Los Angeles Evening Citizen News from Hollywood, California • 13

hJh' 4-i LA SYMPHONY Citizen -News mmt TV lr Screen-Stage-Music A- 1962 THURSDAY NOVEMBER 22 Tonoyama star in the gripping story xrf life ona remote Jap anese island- The picture won coveted Prix de la Victoire as best foreign picture Of toe year and took the Grand Prize at the Moscow Film Festival -vWith no dialogue or narration but with a nauntingly beautiful background score nas been called-a cinematic tolumph Unprecedented audience response to the prize-winning Japanese film masterpiece now playing at the Beverly canon Theater has necessitated booking the picture at the' Vagabond The- ater starting today Continuing Its" a a engagement at toe Canon the film which was produced and directed by Kanetd Shindo has received tremendous critical acclaim both locally and world-wide -Jm':" and Taiji siveness nor beauty- and toe improvisations are' jut not to be believed Tbe performaaoe was groeted whha very ro-speetfnl rospoose aad ia-cidaatally won the New Torli Marie Critics "Circle Award for' 1ML Mehta xpene4 the concert with a precise if somewhat over-blown reading of Overture No 2 and closed with an im-iressiye vp-tr fpr marie of Brahms Symphony Nol in Minor -Opus 68 In both works Mr Me)ria revealed a sizeable respect for the most minute detail -kmd this1 characteristic was responsible for some of toe best moment of the evening as well as -if or some disappointing ones By ORRXN HOWARD The perils of arraitj stable: programs tor suit basically conservative taste of the typical symphony pd-tron has given pause to many an orchestral music- director but the solution seems to be to serve up one modem composi-ell surrounded by some tion we standard favorites This was the approach taken by Zubin Mehta in hia second concert! with the Los Angeles Philharmonic last night and while the cause of contemporary music may have suf-fered a severe blow the effort to enrich the repertoire is laudable- Lukas Foss for Soprano and Or- ekestra was commissioned by Adelo Addison who ia I one of 10 porfonners so- looted by too Ford Foua- ddioa for its Program for Porforming Musical Art: ists who in tarn selects a composer and commissions a work for him On this occasion 'the Lukas Foss' Improvisation -Chamber Ensemble consisting of Foss at the-piano Richard Dufallo clarinet Charles Delancey percussion and Stanley Silverman guitar was on hand to provide spontaneous interludes between toe movements although- these improvisations are not essentially a part of the composUiori and can be omitted 'The four teicts set to music are all on the mystics of time and are from writings by Auden A Housman Franz Kaika rand Friedrich Nietzsche the latter two are sung in German the other pair in English Miss Addisan-perf ormed nobly the exceedingly difficult exotic part and eveir managed to' make a few beautiful sounds though these were textraneous while the orchestra was having quite hard pull The subject matter of the songs all being on time am clocks the thought of the proverbial tinkerer came to mind: -this good fellow finds great delight in taking apart some complicated time-piece and with great gusto and unwavering determination proceeds to put the parts together again He goes at his task vrith unbounded joy and seems not at all dismayed to find that 'when he is finished the dock work- Now Foss is far from' being a tinkerer he is a highly professional musician but together a very complicated mechanism serial techniques ingenious counter-poirito etc but alas it simply work 1 The sparse Weberri-like toots and '-groans have- no -expres- -'4? i tw 4 to! theroVxnyoiifl left in the world Twho hosn't soon SiTbAttliarp on (ho screen If there fcand you are that unique prsonyou are entitled a fig leaf which we will fiie happy-to provide And eniff at this award either because come nuclear war we may have i to -start all over again in which case that fig leaf may come in handy Sivle' Yelserp is now at numerous theaters among them -the Hollywood El Rey Loyola Bruin' Fox (Ingle wood) 'Alex (Glendale) Acade my (Pasadena) Studio City Wushire (Santa Monica) Mag nolia (Burbaink) phis the Reseda Pickwick Laurel1 