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Want a Bit 7 i Rome Ptal Afftldtf' anile note Recent Discs Offer Variety of Pleasure their hocus-focus, rather than by hiring professional actors for bfac Besides helping' a2 lot of money on production cdsfs, the non-pro "ham more often than not provide exactly the of realism Italian directors wc So. all tourists planning a to Italy this season had better mat rtsl- tr Peter Pears, for whom they were specially designed, ainga them With spirit, sensitivity, and often on guard since Roma's lacI -army of busy directors Is tormn. ever roaming the streets looknti: tag for "types." ff shouia? 1 1 A Joan Bass in Concert (Vanguard stereo) Joan Bme la Unique among all (oik singers. Sha believes that aong can ba prMantadUt autheo- iw uuuuui wuuwia uiwuuii v. shouting.

Unquestionably tha moat baautllUl-TOlced and gantla of all pracUtlonara of tha art, aha obviously faala that there's room for musicianship and aubtla re-flnamant in her interpretation. Thla newest collection, performed before a lire audience, consist mainly of music thaf a off tha beaten track, yet every aong la a moving experience. Vanguard promisee a sequel to thla disc. iay it coma soon. Leadbelly.

Huddle Ledbetter, folk alngar, accompanying him self onlZ-strlng guitar ana piano, senrais-suTHsguuMeiBjiMJio, are you'll rue the day. It happened to this reporttsr.iaj few days ago. When the finished with me, I was call up the Keystone CPPS and Paul' Mason Howard, zither ZSZl have the whole studio arwrtsi on charges of violating the Jitt of supplp and demand. I i' Here's how It happeneBTMAfni' often the case, the 'lvlctlm3 (that's the correct friend) was minding his qwbjpsjjyx ness when a gentleman proached him on Via della cede not far from the TpreiCTrt Press Club. The man MentWfdr' himself as Sergio Corbuccl, a director for Italy's oldest movJ studio, Tltanus, which osnf shop way back In 1900.

Would I a part of an Italian World War I scene for a.filbj called "The Shortest Deye-i movie, being shot In Italian MM. in English, is a satire; oa ji with a sense of humor, wnil nnttw provides Interesting key- dmm lmnnrt A huV musician! approach to the whole business of folk singing. Kilo mo Carlebach at the Village Gate. Shlomo Carlabach ao companylng himself on tha guitar (Vanguard atarao) Thla might ba described aa a Jewish reriTtl meeting in song. It consists of catchy original aonga by many with Biblical words.

Carlabach, who ainga them with error, often gets tha audience to sing and clap along. Natanla Darrein Sings Yiddish Ibert DeCormlar (Vanzuard JJJ uornuer Angro, sta-. tf TarT oftisivw a chance to hear these colorful songs some plaintive, soma lively and dancellxeperformed by an artist of Natanla Darrath's stature and vocal ability, Robert DeCormler's small orchestra accompaniments are tasteful and. 5 add spice to this attractive col lection. Bin, Tha Home steaders (Riverside) A group reminiscent of" The Weavers, The Homesteaders sing very well in an appealing collection of aonga, though they havent quite as much individuality or personality aa their older, more famous counterpart.

Walk Right ml The Rooftop Singers (Vanguard stereo) "This is a slick threesome (two fellows and a girl) with lots of pep; but lfs a little too slick, KA AUSL VeSAMI B)VU MW IIIUVU VU Mwin a a mtvnm mmaii el MOUSTACHIOED REPORTER" The makeup man glues a moustache to reporter Belle's face for his role in "The Shortest Day." Back on Broadway I i t- I ektf etc: ijT -X (Capitol) Long recognized as one of tha peopie responsiDie ror me groww ln popularity of tha folk song in this country was tha lata Huddle Ledbetter, better known as Lead-belly. In tha words of the album's liner notes, "he led a Ufa checkered with violence, law lessnesa, murder, lust, and numerous near brushes with death and) was intimately acquainted with the passions he told about In his songa." In 1944. five years before his death, he recorded these 12 aonga In Hollywood, Including two rare numbers on the piano. His style was rough and unpolished, but the emotions he expressed were sincere. Thla is grass-roots folk alnglng at its best.

