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Donen. Director: Stanley Donen. Original (novel): Art Buchwald. Screenplay: Harry Kurnitz. • A deported tax-evading gangster is exiled to a Greek island where a gang of thugs scheme to rob him of a million dollars he doesn't have, and an exiled monarch seeks to sell him a million- dollar crown, which the ex-thug prefers to steal. Nov. 1960. 13 GHOSTS (Horror Comedy). Stars: Charles Hebert, Jo Morrow, Martin Milner, Rosemary DeCamp. Producer: William Castle. Director: William Castle. Screenplay: Robb White. • When the young son of an impoverished an- thropologist makes a wish for a house filled with fine furniture, an ancient castle comes as an answer. Here, for two nights the family lives amidst on unearthly collection of ghosts. July 1960. THREE WORLDS OF GULLIVER, THE (Fantasy). Stars: Kerwin Mathews, Jo Morrow, June Thorburn. Pro- ducer: Charles H. Schneer (Morningside Prods.). Director: Jack Sher. Original (novel): Jonathan Swift. Screenplay: Arthur Ross. • An adaptation of the famous novel about Gulliver's adventures with the tiny people of Lilliput and the giants of Brobdingnag, set against a romance between Gulliver and a young girl who also finds herself in the strange land. In Super- Dynamation and Color. Dec. 1960. Coming CARTHAGE IN FLAMES (Drama Spectacle): Stars. Anne Heywood, Jose Saurez. Producer: Guido Luz- zato (Lux Films). Director: Carmine Gallone. Origi- nal (book): Emilio Salgari. Screenplay: Carmine Gallone, Ennio di Corvcini, Duccio Tessari. • Italian-made. A young Carthaginian helps unite his people in defense of their doomed city against Roman attack. A Roman maiden sacrifices her life because of her love for him. In Technirama and Technicolor. CRY FOR HAPPY (Comedy). Stars: Glenn Ford, Don- ald O'Connor, Miiko Taka, Miyoshi Umeki. Pro- ducer: William Goetz (William Goetz Prods.). Direc- tor: George Marshall. Original (novel): George Campbell. Screenplay: Irving Brecher. • Four U.S. Navy men in Japan take over a Geisha house and fall in love with the inhabitants. In CinemaScope end Color. DEVIL AT 4 O'CLOCK (Drama). Stars: Spencer Tracy, Frank Sinatra. Producer: Fred Kohlmar (Mervyn LeRoy-Fred Kohlmar Prods.). Director: Mervyn Le- Roy. Original (novel): Max Catto. Screenplay: Liam O'Brien. • Filmed in Hawaii. An Irish priest and three convicts on a small island in the Pacific risk their lives to save a colony of leper children from a volcanic eruption. FIVE FINGER EXERCISE (.Drama). Stars: Rosalind Russell, Laurence Harvey. Producer: Frederick Bris- son (Sonnis Corp. Prods.). Director: Daniel Mann. Original (play): Peter Schaffer. Screenplay: Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich Hackett. • Screen adaptation of a play picked by the critics as the best import of 1960, about a young German tutor who lives with a family and how he affects the household. FIVE GOLDEN HOURS (Satire-Comedy). Stars: Ernie Kovacs, Cyd Charisse, George Sanders. Producer: Mario Zomipi (Mario Zampi Prods.). Director: Mario Zampi. Screenplay: Haris Wilhelm. • Filmed in Italy and the Alps, this is the satiri- cal story of a confidence man who preys on wealthy widows. GIDGET GOES HAWAIIAN (Comedy). Stars: James Darren, Michael Callan, Reggy Cass, Deborah Walley. Producer: Jerry Bresler (Bresler Prods.). 'Director: Paul Kendkos. Screenplay: Ruth Brooks Flippen (based on characters created by Fred Kohlmar). • Filmed in Hawaii, this is a sequel to the popu- lar "Gidget" which had a California setting, and has to do with teenage antics on the Hawaiian beaches. In CinemaScope and Color. GREENGAGE SUMMER, THE (Drama). Stars: Kenneth More, Danielle Darrieux, Susannah York. Producer: Victor Saville. Director: Lewis Gilbert. Original (novel): Rumer Godden. Soreenplay: Howard Koch. • A story of four children spending their summer holiday in France, who become deeply involved in the passions and intrigues of adult life when their mother becomes ill. GUNS OF NAVARONE (Adventure Drama). Stars: Gregory Peok, David Niven, Anthony Quinn, Anth- ony Quayle, James Darren, Gia Scala. Producer: Carl Foreman (Highroad Prods.). Director: J. Lee Thompson. Original (novel): Alistair MacLean. Screenplay: Carl Foreman. • Filmed in Rhodes and Greece, the drama is based on the heroism of five men who are charged with the