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MEMPHIS PRESS-SCIMITAE WEDNESDAY MARCHJAJWS PAM THE FRONT ROW France Acapulco Settings of New Films Humor Humanity of Twain Will Live on MSU Stage By EDWIN HOWARD SttmUm IM This is Hal Holbrook as he really before be begins the arduous three-and-a-half-hour makeup Job which transforms him into Mark Twain whose platform performance he win recreate in Memphis April 5 ONE FACE OF LOVE in "Love Has Many romantic drama opening today at the State is Lana Turner's Her cottars are Cliff Robertson Hugh O'Brian Ruth Roman Stefanie end Acapulco GONE And what a catch Jean-Paul Belmondo makes In opening Friday night at the Guild She Is Claudia Cardinale who plays appropriately enough a character named Venus in the French swashbuckler IT WAS OX THE PLATFORM rather than be-1 tween the book-ends that Mark Twain fSnt wooed won the American public He became America's court jester and when In 1S95-96 he made an unprecedented lecture tour around the globe he was hailed by kings and commoners ss the greatest ambassador of good will America had yet produced It is this platform personality humorist humanitarian and half legendary that actor Hal Holbrook will re-create in person the evening of April 5 la Memphis State University Auditorium Holbrook now a member of the Lincoln Center Repertory Company in New York first won fame with this remarkable one-man show which he calls "Mark Twain More than 2S0 cities have played host to his performance as have IS European capitals and even Saudi Arabia where his appearance was sponsored by the Arabian-American Oil Company Holbrook who spends three-and-a-half hours making up for each performance believes "The abiding humanity of Twain and his writing is what really wins the Audiences His writing goes a little deeper thin mere humor It mates people think and they generally wind up agreeing with point of view which is after all a really sane one" Tickets for "Mark Twain Tonight" are on sale in the Speech and Drama Department at Memphis State phone 324-3601 Ext 200 for reservations Tickets are $2 $3 and $4 The $2 tickets are being offered to public and private schools in blocs of 20 or more for $150 apiece Some Things to Think About Louisville with 100000 fewer people than Memphis raised $170000 in its last Arts Council Fund Drive The goal of the current Memphis Arts Council Fund Drive is $125000 Fort Wayne Ind with a population one-third as great as that of Memphis has a goal of $128000 for its current Fine Arts Foundation fund drive Houston's Alley Theater generally cited as one of the most successful non-profit professional theaters in the country has Just announced its estimated deficit for next year Its estimated budget for 1965-66 is $190000 Its estimated income based on 85 per cent of capacity will he $115000 leaving a gross deficit of $75000 The deficit will be made up in part the theater announces by interest from its building fund and the balance by private donors The point of all of this is simply to illustrate that the arts should not as the recent Rockefeller Foundation report emphasizes be expected to show a protit any more than libraries or schools A sizable deficit MAY be a sign of health in a theater The important thing is not whether but HOW a theater loses money and how it mates up its deficits Peter Paul Mary Blowin1 In April 2 Current Coming Shows Has Many Faces" (A) Eastman Odor romantic drama starring Lana Turner Cliff Robertson Hugh Ruth Roman and Stefanie Powers opening today A bored Jet Set matron rebounding from one Acapulco beach boy whom she married gets interested la another GUILD "Cartouche" (A-MY-Y) Eastman Color French picaresque comedy with dubbed English dialog starring Jcan-Paul Belmondo and Claudia Cardinale with Odile Verosis Jess Hahn and Noel Roquevert opening Friday night Director Philippe de Broca has turned this tale of 18th century Robin Hood into parody of period pieces "Strange (A) Technicolor romantic comedy starring Rock Hudson Gina Lollo-brigida and Gig Young with Edward Judd and Terry-Thomas now playing An American oil company executive in London about to divorce his alluring but crackpot wife learns he must present a flawless domestic imago to win a big promotion and sets about trying to effect a reconciliation "The (A-MY) Metrocolor Western comedy starring Henry Fonda and Glenn Ford with Sue Ane