Polk Song Festival. Walter forbes (RCA Victor stereo) Though this is a product of Nashville, it isn't a commer cial country-andrestern disc Day which boasts on 44 mi-kiia ottwei Hilt fM mil el has a lineup 'of 88 famous adorsT and he needed me for a certali, v.u.i Dutue sequence. a n( Any resemblance "between, "The Shortest Day" and any offrj ni great war motion picture U-c- ciaenuu. a tens me stoj two comical tramps who themselves at the front the flKhtlng between Austria. For the wrong they turn out to be the persons In the wrong (lace DyipoUghed commercials flavor.

the right time. But when loi hmn a at hanAa Miav owSk.T tried as deserters because they didn't call. answer their draft bo Bairds Are From now through Sunday, April 21, with two performances dally at 12:30 and 3:30 p.m the back on Balrd Marionettes are Broadway at the BUtmore Theatre in a two part program. The opening segment is called "Man In the Moon" and It's a full scale musical comedy with a Score by 'the Pulitzer Prize winning team of Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick. There arent many songs, but there are some good ones.

There's a pleasant number about I Although I had shaved that-" morning, the makeup man painted ar a five-o'clock shadow on myiawl and glued a moustache oveitif lips. We were out in the field about 23 miles away from RometV and since it had rained somedil before. It was ankle-deep muddjO-t was placed in a slimy trench with two looeys and a serge'1 giving out orders while exploslVe'V charges knocked pebbles. logspf balsa wood, bits of wrk, lumpstff1' mud and other debris serosa my'a face and helmet. We did this 11 times, until director Corbuccl and nrbutl14 AKUSEMEHT FOR KIDS- Roger Faythe who gives a ee-man show as Jolly Roger Easter.

Saturday through Sunday, April 21it. Call the 4Ut Street Theatre; -ManrinHnn tar tim. Theater Review: Harold Stern Gabel Gives All ducer GUberto Carbone (thonglit 1 the scehe Came out Walter Pldgeon, who plays a correspon- f) ent Emest Hemingway) 1 Just Visit By NINO LO ticLLO CSpeclal to the Brooklyn Eagle) Rome, Italy. A 88-year-old mother from New Orleans walks down the Spanish Stepa 19 times until Federlco Fellinl is satisfied, A college youth who plays football for Cornell tackles a plate of spaghetti for five hours until Vlttorio De Slca says, "Bravo- CutP Two stenographers from England, both age 21, wearing mlnls- cule bikinis, help out in a acene aa slave girls attending Claudia Cardlnale. A retired- printer from Kansas earna $30 for six days work while brutalizing Anita Ek- berg in a medieval torture chamber.

If you want' to be in pictures, the best place to visit Is Rome. Tourists who come here to see the sceneey often end up making a scene for the movies. happens almost every day to a traveler passing through the E-ternal City. Some film director is likely to spot him and take him away for a day or two to face the cameras. Many of Italy's geniuses believe they do better by picking jieople off the street for satellite to another orbit.

His mission Is comollcated bv sters who want to sack the moon of its riches Though It's been wrmnn an a mnraiitv niov for children, it reminded me of, the thriller serials I used to see at my neighborhood movie house on Saturday morning. The kind which invariably used to star Charles Mlddleton and somehow managed to endure for 13 tortu- ous episodes. As usual, the Balrd marionettes are gems and the usual people and animal puppets are augmented by a lot of surrealistic science-fiction creations, making the whole thing a little too avant garde for adults, though It certainly doesn't seem to be beyond the comprehension of the children. The second half of the program Is a lively variety show called "A Pageant of which should hold anyone's Interest. Bil and Cora Balrd give a demon- stratlon of International puppets and there Is a lot of happy musical entertainment ranging from a vaudeville dance act to a vocal trio of frogs called the Croak-r There's some Joyous honky-tonk and an inspired ballet, complete with a dancing swan.

adds up to a gay grab bag the little ones In the audience were continuing to scream their nnnMii1 mm 1MJe AVa Att.AAA hard tn hast thn Rafrdn. et To Support Workshop Part of the proceeds of the 34th annual banquet of the Brooklyn Region, National Conference of Christians and Jews, to be held April 17 at the Hotel St. George will help defray expenses of a Brotherhood Youth Conference this fall. The to be held at Brlarcllff College at Brlarcllff Manor, New York will be a lead ership workshop for high school-r youth. It will take place in two 5-day sessions, August 25-30 and September 1-6.

The purpose Is to discuss and adopt programs to help solve crucial human relations Issues. The Brooklyn region's banquet will be the occasion for seating its new president, John J. Lynch, president of the Kings County Trust Company. The event will also bring together outstanding Brooklyn civic, social and public leaders who have Interested themselves in lnterfalth work in the borough. Aarbn L.

