The Kansas City Times from Kansas City, Missouri • 4

THE KANSAS CITY TIMES SATURDAY AUGUST 6 1955 ie fOVI ES CARMEN MIRANDA DIES! HEART ATTACK AT 41 IS FATAL To! 5 THE SINGER-DANCER Death Follows by a Few Hours the Completion of a TV Film with Jimmy Durante lems raised by the screen play There is too a bit of plot contrivance in order to end the story on an appealing note Marina Viady and Pierre Michel Beck present sensitive and arresting characterizations of the young lovers and Aldo Fabrizi is excellent as the girl's larcenous father Fernand Gravel and Xenia Valderi are fine as the boy's feuding parents HIM 1 11 FROM FUMES But All of Burbank alif Workers Are Expected to Recover Burbank Calif Aug 5 (API-Seventeen persons remained in a hospital today after noxious fumes felled eighty-nine workers most of them women at an by an irate assistant principal the boy is made depressed and unsettled by an inharmonious home life The father is a well-meaning hut misguided fellow wrapped up in civic affairs and the mother a rather vain self entered woman and the two are often engaged in spirited quarrels and bickering Lacking a mother guidance aprl affection and frequently left alone by lire errant father the girl too Is a somewhat pathetic figure who despite adversities has managed to retain a spirit ed and bubbling personality A chance meeting of the youngsters develops into a love affair interrupted when the lari is sent manager played by Miss Gish who under the administration of predecessor acted by Charles Boyer had exercised a dominant role in the institution's economy and procedure personally selects and orders inexpensive draperies The third hand in- the enterprise is taken by Miss Graliame as frustrated neurotic wife who in an attempt to save a tottering marital union not only acquires but also puts up plushy drapes In the ensuing repercussions Kerr is driven to the point of suicide Widmark and Miss Bacall turn increasingly to one another for comfort and understanding Boyer embarks on an alcoholic binge and also casts covetous eyes at Miss Graliame and Miss smoldering resentment and bitterness erupt inlo full flame Like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle the various personal conflicts and knotty emotional problems do not readily fall in place in the pattern of and the resolvement of the difficulties is a little too patent for full credibility but the earnest efforts of Minnelli and the entire cast with the possible exception of Miss Gra-liame who appears miscast as unhappy mate make this one of the better dramas of the season YOUNG FOR GEFN Drama screen play and dialogue by Franco Brusati Lionello De Felice and Vittorio Nino Novareee produced by Nic-colo Theodoli directed bv Mr De Felice and released hv I (' and Cnrmoian Films with the following principal players: Anetta Torelli Marina Vladv Andrea Magliano Pierre Michel Beck father Atdo Fahtirl father Fernand Crsvet Andrea's mother Xenia Valderl IN the light of the contempt) rary American preoccupation with the problem of juvenile delinquency Young for an Italian drama dealing with an adolescent romance that results in scandalous and tragic complications takes on a greater degree of topical interest than the nature and makeup of the film warrant Derived from a French play directed wilh restraint by Lionello de Felice and movingly acted by a well-chosen group of players the movie reaffirms the contention (hat unsettled home life arid negligent parents are at the root of youthful waywardness The protagonists for this exercise in teerf-age indiscretion are a 15-year-old boy and girl the former the son of the president of the governing board of a small French city and the latter the daughter of an amiable loving but shiftless father whose forays in petty lawlessness lead to constant trips to jail Unhappy in school and termed criminal under the roof top away to a boarding school later electric company' plant yester-resu med and then reaching a day climactic point when the two Doctors said that all would re lace the prospect of becoming parents without benefit of clergy cover Most of the workers at the Advance Electric and Relay The delicate nature of theicompany suffered dizziness subject matter is pro- nausea and abdominal cramps jected without offensiveness and Company officials said the with considerable understand fumes escaped from a large ing but the soft glove approach container labeled iso amyl alco-deprives the film of full impact hoi an industrial alcohol used and tends to gloss over the prob-lfor cleaning BUDGET BASEMENT Beverly Hills Calif Aug 5 (AP' Carmen Miranda tiny Brazilian tamed for her dancing singing and fruitsalad headpieces died at her home early today of a heart attack She was 41 The Portuguese-born movie and night club star America's hipest paid actress in 1945 had just finished a television film with Jimmy Durante Her manager" Benjamin Holman said she died in the bedroom in front of her husband David Sebastian TV and movie producer about 4 a No Hint of Illness Sebastian said she apparently had been feeling well after a late supper at home that followed her TV film performance Miss Miranda whose costumes started a new vogUe in turbans platform soled slippers bared midriffs and heavy exotic jewelry recently returned from appearances in Havana Durante informed of her death said: is a shock! She came here Monday complaining that she had to work outside for sixteen days in Cuba "She laid down on a couch while we talked and complained i that she couldn't sleep Cougherij all night But she was happy Ij said if she was sick wed get somebody else to do the part But she said no "Last night we ere doin' one of my television shows for next year were a