The San Francisco Examiner from San Francisco, California • 27

cccc 0.3Mxamtarr Sec. II 7, AT THE ST. FRANCIS LOUELLA O. PARSONS Eva Bartok's Debut On Broadway Set i i 1 Williams' Drama of South Tells too Much By HORTENSE MORTON responsible for the commend years his junior, and, Eli Wal PLAYWRIGHT Tennessee able "Waterfront," and by lach, dashing and youthful manager of a prosperous syn Williams, given to whistling way of Warner Brothers, re' "Dixie every time he sits him leasers of the film, Author Miss Baker, thumbsucking and cradle sleeping child bride is a neophyte actress of unusual capacity. In "Giant she displayed a fine artistic ability.

Here she proves that By LOUELLA 0. PARSONS Motion Picture Editor International News Service self down at the typewriter, has written another drama Williams has adapted one of his 1 a in "27 about the sordid South. Wagon Loads of Cotton," and HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 25. tunes.

Mr. and Mrs. Voyle Gil- Sordid as exploited, liter- dicate mill. If this didn't already con stitute conflict, we have Maiden committing arson and destroying his competitor's operation, and Wallach in retaliation setting out to get friend it wasn't just a fluke or a win (INS) Eva Bartok makes her come up with the new offer ing at the St. Francis Theater, arily, by the author who seems more of Capitol records were in the musical throng.

Voyle debut on Broadway this sum to view any sign of life be1 mer In "Queen of Clubs," As in "A Streetcar Named Desire," and in "Cat on a Hot low the Mason-Dixon line, is boss of the Frank Sinatra dramatization of a Paris hit, manners and with the Tin Roof." brainchildren of ly with the moronic girl bride. same affection meted Siberia which will be adapted by Ruth and Augustus Goetz," authors records. Mr. and Mrs. Beasley Smith (he is the head of Dot records and is the lucky man In plot, the eternal triangle dow dressing eye-catcher.

Maiden, as the lecherous spouse, is reprehensibly excellent And Wallach, the flamboyant cotton picking straw boss is colorfully strong. As a brow beaten poor relative, Mildred Dunnock scores mar velously. It's too bad that all of this. by the rest of the world. of "The Heiress." Elaine Fer Willims, it deals with a covey of characters and a way of life in the South that would make the most evil post-Civil War has been done many times, The movie is "Baby Doll," Obviously and stupidly.

Here, daring Hollywood achieve ry, who produced "Anastasia" on the New York stage, is the it is done too knowingly. De ment So daring that it could to have Pat Boone under contract) were among the guests It was quite a party. producer. cency and discretion go by hoist Hollywood on its own tne Doards. carpetbagger detour to Okla homa Territory.

Simply, it reveals the trag edy of three disturbed charac petard and frustrate the film This will mark Eva's first appearance on an American But, no one will gainsay the industry oft expressed am THE DEATH threat letter stage. She planes out for importance or talent in wri ters: Karl Maiden, owner of a talent, in front and behind the camera, couldn't have been channeled into a more uplifting and inspiring drama. sent to Groucho Marx from bition to produce more adult and realistic pictures of New York right after New ting, directing and acting so cotton gin mill which is in evident in the drama. Elvis Presley, fanatics from Brooklyn stating that Groucho healthy genre. the financial red, married to: Year's to sign the contract and she may take her cousin, Andre Utasy, the Hungarian In cahoots with Elia Kazan, Carroll Baker, a vapid cirl wouldn't live through the holi OPEN 11 A.

days, might seem ridiculous if refugee, with her Just for the it weren such a serious of trip. fense to send, such a threat Eva will play a dual role FILM CLOCK through the mails. that of a high' society wom Trio Heads Gate Story ROCK HUDSON, Lauren Ba What inspired the epistle of an and a shady lady, who turn out to be one and the same nate was an interview Marx had with an English woman on his TV show. He asked her BRIDOK "Th Phantom HorM." 6:13. person; AFTER ALL those harrow B.13 ana p.

m. if she had ever heard of Elvis. call, Robert Stack, and Don OINKRAMA-ORPHKCM "Seven Won ders of the World," 2 and 8:30 p. m. ing experiences getting out of was the answer.

