Los Angeles Evening Citizen News from Hollywood, California • 14

4fc Tuesday July 30 1963 Citizen-NeWs PEER OF ORIGINAL A p-y a A Proves Fast and Funny Show It hit the charts the first week out Forget Flak Kathy Brandon--Surf-in DollA Bey to -Love ette 759 ool girl voice coupled with a tune that fits the surfing iac should make Doll afadin teen town A Boy is a plaintive poem with a crying thejtfe PopiCoimtry-Johnny Cash Of Columbia CL 2035 name alone stands for sales but the baritone has a hbt one burning for him with this Fire Besides the title tune there are eleven more scorching tracks Show Tune Soundtrack Irma La United Artists UA 5109 Its an Andre Previn need we say more? Sid dute stars in West Coast premiere of Frank Tarlofrs comedy' at Gallery Theater Virginia Vincent shares top billing iBy JERRY SHILAN It has been nearly 15 years iSinceHIgh Fidelity recordings rwere! introduced to us the listening public Today we 'even think or talk about records without that technical term creeping into our conversation Jdbst of us agree it sounds 'great 'but when we are con' fronted with a point blank we get more than a little perplexed -Webster much help when it comes to details According to him Fidelity is the reproduction of sound with- a- high degree of faithfulness to -the Thanks a lot Dan! But that still leaves us spinning just say that' before HI-FI certain musical sounds never reached the human ear and -others were distorted or Snuffled because the old fashioned radio-phonograph only produced sound in the 100-5000 cycle range Since our ears are capable of receiving 20-2001 sound vibrations or cycles per second a lot of unheard tones got by us High Fidelity reaches above and below our hearing level and enables us to hear everything we pay for Still Me too! Frank Loesser discoverec the secret of bow to succeec a long time ago so it was no great surprise to those who know him thathewas able to combine his-ixu i -and lyrics with a book" by Abe Burrows Jack Weinstock anc Willie Gilbert and come up roses with to Succeed in Business Without Really In its local bow last night at the Philharmonieythis musical Pulitzer Prize and other awards winner of 1962 proved to be a fast and funny show clearly stamped with Broadway and for once with a road cast that appeared to be the peer of the original according first-nighters who had seen both Based on Shepherd witty book of the same name the' pivotal part in the show is that of a Sammy Glickish ype of unstoppable super ambitious conniving kid who starts out as a 'window washer and whids up as chairman of the board of a big corpora tion in the knowing of how -and who to do as the Purchase Rights kirk Joel Productions and John Frankenheim-er have purchased for $175000 the motion picture rights to a new novel by David Ely which Edward Lewis will produce and Franken-leimer will direct starting in March 1964 ent of the long look from male admirers while the demure Miss Cannon displays a remarkably big voice for a little girl and her romantic scenes with Kallman are good too William Major makes of the sycophantic nephew a sharp etching and others who impressed include Pat McEnnis Tom Batten Lillian Fields Stanley Sim-monds and Joe Cowan the latter as an incongruous caricature of the of the There remains: score upon which to comment While it is not his best it is by no means ordinary Loesser proves here again that he can write active lyrics and sound meaningful melodies with equal ease and facility If the tunes are not so memorable they are at least enjoyable They run the gamut from the self-indulgent Believe in to the Eunusing and from the ensemble number the choregraph-ically': clever Secretary Is Npt a In between are a few sentimental hoke tunes like From a Heart of Old and to Keep His Dinner topped off with the even more corny finale of of But all good clean fun and the audiences will lap it up with relish and ask for more Both the girl and boy dance groups Eurewell disciplined rehearsed and vivacious in their timing and execution Bob staging of the musical numbers is deserving of special credit Also worthy of mention is Robert settings- and lighting and Robert wardrobe and costumes ELGEE opening tune so meaningfully indicates Not having seen Robert Morse play the part on Broadr way it is difficult to make comparisons but it is equally hard to