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Pittsburgh Press, Monday, April 13, 1959 10 Show Shops Pert Sandra Dee Has Name Role In Lively 'Gidget' Entertaining Comedy Of Younger Set On View At Harris xBen Hur' Is Real Trimming Effort William Wyler Nov In Second Month Of Editing Movie Down To Six Hours By HAKOI.I) 1IEFFEKXAV HOLLYWOOD, April 13 Behind a locked studio door marked "Do Not Disturb," director Wil-lian Wyler is starting his second month of editing more than 350,000 feet of film shot in Rome for is By KASPAR MOXAHAN Although "Gidget" was obviously designed to appeal to the younger set, there's no law against an oldster viewing it and even enjoying it. In fact, I found the new arrival at the Harris a most refreshing and original slant on the troubles and problems besetting a young maiden on the thi eshhold of womanhood. "Cidsei" is a merger of the words midget and girl and may well, in time, add to the enrichment of our nalue language. Certainly as a tag it is tailor-made or the perl, wee Sandra lee, most captivating as she struggles to win the respect of a group of raucous young fellows known as "surf bums." i 1 ft Site Invades their strictly masculine world despite their amused Indifference. They re-Kanf her a mere infant, tell-lni her to run hack to mama and play with her dolls.

was shown the sets for the first stage presentation of the show he exclaimed: "My gosh! Did I set all this in and, the showman comments, "What he would sav if he were alive today!" A thoughtful husband is saven writer Robert Press-nell Jr. Every time his wife Marsha Hunt starts a new movie she finds a useful first day" gift awaiting her at home. But Rressnell didn't count on what Would happen after his latest gesture -not by $6500 he didn't! Sure enough, upon returning after her first day on "Blue Denim," at 20th'-Fox, Marsha discovered a brand new sewing machine, with all the most modern gadget-ry. She was delighted, of course, but soon pointed out that the house had no sewing room, no place at all to set up the outfit. Upshot was that the Press-noils called in an architect and are now waiting the finish of a new sewing room, plus a sundeck, so Marsha can tan herself while operating the machine.

SANDRA DEE -DAN O'HtRllHf SUSAN KOHNER ROBERT ALDA "1UANITA MOORE -MAHALIA JACKSON ONE OF THE GREAT SANDRA DFK PIONEER FILM Here are May McAvoy and the late Al jolson in "The Jazz Singer," the film credited with launching the "talking movies" in 1927. The pioneer rov'e 'S nw being reissued and will open Wednesday ot the Guild. The Lyons Den si LUCKY boy is M.choel Callan who is scheduled to come to Pittsburgh Thursday to drum interest in "They Came to Cardura" in which he has a featured role with Gary Cooper and Rita Hay-worth. Callan, 22, formerly was on the Broadway stage in "West Sida Story" and was spotted by film scouts. His screen debut resulted.

Steiner Scores HOLLY () Ma Steiner has been signed to compose ihe music score for "The KM Story." ALtJOLSDiJ 7 HI I FtBST TM Kit! wwsrraj LAST 2 DAYS PATHER PANCHAU Uoor, Opn Daily at 11 m- Canttaion Shwlnii aaalaf rlaaa i WAIT DISNEY'S tea TttHNIBm FULL STEREOPHONIC SOUND Alio Academy Awerd Winner WALT DISNEY'S "GRAND CANYON" VOICES OF OUR TIME' WEDNESDAY DADhHT A nd Ml Ul A I A A fa I IN Am V7INA LULLUoKIV7lUA A HRSI' I'll IMII KOII SHOWING "ROAD RACERS" "DADDY-0" 41 1 1 disturbed oer the change taking place in their liitlp Fian-cie. Slip's always dashing out of the house, is moody, at times tearful. Only Kahoona Undentandt Htr For Krancie falls in line-just like Dial with one of Ihe bos, one Moondoggie hut he ignores her awkward advances. Only oiip of thp gang actually understands Krancie, a baffling case even to her parents. This wise prison is Kahoona, former pilot of battle planes, held in awe by the whole group.

Kahoona, is just a nickname, for he's no Hawaiian native as the word might imply. He's just a loafer, content to bask in the sun and ihe gang tries to ape him. Kahoona, mighty ingratiating as played by Cliff Robertson, senses that (lidget is in love with Moondoggie. Also he becomes a sort of big brother to the mixed up little girl. However, there's nothing sad about "(lidget" for it's a foregone conclusion that she'll triumph over her woes and problems and that true love will help her bridge the gap between childhood and womanhood.

But before that happens Gidget has a high old time with the young sun worshippers. At Ihe outset she all hut drowns and is saved by Moondoggie. She then determines to learn to tide a surfboard and soon develops great skill in the sport. QidSti Too Novt For Tht Bj Pariy Climax is the annual "luau" or beach party in which all the bums take part along with their wild girl friends. Gidget, they feel, is too unsophisticated to join this wild revel hut she manages to wangle permission from Kahoona to attend it.

There's a misunderstanding. There is fighting anil out of all the rough housing and hi jinks a new Francie a lightly grown up one emerges. And Mom and Pop are very much relieved. The father and mother are played with Just the right touch of parental concern and sympathetic attitude by Arthur O'Connell and Mary LaRoche. This is good, for in most stories and films dealing with juveniles, parents are pictured as dense and Intolerant.

James Darren Is atliactive as the boy friend. Oilier characters in this generally wholesome and cheerful little romely in color and Cinemascope are called Iiver Boy, Stinky. Lord Byron, Hot Shot, etc. And the jive talk is not overdone. Some catchy tunes sung by the Four Pieps help.Moo MALIA JACKSON SYRIA MOSQUE TOMORROW 8:30 P.