seemingly impossible task of destroying a battery of guns so that 2,000 Allied soldiers may be saved. In Color. HAND IN HAND (Drama). Stars: Loretta Parry, Philip Needs, John Gregson, Dame Sybil Thorndike, Finlay Currie. Producer: Helen Winston. Director: Philip Leacock. Original (story): Leopold Atlas, Sidney Harmon. Screenplay: Diana Morgan. • Two eight-year-olds solve the problems that arise between them with wisdom and understand- ing, particularly as they learn about each other's religions — Catholic and Judaism. HOMICIDAL (Drama). Stars: Glenn Corbett, Patricia Breslin, Jean Arles, Alan Bunce. Producer: William Castle. Director: William Castle. Screenplay: Robb White. • A mystery chiller about a pharmacist who is instrumental in solving a homicidal situation. With an audience-participotion gimmick. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (Historical Drama). Stars: Peter O'Toole. Producer: Sam Spiegel. Director: David Lean. Original (book): T. E. Lawrence. • Based on T. E. Lawrence's "Pillars of Wisdom," which tells of the notable adventures of Colonel Lawrence in the Near East in World War I and the immediate years following. In Color. MAD-DOG COLL (Drama). Stars: John Chandler, Kay Doubleday, Brooke Hayward. Producer: Ed- ward Schreiber (Thalia Prods.). Director: Burt Balaban. Original: Leo Liberman. Screenplay: Ed- ward Schreiber. • Based on the life of the notorious gangster of the roaring Twenties, Vincent Coll, and the efforts of New York police to wipe out mob rule. MOST DANGEROUS MAN ALIVE (Science-Fiction). Stars: Ron Randell, Debra Paget, Elaine Stewart. Producer: Benedict Bogeaus, (Bogeaus Prods.). Di- rector: Allan Dwan. Original (story): Philip Rock, Michael Pate. Screenplay: Philip Rock, James Lei- cester. • A science-fiction thriller based on a story about an escaped convict who is engulfed in an atomic blast and survives, but is transformed into a man of steel. MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (Drama). Stars: Michael Craig, Joan Greenwood, Michael Callan. Producer: Charles H. Schneer (Morningside Prods.). Director: Cyril Endfield. Original (novel): Jules Verne. Screen- play: Raphael Hayes. • Filmed in SuperDynamation, this is a screen adaptation of a Jules Verne fantasy translated into modern realism. NOTORIOUS LANDLADY, THE (Comedy). Stars: Jack Lemmon. Producer: Fred Kohlmar. Director: Richard Quine. Original (story): Margery Sharpe. Screen- play: Roger MacDougall. • A young American diplomatic employe rents an apartment from a demure English girl, then discovers she is suspected of having murdered her husband, all of which results in a series of comedy situations. OPERATION TERROR (Drama). Stars: Lee Remick. Producer: Blake Edwards. Director: Blake Edwards. Screenplay: Mildred and Gordon Gordon. • A vicious criminal stages a campaign of terror in order to force a pretty young bank teller into an act of embezzlement. PASSPORT TO CHINA (Melodrama). Stars: Richord Basehart, Athene Seyler, Lisa Gastone. Producer: Michael Carreras (Hammer Films). Director: Michael Carreras. Screenplay: Gordon Wellesley. • British-made. A Hong Kong travel agent be- comes involved in undercover activities in Red China, after a Western plane is "decoyed" off course inside Chinese territory. In Color. PEPE (Comedy With Music). Stars: Cantinflas and guest stars. Producer: George Sidney (Posa Int'l Prods.). Director: George Sidney. Original (play): L. Bus-Pekete. Screenstory: Leonard Spigelgas, Sonya Levien. Screenplay: Dorothy Kingsley, Claude Binyon. • Taken from the stage play "Broadway Magic," this finds a Mexican ranch hand following his beloved white horse—sold to an on-the-skids Hollywood director—(through entertainment land, never aware of the fact that the various personal- ities he meets are world-famous individuals. In CinemaScope and Color. RAISIN IN THE SUN, A (Drama). Stars: Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands. Producers: David Susskind, 'Philip Rose (for Paman- Doris Prods.). Director: Daniel Petrie. Original (play): Lorraine Hansberry. Screenplay: Lorraine Hansberry. • An adaptation of the first play written by a Negro playwright to be produced on Broadway — about a grandmother's dream of a better life for her family, and her son's development into a man. SWORD OF SHERWOOD FOREST (Adventure