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1 DETROIT FREE PRESS HO Wednesday, Mar. 12, '58 STARTS TODAY! ITIoT DOORS OPEN 10:45 A.M. STAR GAZING 6Kwai' ACADEMY AWARDS! NOMINATED FOR 1 II owerlioiise 1 major problem in filming was one of logistics. Whoever gets credits, "The Bridge on the River Kwai" is a blockbuster. York Film Critics National Board of Review General Federation of Women's Clubs BY HELEN BOWER Free Pras Movie Critle No picture in a long time seems to have been more eagerly anticipated than "The Bridge on the River Kwai," which goes on view in Cinema-Scope and Technicolor at the Madison Theater Wednesday.

It's a real powerhouse. In it Alec Guinness gives the that has won him an Oscar nomination and may very well hand him the award. It also has nominations for best picture, supporting actor, cinematography, directing, film editing, music scoring and screenplay, JZ. i a -J and CAN NEVER BE SHOWN ON TV 8:30 THURS. 8:30 P.M.

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CONTINUOUS SHOWS FROM 11:00 A.M. ia TV 71 tftP i P0ITIER IjiJANO HERNANDEZ 1 fc EARTHA KITT plus i Viwrai wiir r.n ms johnn "ALL MINE to give- 1 wntt SCSSUE HAYAKAWA JAMES DONALD ANN SCARS A THEATRE GUILD SELECTION acting contrasts the civilian mind with the military. As he later tells Warden, he would rather live like a human being than die like a gentleman. As the only American in the story, he's not exactly a noble example of unselfishness. Because of his imposture, Shears has no choice.

Geoffrey Home, as a young lieutenant, also goes along with Warden and a native guide. Drama mounts as both Nicholson and Warden overcome obstacles to accomplish their tasks. The "final curtain" belongs to Nicholson, the officer who wanted to survive with honor. In a last moment of horrified realization, he exclaims "What have I done?" before his death brings ironic justice. David Lean may win an Oscar for his undeniably skilled direction of a huge cast, performing admirably to the last man.

But the HOW! IT'S TREMENDOUS I A DRAMA OF LOVE AND CONFLICT! rttnts mm camera ELIZABETH TAYLOR Academy Award nominee JtZ MONTGOMERY CLIFT 4 1 tin ITIHHiL wHHl I COTJSJTjT NIGEL PATRICK LEE MARVIN Print by 7KHNIC010H ETROCOLOR BRYNNER MARIA SCHELLCLAIRE BLOOM 4 so- NO WR Disney's Scouts HLJFa iL fflL i JiWaT iiTOMdfthMafMa 4805 W. FORT PARK FREE ONLY DRIVE-IN SHOWING! VAN DYKE DRIVE-IN Just of 14 Mil Rd. lllh'n HCll Li PLUS 2ND BIG FEATURE i in i li 41 51 TODdT IS BARGAIN DAY at the MICHIGAN Theatre ALL-DAY PREVIEW See il A I wgme Mnyume From 10:45 a.m. fit LAUI AKtb I I IP- I A Pk. A If A FLYER" tus Lh 1 NOMINATED for 3 ACADEMY AWARDS! 46r 3 Concertos On Program Three famed concertos will be performed at Wayne State University Orchestra's concert at 8:15 p.m.

Wednesday at the Detroit Institute of Arts Auditorium. The Orchestra, under Val-ter Poole's direction, will open with the Sibelius overture from the "Karelia" suite. Soloists will be Kenneth Goldsmith in the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto; Al Belknap in Haydn's Trumpet Concerto, and Carol Fenwick in the Liszt E-flat Piano Concerto. Admission is free. ucrvaise For a second week beginning Thursday the Studio and World Theaters will hold "Gervaise," starring Maria Schell -with Francois Perier and Delair.

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$4 40 At Grinnell'i and Masonic Temple DON GO THE WATER and Metrocolor MARCH 218:20 P.M. ORIGINAL SERGE JAROFF. Conductor At Grinnell'a ond Mosonic Temple MISMIISjaMIIJ Hi KM 11 Li I 1 I I I I I a II 0 1 ANNA MAGNANl Best Actress ANTHONY QUINN Best Actor "WLD IS THE VVND" Best Song eight in all. The madness of war has never been shown more graphically than in this Pierre Boule screenplay from his own novel, set and filmed on location in Ceylon. William Holden and Jack Hawkins costar with Guinness.

It is in effect a dissection of the military mind, in that its action is the product of the military mind at work. A mighty tragedy of cross-purposes drives the action te its highly dramatic climax. THE TONE is set by the manner in which the British Colonel Nicholson (Guinness) smartly marches his tattered troops into the compound where they will be Japanese prisoners of war. This is one of the movie's unforgettable sequences. Old-time Hollywood star Sessue Hayakawa returns to the screen as Colonel Saito, in command of the camp.

His is the supporting actor Oscar nomination. Looking on is Shears (Holden), American seaman who has posed as a Navy officer since his capture, and Maj. Clipton (James Donald), British army surgeon. Then begins an endurance contest, of body and spirit. Saito has been ordered to build a bridge over the nearby river, Kwai.

His life is at stake, since he must commit suicide if the bridge is not completed in a given time. Nicholson stands firm on the Geneva Convention that forbids the use of captured officers for manual labor. YVHEX SAITO at last frees Nicholson from torture by agreeing to his demand, it is only because the bridge must be built. Thereupon Nicholson proceeds like an officer and a gentleman to direct the building of the very best possible to the greater glory of the British army. Here the military mind becomes immersed in a project to the extent of forgetting its implications.

Here, too, it is amusing to eee how Nicholson, with lofty unconcern, virtually takes command away from Saito. Meanwhile Shears has escaped to the sea coast, barely with his life. There he is approachced by Major Warden (Hawkins), British Commando Jeader ordered to blow up the Kwai bridge. SHEARS WANTS no part of the expedition. Holden's SHOW TIME ADAMS "Raftirree 11 1:49.

4:38. 7:27. 10:16 D.m. BROADWAY CAPlTOTr''The Mark of the 1 4:36. 8:03.

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MADISON "The Bridse on the River 11:40 a. 2:48. 5:66. p. m.

MICHIGAN" "Wild the 11:10 a. 2:54. 6:43. 10:33 p. m.

The Lady Takea a 1:20. 6:09. 8.5R P. m. M.rSIC HAI.l, "Search for 2.

8:30 p. m. PALMS "Pathi of 13 23. 3:12. 6:01.

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