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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 20, 1965

Page

4

Television's summer plans under fire from ABC pledge

Milton Bass rails at ABC chief Leon Goldenson for promising 24 hours weekly of live music and drama only to deliver reruns and soap operas. He notes most primetime shows are repeats while Peyton Place and Sundown dominate the season. cautions about serials and teen plots.

Leonard Goldenson American Broadcasting Co Boston Symphony Galdenson ABC Perhay Stepchild Goldenson Peyton Price

Sharon Plans Juried Show For Painters

The Playhouse Gallery sponsored season opens June 24 with a juried painters show running through July 10. Judges are Charles Cunningham of the Wadsworth Atheneum and Les Macklem, gallery director. Artists from New England and New York State may request entry forms by writing Playhouse Gallery Sharon Connecticut or Les Macklem Lakeville Connecticut.

Playhouse Gallery Sharon Cann Creative Arts Foundation Charles ©. Cunningham Wadsworth Atheneum Hartford Conn Les Macklem New England New York State Playhouse Galery Lakeville

Verdi Requiem soloists listed for two local concerts

Guest soloists soprano Cherol Owen mezzo-soprano Muriel Watt tenor James Stuart bass Mac Morgan with organist Allen Mills lead two 8 pm performances next week at St. Mark's Church May 25 and South Congregational Church May 27 no admission charged. Approximately 150 participants include Boy Choristers and Little Singers with an 100 voice adult chorus.

St. Mark's Church South Congregational Church Chelor Owen Muriel Watt James Stuart Mac Morgan Allen R. Mills St. Mark's Little Singers South Church

Die Die My Darling review at Union Square Theater

Hammer Films release directed by Silvia Nariz zana adapts a Richard Matheson screenplay from Anne Blaisdell. Tallulah Bankhead stars as a religious fanatic who keeps her dead son’s fiancee captive while plotting a brutal cleansing ritual. Stefanie Powers, Yootha Voyce, Peter Vaughan, and Donald Sutherland provide sinister support in this toned horror piece.

Columbia Pictures Hammer Films Silvia Narizzana Richard Matheson Nignimare Anne Blaisdell Arthur Ibbetson James Needs Wilfred Josephs Ken Rawkins al Union Square Theater Mrs Trefaile Tallulah Bansheac Pat Carroll Stefanie Powers Harry Peter Vaughan Alan Gleniawer Maurice Kaufmann Anna Yootha Voyce Jo5epn Donald Sutherland Gloria Gwendolyn Watts Arms Robert Dorning Oscar Philp Gilbert Winitret Dennis Diana King Tallulah Bankhead Jlyntsville Ala Union Square Tallulah Hollywood Miss Bankhead Yootha Voyce Peter Vaughan

Movie Timetable Highlights Across Local Theaters

Capitol shows A Stranger Knocks at 2 45, 5 55 and 9 00 with Station 6 Sahara at 1 00, 4 10 and 7 20. Palace screens Circus World at 2 45, 3 35, 6 00 and 9 25 with brief shorts. Union Square offers Die Diet My Darling at 2 30, 5 43 and 9 00 and Revenge of Frankenstein at 1 00, 4 15 and 7 50. Berkshire DriveIn presents The World of Henry Orient at 8 20 and Goldfinger at 10 36. Pittfield Drive-In shows The Girls on the Beach at 10 00 and GL Blues at 8 15. Sunset DriveIn open weekends only.

Capitol Sahara Palace Circus World Union Square Berkshire Henry Orient Goldfinger Pittfield Drive-In

Six Weeks of Musicals Planned for Playhouse

Berkshire Playhouse announces six weeks of musicals as part of a 65 season with three musicals on the bill. Opening with Three-Penny Opera and followed by A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Carnival, each two weeks long. Four nonmusical plays fill the season with Cheri and The Last of Cheri La Ronde Duel of Angels and The Glass Menagerie. Schedule runs June 28 through September 4 with specific date blocks for each production.

Playbill Forum New York Lili Equity Saidenberg Cheri Colette Paris Jean Giraudoux Arthur Schnitzler Viena Berkshire Playhouse Glass Menagerie

A Stranger Knocks review at Capitol Theater

A Trans-Lux release starring Birgite Federspiel and Preben Leroorff Rye, produced by Johan Jacobsen. The film drags with poor photography and a grim love scene. it claims to confront memory of Nazi occupation but feels graceless and dull as it edges toward a Supreme Court ruling.

Birgite Federspiel Preben Leroorff Rye Johan Jacobsen Finn #Aebling Erik Fiehn Ake Barglund Capitol Theater Capitol Denmark Supreme Court Edvard Grieg

Circus World at Palace Theater

Paramount release directed by Henry Hathaway shows John Wayne Claudia Cardinale Rita Hayworth in a 1910 circus epic. Technicolor production cost 8.5 million and features lavish sets, storms, fires, and melodramatic twists. suitable for children with caution.

John Wayne Claudia Cardinal Rita Hayworth Wlan Conte Smith Circus World Paramount Lemuel Bronston Michael Waszynski Henry Hathaway Jack Hildyard Richard Talmadge Claude Renoir Ben Hecht Julian Halevy James Edward Grant Philip Yordan Nicholas Ray Dimitri Tiomkin John de Cuir Renier Deng Kingman Dorothy Spencer Alex Weldon Palace Theater Jobn Wayne Claudia Cardinale As All Masters Dann Wayne Tonl Alfredo Claudia Cardinale Lili Alfredo Cap Carson Aldo Alfredo Usyd Nolan Richard Conte Steve McCabe John Smith Emile Schuman Henri Dantes Mrs. Schuman Wanda Rota Giovana Katharyna Fts Hunt Kay Walsh Billy Rogers Miles Maileson Molly Kathrine Etlison Hilda Katharine Kath

De Kooning Exhibit Moves to MIT Hayden Gallery

The Willem de Kooning paintings from before 1939 to present travel from Smith College to MIT Hayden Gallery in Cambridge. Open daily 10 am to 3 pm and weekends 1 pm to 5 pm, free to the public. Closed Memorial Day.

Willem de Kooning Smith College Hayden Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT Cambridge

Englishman's Comment on Bridge Differences Across Languages

In a London club the hand shows South misplaying diamonds, prompting a humorous British reaction. The piece contrasts British politeness with American bluntness, analyzes the incorrect play, and presents Stayman as the correct response to partner's 2NT opening.

England South East United States West

Elaine Cancilla Stars In Flora The Red Menace Broadway Debut

Elaine Cancilla daughter of Mrs Edward M Genovese of 263 Fenn Street is in the Flora the Red Menace chorus at the Alvin Theater on Broadway. Liza Minnelli plays the lead. Cancilla sings dances and delivers lines and serves as underlady to the second lead. She has appeared in several Broadway musicals.

Elaine Cancilla Edward M. Genovese Fenn St

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