Langdon Hope Holiday and Chill Wills now playing A couple of lonesome wranglers go to town and then go to town as it were with a couple of strippers from Las Vegas and a couple of daughters PARAMOUNT Back In (A) Eastman Color romantic drama starring Ann-Mar-gret and Michael Parks with Janet Margolin Brad Dexter and Larry torch now playing A young man returns from three years in the Navy determined to avoid the sexy beauty who jilted him before he left but she has other ideas LOEWS "How to Murder Your (NCA) Technicolor romantic comedy starring Jack Lemmon and Virna Lisi with Tcrry-Thomas Eddie Maye-hoff and Claire Trevor held over A happy bachelor who is also a successful comic strip artist wakes up one morning and finds himself married a fate worse he decides than death would be for his bride Or does he? CROSSTOWN Fair (A-MY-Y) 70-mm Technicolor musical starring Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn with Stanley Holloway and Gladys Cooper held over This superbly done film Al Hirt Homs In On Us Sunday He looks like a big grizzly bear and he blows like GabrieL That couldn't be anybody but Al Hirt of course All 299 pounds of him will be in the Auditorium Amphitheater Sunday afternoon with his rousing repertory of two-beat jazz wailing blues soaring ballad and flaming modem jazz improvisations Hirt who still headquarters in his own plush club on New Bourbon although he is in constant demand in New York Chicago Las Vegas Miami and the other night-time capitals of the nation will have his own happy crew of instrumentalists with him and they will romp through such Hirt hits as "Java" Candy" and LP albums are among biggest sellers and he appears frequently on network television He made seven appearances on the Dinah Shore Show and has been on the Ed Sullivan Show 10 times to date AL HIRT Tickets for his Memphis appearance are on sale at Central Ticket Office ey and Mary Allin Travers come from surprisingly disparate backgrounds considering the perfect blending of their moods and styles Peter was the only folk singer among them having taught a course in folk ballads while taking a psychology degree at Cornell Paul thumped an electric guitar with a group in Birmingham Mich before he went to New York and discovered classical guitar Mary sang in her high school chores and progressed to the chores of a Broadway musical "The Next which lasted only two weeks despite the presence of Mort Sahl Peter Paul and Mary were finally brought together by Manager Al Grossman Tickets for their Memphis concert are on sale at If the folk music vogue is dying down you tell it from the conceit attendance and record sales of Peter Paul Mary This popular trio just keeps and along roll back into Memphis Friday night April 2 for another session in the Auditorium Amphitheater which they sold out about a year ago Their four record albums have all been bestsellers and their Memphis program is sure to include a number of songs which have been single as well as album hits These include: in the "Puff the Magic Think Twice All Right" I Had a Have All the Flowers and Tell It on the Peter Yarrow Paul Stook- Here is Holbrook made up as Mark Twain His one-man show Twain will be presented in the Memphis State University at 8:15 pm Monday April 5 Tickets are on sale at the University Show Time ASREOSitL Short Subjects i At STARTS FRIDAY EKPAL'ACEI 1 81 UNION STI 60 21 Klcfcard 4TH fiP-LrWUS 1:15 Tamar tan A comes this original Walt Disney musical about the marvelous gravity defying English nanny and the adventure she brings into the lives of her young charges It has been nominated for 13 Oscars KmKtSl ACADEMY AVJU9S I BETTE OLIVIA DAVIS de HAVILLAHD JOSEPH AGNES COTTEN MOOREHEAD Fmv color wfa Julia Dvfc: 4:11 4:: "Mur Memphians will see a familiar face in Town Village" a short on New Greenwich Village on the bill with "Strange at the Malco The man perusing a punting in Washington Square is Jack Goldsmith MGM will flood Louisiana Mississippi Alabama and Georgia with 500 prints of starring Elvis Presley for the Easter holiday In Memphis the Malco will open the film in mid-April Title of the new Beatles film (previously known simply as will be Arms to Hold Ludana Paoluzzi curvaceous Venetian redhead will play the female menace Fiona in the new James Bond film now shooting in England The good old days as remembered by an actor named Harry Huguenot