"Have Malone head the cast of CLAY "A Kid for Two FarUilnfa." niifc. the Cairo war zone just "Written on the Wind." at you ever seen him?" went on 6:13. 8:30 and 10:15 p. m. mn tm i if.

ntv i i CORONET "Oklahoma," 2, 8:30 p. m. RKO Golden Gate. month ago, Ricardo Montalban 1 I U4.rii I I ml FOX "Th Girl Can't Help It." 12:40. The Technicolor production is flvina to Japan Thursaay, Groucho.

she. replied. Said Marx, "Well, you don't have to see him to hate him." 4. 7:25 and 10:50 p. m.

ESQl'lRE "Friendly Periutelo is tne story of the degeneration of a family of great 12:10, 3:40, 7:15 and 10:40 p. m. That did it. NELLIE ELY IN PANTS. David Niven makes the twenty-five thousand mile dash, with a cross global stop enjoyed with Cantlnflas, Mexican comic, in "Around the World in 80 Days," Mike Todd's conversation item of epic proportions, which opens tonight at the Coronet on Geary Boulevard.

GOLDEN GATE "Written on the He'll do one of the top roles in "Sayonara," playing the theater manager in the James Micherier story for producer Thousands of wild protests wind," 11 a. 1:57, 4:54, 7:51 wealth and of a man and woman secretly in love, whose and 10:48 p. m. pourea in but only the mes LARKIX "Rlflfl." 8:10. 10:20 p.

m. lives are caught up in the tur LOEWS WAR HELD "Tea Home of William Goetz. mm no it sage from the Brooklyn "nut" and a similar one to the NBC the August Moon." 11:43 a. 2:16, 4:49 7:22 and 9:55 D. m.

married to the late Suzan Ball. oblivion, then reformed and When I first heard that Ricardo was making this long "Hollywood or Suit," network 'were "death threats. MAY WYNN and Jack Kelly bulence and almost destroyed by it. "Man in the Vault," with William Campbell and A i a turned minister and now oper 11 a. 7:33 and 10:55 p.

m. ates a youth center in Glen I JUST RECEIVED an auto RIO "Ballet of Romeo and Juliet." have dated the stork. PRETTY Joan Weldon was jaunt to the other side of the world, I could hardly believe it. When he came to my home ana r. m.

graphed copy of Henry Mna't Ekberg, is the companion ST. FRA.N'CIS "Oklahoma Kid," 9:41, dale. Eartha Kitt will play one of the leads in the story and 11:51 a. 2:06, 4:21, 6:36, 8:51. book "Gloves, Glorv and God" at the Luau with Dick Cohen, and told me about the terrible 11:06 p.

m. STAOk, 1wK "The Breve One." 1:10, 3:05. 5. 6:53, 8:50 and 10:45 p. m.

that should please. Henry. Beverly Hills tax accountant. TLCHNlCOLiOF? experience finishing "Son of the Sheik" in Egypt, he didn't ana i haven't had a chance to read it yet. The story of this ex-prize fighter, Henry Arm- UNITED ARTISTS "Klnf and Four IMMEDIATELY after the Queens," 12:05, 2:35.

5:15, 7:53 and 10:35 D. m. SNAPSHOTS of Holly Bill Dozier party Friday night. care if he never left, home aaain. But this part with Mar VOGUE "La Stda," 7 and 9:30 p.

m. wood collected at random: strong, is being produced by Tom Tannenbaum, son of Director Alan'Reisner left for lon Brando, Patricia Owen and New York to see Glynis Johns SPECIal SHOW! NEW TEAK'S (Vt muyvr uavia lannenoaum of REPORTS ARE that Dick the Japanese girl Miiko Taka (PIC. Jill) 1:00 8:10 us expected they 11 be mar ROCK LAURm 'rSeCTVDOKOTHY HUDSON -BACALL- STACK-MALONE Robwt Khh Omit Wmtarm Itany Shtnooa Long and Mara Corday were in "Sayonara" is a gooa one ried any edition. SPECIAL INOWS NEW YEtt DAT (JAN. Ill) 100 1:00 8:18 oaveny mus.

Armstrong is the Negro boxer who drank himself into married in Mexico over the That all today. See you to and it's hard for an actor to turn down a good role, especi weekend. Dick was formerly TODAY morrow. ally with Josh Logan as direc OOUCUS SIRK CEOROB ZUCKEHMMf AUERT ZUOSMTTH tor. 2 SHOWS MAT.

