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Dirk Bogarde

Jon WHITELEY * Michael HORDERN The

Spanish Gardener

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FILMS

Friendly Persuasion

Anthony Perkins plays the son of Gary Cooper and Miss McGuire in this film and he does so with a por- trayal that is sensitive, re- strained and a true muster- piece of acting accomplish- ment.

He is cast as a youth, reared in the Quaker principles of peace and love, who is jin- pelled to tum against his teach- Ings and bear arms in a Civil War skirib,

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Perkins comes by his talent naturally. He is the son of the luto Osgood Perkins, one of the great stars of the New York theatre several years ago.

ho

However, as much As rosperta his father's talents un an actor and his human qualities as a gentleman, Perkins doesn't

want to trade on his name.

"I just went to make good as Tony Perkins," he said on the "Friendly Persuasion" set,

Perkins was born and reared in New York City. After gradun- tion from high school, he al tended Colianblu University for

a year but soun decided that as long as he wanted to be an oc- for he might as well get started. roles Arst

with were stock companies travelling

the

New Films -At- A Glance

SHOWING

HOOVER and

"Friendly

LIBERTY: Persuasion":

A family of peace loving Quakera is shown

that

it is not always possible to avoid violence, Gary

Cooper, Marjorie Main Anthony

Perkins. *The

production is by William

Wyler. KING'S and

PRINCESS:

"The Spanish Gardener": England's numbet our

box office star in a queer tale about 4 misunder-

alood boy. Dick Bogarde. Jon Whiteley.

METROPOLE and STAR: "Writion On The Wind": A bad Utle but a not an entertaining film. Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Rober Stack, Dorothy Malont. QUEEN'S and ALHAM- BRA: "Zarak”: Banditry on the North West frontier of India, circa 1900.

Victor Mature, Michael Anila Ekberg. Whiding ROXY and BROADWAY

"The Truc Story of Jesse James': A western, Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Hope Lange.

COMING

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Ann Miller. KING'S and PRINCESS: "Target Earth": Mors Journeys Into space

"Escape

in the Sun"; Mg gamo hunter loses wife and animais to the guide. BIETROPOLE and STAR: **Tiger in the Smoke": British thriller. Tony Wright, Laurense Muriel Pay- Naismith.

low. QUEEN'S AI ALJAMBRA: "Giant": Edna Ferber's story: James Dean.

east.

Coming

JANE ROBERTS

This Week's Films

In Pictures

Two scenes from "The Opposite Sex"

Television soon

years. Victor Mature, bearded and brooding, is a North West Frontier bandit who makes trouble for Michael Wilding; while Anita Ekberg wiggles Judicrously

through the

plot. The brilliant battle sernes como 100 Info to SAVC the situation-or the film.

Pars About Stars

An apt title for the Elvis Prosley ploture now being filmed is "Something for the Girls".

manager, while taking advantage of the current someone whose ap- craze for peal surely can't last out 1957 has cloverly negotiated for two catablished stars to appear in the picture with him-Lizabeth Scott and Wendell Corey,

The story naturally is about A young singer who crashes into big money almost night.

over-

Sophia Loren also seems to have arrived and if she learns

to speak English, eliminating the need for the sketchy dub- bing that spelled many of the earller Lollobrigida ilims, she making her Kucevel in rival wane in popularity,

may

The most important plan for her is the leading feminine rols in Eugene O'Neill's #ally "De. nire Under The Elms".

Although the

viously

story will ab. have to be watered considerably, the

pro- think enough of its chances of success to put with

down ducers

her Anthony Perkios--the new star being spoken of so highly in America--and the veter entertainer Burl Ivcs Pro-

duction on this will start this month and when it's finished she will go to work with Cary Grant in "Houseboat".

Susan Cummings has been signed by Sam Katzman for the feminine lead opposite Rory Calhoun in "Utah Blaine,"

Miss Cummings will play the claughter of a rancher in a cow town just north of the Mexican | border, during the 1870's,

1

After appearing in "Carousel"

she Broadway,

wont to Hollywood; two years ago, and his rince been

***The en in Secret of Treasure Mountain" fon Columbia, and Tomaliawk Train" and "Swamp Women" for United Artisis. She has

also

became with the character of a peaceful, been featured in several tele- vision programmes produced by Columbia's TV Sercen Gems, subsidiary.

his principal target and he ap- earthy peasant, peared in most of the top TV teries in 1952, '63 and 54.

It was this television work that led to his first important stage role, a part with Deborah Kerr in Tea and Sympathy." Wyler saw him in this pluy, tested him for "Friendly Per- suusion," and a new star was In the making.

The cast of "Friendly Per- suasion also includes Richard Eyer, Robert Middleton, Phyllis Love, Mark Richman, and Walter Catlett.

Strange Film

The Spanish Gardener

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I haven't had an portunity to see this film yet but here is a well-known overseas reviewer's account of it:

introduces Jon as

The story the obedient small son of an embittered diplomat (Michael Hordern) whose wife hus let him. The man grows more and mare possessive and wraps the boy's life in cotton wool.

The diplomat is sent to Spain, where the boy strikes up an im- mediate friendship with the gardener, who broadens his out- look and his way of living. His

$0 Infuriates friendship

the father that the man sloops to Injustice and conniving to be rid of the gardener

Angela Stevens has been given the "second feminino lead in Blaine," while Ken th

Christy and Paul Langton have

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-UNTING DOROTHY · MCGUIRE introducing ANTHONY PERKINS -

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Discriminating people pronounce this picture, to be superb entertaining for the entire family. And when you have seen and enjoyed this wholesome and delightful picture, why not tell your friends about it so that they can share the fun?

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FINAL TO-DAY

Although the Spanish setting. superbly photographed, is due, At 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 9.30 p.m. the story is the play of humani relationships.

The

good from Jon, ping is so

and Michael Hordern, only occasion- ally overplaying the tortured father- can't think

why it doesn't come off more effective- ty

For once, this is a case where

On puper, It's a simple story. a British film's heart has run But the result is a slow, 'strange away with its head.

fim. It ruallen Dirk Bogarde

and Jon Whiteley, who were to-

gether six years ago in "Hunted" "Funniest Drama'

And the partnership in many ways is just as affceting as it was then. But the film is a very Zarak: different cup of tea.

Victor Mature plays the marb I'm all not quite decided of the bandilt Zarak Khan in about the wisdom of casting this picture, with a mixture of Dirk Bogarde a simple incredulity-presumably at the Spanish gardener, He looks banality of the script and back tight, he acts right. But there's supping bonhommie.

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