The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 197, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 1, 1961 Page: 27 of 36
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, " Abilene, Texas, Sunday Morning, January 1, 1961
Butterfield 8
Opening Slated
Elizabeth Taylor plays the most,
daring, down - to-- ea th and •
dramatically powerful role of her
career in "Butterfield 8.7 the
film version of the widely-read
novel by John O’Hara which
Filming‘The Music Man’,
. -JOYFUL NEW YEAR’S
To Begin I DAY WITH
10 DtgIA InIS pring I INTERSTATE
HOLLYWOOD - "The Music of the stage success which on De- Collaborating with Willson in de-
Man has actively started on its cember 19 celebrated its fourth veloping and writing the screen-
way to the motion picture screen anniversary on New York’s Broad- play is Marion Hargrove. Also a
as full - scale preparations for way. DaCossa will produce and member of "The Music Man’s
filming of the fabulously success-direct the motion picture in his high powered talent team is Acad
ful musical play were put into op-first return to films since dire t emy Award winner. Ray Heindorf
reration at Warner Bros. Studios, ins Warner Bros: world i wide who will supervise and conduct
it was announced by Jack L. War-hit, “Auntie Mame.” A the musical score.
ner and Steve Trilling. . , .4---—----
OPEN 12:45
PHONE OR 4-2454
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opens a week’s road show engage-
ment Wednesday at the Para,
mount Theater here.
Tickets will be sold to adults
on’y and the film has been rated
by the Texas Board of Review
as an adult picture.
Also starred in the topflight cast
are Laurence Harvey, who won
an Academy Award nomination
fer his brilliant work in “Room
at the Top." and Eddie Fisher,
with Dima Merrill co-starred. >
"Butterfield 8" tells the story
of Gloria (Elizabeth Taylor) whose 3
traumatie experience as a child 6
left a permanent scar. Living by )
her own, wild, ill, twisted tangle # ,
of rules, she had always thought v -
love was the biggest lie since 1
profes-
F art ed-
tons In-
enting a
ezzanine
men and women were invented. N.
That is, until she meets Weston
Liggett (Laurence Harvey), mar- ,
ried- to Emily (Diana Merrill,
whose devotion he cannot return M
but who gives him something he
[ Culminating months of advance
planning, the pre - production
schedule is aimed at an early
spring start for the picture ambi-
tiously designed as a giant of en-
tertainment history.7
I Robert Preston has been set to
star in the motion picture’s title
role, re-creating his New York
stage characterization as the
‘traveling music man who brings
melody, romance and heart-war r
ling drama to a small mid-wetr
” ern town. Others cast’so far are
A Hermione Gingold, Comedian
. Buddy Hackett and Paul Ford.
E Stressing the magnitude of the
— y studios’ plans for the production,
Warner said: "No effort, no
, expense will be spared in giving
L The Music Man’ the stature it
has gained as a stage play and in
making it even greater entertain-
ment as a motion picture.
_ “We regard ‘The Music Man’
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very much wants — a cloak of ... most dramatic role generation, an appraisement well
- respectability. - 1 justified by the enthusiastic re-
The attraction between Gloria Searchers" and "Man From Tex- sponse it has evoked from peo-
and Liggett is a stormy, emotion- as.” * ple everywhere, not alone in New
al one, a love which brings both “September Storm" with Mark York but in the scores of smaller
hurt and happiness to themselves Stater a msT cities in which it has played." * ,
and others. But through it they are Sereas chain didloannet Rru Thalds "The Music Man," w a rn er
able to bring out into the open the ed Wednesday through Saturday pointed out, has a pre-sold audi-
violent inner turmoil of hidden by a story of: ancient Russia, ence not only through its stage
conflicts which has blighted their “Tartar’s Hordes, with CH no engagements but through the rec-
lives Their story is resolved in sens and Genevieve pagethe ords which have been made of its
a taut and gripping climax top roles 4 6music, including the famous “76
* Fisher, in a warm and sensitiveTrombones" familiar in hom es
portrayal, enacts Steve, young . On the south screen at the Town-throughout the nation
pianist friend of Gloria, the only end RounWm Pie : in Where As a stage play, The Music
person whom she feels - really "Ind Blows with Gina Man” has played 160 weeks
knows and understands her and riphrwath vaf Brimnd Ena hue Broadens and 1o acrone
anne Woodward can be viewedThe show has been suc-
Sunday through Wednesday. Thurs. cessfully presented in Australia
day through Saturday is “One Foot ar : is sch eduled to open March 9
in Hell" with Alan Ladd and Don .
Murray. “Journey to the Lost The Music Man" has earned
City" with Debra Paget and Paul many of the theatre’s highest hon-
Christian and “Circus’of Horrors" ors including the "Antoinette Per-
__ry Award" and the "New York
Remberge. Drama Critics" awards for “best
The north screen will have Mhusichest lyrics" and
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“Butterfield 8° tops the billing
at the city's theaters for the
week. « .
It 15 filmed in color and its
locale is in and around New York
City.