Jacoby and Abraham Llndebaum are co-chairmen of the banquet. KENM0RE 0YKER MADISON BUSHWICK 6REENP0WT KEITH'S PLUfHINS KEITH'S PROSPECT TILY0U (WH. STRAND DlCMMONeHai 5StEataOBh watrpmcK ft I AlfWDHfTCHCOlfr tl'Tui ninnn ffcw4 RIO WFFJCir-" XA DAVID JAN Ha Tiwwiwum 'CARRY ON TEACHER! 411k STRUT ORIENTAL PITKIN. PREMIER I Pi C0NET IS I EXPLOSIVE DRAMA ON THE HIGH SEASI A CARGO MARKED DAHflEHI Kr.t DOUGLAS Thai QQiL NICK AOAMS.HOetWTWALKM AM) UN IJ HM SUS! jTjfcW i :t.A.MZ en ii in ii ii Banqu ,1 UUSJ GATES 0 KINGS. i 'I i a i To Shaw's Irwin ShawU'ChUdren From Their attempts to be a penetratingly witty commentary on what's wrong with our society, It as a painful example what's wrong with our theatre.

When you add everything up, the play makes Just about as much sense as the title, which has no trM mm iin. r.f dialogue and seems to have been pathy when this tain" finally dragged himself ,0 of the trench-wet, miserable. tired, black-and-bluesnd needing rtlttl few band-aids to cover Za cuts. The Italians carry th famous neo-realism a little ar. KLr i Later In the mess-hall over "7,: 1 4V vneei fiflvana Damnonlnl Annniwt tm mv no AnvnlrWia fnfl betn arrived at during a "Well, it is almost impossible to under -what shall we call it?" con- stand why Peggy Cass agreed to fecence.

replace her. Aside from one IhuThere is one well -drawn goedpeech In which she attempts vvueu UjX st jea. cuvvmsv a eevv IV. Vl 1. .11 Vnnw whv Ka mnvrt a rtiiolnaoa can be a funny business, On top of which 111 probably; end up on the cutting-room flopr llOUBCl UUU VFTClCIf Will nA r-: n-lwt A-children's performance- 61 ilt8 going to the moon tonight ana a logical enough ballad called Jefltorday We Were Worlds Apart." The best and funniest aiUBcnon is aeuverea dv i moD- ster puppet.

E's called "I Got an Rch to be Rich" and contains such "pertinent lyrics as "When night time comes stealing, so do. The plot, which the, kiddles seemed to enjoy thoroughly, Involved a young man. whisked off to the moon to convince the man in the moon not to move our broiled scallops, and of course, a rare Wet mlgnon. None of these, strictly speak- lng, are In the gourmet class. But all are done to a turn ana to order.

The one far-out Item on the i menu, Whale steak, became a semi-fad when the Pope allowed Roman Catholics to eat this seaming mammal on Fridays. The Deweys marinate It In vinegar and lemon Juice. Those who have eaten it claim It has a gamey taste. The unchanged in essentials since the restaurant opened, retains the elegance of that now almost legendary era. The massive mahogany tables become a sturdy and masculine back for the heavy goblets, plain dinner and flatware.

Red brocade velvet lines the walls under the huge hat hooks needed for 19th Century tall hats and between the heavy mirrors. "It gets harder and harder to find anyone to repair the velvet," sau La Dewey sadly. fiM 1Uumlnttte. restaurant brother claims, "No tight Is more flattering to a women than gas." Both the Deweys are determined to continue in the gaslight tradition. "There will always be customers tor our food and our service," said Tom Dewey, "especially In these days of pre-prepared home meals.

People will want our type of service and cuisine when they dine out" He "Of course we are proud of our record of awards for our food. Joy I -Wa- BROOKLYN RESTAU RANTEU R- Tom Dewey who, with his brother, Ed, manages Gage Tollner's Restaurant at 304 Fulton believes in preserving the food, serviceand dtmophere of the 'gaslight eraMhe late 19th CenturyThe chop house, a favorite with downtown Brooklynites since 1879, serves much the same menu now as it did when it first opened. Gage and Tollner's Is "Hansel and Gretel" Will -W'. given at Oceanvlew Jewish CeS teron April 21, at 11:30 a. mJH and against 1-30 sVM EddIb Baker's Stardust i SB KUUUTUiUUa auuui sviu vu Kuitarists and vocalists; has a serious approach to his materia, mostly of Southern origin, and a pleasant voice with which to present it, Street Songs jf England.

A Lloyd, folk singer; with Alf Edwards, concertina (Washington) Street bauaas, many with rather gruesome words, which ware popular In England for several centurtes. These were sung by itinerant balladeera, who sold printed copies of the words. called "broadsides." Lloyd hasnt much of a voice, but the songs are often fascinating, and oca can often find In them the origins of later, better known American ballads. Street Songa of Scotland, Ewan MacCoU, folk singer, with Alf Edwards, concertina (Washington) Most of these ballads were Imported from England, and bear a close relationship to the songa on the preceding record. MacCoU a sings them more clearly than XJoyd Folk Songs.

