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DUCKING THE RAP! — Vice king F«ank Luchek (Zachary Scott, L„) challenges Officers Adams and
Huddleston (Leslie Nielsen, John Clarke) to prove his complicity in a brutal murder in "Policemen Die
Alone’’ on THE NEW BREED. Part I of the special two-hour drama will be seen Saturday at 8 on
KFAR-TV, Channel 2.
NEW DANCE SENSATION MOVIE SUBJECT
With some of filmdom’s finest
dancers of “The Twist,” the
new dance sensation, and a doz
en or so of the most popular new
song hits, Columbia Pictures’
“Twist Around the Clock” opens
today at the Lacey Street The
ater.
The breathless new romantic
comedy brings to the screen
such recording and night club fa
vorites as Chubby Checker, Dion,
Vicki Spencer, The Marcels and in
troduces Clay Cole.
Mary Mitchell and Jeff Parker
play a brother-sister dance team
who bring “The Twist” to New
York, where it zooms to national
and international popularity.
Many Songs
Songs heard in the new film, a
Four Leaf production, are “Twist
Around the Clock,” “Don't Twist
With Anyone Else But Me,” “The
Wanderer," “Here, There, Every
where,” “Twistin’, U.S.A..” “Your
Lips and Mine,” “Runaround Sue,”
KING OF TWIST — Chubby
Checker, King of the Twist, ap
pears importantly in Columbia
Pictures’ “Twist Around the
Clock,” first full-length feature
about the sensational new dance
craze.
“Too Many Boy Friends,” “The
Twist Is Here to Stay," “Twist
Along," “He's So Sweet," “The Ma
jestic,” and “Merry Twist-Mas."
In “Twist Around the Clock,"
John Cronin plays an unemployed
band manager who spots Miss
Mitchell and Parker dancing “The
Twist” in a small mountain village.
Agent Barrier
He persuades them and bandsman
Clay Cole to bring the new dance
routine to New York where, how
ever, he is unable to get them past
night club agent Tol Avery.
Avery's daughter, played by Mau
ra McGiveney, is attracted to Cro
nin who, in turn, is attracted to Miss
Mitchell. In time, however, “The
Twist” does get into the night clubs
and onto television.
According to filmdom, “Twist
Around the Clock" has four breath
less dance routines. James B. Gor
don wrote the stow and screen
play for the new film, which was
produced by Sam Katzman and di
rected by Oscar Rudolph.
Hilarious Role For Cagney
In 'One, Two, Three' Film
James Cagney, one of filmdom’s perennial greats, marks his
31st year in the motion picture business and his 61st film with
the starring role in Billy Wilder’s new comedy, ‘’One, Two,
Three,'’ opening Friday at the New Empress Theater, through
United Artists release.
Hors Buchholz, Pamela Tiffin and Arlene Francis co-star
in the Panavision spoof, which was
filmed in West Germany.
Versatility has been Cagney’s
hallmark from the beginning of his
amazing career. He has alternated
song-and-dance parts with tough
gangster roles, squeezing in an oc
casional cowboy characterization.
Award Winner
His historic portrayal of George
M. Cohan in "Yankee Doodle Dan
dy" won him an Academy Award
and he was nominated for another
Oscar for his role opposite Doris
Day in ‘‘Love Me or Leave Me." In
Billy Wilder's ‘‘One, Two. Three,"
Cagney plays an American soft
drink executive whn gets involved
in the love-life of an East German
beatnik and an American heiress—
in Berlin.
Cagney started his career in vau
deville as a dancer — eventually
landing a spot in a Broadway show
called ‘‘Pitter Patter." There he met
another dancer, Frances Vernon,
wooed and married her.
He and "Willy" formed a ‘‘dou
ble” and eventually played the fa
mous Palace in New' York. After a
top role in a Broadway show, "Out
side Looking In." Jimmy moved into
“Penny Arcade" which was the
turning point of his career. He was
signed to play the male lead in the
film version. “Sinners’ Holiday."
Stardom Followed
After that, Cagney 'played sup
porting roles in only three more
films: “The Millionaire," “Other
Men’s Women" and then a gang
ster role in “Doorway to Hell."
Stardom followed with “Public En
emy.”—now a film classic!
There was no holding Cagney!
He boomed to the top, and he has
remained there through every
change in the public’s tastes, with
Eskimo And Wife
Pose Problem On
‘Groueho’ Show
An Eskimo reindeer herder and
his wife, who claim 92 grandchil
dren, pose a peculiar problem for
Groueho Marx on “Tell It to Grou
cho" Thursday at 8:30 on KTVF,
Channel Eleven.
Chester and Helen Seveck borrow
Groucho's microphone to enlist sup
port for an unusual business in
Alaska, 600 miles from the North
Pole.
Other guests on the new comedy
variety-human interest program in
clude Carolyn Rainey, a Long
Beach, Calif., housewife who likes
to play Cupid; Margaret Vassau. a
Long Beach woman looking for a
mate; and Tony LoPresti, a tractor
trailer truck driver of Norwalk,
Calif., who has some startling ob
servations concernink women driv
ers.
After telling their stories to
Groueho, the guests will play a pic
ture game offering up to $500 in
cash prizes.
such hits as “A Midsummer Night's
Dream,” “G-Men,” “Ceiling Zero,”
“Yankee Doodle Dandy,' “The Time
of Your Life.” “What Price Glory.”
“Mr. Roberts” and literally dozens
more.
Cagney and his wife live in the
same home that they built 25 years
ago in Beverly Hills. They have a
ranch in the San Fernando Valley
where they raise trotting horses, and
a farm in Upper New York State,
where Jimmy breeds cattle.
CAGNEY CO-STAri — In ‘One,
Two, Three,’ opening Friday at
the New Empress Theater, pretty
Pamela Tiffin co-stars with James
Cagney, Horst Buchholz and Ar
lene Francis.
Outstanding (last
Will Appear On
‘The New Breed*
An outstanding cast of guest
players, including Ed Begley, Vic
tor Jury and Zachary Scott, joins
series star Leslie Nielsen, who plays
Lt. Prime Adams, in a two-part
drama to be presented on "The New
Breed" Saturday at 8 on KFAR-TV,
Channel 2.
In "Policemen Die Alone," Lt.
Adams of the Metropolitan Squad
meets the greatest crisis of his
career when he faces charges of
duty dereliction and certain dismis
sal following his partner's death at
the hands of a hired syndicate gun
man.
On orders from underworld lead
er Frank Luchek (Zachary Scott),
"Deacon” Lee (Victor Jory) flics
to Los Angeles to rub out Benny
Kohler who is muscling in on Lu
chek’s territory. Sgt. Steiner spots
Deacon at the airport and is shot
while questioning him.
Capt. Masters (Ed Begley) of
Criminal Intelligence thereupon is
determined to find the criminal and
discipline Adams, whose explana
ton of his absence during the shoot
ing conflicts with that of his regu
lar Metropolitan Squad partner,
Joe Huddleston.
Adams determines that Ray Wick,
an airport attendant, might help,
but finds Wick has disappeared.