number called Miranda and me I'm Gomez After the song we go into a little dance She went down on one knee I thought she had slipped She got up and said she was out of breath COBWEB" MIDLAND Drama screen play by John Paxton based on the novel William Gibson produced John Houseman directed by Vincente Minnelli and released Goldw vn-Mayer with the following principal plaei: Ir Stewart Mclver Richard Widmark Meg Kaversen Rinehart l-auren Bacall fr Douglas Devanal Charles Boyer Karen Mclver Gloria tiraname Victoria Inch Ullian Gsn Steven vv Holte Jgfn Sue Brett Susan Strasbcrg Mr Capp Oscar la ant IN the hands of Alfred Hitchcock or other specialists in screen thrillers a telephone a pair of scissors gloves and other commonplace articles often have been drawn upon to motivate a taut and exciting exercise in melodrama Now in "The Vincente Minnelli a director bolstered by John Houseman's adroit casting and skilled production lias utilized the selection and hanging of such a prosaic furnishing as a set of drapes to impel an engrossing articulate exploration into the touchy tangled realm of mentally ill Adapted Into a smooth trenchant screen play by John Paxton from the novel by William Gib son the drama retains the disturbing controversial qualities that have aroused some psychia trials and psychologists and is likely lo be regarded as questionable entertainment by persons who have had personal experience with or knowledge of the grief aitf suffering of tor mooted sick minds Setting up cameras and deploying a talented group of play ets including such veteran performers as Richard Widmark Lauren Bacall Lillian Gish Gloria Graliame and Charles Boyer and two bright newcomers John Kerr and Susan Stras-berg in a Midwestern psychiatric clinic Minnelli admirably points up the narrow gulf that sometimes separates the patients from the staff members and the uneasy suspenseful atmosphere in- which the rehabilitation and therapeutic processes are conducted In this instance the lighted match dropped into the explosive emotional air is the question regarding the choice and in stallation of the drapes for the institution's library Believing that the project wiil be of aid in the treatment of inmates Widmark portraying the head wants the job of design- ing the material to be given a high-strung young artist a move! that is seconded by Miss Bacall as the place's activities director1 On the other hand the stringent imperious business THREE DAYS BEFORE HER DEATH YESTERDAY this picture was taken of Carmen Miranda as she rehearsed a television show with Jimmy Durante The actress was 41 (Wirephoto) Downtown Proirie Viltoge Nortti Lewis son of Mr and Mrs A Lewis 5228 Saida avenue has been a featured dancer in two Starlight productions "Me and and "Babes in Friday Features Good Today Big Juicy Frankfurter Sausages Outdoors on a hickory-stick or indoors on a Wool for Durability and Llama for Luxury AT A BUDGET PRICE plain or none to platter compare How Kansas City is regarded by the stars who appear in the Swope park musicals was expressed by Betty O'Neil who is featured in "Blow Gabriel and Heart Belongs to in the current Cole Porter Festival Dean Murphy comedian and By Lax don Laird 'ARK CARROLL has been playing a lot of piano in a night club in Dallas Early last 7 Per Lb Sundav night he decided to drive tells her I'll take her lines to Kansas City to see how his master 6 But she goes ahead with 'em former partner Alva Jean le tival who is billed as We finished work about 11 Trout was doing in the ballet o'clock and she seemed very 'company at the Starlight the-happy Gosh what a swell girl ater an impressionist received international publicity and a big boost on his road to success when he II a sh ay i gp Finest livers blended with spices and smoked to enrich its flavor 72-lb 49e Rye Bread loaf 25c) Bakod rhickeiiK Stuffed with savory dressing baked to golden perfection ready to serve 91 911 KarlMMud Him! The brisket cut of Wolferman quality beef barbecued in our smoke house 1 2 (Wolferman's Barbecue Sauce jar 35c) This is a terrible thing On Way Out in Movies The peppery performer entertained the late King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of England at Franklin historic hot dog picnic at Hvde Park Later mimicry of Winston Churchill caused that statesman to say: is my best American press Carroll arrived here in time to catch part of the show from a out front Then he went back- screen star in the early 1940s stage He learned Alva Jean had appeared infrequently in was scheduled to make an ap- movies in recent years Herlastipeararee at a backstage party movie was "Scared withjof the Kansas City Press club Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis "Come on" the pert blonde Her recent engagements were said to Carroll can talk chiefly in night clubs including while I'm waiting to go on appearances locally and in Las Vegas Nev ling a dancing turn Later Hal LeRov started do Black for your momenta of elegance Fi'e-bntlon atyle sith olitehed hark pin? a ele'er eiutrh eoat Sire 8 to 16 ALL THRU STORES Fretih Orange i ake Tender golden cake square in a foil tin deliciouslv frosted we need a he said piano player" i As Roland Fiore and Rudy i Miss Miranda was born Maria Do Carmo Miranda Da Cunha in Marco Canavozes Portugal At sh three months she emigrated I alifornia I'eneiK Large golden ripe colorful Hales Poy S3 Deposit Today tray 49 Brookside Rlvd at 59th HI 4000 1108 Walnut St GR 0626 47th and Wvandott VA 4000 Armour at Main WE 4000 or Bennett were attending a staff wath her parents to Brazil She) meetin Carroll found himself was a 17-year-old department eased toward the key- de Janeiro! 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