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*AMES DAILY TRIBUNEJean Seberg, From Marshalltown, Iowa, Stars In Title Role...FhmtLStarts4Ift-hiHr Vf1Lf \morrow★ ★ ★ ★ ★Taienf Search Produces Joan* * * * *The decade's most refreshing I teacher, Miss Carol Houghton and new Cinderella story began with a a friend of her father's, J. W. Fish-: special delivery letter from Holly- er, a local business man, thought! wood. It was addressed to Miss (enough of her dramatic ability to:in eight weeks of sum-Jean Seberg of Marshalltown,Iowa. The letter, bearing a Hollywood postmark, was from producer Otto Preminger requesting the 17-year-old girl to report for an (plays audition that might lead portraying that title role film production, Bernard “Saint Joan.”Approximately six Preminger announced that was the one to be so chosen. (appearance*Not only was Jean the youngestSmer stock represented the sum to-j actress ever assigned the part, onejtal of Jean Seberg’s professional of the most exacting and exciting (acting career when she auditioned. In modern dramatic literature, butjtested and won the role of “Saint; she wmn the role over 18,000 pros-;Joan. Preminger has made good pective candidates in the United j his pre-contest promise to surround States, Canada and Europe. Prem-his discovery with a cast of sea-inger personally auditioned 3,000 soned performers by signing Rieh-would-be Joans in 20 cities here ard Widmark, Richard Todd, Sirend abroad before he screen-tested‘John Gielgud and Anton Walbrookthe four finalists, including Jean, for co-starring roles. The other If it had been left to Jean, some- members of the production staff one else would be playing the part, are equally well known. English When Jean heard about the “Saint novelist Graham Greene prepared Joan” contest from a trailer shown the screenplay, scrupulously based in her neighborhood theater, she on the Shavian original and Roger; Spiffed an application blank in her Furse, the designer of Laurence purse end was prepared to forget Olivier's Shakespearean settings #!1 about it, executed both the background andLuckily her high school dramatics (costumes.mail a complete application form and photograph to Preminger's studio in Hollvwood. They were famil-(» * jiar with Jean's work in high school;and at extra curricular ac-:to herjtivities that underscored her rein his markable stage presence and per-Shaw’s sonality. In spite of her youth sheihad been accepted for summer weeks later (stock at the Priscilla Beach Thea-Jean I ter in Plymouth, Mass. Her fiveiRanch's Fireworks Wednesday NightRichard Widmark, Richard Todd StaOtto Preminger’s film of Bernard Shaw's “Saint Joan,” opening on Sunday at the Collegian theatre, is the first motion picture version of the most-performed work of the modern theatre.Since its Theatre Guild worldpremiere at the Garrick Theatre,New York, in Dec. 28, 1923,Shaw’s chronicle of The Maid has played thousands of performances on stages throughout the world. With one eye on its consistent commercial success in the theatre, but mainly for the sample reason that “I’ve always loved the play,” Preminger spent two years negotiating with executors of the Shaw estate for the “Saint Joan” screen rights.For the title role, Preminger sought a young “unknown” because, he said, “I think that cast-000 applicants, 3,000 of them personally auditioned by the producer-director, his choice was Jean Seberg, 17, of Marshalltown, Iowa (pop. 19.800), just two months out only in school plays and one brief of high school, with experience season of 1956 New England summer stock.Preminger set out to then surround his youthful “Joan with what he considered to be the best available acting cast, headed by Richard Widmark as the Dauphin. Richard Todd as Dunois, Anton Walbrook as Cauchon, John Gielgud as Warwick, Felix Aylmer as the Inquisitor, Harry Andrews as Stogumber and Barry Jones as Courcelles.Others hand-picked for supporting roles were Finlay Currie, Bernard Miles, Patrick Barr, KennethJng an actress of Joan’s age, a Haigh, Archie Duncan, Margo, ‘new face’ not identified with a Grahame, Francis de Wolff, Victor previous role, can be the most ex- Maddern, David Oxley, Sydneyciting way to film ‘Saint Joan.’To find her, Preminger launchedBromley and David Langton. Roger Furse was engaged asV.1* Ia world-wide competition with co-i production designer of both sets. , ___ b• , _ . . j . i,, . .,,operation of 11,000 motion picture | theatres, then made a 37 - day 30,000 mile tour of 25 cities in jNorth America and Europe. Of 18.-! Laurence Olivier films.and costumes, a unique dual assignment he has performed for the Old Vic theatre and for all theJean Seberg, as Saint Joan, is undaunted by the weakness of The Dauphin, played by Richard Widmark, in her determination to rid France of the British. Bernard Shaw’s “Saint Joan,” opens tomorrow at the Collegian.Photography is by George Perin-jal, French-born cameraman who photographed the early Rone C’lair classics in Paris, but was worked in England, where he won an Academy Award for “The Thief of Bagdad,” ever since he photo graphed “The Private Life ofHenry VIII” in 1933.“Saint Joan” music is by MischaBURBANK. Calif.—Joshua Logan's: Spolianskv, whose 100 feature mo-Stamford, Conn., garden is taking tion picture scores include those ___ —• * . « # r\ ^ ^on hisdirected Marlon Brando in Warner Bros.