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THE RECORD, WEDNTSDAY, MAY 29. 1963 Niven Takes Oscar With Him On Trips British Star Now In Hollywood 'King Of The Mountain' Verdi Work Thrills Ridgewood Audience Mezzo Matches Hines In John Harms's Presentation Of 'Requiem' By DEAN' SIMPSON (Music Reviewer) Ridgewood Even the proverbial church mouse would have had difficulty in finding a place to sit for the John Harms Chorus's presentation of the Verdi Requiem at Christ Church last night. But the little fella undoubtedly would have been just as grateful to sit on a folding chair in the aisle or vestibule or as happy to stand in a corner as the humans for the sounds that poured through that sanctuary were beautiful to any ear. By BOB THOMAS Hollywood Lfi With David Niven, it's a case of have Oscar, must travel. After making seven films in seven countries, the Britisher has settled down to make a movie in Hollywood, of all places.

And you can jolly well bet that his I 'i if Tl Oscar Tables 19o8) came along with him. A -55-minute "Happy Birthday, Bob Hope" salute will be broadcast over N. B. C. radio tonight (9:05 to 10 P.

More than 20 top stars will appear on the special broadcast. THEN AND NOW: Bob Hope is shown (left) as he appeared on one of his first network broadcasts over N. B. C. radio and today (right) as he prepares to celebrate his 60th birthday, as well as his 25th year of association with N.

B. C. hanced by her very moving and musical interpretation. As the one non-Metropolitan Opera soloist on the program Soprano Maria Fasciano came into her own in the final section, "Libera me." Tenor Michael Trimble, 1963 winner of the Metropolitan Auditions of the Air, seemed a little out his realm and the impression that he was the least familiar with the score could account for his problems of strained quality and flat pitch. The chorus also had an occasional pitch problem, inevitably on the repeated unison tones sung pianissimo in the low register.

Yet their stirring "Dies Irae" chorus and the dynamic variance with which they enriched the entire performance greatly overshadowed this minor fault. For European residence, his ties to Hollywood are strong and may get stronger. Niven hinted that his Holly- STARS IN MUSICAL: be In Parisian-type split skirt "Irma La Douce" at the Robin One On The Aisle Sir 'mmt Celeste Holm, Cast Display Stage Magic 'Month In Country' In Off-Broadway Bow Gets Dexterous Staging Li i rsj I 1 By WILLIAM GLOVER (A. P. Drama Critic) New York Celeste Holm reveals another bright dimension of talent in off-Broadway's latest dramatic dandy, "A Month In The Well-known for her skills as a songstress and comedienne, the blonde star turns with charming, wistful grace to the challenge of costumed romance and emotional subtlety in the production that opened last night at the Maidman Theater.

STAGE PULSES The Ivan Turgenev play is a fragile bit of baroque turmoil set in the Russia of 100 years ago. It flirts persistently with the twin perils of triteness and inaction. But Miss Holm and her companion players trip their tightrope with such skill that the stage pulses with constant, quiet animation. The story concerns a lady of high station who becomes enamored of her son's tutor, to the dismay of the teen-age girl who is her ward, an old admirer and the youth himself. Miss Holm makes the woman I Soloists Jerome Hines, Maria Fasciano, Janis Martin, and Michael Trimble assisted in no small way to make the concert an artistic success.

And the efforts of organist Allen Sever and Achillis D'Amico, timpanist, added greatly to the effect. While Hines carried the most prominent reputation into the performance and most certainly sang a commendable role, he more than met his match in the work of mezzo-soprano Janis Martin, whose clear, full, and even quality was greatly en- NOW THRU TUES. IS I PHRAMOUNI SflEASt i PLUS 2nd FEATURE "DANGEROUS CHARTER" ill! I STARTS TODAY GREAT STARS "THE LIST OF ADRIAN MESSENGER" 2nd HIT "Hero's Island" in Color NOW THRU TUES. JUNE 4 Marlon Brondo Sandra Church I 'THE UGLY AMERICAN' fi Shown Dally al, 1 55 7 (15 9:20 I Sat Contl. 4:55.