. The Saturday midnight show at with Anton Diffring and Eriak
the Paramount is a light thing € T8:
entitled "Where the Boys Are”
withDolores Hart and George "Thunder in Carolina" with Rory ,
Hamilton. Calhoun and Alan Hale and "Jail- At the helm of “ Meredith Will-
Coming to the Queen is the house’ Rock" with Elvis Presley son S The Music Man" is Mor-
first Abilene showing o So me and Judy Tyler Sunday through ton. DaCosta, producer - director
Without End” with Dirk Bogarde Wednesday. Following until Sat-
and Capucine. It is a story based urday will-be "I Aim at the Stars"
on the life of the composer, with Curt Jurgens and Victoria
Franz Liszt. The color production Shaw, Who Was That Lady ‘ with
is scheduled Sunday through Tues. Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh and
day. "Suddenly Last Summer" with
Holding forth at the Park Drive Elizabeth Taylor and Montgom-
in Theater Sunday through Tues-ery Clift..
day is the twin - bill, “The Rounding/out the silver screen
---------------------------— fare will be “Thunder in Carol-
with Curt Jurgens and Victoria
METRO ADM.
IVE I RO 40-30-15
Official Predicts
ina" at the Metro Sunday through
Tuesday with "The Crowded Sky"
with Dana Andrews and Rhonda
thy Man F lemning set Wednesday throu gh
MdKeuD Men Friday. Ending the week on Sat-
urday is "Les Girls" with Gene
NEW YORK (AP)—Men will go Kelley and Mitzi Gaynor and “Ok-
in for makeup in the not too dis- lahoma Territory" with Bill Wil-
tant future. Dr. Glen J. Sperandio liams and Gloria Talbot.
of Purdue University told a group ====---
of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science.
"We will find he-men using
creams and lotions for their skins
and possibly using conservative
forms of makeup," tie said.
“It remains only for an adver-
tising camaign to convince the
public that a man does not sacri-
fice his masculinity by using cos-
meties freely.".
Cosmetics will be made better,
too. Sperandio said. One prepara-
tion being made ready, he said,
is called “peaches and" cream"
because it - is made mostly of
fruits. Another product which may
appear on the market," he added, -
is a hand cream made of tapioca.
HEATERS
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NEVEN! THEATRE ADM. 60-50 - CHILD FREE
THRILLS
at fever pitch!
IN CAROLIN
RORY CALHOUN
-----AT 8:45 ONLY-----
MIDARRY O’GILL TECHNICOLOR
VARDI U VILL — CINEMASCOPE
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I" Drive-In Showing
OPEN 6.00 - SCREENTIME 7:00
ADM. 60-50 - CHILD FREE
SOUTH SCREEN
AT 7,00 AND 11:05
• JOSEPH t. LEVINE presents
GINA LOLLOBRIGIDA
D Pierre BRASSEUR-Marcello MASTROIANNI
y Melina MERCOURI Yves MONTAND.
• WHERE THE HOT WIND BLOWS!
I re An MGM
JULES UASSIN Release
PLUS - AT 9:25 ONLY-DRAMA THAT’S RAW, VIOLENT, AND REAL
JOHN WAYNE-JOANNE DRU-JOHN AGAR—VICTOR MeLAGLEN
“SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON" cOlon
TOWER NORTH SCREEN - 1st RUN DRIVE-IN
AT 7:00 AND 10:15 - ADULT PROGRAM "
NIGHT GIRLS Aus QUEEN OF BURLESQUE
------AT 8.45 ONLY------- 1 -
L GARY COOPER - RICHARD WIDMARK - SUSAN HAYWARD
NIGADDEN OF FVIR CINEMASCOPE
VANKDEN VF EVIL TECHNICOLOR
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DULTS
ISC. .
He’s a Mr.
and She’s a Mrs.
-but she’s
not his
and he’s
not hers-
in this crazy,
matrimonial
mix-up
that raises
the screen’s
mirth-rate
to a new high!
One of Abilene’s Best Theatres
1:1726 Butternut Street
SHOW STARTS 1 P.M.
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ON FILM
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Adults—50c
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JOSEPH E.LEVINE
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GINA
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MERCOURI BE
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WHERE THE
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Directed oy
JULES DASSIN -
An MGM Release
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BRYNNER WOODWARD LEIGHTOI
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RUTH HUSSEY Don DE FORE
LOUIS NYE • Directed»MELVIN FRANK
Produced by NORMAN PANAMA
THE
FACTS
U
...if a woman answers,
don't hang up!
...because it might
be Gloria whose
passions come
wrapped in
mink!
ROAD
SHOW
ENGAGEMENT
RATED BY
TEXAS MOTION PICTURE BOARD
OF REVIEW AS
ADULT ENTERTAINMENT
NO CHILDREN’S TICKETS
SOLDI
METRO-GOLDWYN MAYER mm
EIZZAIBIT/CO TAS7LLOID
LAVUCOIEDNGE CLAUEOVISY
EDDOE USCOIELD.
HN O’HARA’S
OOTTUISURTFOEELID)
t ...the best-seller
that tells
i Gloria’s story
1 ...from first
A man to last!
Screenplay by _
NORMAN PANAMA Mivm FRANK
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THE LIFE, LOVES AND LYRICAL MUSIC OF THE
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