2:00 EVE. 8:33 WHEN BUSTER KEATON Funnier than the Pulitzer Prize pJay7V tAVv eot uo practically from his WMte-Hlt Suoponoal ATODEKTTAnffiVflUlT' lllUJftM UMPBOL KAKER SKMSTE- deathbed after Robert Smith Marlon Glenn Machikrix! Tbt the 3rd CINERAMA! told him he was going to act as technical adviser on "The Buster Keaton SEVEN WONDERS biiAriuu rUliD KY0 Vt. (renin fcw i Donald O'Connor, Buster mue knew what good things were a niWORLD It mm through the rMtest wonder 1 yw Pfi7 of tkAogiKt JToon in store for him. r.M. fc JS.

A LINEMANnnPr nA Mrrwwu no r.wwLWn First, he was put into "Around the World In 80 Days" for Mike Todd, and the Clark Eltxkor Q.VtLS jpJUUCEX 2nd BIG lFF WEEK! fe .1 DEAN omiL JERRY f- OAVIO BRIAN MAY WYNN )m WKAMI -Nijika KIYOKAWA-Mllsuka SAWAMUR rouna oi appiause ne receivea at the premiere gave him an OBBP IM CINEMASCOPE AND COLOR TOM and JERRY CARTOON idea of how popular he stiu is, wiu nivii ei howm in xr emii THtATM IM NOKTHIUM CAUIOIIHU Men. Mm. Ik. Sl. Ordk lot.

'IM luck Sea. I H.I.W.H.Orct.tiS, let. 'US eitftvro sian now on uii mii oeoi.i nuiD NOMenr ok omci arm lOwalra N. CtOCKHt 0 MONTOOMf ir cimni io omci, 14 eowfu MUNft't OAKIANO a tllKUir Later, at the party, Buster told me, "For a bit part, it certainly Ok) ev Oeun mmri ALCAZAR TONIGHT at 8:30 Fr hfermiriaR MA. 1-5000 i took a long time, we were in Colorado three weeks for just the part I played on the train." Now Paramount will pick up SPECIAL MAT.

FRIDAY at 2:30 Exciting 2nd Hit! Tomahawk Trail ult rtfi I 'THE YOUNG GUNS 3 EVENINGS (EXCHT SUN.) AT 1:30. (NO PERFORMANCE JAM. 1) ml Timblyw-Clarii Telbor Buster and his wife's tab when thev tour Europe with "The VIVIAN BLAINE Buster Keaton Story," climaxed bv a personal appear ance at the Cannes film fes "lav' PRODUCTION OF by MICHAEL V. GAZZO tival. NOW THAT Christmas is MASK HCH1WAN HARIIY CUAROINO FRANK SIIVERA WILLIAMS TENNESSEE over and we are waiting for the New Year's happenings, SHOWS NEW YEAR'S EVI s.

-to- JL. 7-30 and 10-30 SEATS AVAILABLE BOLDEST STORyi let's take an over-all look at what's happened. There were to many parties, so many pre- mieres, most of us are going to need a rest. Margaret Ettinger, Dorothy and John Haskell and Frances Marion had a three-way cocktail and buffet dinner, enter taining over several hundred auests in the three apartments and serving a different type of Gala Premiere Tonife 8:30 Benefit World Affairs Council dinner in each one. certainly uniaue.

Went to a party at the Bev erly Hilton given by Mr. and Mrs. Lew Chudd of Imperial records. They represent Fats Domino. Frank Ortega was at the piano.

He's at the Captain table and has recently finished an album of Jimmy McHugh's liHHP WRti'' 1 V''- 4' v1: JS5 MAT. TODAY Regular Engagement Tomorrow with Holiday Matinee ENDS JAN. 5 Snll far All Prfrmane Stat New far Ntw Ttar't 2 TODD'S pound MICHAEL SHIRLEY BOOTH THE DESK SEV A Mw Cee william marchant fbank'milan byron'sanders HARWV ELLERBf THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEEN 'BABY DOLL' 80 dc SENSUOUS DRAMA AND A DARING HOLLYWOOD ACHIEVEMENT Hortense Morton, Examiner "GRIPPING AND SHOCKING LOADED WITH FINE ACTING!" Bob Ml, S. F. CU-BulLti TODD-AO Son Francisco Critics' Council names Carroll Baker 'BEST ACTRESS OF YEAR "AN ENGROSSING AND EXCITINGLY THEATRICAL FILM! Pa'ne Knickerbocker, S.

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