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EXPLOSIVE SITUATION! — Lt. Price Adams (Leslie Nielsen, 1) tries to take possession of a deadly
bomb made by Martin Enders (Cecil Kellaway), a man embittered by forced retirement in “Mr Welt
schmerz” on THE NEW BREED, Saturday at 8 on KFAR-TV, Channel 2.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS' WORK IN DEMAND
Tennessee Williams, whose
name is synonymous with ma
ture, thought-provoking plays
and the movies derived there
from, is considered by many to
be our greatest living play
wright.
Most of Williams’ plays have been
made into successful, award-win
ning films, among them “A Street
car Named Desire,” “The Glass
Menagerie,” “Cat on a Hot, Tin
Roof,” “The Rose Tattoo” and “Sud
denly Last Summer."
Now comes the Hal Wallis pro
duction of the playwrights “Sum
mer and Smoke,” a Paramount re
lease in Technicolor, which opens
Friday at the New Empress Thea
ter.
Earliest Work
Adapted from one of his earliest
works, it tells the dramatic story
of a shy, repressed daughter of a
minister in a small Mississippi town
and her love for a wild-living young
doctor, and it stars Laurence Har
vey and Geraldine Page.
It was Miss Page who played the
leading role in the stage version at
the now - famous Circle - in - the -
Square Theatre in New York’s
Greenwich Village, and it was her
performance in that play which
catapulted her to stardom.
Williams is a recognized artist in
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TOP BILLING — Geraldine
Page achieves new screen honors
opposite Laurence Harvey in Hal
Wallis’ picturization of Tennessee
Williams’ “Summer and Smoke,’’
which opens Friday at the New
Empress Theater.
his field, but an artist who writes
for people and not for anthologies.
He is not one to isolate himself in
an ivory tower.
He has clearly stated that he
cannot write without public ap
proval, adding that he tries to reach
the largest audience he can. To do
so. he has not only written hit plays
and widely-attended movies, but
short stories, novels and even verse.
Heavy Demand
Indicative of the demand for Wil
liams' properties is that two other
of his works besides “Summer and
Smoke" will be released this win
ter by major film studios.
They are “The Roman Spring ol
Mrs. Stone" and “Sweet Bird of
Youth.” Miss Page also scored a
hit in the latter play when it ran
on Broadway several seasons ago.
Appearing in support of Harvey
and Miss Page in “Summer and
Smoke" are Rita Moreno, Una Mer
kel, John McIntyre, Thomas Gomez
and Earl Holliman.
Lovely Pamela Tiffin makes her
motion picture debut in the picture,
which w'as directed by Britain's
distinguished Peter Glenville.
America's Singing Idol In
Great Dramatic Portrayal
Race war, pitting brother against brother, neighbor against
neighbor, sparking the conflicts which torture a halfbreed boy
. . . these are the elements in a new, action-packed “singing”
production, “Flaming Star,” 20th Century-Fox CinemaScope De
Luxe Color drama of old Texas, starring Elvis Presley, Barbara
i^aen. sieve rorrest, Dolores Del
Rio, and opening Wednesday at the
Lacey Street Theater.
“Flaming Star” is the tragic saga
of a half-Indian youth. Pacer (El
vis Presley) son of a white man.
Burton (John McIntyre) and Neddy,
a full-blooded Indian beauty (Do
lores Del Rio).
When the Indians launch a series
of massacres on white settlers in
Texas, the wrath of the entire town
turns upon the Burton family and
especially on young Pacer. Even
Pacer's half-brother Clint (Steve
Forrest) feels prejudice and the
cooling of trust begin in his sweet
heart Roz Pierce (Barbara Eden.)
rever-rucn
Danger comes to a fever-pitch
when the Indians ask the Burton
family to take sides with them
against the white community. Pacer
and his mother try to resolve the
antagonisms, but know all too soon
that understanding wetween the
two warring races will come only
through some great human tragedy
on both sides.
An unexpected and highly
charged climax brings to “Flaming
Star” a conclusion that is unique in
the tradition of film Westerns, car
rying into full play the dramatic
skills of the “new” Presley.
Presley sings four new songs in
his inimitable and sensation-making
style: "Flaming Star.” “Britches.”
"Summer Kisses — Winter Tears."
and “A Cane and a High Starched
Collar." Apart from this, he reveals
himself as an actor with fresh
depth and understanding in the dif
ficult role of the half-breed boy
tortured by allegiance to two war
ring peoples.
Striking Performance
Steve Forrest, co-starred as Clint.
Pacer’s brawny white half-brother,
turns in a striking performance as
the pioneer who sticks with his be
leaguered family even though he al
most loses his girl in the conflict.
In real life the brother of Dana
Andrews, he has played “brother"
many times in recent films. His
first screen role was that of
brother to Robert Taylor in “Rogue
Cop.” and his greatest critical fan
fare came with a Schlitz Playhouse
TV show in which he played triple
parts as three brothers.
Dolores Del Rio marks her return
to the American screen as Neddy,
the Kiowa Indian woman whose
heritage reaps tragedy for herself
and her white family. One of the
all-time great stars of silent films
and early "talkies,” she is sentimen
tally remembered by her fans for
her eloquent role in “The Informer.”
Disney Presents
‘Fantasy On Skis?
A little girl and her St. Bernard,
a dream sequence on skis, an ac
tual avalanche, and a colorful ski
festival will be featured in “Fan
tasy on Skis.” on the “Walt Disney
Show,” Sunday at 7 on KFAR-TV.
Channel 2.
m.
PRESLEY AND EDEN
Gullible Man And
Bitter Girl Meet
During ‘Bus Stop'
Gary Merrill and Felicia Farr
guest star as Frank Everest, a ro
mantic dupe, and Carol Wells, a
girl disappointed in love, on “Bus
Stop" Thursday at 7 on KFAR-TV,
Channel 2.
Feeling her past suitors were in
terested only in money and jilted
her because she is not wealthy,
Carol vows bitterly to even the
score with the opposite sex some
how in the drama, “Put Your
Dreams Away.”
While traveling across the coun
try, she stops in Sunrise and lands
a job at a chemical firm. Because
her bachelor boss, Everest, is lone
ly. sincere and gullible, Carol de
cides that he, as the symbol of all
males, shall be her victim.
She succeeds in duping Frank in
to falling in love with her, then
sets in action a plot intended ulti
mately to send him to prison and
to leave her rich, unpunished, and
with her thirst for vengeance
gratified.
CBS lo Present
‘Crisis At Suez’
On 20th Century
The story of the “Crisis at Suez,”
which five and a half years ago
threatened Western unity and en
hanced Soviet prestige in the Middle
East, will be told on “The Twen
tieth Century” Sunday at 9 on
KTVF, Channel Eleven.
CBS News Correspondent Frank
Kearns, who covered the unde
clared war in 1956. will be the eye
witness guest. Kearns wrote the
script for the broadcast.
In addition to the hostilities, the
program will explore the events
which led up to the Israeli-British
French invasion of Egypt, and the
diplomatic negotiations which cli
maxed in United Nations interven
ton.