imagine anyone better fitted for the prime mover in these satirical proceedings than' young Dick -Kallman who is somewhere between a pixyish Dennis Day and a cuteish Jerry Lewis but with plenty of his own stuff to mark him as one of the brightest young personalities treading" the theatrical boards today In the Rudy Vallee role of thdpompous exaggerated president of the company Willard Waterman finds a rewarding chore and he makes the most of it An expert mug-gea and master of the delayed this veteran actor fits the part like a glove doing much-to sustain its mirthful moments The whole thing carries off with a fight book music lyrics and with Burrows and Loesser having been wise enough to keep things -moving all the- time covering up thereby any discrepancy that might come into focus otherwise In this they were materially aided by Hifgh choreogra phy which introduces some original movements such as stop-motion routines giving a realistic appearance of win dow manikins It isa novel touch and taken together with the other standard but highly volatile numbers they stand out like a bright light Supporting performers are uniformly good with Maureen Arthur sharing femme honors with Dyan Cdnnon As the voluptuous sexy siren with the shape of an hourglass Miss Arthur is the enviable recipi- ROMANTIC SHENANIGANSCarlen Reese rand Humbert Alan portray Kate and Petruchio in Los Angeles Repertory Cofnpapy performance of Taming of the Shakespeare classic 'on boards of Hollywood Center Theater Boone in Dublin 'Actor-singer Pat Boone is currently -in Dublin Ireland ilming Put It in Writ-' NEWS Le'p Brown is the new pres! dent-of the LA Chapter of the National Acadfemy of Record ng Arts and Sciences NARAS also will have a new address as of 1741 Ivar' Avej Room 220 Hollywood 28 Bobby Vinton was named Promising Male inartnual deejay poll conducted by Cash Box maga zine Recording star Lon Monte received two gold rec ords last week from Reprise presiSen t- Frink Sinatra tingle and album of The Italian have both gone over the milium sales mark Everest Records head Bern! Solomon just acquired Counterpoint Records Inc THE FAX ON WAX! Readers are invited to send questions or comments on record or the record industry to DISC-coverage in care of this paper mgl Honor to Boasberg VIEWS -v All records received by the Citizen-News are -objectively heard and those considered to have sufficient merit are re-rviewed and presented7 in this column SINGLES i The Sherwood Singers Jellycoal ManMidnight Train Horizon H-9200-1 A jroung trio two guys with gui-Aars and a gal with a good 'voice that may make it big with the campus crowd Comedy Allan Sherman -Hello Muddah Hello Faddah Rat Fink (Rag Warner Bros 5378 Hello is a timely parody of a letter from camp done up with a Bronx Brogue New York tribute to Charles a six-month sales drive honoring the president and general sales manager of Paramount Film Distributing Corporation has been launched by the company Announcement of th drive is made by George Welt-ner executive vice president of Pictures Corporation at a time when Paramount has one of its most impressive product line-ups of recent years this sales drive will have more weight and importance than any in company Wei tne said know that I sun speaking for our entire selling team Final Title Crimson has been set as the final release title in the United States of the Hammer production for Columbia filmed under the title Scarlet TOMORROW Romantic Role Miller Perkins the talented young girl who portrayed in Diary of Anne has been signed by Jack Warner for the only romantic role in Pulver and the BOTH TMIATMl AT HOLLYWOOD COWER CONTfrom IX NOON Free Pirtfcf Ops II Vqltt lit Urns popular prteai Woadorfid World at Brotfcora Grimm Cattle Hag' HMb Reef Natali Wood-Tab Huntar Hill A Fights i FABULOUS OUR unit ADULT fpnshow SOCIAL Giulietta Masina and Richard Basehart attend a wild party in scene from ico film exclusive at the Beverly Canon and Vagabond theaters Broderick iLVRIIlSUnSET Miem LEGITIMATE THEATERS 'Attic1 to Open at Beverly Wendy Hiller the British actress who won an Academy Award for her performance in has a strong chance cf repeating this achievement with her dramatic portrayal of a New Orleans spinster in in the which opens an exclusive engagement at the Beverly Theater tomorrow Miss Hiller appears with Dean