* “Sayonara.”a Japanese atmosphere since for “The Private Life of Don return from Nippon where he Juan.” “The Ghost Goes West,. ~ , ■ I ill/.---“Sanders of the River and Solomon’s Mines.”KingBurt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas Head Star Cast In Epic Film Inspired Action, Sensitive DirectionGunfight at The O. K. Corra I ” Thursday at The Collegian Make Island In The Sun Brilliant■* “.miiiall,” with Kirk Douglas and I Burt Lancaster.IVARSITYiSun.-Mon. “Island in the Sky” with Joan Fontaine and Harry Bela-fonteTues.-Wed. “Saint Joan” with Jean Seberg and Richard Widmark.■Thurs.-Sat,, “Johnny Tremain” Sun.-Mon. “Saint Joan” with Jean with Hal Stalmaster and JeffSeberg and Richard Widmark. YorkTues.-Wed. “Johnny Tremain” withRANCHHal Stalmaster and Jeff York Sun.-Tues. “Drumbeat” with AlanCOLLEGIAN-SatLadd and Audrey Dalton plus“Stranger at My Door” withMacDonald Carey and PatriciaMedina!Wed.-Thurs. “Solid Gold Cadillac” with Judy Holiday and PaulDouglas plus“Reprisal” with Guy Madisonand Falecia FarrFri.-Sat. “Attack” with Jack Pai-ance and Eddie Albert plus “First Texan” with Joel Me-Crea and Jeff Morrow, j Sat. Midnight Show “Bus Stop” with Marilyn Monroe and DonMurray.wammOne of America’s most compelling legends, the story of the unaccountable friendship between the fahled U. S. Marshal of Dodge City end Tombstone, Wyatt Earp, and the gun-slinging ex-dentist, Doc Holliday, has been filmed with BurtLancaster and Kirk Douglas in thelead roles.Produced by Hollywood’s foremost hit- and star-maker, Hal Wallis, and titled “Gunfight at theO.K. Corral,” after the climactic incident that put a bloody period toTombstone's fierce struggle for law and order, the huge-scale Technicolor drama looms as one of the major Westerns of all time.Arriving Thursday at the Collegian Theatre, the VistaVision film co-stars Rhonda Fleming, Academy Award-u;nnlt;?r Jo Van Fleet and John Ireland, with Lyle Bettger, Frank Faylen and Earl HollimanSet in the roaring days of 1870-82 in Texas, Kansas and Arizona, the film dramatizes the little-known story behind the partnership of the; respected and feared lawman Earp and the law-scorning Holliday intheir efforts to wipe out the terrorizing Clanton gang and their deadly killer Rirgo.John Sturges, an Oscar-nominee! for “Bad Day at Black Rock The long-awaited film version of Alec Waugh’s international best-selling novel “Island in the Sun,” in the form of Darryl F. Zanuck’s release, arrived in Ames this weekend and early reports from the CoL legian theater hail it as one of the greatest and most controversialfilms to come to Ames in 10 years.Starring James Mason, Joan Fon- notables as Diana Wynward, John taine Dorothy Dandridge, Joan Williams, Stephen Boyd, Basil Syd-Luxe color on the islands of Barbados and Grenada in the Caribbean, “Island in the Sun,” adopted for the screen by scenarist AlfredHayes, was directed by AcademyAward-winner Robert Rossen.Supporting the large starringcast are such international screenICollins, Michael Rennie and Harry Belafonte, “Island in the Sun” Is a provocative drama exposing the gradual crumbling of social and economic barriers that existed in a British Crown colony in the West Indies just after World War II.Filmed in CinemaScope and De-*ney, John Justin, Ronald Squire,Patricia Owens and Hartley Power.agsacargW*.-•*4'I ..sFIRST TIMEf/\r* onNEW STA1 MOTION PICTURESCREEN!r.% **** ih»V .*ORN!The CulminationOf The DecadesMost kefreshinq Cinderella StorVAFa94m.IBSSRANCH TONIGHT4Fighting Heroes Live Again in Johnny Tremain” Tuesday at The CollegianAT THE VARSITY TONIGHTFear StrikesOut» tKarl MaldenThe people, the events of the internationalbest-seller are on the screen!//The place is the West things!TODAY ONLYContinuous Today After 2: 30 and on Sunday After 1:30£FOpen at 7 — Show at DuskOWL SHOW T0NITERegular PerformancesAyIf*S3HSUN AND MONSUNMONTUESCars, Children Under 12, and Playground FreeHit No. 1 -On At 8:25 and 11:59WARNER BROS.msitoThe Worlds Most Cher/shed Achnq Rok!rr ■As The Maid of Orleansfa GtOmE BtRNQRP SHAWS Celebrated ClassicMary uf Am tries es love and fig’ ‘ ney’s action j r.v Tremain,*' battViil urkt i—— W % V..^4xUirth^day ul the C€4* ait ‘PSamuel Adams, Jam Joseph Warren and Jlt; til have key' roles in ti•Venture.The sUrring ride ofirg the CoJomsts o• tlack on ConcordthereaiCat he- with rugged Walter Sande portray-Ln in Wait ing the immortal silversmith.‘ John- Adams, one of the great politicos War of I of the early American scene, is as-ing Tues-jSayed by Rusty Lane, talented re. character actor.i Revert, Giant Jeff York, rated among)Ls, Dr. Hollywood's Lnest character ac-Hancck, tors, ti rug in an exceptional per-i- formaace as Otis, founder of the (daring Sons of Liberty, rn-j “Johnny Tremain,” starring Hat ’•Stalmaster, Luana Patten andALAN LADD* DELMER OAVES'DRUM BEATClN.M«Seof»£WA»N*T»COLOI» *T*II«OI'MOHIC SOUNDifvMif. rwiihHit No. 2At 10:08 Only% mITiCOtO* By tWAfCin«maScop£»*•*•**♦# x# wornDJames Mason • Joan Fontaine • Joan CollinsDorothy Dundridge • Michael RennieADDED JOY—“BONE DANGER”COLOR CARTOONmOTTO PREMINGERTOiA'buhiA.hecl UNtTfiD ARTISTSRiCUARP WIDMARK- RICHARD TOPDANTON WAIBROOK- JOHN GIELGUDA Performance In Jhe hmc tradition* INGRID BERGMAN %* RATFlERlNt. 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