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EL 6-6060 FREE PARKING for 600 CAkS 1st run showing JUDY GARLAND DIRK B0GARDE "I COULD GOON TECHNICOLOR SINGING" ei PANAVISION' t. mivt FREE COFFEE SERVED IN OUR T. V. LOUNGE Happy Huliilny Hits! Connie Georgt FRANCIS HAMILTON "Where The Boys Are" la color R4a 11 IS Kim Novak Jomci Garner "Boys Night Out" la nl I a ZS OX OFFICE OPENS 7 00 MARLON BRANDO "UGLY AMERICAN" C.lir II 4a. II 45 "WAR LOVER" 1 1:00 Lead Role Of Irma' For Ellen Travolta By KEN WALLACE (Drama Editor) If you should happen to meet Ellen Travolta of Englewood one of these days and she responds with accents which sound suspiciously French, you'll understand when you learn the gifted young actress is probably prepping for her forthcoming portrayal of "Irma La RAPID ROBERT HITSrrODAY And Stars Will Help To Mark Occasion By JAMES BACON (A.

P. Movie-T. V. Writer) Hollywood tP Bob Hope, who still goes like he was 40, turns 60 today'. And he'll celebrate in typical Hope style.

First he'll land at the airport after playing a benefit in Washington, then hit a few golf balls over at Lakeside Golf Club. The course is only a tee shot if you're Jack Nicklaus from Hope's Toluca Lake estate. Tonight there will be a family party. "I'm at the age now where the candles cost more than the cake," quips rapid Robert. The National Broadcasting Company will salute him with a special radio program on which many of the top stars will pay him tribute.

There may be a few ribs, too, from Bing Crosby. He'll have to share birthday honors with John F. Kennedy who will be 46 today. "I've got more years and more writers," says Bob who! exchanges telegrams with the President on birthdays. "Of course, he doesn't have to be funny." In 1959, Hope suffered a blood clot in one eye and was told to take it easy.

But that was like telling Liz Taylor to give up romance. "Me retire? Slow down?" asks Hope. "Never. If I couldn't hear an audience laugh, I'd die. It's the world's greatest tonic." He starts a movie "A Global Affair" in a few weeks, then starts work on his new weekly television series plus his regular six specials.

"This is going to be the busiest year of my life. I feel great." CAMBRIDGE INN OPEN MEMORIAL DAY Garden Stata Plata, Paramui NOW thru June 9 Gaoo1 Sati Available Call HU t-2010 PLAYHOUSE on UlJf TOMORROW, H01IDAV IRrONMANCI JO a4 10 wood filming may be more frequent "I think the studios are disenchanted with location shooting," he said. "It makes sense to send a second unit for backgrounds and film the major part of the film here, where you can control costs. "That's the way Mike Todd made 'Around the World in 80 Days'. He made every one believe it was filn.ed all over, but it wasn't.

He told me, 'Once the audience believes you up in that balloon, they'll believe any-' Ellen Travolta of Englewood will when she does the leading role in Hood Theater in Arden, Del. her in that of Rosalie In Ellen will have to dig deep into her makeup kit to age herself for the role of Marco's aide and girl friend for the July production at the Music Circus in Lambertville. There's an inside story that now can be told about how Ellen first got the role of the strip-teaser who does her stripping while tooting the horn. She originally played the Miss Cratchitt role in the national tour company with Ethel Merman. Called back in the summer to audition for another touring company, Miss Travolta told them she could also do the Mazeppa role the part they wanted her for.

There was one hitch she couldn't play the trumpet. Ellen knew it but the casting directors didn't. So when they asked about the horn she eluded a direct answer and continued faking during rehearsals, using her thumb and fingers to make her toot-de-toot. Meanwhile, she went out and took trumpet lessons, bought herself horn and when the play opened, there was Mazeppa, bumps, grinds, and trumpet, too! In the Paper Mill version last summer, incidentally, Ellen played both roles of Mazeppa and Miss Cratchitt further proving her comedy talents. Since then she's done a revue at swank New York night club, and kept busy with numerous other theatrical endeavors, among them conversations and auditions with a television network object, a children's theater program which looks like it may click.

You Wouldn't Believe It Dent: Lesley Gore, the young Tenafly lovely, has soared to the top with her singing of "It' My This hit record is by Wally Gold, who lives in Teaneck. They live within a stone's throw of each other but they've never met. All CONtRITt ROOl RICKIC C0Vt WA0IN6 RO0L cm Will. Puna ar nil (at til D.IU DaoaW Seal Program $150. id -V into a being of infinite complexity, capricious yet determined, and sh communicates all the swift shifts of mood to the audience with a kind of instant magic.

Alongside the star under the highly articulate direction of David Ross are Wesley Addy, Dino Marizzano. Nancy Acly, David Hurst, and Sanford See-ger in principal assignments. The settings by Peter Win-gate and costuming by Patton Campbell are colorfully harmonious. "A Month In The Country" has been staged with taste, is being played with engaging dexterity. Many of the falcons used as mascots of the U.