and Studip drive-ins The title ofr his" movie is Girls! By now sure you have figured out that Sivle Yelserp is Elvis Presley spelled backward Now all the above is a roundabout way of getting into a review of Girls! It simply postpones what I have to say which is this: In this movie Elvis goes backward He goes back to his old time wiggle and a lot of things which first endeared him to the teens and pre-teens but did NOT endear him to their PapaS and Mammas in other words to adults I happen to like Elvis I think Ms broad shoulders and virility are a great relief from the willowy-type film hero 'so prevalent today BUT Elvis went to war not long ago ana drove truck and a couple of bargains in West Germany and was supposed to have grown up in uniform so to speak He had a phole new personality when he was demobilised plus a butch hairdo and' it all showed up well in his first post-mobilisation movie Adults even found him appealing But in Girls! the Sivle Yelserp has disap- eared and the old Elvis js ack plus wiggle The story worthy of him It makes him seem scat of silly The night I previewed the picture the entire audience broke up over one line of dialogue It was where Elvis said to his friend (Laurel Goodwin) Im the biggest dope in the world IV With that the entire house roared its approval This is too bad in any language Elvis should never made ridiculous too good a performer and his voice has a truly beautiful quality The trouble with Girls! Girls! is that the story makes him out to be -too much of a ladies man and far too noble He plays a chap who loves a tuna boat he is working on HIGH Walt Disney RISE TREEHOUSE CEREMONIES Kevin Corcoran (and ostrich) attend festivities' Swiss Family Treehouse Given TRIPPING THE LIGHT FANTASTIC Jackie Gleason portrays title role in 20th Cen- tury-Fox release at Four Star Theater 4' HOLIDAY MATINEE TODAY 2 PM he' gets too money by singing i dub where the girlsiiiger a -former sweetie (S yens) This causes jei the part of Laurel the boat owner makes a pss at Laurel and jealous But after a punches and a few more songs it all ends happily This story interspersed yrith heaven only knows how many musical numbers not only by Elvis himself but also by Miss Stevens Some of these are great no doubt about it but there are far too many of them If about half of Elvis ditties are: cut and all but about one of and the whole thing is edited further and tightened -up it should make a very entertaining romantic musical especially for the younger set This is Laurel debut and she is a wholesome refreshing type on the order of what June Allyson once was Those who draw waterfront characters well are Benson Fong Robert Strauss Lee Frank Puglia Lili Valen-ty and Beulah Quo Practically stealing the picture are the famed Hu sisters Ginay and Elisabeth and their brother Alexander That Ginny is mighty clever and as for chubby fat-faced pig-tailed Elisabeth a riot This number Elvis does with these youngsters is among his most' appealing Also engaging ii the shrimp boat number and the beautiful ballad name of which I am unable to give (it wasn't listed on the cast information sheet) Hal Wallis produced tond Norman Taurog directed Girls! Girls! hence the chuckles which come thick and feet Allan Weiss wrote the original story and Edward Anhalt and Weiss did the screenplay Loyal Griggs directed the photography in color and the seascapes are some of the livest and sharpest ever seen Stanley Johnson edited Please Paramount give us he adult Sivle' Yelserp next time We no longer want the dd Elvis plus wiggle That phase Los Feliz Screening Idiot1 Russian 'color film ini film interpretation of Fyodor classic novel is now playing a limited engagement at the Los Feliz Theater with Julien of My The pictures Will screen continuously from 2 pm today Distributed in this country by 20th Century-Fax at the re quest of tori DJ5 State Department id connection with its Cultural Exchange Agreement with the Soviet Union costars Yuri Yakovlev as the tragic Prince Myshkin and Julia Borisova as Natasia Filippovna Although both principals are with toe 3 leading players sian Vakhtangov Theater this is their first film to be shown on