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M. STARTS 4 U1vt 'HqmkA. tmm mora of har than eve-r T. nniriTTC Meanwhile her parents are And When ART C1NK.MA "Sina al Inula" Atn-a I.ainrnt. Gil Vmal fVatura bfcina 11:00 1 fi, 4 40.

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17 THE TWIN COACHES i( TRESENTS TUErim A T-pi I I a f' I 7 4 0 Hf By LEONARD LYONS periiitemlent at Hyde Park, ho decided I hat, the fence they now have for their cattle wouldn't be tall for a camel. They'd need a new fence. Then the superintendent told John Roosevelt: "I knew we shouldn't have let those two girls go olT on a 1 lip together. I can understand Nina doing such a thing but what came over vour mother?" Hunt Armory a- I tasi LiDeny SYRIA -J ik SHRINE Featuring Hamid-Morton Circus Price $2,50 reserved $1.30 general admissloi Tickets Hotnt'i, Gimbels and Hunt Armory SPECIAL SHOW APRIL 18-10 A.M. 6 Matinees 6 Evenings OUR MAIN ATTRACTION IKINA HID I-4IIHI) cnnilno Saiionia (iiiis in naddv-O" 1m JoH i.n i i-ni Sailv Fiapr Kuacl Barer Ml.

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No movie since C. B. De Mille's latest edition of "The Ten Commandments" has attracted so much pre-release attention as the current production of "Ren Hur," which MGM now says will run a total budget of $15,000,000 five more than announced earlier. Even Wall Street Is "scoutinjf" Hollywood to Ret inside information on bow the project is progressing. The corporate future of Loew's, the producers, to some extent is ridinir on the success of the gamble.

The history of "Ben Hur," incidentally, has caused many veteran showmen to stamp it the most amazing theatrical property in stage or screen annals. As a novel, by General Lew Wallace, it was published in 1SS0 and could be rated as the "Gone With the Wind" of its day. Million's of copies were sold around the world. For years, Gen. Wallace refused to permit any stage presentation of his nov'el, feeling that the underlying spiritual theme might be profaned by visual presentation.

No definite dates have been set for the "Ben Hur" unveiling, but officials are winking on Thanksgiv ing day goal, wifh the world premiere at their rebuilt Slate Theater on Broadway, with other key cities following at Christinas time. One old showman recalls that when Gen. Wallace in I 'T 5 WEEKS! I vniun i MAT. WED. Tn Tur rynTic ISLES OFATHOUSAND THRILLS: a'OM in lADVENTUnC I Seals ivnlabla at Ptrforminct Tlmi flOX OFflCI O'fN 10 A M.

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1 hi i.i. r. i-ioos WHITEHALL HOLLYWOOD I'm munt it, j.l06fl Academy Award Wmntr f-1 Best Actress Susan Hayward TO LIVE" ALSO Tony Curlit Sidney Potier "DEFIANT ONES 'Besf Actor' Dav.d Niv.n 'SEPARATE TABLES' 4 STRAND Oakland Ml'. S-H9I ARSENAL I iiwrtwtTll Ml V.4 I Hilar i ni 1 Pill Shnin' Piili fiini.n. Ll'l nanny i nn irr'' i.

PiB.r. i Ar. Qtj hin I sTnnv mnma THESTIRS 7 tot snowtiii DAYS-, a7 I RELAX ENJOY A MOVIE TONIGHT ON A PANORAMIC SCREEN II 1 studio will be renamed 20tli Cenlury-Vixen." He's also written for the Broadway stage, and said that the process of changing liis novel into a play involved no serious changes: "It means improving the silhouette lullier than the face. "Huxley insisted lliar he discovered unique exercises, including sunga.iug, to improve his failing eyesight and wrote a book about it. My wife, who was skeptical, told him: "The test is not whether you can write a book, but whether you can l'ead one." John Roosevelt was in HI Morocco recently, pondering on his newest problem --the camel that his mother.

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April 13 When the late Broadway columnist, Mark llellijiiger, became a movie producer, his studio assigned, him a screen writer Aldows 1 lux-ley, Ileilinger's response "lluxlev, working fm- me? It's incongruous, but nice." How incongruous 1hat was. even 2D years ago, is indicated by the fact that Huxley just won the American Academy of Arts and Letters' gold medal award of merit. He's flying here next mouth to accept the honor. One of Huxley's first film assignments was the story of Mme. Curie.

He sal with a producer and began discussing some of the scientific, phenomena which bis family bad explored in their long years of research all relating to man and bis ills. "Come on, Huxley," the impatient producer interrupted, "get to the story point." Huxley later, was asked to comment on a scientific paper about experiments in rabbit breeding, where no male rabbit was Used. "Jf this becomes popular," was his report, "this 3rd DELIGHTFUL WEEK! a 1 ft jl meoiIyW TONY J- cms ifMrtotf -1 8.iii rfiPf f'" "Some fcsfpk Miaimt Pampaalara af liolka LESS DuBARRY CUPCAKENCASSIDY TO APRI, 25 (9 DAYS) i ESTELLE SLOAN HALE AND HAYDEN laaarvotioni 1 Ball Varnon 124 MIGHT sanr I I 1 1 h1)iaono Hll I I I fi SWTItfuiBM 1 1 I aTi-iTT rl I 1 KIM ti ti ABC Ihe Arademr Award Winner! "GIGI" Leslie Caron "HiHKph. i inf -If i li Shows To See UTA M-KY "T'mpl" Van fl n. Smaiia Mantarto Faa-Inif brtnu 11 II n.

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