Drama). Stars: Richard Greene, Peter Cushing. Producers: Sidney Cole, Richard Greene (Hammer Films). Di- rector: Terence Fisher. Screenplay: Alan Hackney. • British-made. A new run of adventures for Robin Hood and his men, with swordplay all through Sherwood Forest and its environs. In Megascope and Color. TASTE OF FEAR (Drama). Stars: Susan Strasberg, Ronald Lewis, Ann Todd, Christopher Lee. Producer: Jimmy Songster (Hammer Films). Director: Seth Holt. Screenplay: Jimmy Songster. • Britislvmade. An offbeat suspense thriller about a beautiful young girl who becomes involved in a macabre plot that backfires on the conspirators. TERROR OF THEi TONGS (Drama). Stars: Christopher Lee, Yvonne Monlaur, Geoffrey Toone. Producer: Kenneth Hyman (Hammer Films). Director: Anthony Bushell. • British-made. A grim tale of terror-inspiring tong wars in Hong Kong. TREATMENT, THE (Drama). Stars: Claude Dauphin, Diane Cilento, Ronald Lewis, Fcancoise Rosay. Pro- ducer: Val Guest. Director: Val Guest. Original (novel): Ronald Scott Thorn. Screenplay: Val Guest, Ronald Scott Thorn. • British-made. Based on the novel, "The Full Treatment," this is an offbeat suspense story about the gruelling experience of a young couple honey- mooning on the Riviera. TRY, TRY AGAIN (Comedy). Stars: Jack Lemmon, Debbie Reynolds. Producer: Robert Cohn. Director: Michael Gordon. Original Soreenplay: Winston Mil- ler. • A sophisticated comedy about the trials and tribulations and gay adventures of a young mar- ried couple. UNDERWORLD, U.S.A. (Drama. Stars: Cliff Robertson, Dolores Dorn, Beatrice Kay. Producer-Director- Original Screenplay: Samuel Fuller (Globe Prods.). • A melodrama based on crime in the U.S.A. to- day, presenting the case history of a criminal record from childhood to the violent end of a career. WACKIEST SHIP IN THE ARMY, THE (Comedy). Stars: Jack Lemmon, Ricky Nelson, John Lund. Producer: Fred Kohlmar. Director: Richard Murphy. Screenplay: Richard Murphy. • An oddball Naval officer with a wacky crew are involved in a series of hilarious and un- Navy-like goings on while on duty in the Pacific. In CinemaScope and Color. WARRIOR EMPRESS, THE (Adventure Drama). Stars: Kerwin Mathews, Tina Louise. ‘Producer: Gianni Hecht Lucari (Documento Film). Director: Pietro Francisci. Screenplay: Ennio de Concini, Pietro Francisci, Luciano Martino (English translation by Paddy Manning O'Brien). • Italian-made. An adventure epic set against the background of revolution, retelling the ancient story of Sappho, Venus of Lesbos, and Phaon, for whom she had the great passion. In CinemaScope and Color. WEEKEND WITH LULU, A (Comedy). Stars: Bob Monkhouse, Leslie Philips, Shirley Eaton. Producer: Hammer Films. Director: John Paddy Carstairs. • British^made. A young man, his girlfriend and her mother run into hilarious adventures with French officials and gendarmes. Continental ENTERTAINER, THE (Drama). Stars: Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright, Brenda De Banzie. Producer: Harry Saltzman. Director: Tony Richardson. • British-made. A picturizotion of John Osborne's bitter, sordid drama of cheap vaudevillians and their drab and illicit love affairs. FOUR DESPERATE MEN (Drama). Stars: Aldo Ray, Heather Sears, Neil McCallum. Producer: Michael Balcon. Director: Harry Watt. • Filmed in Australia. Three convicts making a daring escape, take refuge on a harbor island in Sydney, from which point they defy police to get them. GENERAL DELLA ROVERE (War Drama). Vittorio de Sica, Hans Messemer, Sandra Milo, Anne Verdon. Producer: Morris Ergos. Director: Roberto Rossellini. Screenplay: Sergio Amidei, Diego Fabri, Irvdro Montanelli. • Italo-French production. A well-dressed middle- aged gambler extorts money from impoverished Italians on the promise he will get their im- prisoned relatives released. Later he is forced to do undercover work by a German colonel, while posing as a prisoner himself. GREAT WALL, THE (Documentary). Producer: Leon- ardo Bonzi. Director: Carlo Lizzoni. Screenplay: Ennio De Concini. • Filmed in China. Originally this was released as "Behind the Great Wall," in AromaRama, which wafted various fragrances into the audi- torium. It is now released as a straight docu- mentary report on China today, with Chet Huntley doing the narration. In Totalscope and Color. BOXOFFICE 157