johmnt pulco GEORGIE TAPPS FL0R1AN ZABACH AM LATE STAGE AND SCREEN SHOW AT 10 30 ML I all over Brooklyn i irrx 4- TtAfMre b. XSXrt zrxs. Uif Lib A KIKK 'm.

jpp JK snw ii lua Mt ars- 0M MIMfVlTCH ft fimRGIFTAPPS FL0R1AN I 11:31 IK. mm lotHM WAT for all of his adult life, and a heister of gamblers, whenever he could carry off the caper, Christopher Hale, well played by Joseph Cotten, decides he'll settle down in a small town and lead a respectable life. Driving across country, Chris comes upon a likely town and, with the toss of a coin, it becomes his childhood home. He tells a fabricated story to a widow, who takes him in as a boarder and treats him like a son. With his easy, confident manner, he soon gets a job in a local factory and meets the town heiress, who is confined to a wheelchair because of a skiing accident.

The latter is represented on the screen by the Lively Valli. With a confederate, Chris arranges to pull one last job, by holding up a gambling joint in a distant city. He divides the loot with his partner, and on the understanding that they will never see each other again, Chris returns to his work and the pleasanter nccu- ition of making love to Elaine Corelli. When the gambler traces Chris t- the small town to get his revenge, the action becomes fast and exciting. Chris does not get off without paying for his crimes, but the film ends on a hopeful note for him and Elaine.

The principals are ably supported by Spring Byington, Paul Stewart, John Mclntire, Frank Puglia, Jeff Donnell, Jack Paar and Esther i Mala Powers ing to sentimentality to resolve the drama. Miss Lupino's writing ami directing is less effectual in the latter scenes. The actress chosen to portray the, unfortunate girl is Mala Powers. She gives a fine, sensitive performance that will surely lead to better films than "Outrage." Todd Andrews plays the clergyman with sincerity. Other leading players are Robert Clarke.

Raymond Bond, Lillian Hamilton and Rita Lupino. ascMoa VW 1. Having successfully brought the unwed mother theme candidly out in the open in a film called "Not Wanted," Ida Lupino has tackled another delicate subject, rape, in "Outrage," the new film now show- RADIO CITY MUSIC 1TALL Showplac of the Nation Rockefeller Center "Outstanding ent erf onmenf PELSWICK. JL-AMER. JANE WYMAN KIRK DOUGLAS GERTRUDE LAWRENCE ARTHUR KENNEDY "THE GLASS MENAGERIE" From the Original Stage Play by Tennessee KMIiams A Charles K.

Feldman Grcup Production Distributed by Warner Bros. ON THE GREAT STAGE -SKETCH BOOK" lavish spectacle, produced by Russell Markeri settings by James Stewart Morcom with the Rockeries, Corps de Ballet, Singing Ensemble Music Hall Symphony Orchestra directed by Raymond Paige. Door i Open Today 11:30 A. M. Stage Show ct.

12 00. 2 58, 60, 19 Pttfraf: 1 11. 4 13. 7:13, 1012 Doors Ootn Monday 10.15 A M. iiig at the Criterion Theatre.

sympathetically presents the case of a young girl, a I victim of 'a forced assault by a psychopathic criminal. It's a grim storv. less suitable for screening than "Not Wanted," but it car-j ies a worthwhile message to girls who undergo such sferrifying and humiliatmg experience. It also de- plotes the unkind attitude that unfeeling people adopt toward victims of rape and suggests that the law give the criminal offender i mental treatment rather than a I short prison sentence. I The girl in "Outrage," unable to stand the shock and shame of the experience, runs away from home.

In California, where she stops to work at an orange ranch, she is1 befriended by a young clergyman who. upon learning what she is hid- I ing from, eventually persuades her to go home to her parents and fiance and start a new life. I The first part of the picture is effectively presented, but in resort- "Outrage," an Ida Lupino production distributed by RKO-iia-dio pictures, directed by Ida Lupino and written by Collier Young. Malvin Wald and Ida Lupino. Presented at the' Criterion Theatre.

Running time, 1 hour, 15 minutes. thk cast 'Excitement is busting out SAMUEL OOLDWTN ti st ilts Or stamn BAM ANDREWS FMLET CIAMEFJ I0AI CVJUTS 0. Mala An.lr.w- KiIti I'larki- Raymond B411MI Hamilton Kita l.upino H.il Miircli Attn Wnlion Jiiu o.mi Mr. VV.ilnm Mr. W.ili.m StHla Set.

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