S. Air Force Academy are captured in cliffs within sight of the Academy's buildings in Colorado. JUNE 25 WITH "Why of course, ne re he marked on the set of "King of the "Wherever I go, it goes. I'm not one of those people who treat it casually as a bookend or something like that. I'm proud of it." Niven has gone from his Hollywood haunts for more than three years, but he said it wasn't for tax reesons.

In these days an actor must go where the work Is, and his work has taken him far afield to such filming grounds as Israel Spain Days of and Italy Pink ONE MUST WORK Like all top stars, Niven goes where the good scripts are. But he confessed that isn't his only yardstick. He has whac might be called the Niven sliding scale for his film pay. "It's like this," he said. "One really must work, I suppose, but it a shame to let your work interfere with play.

There are certain times of year when I will work if neces- i.ary, but my price goes up. The early part of the year is bad, because that is my skiing sea son. If any work interferes with that, oh, dear that really costs the producer. July and August are terribly expensive, raat 3 wnen we une to go up to Sweden and eat lots of fish, and I spend a lot of the summer under water in the Mediterranean, skin diving. We have our house at Nice, and it's awfaully hard to break away for work, really.

CHRISTMAS WITH FAMILY "Christmas is another expensive time to hire me, because we like to spend it at home with the whole family. Actually, the times when I am cheapest is late spring and early fall. I'm an absolute bargain then." Besides the villa on the Riviera, Niven maintains a residence in Switzerland a cuc-oo clock, really; the kind of place you just turn the key and give it to the local policeman when you leave. Despite his Teachers Guild Meets Monday The Bergen County Music Teachers Guild will hold its annual luncheon next Monday at the Strawberry Barn in Saddle River as its final event of the season. John Harms of Englewood will be presented with a plaque in recognition of his valuable contribution to the cause of music in Bergen County.

The three high school seniors who expect to make music their careers. John Dawson, trombonist and composer of Englewood; Lyda Pola, pianist of Leonia, and Leonard Sjogren, oboist and pianist of Teaneck will receive their $100 awards as winners of the competition sponsored by the Guild. The newly-elected officers of the Guild will also be inducted for their 2 year terms. They are Mrs. Fred Sjogren of Teaneck, president: Lucy Boyan Ralakian of North Bergen, first vice-president; Mrs.

T. K. Elmendorf of leonia, second vice-president; Mrs. W. J.

Tomlinson of Harrington Park, recording secretary; Anne J. Seibert of Hillsdale, corresponding secretary; and I'o Silverstein of Teaneck, treasurer. Mrs. llorlense Harrington of Dcmarest is the retiring president. HAWTHORNE HOUSI S'fCIAl OPIN HUT MIGNON SANDWICH With leiiixa Toniotts il TC I fn.nh Srrna Dm fiy 11 JO A.

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wrm RECITAL AT CHURCH Teaneck Students of Vernon D. Christman will give a recital at 4:30 P. M. Sunday at the Presbyterian Church of Tea-neck. Marjorie Blossfeld, organist, will offer two works by Bach and one by Gigout.

Organist Marjorie Metz will perform three selections by Franck, Bach, and Boellmann. Violinist Riana Ricci will accompany lyric coloratura soprano Barbara Peck in four selections, including the "Un Bel Di" and "Sempre Libera" arias of Puccini and Verdi. BELLEVUE VPPEB MONTCLAIR DI A 1 A-I MATINEE TrftW. MEMORIAL DAY St 2 P. M.

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IBM J. O'erCTlON houtm if south 'f M8A WE? ARLENE FRANCIS Ellen, whose widest claim to I fame so far has been her own, animated version of the Mazep-pa role in moves on to a bigger opportunity early next month with the lead and title role in the David Merrick import about a Parisian girl of questionable morals but high principals. MAZEPPA AGAIN, TOO The dark-haired, light-eyed and shapely Miss Travolta is to do her starring role at the Robin Hood Theater in Arden, starting with a couple of days of previews on June 13, and playing through June 22. Naturally excited about this, her first lead in a full fledged musical. Ellon is planning to leave her Englewood home sometime next week to try for extra rehearsals (on her own) with the musical director.

Ac- tually. they've allowed for only a week's drills before the previews and Ellen wants more time to do the role in her own fashion, sort of less dancing than Elizabeth Seal but more singing, too, she confessed. The Carnegie Tech student isn't entirely forgetting her Mazeppa. role. Now in demand for the "Gypsy" character who play the trumpet.

Miss Travolta will replay that part for the fifth and sixth time this summer for 2 weeks with the Muni Opera In St. Louis. from July 30 to August 11. and then again for the Town and Country Theater in Rochester. N.

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