this continents Ivan Pyriev directed -tV SKOLSKY COL wont Appear Due to the Thanksgiv- rig holiday Sidney Sfcol- column will riot pear today It will be re-Vyumed'again tomorrow i1 The War lover UUNUKIUKS mm STEVE BESTypiCTURE! Winner of 10 A catfemy A ward A-13 Completes isciple Casting With the signing of David Hedison and Tom Reese for the roles of the Apostles Philip and Thomas George Stevens completed his lengthy interna Ucnal quest to select the 12 disciples for his production of Stars Greatest Story Ever The other Apostles selected by Stevens for the Fulton Oursler classic -include British stars David McCallum as Ju das Gary Raymond as Peter and Michael Anderson Jr as Little James Peter Mann as Nathanial Roddy McDowall as Mathew Burt Bririckerhoff as Andrew Robert Blake as Simon the Zealot Jamie Farr as Thaddeus John as John and Michael Tolan as James toe' Elder Swedish star Max von Sy-dow portrays the role of Jesus and Charlton Heston is John The Baptist in Greatest Story Every going into its fourth week of location filming the majestic Glen Canyon section of Utah Co-Starring Role Lee Patterson' has1 been signed by Laurence Harvey to co-star in first independent motion picture to be shot on location in Spain 1 OUVIAdeHWILlAHD- a WV IVES (MON THRU SATJ IdO HI IVES MOLIDAYS tit 1:30 SM EVES SUN' AT MO PM WED SAT MATO AT IM PM SUN MAT AT tdO PM AIL SEATS' rSBU GRAUMAN'S CHINESE THEATKC WO 4S11I 717 1 HI MMWii S92S HOLLYWOOD OLVD the outset of Thanksgiving week Swiss Consulate Max Robbi of Los Angeles presented Disney with a Swiss flag to fly from a mast atop the towering treehouse To Walt and his five grandchildren Christopher Joanna Pammy Jennifer and Walter Miller went gifts for the tree-house from Swiss and West Indian children attired in native costuinei -Two stars from the Disney film -Family RobinitonVKeVin Corcoran and the Ostrich turned up to complete toe cycle from novel to motion picture to reality COMINQ TO EL CAPITAN The Rustic Cenyon Theater local theater-group will present Pan at the -El Capitan Theater in Hollywood from Dec 7 to Dec 15 an American National Theater Academy benefit and the proceeds will go to hospitals in Los Angeles County Peter will be played by Peggy Webber who is also the producer' of the fairy tale Marvin Miller or-trays Captain Hook ForA Happy Thanksgiving Holiday TOtaasgtEBaE QALL THIATRI OR RR CR 4 LY AT I MUST SURELY WIN ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATION i2SKJ5! arasiaes WlLSHIRE the whole family will enjoylV-HAZEL'RYNN CRinn-Niws ThIIhm Fnl mu Bassa "MAGniiFiCEWTr The first (of its kind) high rise treehouse in the world was opened today after a unique i at Disneyland On hand for the event was its architect Walt Disney to take part in the opening ceremonies of the 150 ton man-made wonder -Rising 70 feet over the jungle in Adventureland the Swiss Family Treehouse spreads: brilliant colored branches 80 feet in width A classic fiction come-to-life the tree is supported at its base by 10 cpnerete pilings like manmade rapts each feet in diameter and running 42 feet i Into deep Into construction went six tons of reinforced steel and 110 cubic yards of concrete Among the 300000 handmade-vinyl leaves and thousands of bright blooming or-chids arp three separate houses at diffrifent -levels- Everyone becopie a part of the fabled shipwrecked family on viewing tori mother and father room toe bedroom and nou the main house or living quarters In housewarming fashion at Shqwat Ivar For Youngsters Thei Playhouse has made arrangements far a special showing of its produc-turn of and tomorrow at toe Ivar Theater This is in addition to the regular showings on Saturday and Sunday- All performances are at Starting Wendy Kottler as ane William's as anH Vicki TJahnw as the Wicked Witch this produc tion 30so has in the cast Otis Sharif Chuck Rosenblatt and Lisa iliarie Love He Makes SHIRLEY ANNE mi brXM Ksrr PHILIP LEACOCK An ARTHUR H0RK8L0W PtoAidion 0411 FUNNY11' ThtE MpfGgito SAN FERNANDO VALLEY STUDIO CITY 19-Pirk cwSh TB-M9TT 2 aa 2 HAKES 0 Dty PM lit jNQwiWlnner Cannes Film Festival Award 1962'in- WHSTS is coming! 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