Martin Geraldine Page Yvette Mimeux and Gene Tierney In Miss Hiller impressed audiences critics and ner colleagues in the movie with her heart-rending role of an English inn-keeper who is forced to give up tne man she loves The same intensity and passion distinguishes her performance in in the as she see3 her brother (played by Martin) nearly destroy himself because of 'his obsession with money in the a Mirisch Company presentation for United Artists release was produced by Walter Mirisch and directed by George Roy Hill It is based on Lillian award-winning Broadway success HOLLYWOOD BOWL 'fdChl THE10S ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA HANS SCHMI DT-ISSERSTEDT Guest Conductor HANS RICHTER-HAASER Pianist TONIGHT AT 8:30 ALL-BRAHMS program Academic Festival Overture Piano Concerto No 1 Symphony No 2 PKa luff at Slipped Sarvad llo I 1:10 when I say that Charley Boas-berg is the hest and most capable sales manager In the business today Our great admiration far him win be reflected in what I am sure will be the unparalleled success of this Designated as chairman of the drive was Fred Leroy home office- sales- executive The drive will have two 13-week periods the first running through September 28th and the second extending- from September 29th to December 28th new relases and particularly all previous unbooked or unsold attractions will be included in the drive Among the pictures are The Nutty Blow Your And A New Kind of in the Way Been Sleeping in My Minding the Store and others tfibute to Charles marks the second time this year that Boasberg won industry honors In March nearly 1000 exhibitors' gathered at New Americana Hotel for a testimonial luncheon celebrating his election to the presidency of Paramount Film Distributing Corporation Sea Circus Continuous' At POP -v Families- and groups with diverse- interests will find' the new schedule in the Sea Circus at Pacific Ocean Park made to order for their convenience Beginning today the Sea Cir- -cuswillbe in continuous performance every! day from 2 to 5 pm The three hour show consisting of a series of comedy skits featuring Wally Ross with all of animal actors'- including Popsie 'the baby elephant ana clowns Nolly Tate and Box Car Benny is designed to entertain small fry and parents while older brothers and sisters enjoy rides and other attractions Between acts String Twisters Band will present a program of musical treats The first series of skits Will run through Sunday Aug 4 i f- Free Tickets To Revue for Lucky Patron A pair of free theatre' tickets to Best of Billy opening Aug 7 at the Coronet' -Theatre will be given to anyone jiresenting at the boxoffice all three theatre programs from the earlier Barnes reyues Billy Barnes Barnes and tr So if you are a smivenir collector and have saved a program: from each of the- foregoing productions invited as the guest to enjoy the newest show Pro- Sams- must be presented at boxoffice for subsequent reservations no later than Aug- 3 PRICES: 75r 150 250 350 450 500 On Silt: HOLLYWOOD BOWL ottcf op" dlil Sunday! 10:00 to 500 CLUB OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SBUtlura Calif Music Co All Mutual Afcncies A Wafficha Music City JOEL JULIE GREY NEVMAR THE SENSATIONAL MUSICAL KITE ANTHONY DM 'v FAMILY FUN Parisian puppetteer Andre Tahon presents at Fantasyland Theater six times daily through summer months at Disneyland Tahon who is shown with Papotin puppet1 has travelled throughout world with his unique show lEST PICTURE ACADEMY 1 AWARDS! 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Cal Music Co and an Mutual Asonclea (pnowe 7-1241 for naaroat Girls Friday of Showbiz will honor Stanley Slotkin president of Abbey Rents Foundation Clinic as guest of the month at meeting Members are seeking a worthy philanthropic project to which to devote their energies as part of their Girls Friday of comprised of women employed as executives or in -an executive secretarial capacity in any of the creative phases of: the entertainment industry I ITI IJ fi Bil NOW PLATING wm PHILHARMONIC AUD NEW YORK'S BIQQEST HIT The hilarious FRANK LOESSER and ABE BURROWS musical LdH ll U'l 0WJT 0S I NB I ESS starring A Great ROBERT MOLLY WEEDE PICON TERRY SAUNDERS VHAT YOU GET WITH "COMBO" CLASSIFIED ADS '1 (Teed extra cash? 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