Peter Pears, tenor; Benjamin Britten, piano (London stereo) These English Scottish, Irisfir French folk songs, arranged with fresh, modernistic i aar evo- WMUw--, estiva piano accompaniments by I the noted British composer Benjamin Britten, are Intended for TMirformance in the concert hall. Lincoln Center Gets Check From German Consul Federal" Republic-of Germany presented Lincoln Center with a check for $1,250,000 Friday representing one-half payment of their $2,500,000 gift toward the stage, facilities of the new Metropolitan Opera House at the Center. The presentation was made by the German Consul General In New York, Dr. Georg Fed-erer and the check was accepted by John D. Rockefeller 3rd, the Center's board chairman, and Anthony Bliss, a director of Lincoln Center.

The gift, announced in June of 1981 as the first received by the Center from a foreign government, will be commemorated with a plaque in a suitable location in the new opera house. Dr. Federer said: "In presenting this gift to Lincoln renter for Its new Opera ouse, I wish to express the satisfaction of my government and of the German people with the progress that has been made here toward the creation of a cultural center which will reflect the vitality and the creative energy of a free people. is our hope that thla, contribution from overaeas friends of Lincoln Center will stimulate further lnternation- al interest in this Center, that it will become a source of Inspiration for the brotherhood of art and music which knows no national boundaries, and that from It and to it will stream the best our world has to offer In the way of musical and theatrical enrichment of hmnan Easter Egg Hunt Underway Today The ninth annual Easter Egg Hunt for all neighborhood chil- dren will be held at the Thomas F. Robinson Post 1822, American today at 2 p.m.

The Post, 715 E. 105th is in the Canarsle section of Brooklyn at Williams and Flatlands Ares. Host for the hunt Is Commander John Curtis. Toung Forbes, weu wjpponea dren's Theatre make up the casf4 of Hansel, Gretel, WUtb character and though ha is beau jtlfully played by Martin Gabel, he ftends to become more boring as Sat. evening wears on.

This de-rpdte the fact that he has some Jterribly funny dialogue, Gabel plays a middle -aged man 490 admits he's been defeated iHm and who asks his best friend Sqfklll him. The best friend tries jtft Convince him that this is not a solution to anything and that life, AOAjnutter how momentarily un-jeasant, Is worthwhile. thin plot line Is used as an wrise to engage in a discussion jsuch sundry matters as rell- Slop, art, sex, business, alcohol, With and medicine. Thla Is the Snat one expects to find In a comedy by Shaw. The trouble Is, there's another, earlier Irish Shaw, who does this sort of thing better.

'i During the early part of the play; one Is able to laugh at much ctwhat Is transpiring. i When Melvln Peabody (Gabel) Botes that he hates alcohol, hit jfrtand asks why he drinks, it. fVFor "my health," Is the de- sptondent answer, 1t ruins 1 Out-of-Towners vM 4 ildren considerable. Playwright Irwin Shaw and to a lesser degree director Sam Wanamaker have let him down. They don't seem to be sure of whatthey'redrivingat.

With the exception of the role of the harrassed friend, well played by JohnMcMartln, the other roles are little more than cameos. h. ring role as Peabodya fiancee, to convince Peabody that he ought to marry her, there Is nothing here but bare bones. Brenda Vaccaro does well as Peabody's nympbo daughter-in-law and Gene Hackman has a couple of funny moments as a clod of a tackle forJhe New York Football Giants. Bernle West, a truly funny man, has his comedy hands full 1s the absolutely ludicrous role of a doctor who's been prescrlb-' lng for six months on the basis of the wrong set of X-rays.

"Children From Their Games" la yet another in this season's almost plotless plays, which have abounded in ill-defined characters. It doesn't even fall into the convenient catch-all of "Theatre of the Absurd." It is merely absurd theatre. Richard Heffner Out Channel 13 has a new general manager today after the educational television sta- tollrd of trustees ousted Gouia saw mat the removal of Hefmer yesterday was "for reasons of economy." The station has been financially strapped by budgetary problems during Its first six months of operation. It recently asked three? national TV networks and on New TOrk City commercial TV station for help. and NBC came' through with each and WTTEW TV contributed 12,000.

1TAa- T.lir lems to near taiK gy Eacle Columnist Raairlo. Mni.r. rrasentlne tha security Admlnlstra- tlon ta Brooklyn, will speak on jh9 social Security Program people of the Ft. Greene rea," at the Pioneer Reform Democratic Club, 471 Myrtle Ave on Thursday at 1:30 p.m. Miss Miller Is known to many Brooklyn Eagle readers through! her regular column of advice and! Information on Social Security matters.