in his personal journal left after his death to Equity Magazine: 500 miles from Memphis Tenn and pleading with the conductor of a passenger train to let me ride for my last $150 Conductor agreeing and then handing me $5 on version of the great Lerner-Loewo musical adapted for the screen by Lerner and directed by George Cukor has been nominated for 12 Oscars Poppins" (F) Technicolor musical starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke with David Tomlinson Glynis Johns Ed Wynn Hermonie Baddeley Karen Dotrice and Matthew Gabcr held over From English authoress books i Hu Xu AjJ wjth Loop Timur Hull 'HUSH! HUSH SWEETiCHARlOTTE Jack Lammoa Virna "How To Murdar Your Wifi No Claaai! Tonight is the night to go out to a movie NEIGHBORHOOD (THEATRES! Aaa-Mjrfrat Taay Friaciota ftewse earn EASTGATE SHOPriXO FABK AND WHITE STATION BO OPEN 12:45 DIAL MS-241 1 NOW SHOWING! She Strikes Fire in a New Kind of Man Movies Of The Month imuMtu Bargala Xita 25a A Me Tsay Cartin Debbie Keyanld GOODBYE CHARLIE ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS Short 7:15 Mar 7:25 Charlie :00 flqtpmajiij Family Movie of the Month as selected by the Better Films Council Mrs James Fay Hall president and Mrs Cleve Read film reporter is: (F) Technicolor adventure starring Brian Keith Vera Miles and Brandon de Wilde Adult Movie of the Month is: "The (A-MY) Metrocolor Western comedy starring Henry Fonda and Glenn Ford with Sue Ane Langdon and Hope Holiday New Movies of the Month will appear April 28 Cary Gnat Mic Carna aad Trrrnr Howard la FATHER GOOSE Deborah Herr Haley Mill aad Jaha Mill la CHALK GARDEN Gardea Goaan iSTUDIOjgJ ffs 3 5sTh I A LAMARIDRIVE-IN LAST DAT I Iarrld Bernaaa Anthony Qalaa THE VISIT Cary CVrant Lealle Caroa FATHER GOOSE Vlalt 7:15 Gaaaa PLEASURE SEEKERS Abb Xargret NORTH TO ALASKA loll Wane Fablaa Oyaa 11:45 DOUBLE FEATURE Am Xargrct Tray FhnUn THE PLEASURE SEEKERS aad RAIDERS PROM THE SEA SKY-VUE DRIVE-IN It's a Free-For-All Brawl! 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ROCK HUDSON THE CHILD WOMAN Thar called Claadella EagUah PAJAMA PARTY with Fraakia Araloa Shea Seaveair fw Every Car SnuMEBaramr ALL (A-MY) KILLERS KORNERED Fll CODE 98 No Nome Os The Bullet rrrrrrrn 'LUCKY JIM' a "chamber presentation of the novel by Kingsley Amis will be presented at 8:15 tomorrow through Saturday nights in the Memphis State University Auditorium This novel form of theater in which situations from the book are acted out with a narration linking the scenes is being directed by Mrs Lea Park Charles Kempster designed the sets and Aden Field (seated above) plays the title role Charles Stewart as Prof Welsh is trying to persuade Jim to give a speech The satire on academic life also features Stephanie Rich Anne Bastnagel and Ken Zimmerman Dr Robert Green of Northwestern University made the adaptation Tickets at $125 are on sale in the MSU Speech and Drama De- partment phone FA 4-3601 Ext 200 AUDITORIUM NEXT SUNDAY I 3:00 PM Gm T0NI6HT KIM STANLEY MAW ns BRONCSAND BABES! (a-my) raNEMB PWUVWONatf MtmOCOUM 0:45 Opera Theater Will Meet The annual meeting of Memphis Opera Theater will be held at 8 pm Monday at the Beethoven Club Jerre Duzane president said today William Shelton director of the Downtown Association has been elected to the board to replace Frank Norfleet who resigned because of the press of business MOT will pay the principals each production beginning next season acting on the advice of Dr Moritz Bomhard of Louisville who directed the recent production of "The Barber of Dr Contino Will Audition Singers Dr Fiora Contino of Bowling Green Ohio who will return to Memphis next season for a guest engagement by Memphis Opera Theater will audition singers from the area on Thursday and Friday at Linden wood Christian Church Singers wishing to be heard may contact Mrs Vernon Taylor 1955 Crump 274-3939 Mrs Taylor has suggested that singers come prepared to do something from or An accompanist will be provided Opca At ftaouSB SffXfSB r- CTw BEMM maaTKI hBBRHBIKKBFiHhWIBMaaHmKbs5g ihupa COLOR HOlLMC ONtHMCOW TieKITS AVAILAILI GOLDSMITH'S CINTRAL TICKIT OFFICI PRICES: BOXES and lit ARENA $400 CIRCLE and 2nd ARENA $3X0 lit BALCONY $3 JO 2nd BALCONY $2 JO 3rd BALCONY $2j00 Calf Im OfFfca for REDUCED TICKIT SALES BY BLOCK NEXT ATTRACTION ShMay MacLala Patar UaHaav a "JoNr Goldforb Plaasa Cant Hana" 1 At 1:1 Mm vV:.