The public is invited. Is, compares nuniamwr. mchiTi Hefmer fronl to, wife to "Those baseball ne nev mina. teams which always win on the ger Dr. Samuel B.

Gould, iroad and never wto at home." so the president of the cor-m In the area of politics, he com-, poratlon -inents: "In a sick age, we need The younger Deweys, both Brooklyn born, have roots in fine eating and in New York wine gr owing and producing. Their family had been one of the first to plant vineyards In the Catawba wing grape belt near Lake Erie. Before Seth Dewey came to the Brooklyn restaurant when Prohibition became law, he and his family had operated H. T. Dewey and Sons it 201 Broadway, Manhattan, described as "one of the grand old wine restaurants of the town, in the grand old The younger Deweys, carrying on the family wine tradition feature a cellar of French and domestic wines.

As the Gage Tollner food Is fine, traditional fare, the wines are excellent, but there is no attempt to stock the rare vintages. The night this correspondent dined Tom Dewey recommended a cool, light Chablls, an almost perfect match for clams on the half shell ana a nrouea lODsxer. The wine may have meant more angels. The Center is located at 3l6ji Brighton 4JSh SL rs KINGSWItT QSUMMl 5 1 rtOSPECT MM.M, a WeltDiSrilvM tlon otT Thtlegendiflobo i uti re uun litnt hm.i mm mm Mniuwi A wmmm I (P Kimmimm AOUMMT AWARD WHtttil "BOTWNG IrSS Cwseseies3 jcsTSCirr.r.d 1 t-actcrs Wmm MMie ej 'WBJWP wa.ABSflBS- Ui IB eca for By CHARLES RYAN Gage and Tollner's, the restaurant called "Brooklyn's main contribution to civilization," finds many of its patrons cross the bridge from Manhattan while Brooklynites tend to forget Its location. Not all, of course, for many a Brooklyn businessman will tell how his father first took him to the seafood and chop house at 304 Fulton St.

Others used to eat there before night games at Ebbets Field. One county detective, when he heard about this article, mentioned he took his "first big date" to dinner and how, as a late teenager, he saved his money for the treat. Tom Dewey, who, with his brother, Ed, manages the bouse, says "Gage and Tollner's Is at least as well known In San Cisco, New Orleans or other places where good food Is served, as it is in Brooklyn. The visitors know what they want and know they can get It here." The tourists, of course, have an advantage. They are taken to the chop house when they visit because Brooklynites know dinner there will please them.

Toe menu, changed only slightly since 1879 when the plifle opened, shows the traditional hearty mealathe heavy steaks and chops of the late 19th Century. The father and grandfather of the present managers, Beth Prad- ford Dewey and Hiram S. Dewey, bought the restaurant In April, 1919, from the firm which had purchased It from the original Gage and Tollner. Ed and Tom Dewey, after schooling and service during World War became the next In their family to manage the 83-year-old to JTSr on Mondays and Tuesdays from loed wMch car brofiflame, enclosed In cut glass XJ JS Zh natural gas is sUghtiy moist and meaty, rMt yellower than the blue flame match It with a chUied, sou, of tt0 Mltk men to lead us." -1'; But, while much of the dialogue is 'lndeed perceptive and witty, some of It Is dragged in for mere effect. There Is one particularly pointless exchange In Which Peabody tells his golf-loving friend that the reason he 1 gav.

up golf was because he was afraid they'd find out he was Jewish and he'd be dropped from the country club. But Peafcody has" Slfeady been established as a Catholic. i There is an admirable notion in having Peabody compile ablar- fn nf an th noiK that 'afftlct everyday life, but when be usee this to support his re- ifssal to sell his home to i blahned housing protect syndicate Ion the grounds that no backyards rw comempiaiea, Becomes a (weak gimmick. Teabooya anti-social attitude fheeven refuses to read letters rrqra srranssrs wnen pmcea mm ia anuniorcunaie comparison wun MRrtln Vanderhof of "You Can't aite It With You," but Peabody pt devoid of the latter's charm, 'one of what is wrong is Mar-kin pabel's fault. Gabel gives the j.r everything he has and this is wine, wu a former New Englander.

"We dont feel Americans want to study vintage lists or learn subtle discriminations, we feel' they" Jut want a good table Our customers are learning that wine la a part, and a rare part, of good eating," says Tom Other dinners at Gage and Tollner's come to mind: a weU grilled pair of lamb chops with buttered asparagus; chicken a la Maryland (bacon and corn fritters); shad roe with crisp bacon; Baltimore 1 i 4 r'r.