Boxoffice barometer (1963)

©MORNING STAR. Russian .. (75) Artkino Bollet Film. A love story in which the principals move forth to a happy ending, after breaking the magic spell cast by an evil fairy. Iran Sabagishaw, Reina Chokoyeva, Bibisara Beishenalieva, Kirghizia Ballet. Director: R. Tikhomirov. Frunze Film Studios Produc- tion. NIGHT, THE ("La Notte"). Italian .(120). Lopert Piets. Drama. The story of 12 climactic hours in the lives of a distinguished young author and his attractive wife, who suddenly find themselves drifting apart and wander aimlessly during those hours attempting to recapture their lost love. They are finally reunited through their mutual need for solace and compan- ionship. Jeanne Moreau, Marcello Mastroianni, Monica Vitti, Bernhard Wicki, Rosi Mazzacurati. Pro- ducer: Emanuele Cassuto. Director: Michelangelo Antonioni. Sofitedip-Nepi Film Production. NIGHT AFFAIR. French (92) President Films. Dec. '61 Mystery Melodrama. Released in France in 1958 as Le Desordre et la Nuit" (Disorder and the Night). A police inspector, assigned to track down an as- sassin, falls in love with the mistress of the victim. Jean Gabin, Danielle Darrieux, Nadja Tiller, Hazel Scott, Paul Frankeur. Director: Gilles Grangier. Orex Film Production. NINTH CIRCLE, THE. Yugoslavian (90) Yugoslavia Films.Mar. War Drama. The tragic war story of a Jewish girl married to a Gentile boy during the Nazi occupa- tion. The girl is sent to a concentration camp, her husband tries to rescue her, but fails, and they choose to die together on the high voltage fence. Dusica Zegarac, Boris Dvornik, Branko Tatic, Ervina Dragman. Director: France Stiglic. Jadran Film Pro- duction. ©ODD OBSESSION ("Kagi"). Japanese (96) Edward Harrison. .Jan. Drama. A modern psychological drama based on a Japanese novel, "Kagi" (The Key), which tells of a middle-aged man married to a young wife and his desperate measures to curb his failing virility. Machiko Kyo, Ganjiro Nakamura, Junko Kano, Ta- tsuya Nakadai, Tanie Kitabayashi. Producer: Ma- saichi Nagata. Director: Kon Ichikawa. Daiei Produc- tion. (Colorscope) RIFIFI FOR GIRLS (French)—see Continental Distributing ROSES FOR THE PROSECUTOR German (91 ) ... American Metropolitan Enterprises. . Oct. '61 Drama. A young man at the close of World War II is sentenced to be shot for stealing candy, but an Allied air attack upon Germany gives him an op- portunity to escape. Years later he comes upon the Nazi prosecutor, now a successful civilian prosecutor, and by breaking into a candy store has the trial reopened and the Nazi's identity revealed. Walter Giller, Ingrid van Bergen, Martin Held, Roland Kai- ser, Camilla Spira. Producer: Kurt Ulrich. Director: Wolfgang Staudte. SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER (French)—see Astor ©SOUND OF LIFE, THE. Russian. (78) Artkino Melodrama. Based on Vladimir Korolenko's novel, "The Blind Musician," and is the story of a wealthy, blind pianist's sudden encounter with the harsh real- ities of the workaday world. Covers his life from child- hood to manhood, and his eventual recognition via the concert stage. Vasili Livanov, Boris Livanov, L. Kur- dymova. Director: T. Lukashevich. Gorky Film Stu- dios Production. SUMMER TO REMEMBER, A. Russian 80) Kingsley Int'l. Dee. '61 Drama. (Released under the U.S.-U.S.S.R. Cultural Exchange Program.) Explores the heart and mind of a small boy in rural Russia, and his problems in adjusting to a new stepfather, who subsequently wins his affection. Borya Barkhatova, Sergei Bon- darchuk, Irana Skobtseva, Vasili Merkuryev. Directors: Georgy Danelia, Igor Talankin. Mosfilm Production, and a J. Jay Frankel Presentation. SUMMERSKIN. .Spanish. .(96) Angel Prods. .June Drama. Argentinian-made. Set at a Uruguayan sum- mer resort, where a young girl accepts a bribe from her wealthy grandmother to play up to a handsome young man who is not expected to live. The affair backfires when the man gets well. Alfredo Alcon, Graciela Borges, Franca Boni, Juan Jones, Luciana Possamay. Producer-Director: Leopoldo Torre-Nils- son. SWEET ECSTASY. French. (75) Audubon Films Melodrama. Story of a group of shiftless young peo- ple who spurn responsibility and conventional ways of life for dares and violent betting, until they finally realize that time has a habit of running out, even for them. Elke Sommer, Pierre Brice, Christian Pezy, Vittorio Prada, Claire Maurier. Producer: Joel Lif- schultz. Director: Max Pecas. (CinemaScope) TAKE ME AWAY, MY LOVE. Greek (90) Greek Motion Piets..Sept. Melodrama. A nightclub hostess, enslaved in prostitu- tion and smuggling, tries desperately to break away from her sordid life and surroundings. She finally finds happier moments with a determined journalist who rescues her. Christine Sylba, George Fountas, Andrew Barkoulis, Betty Sabba. Producers: K. Dritsa, G. Dambakare Director: E. Giannopoulou. Bezant Films Production. TESTAMENT OF ORPHEUS French (79) Films-Around-fhe-World Autobiographical Drama. Story of Jean Cocteau, French poet-philosopher, his career and the people he encountered in France. Cocteau plays himself, re- enacting various events of the past and present. Jean Cocteau, Yul Brynner, Charles Aznavour, Daniel Gelin, Pablo Picasso, Luis Dominguin. Producer: Jean Thuillier. Director: Jean Cocteau. Les Editiones Cine- graphiques Production. THRONE OF BLOOD Japanese (108). Brandon Films Drama. A Japanese version of Shakespeare's "Mac- beth," set in ancient Japan, in which an overly- ambitious captain and his scheming wife engage in a murderous campaign for power, but in the end are themselves destroyed. Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Ya- mada, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chaiki. Producer-Di- rector: Akira Kurosawa. THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY. Swedish (91) Janus Films.. Apr. Drama. Story of a young woman plagued by re- curring mental illness, who is on the verge of a lapse into complete insanity. The film covers 24 hours in the life of the woman, her husband, father and brother at their summer island home, and delves into the cause of her deterioration. Harriet Ander- sson, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Max von Sydow, Lars Passgard. Producer-Director: Ingmar Bergman. Svensk Filmindustri Production. (Also available in English- dubbed version.) TOMORROW IS MY TURN French and German (117) Showcorporation. . Mar. Drama. Released in France in 1960 as "Le Passage Du Rhin." Set in World War II, and is a study in con- trasts of two prisoners-of-war, interned on German farms, from different walks of life, one a timid pastry cook, the other a sophisticated journalist. Depicts their reactions and ability to find happiness. Charles Aznavour, Cordula Trantow, Georges Riviere, Nicole Courcel. Director: Andre Cayatte. (Also available in English-dubbed version.) ©UTAMARO (Painter of Women). Japanese (93) Edward Harrison Drama. Based on the life of the 18th century painter, Utamaro, the first Japanese artist to achieve inter- national fame during his lifetime, though it was an uneasy fame because the critics berated his natural- ism and misfortune beset his personal life. Kazuo Hasegawa, Chikage Awahima, Hitomi Nozoe, Fujiko Yamamoto. Director: Masaichi Nagata. Daiei Motion Picture Presentation. ©VIOLIN AND THE ROLLER. Russian (45) Artkino. Sept. Comedy Drama Featurette. The story of a withdrawn, overly-sensitive young lad, his encounters with aides and adversaries and his growing awareness of the adult world around him os he pursues his musical stu- dies. Igor Fomchenko, Vladimir Zamansky, Nina Arch- angeliskaya. Producers: Tartovsky, Konchalovsky, Ovchinikov. Director: Alexei Tartovsky. Moscow Film Studios Production. VIRIDIANA. Spanish. (90) Kingsley Int'l. .Apr. Drama. An innocent young religious novice leaves her holy calling to devote herself to charity to atone for a wrong she feels she has done. Shows the harm caused by false charity, when the ungrateful beg- gars she has helped repay her by staging an orgy in her home. Francisco Rabal, Silvia Pinal, Fernando Rey, Margarita Lozano. Producer: Gustavo Alatriste. Director: Luis Bunuel. YOUNG SINNERS. Scandinavian. .(86). . Manson Dist'b'g Romantic Drama. Norwegian-made. A young man is attracted to the promiscuous daughter of a widowed saleswoman, and they spend a weekend together on an abandoned farm, where their privacy is inter- rupted by an ex-convict who appears on the scene. Liv Ullman, Atle Merton, Rolf Soder. Producer: Otto Calmer. No director credit available. ©ZAZIE. French. .(86) Seneca Int'l Comedy Drama. Based on Raymond Queneau's novel, "Zazie Dans Le Metro." A view of Parisian life, as seen through the eyes of a straightforward child with an irreverent and most disconcerting approach to the ways of the adult world. The child's desire to ride the subways involves her in a series of zany ad- ventures. Catherine Demongeot, Philippe Noiret, Hu- bert Deschamps, Antoine Roblot. Producer-Director: Louis Malle. Nouvelles Editions de Films Production. (REISSUES) BACK STREETS OF PARIS. French (94) President Films Melodrama. Francoise Rosay, Paul Meurisse, Andree Clement, Simone Signoret. Producer: Eugene Tuscherer. Director: Jacques Feyder. (Originally released 1948- 49 season by Film Rights International.) MAMELE. .Yiddish. .(100) President Films Musical Comedy. (Originally a 1939 release.) Molly Picon. Director: Joseph Green. (Available in both English-titled and English-dubbed versions.) YIDDLE WITH HIS FIDDLE. Yiddish (90) President Films Musical Comedy. (Originally a 1937 release.) Molly Picon. Director: Joseph Green. (Available in both English-titled and English-dubbed versions.) ZERO FOR CONDUCT. French .(45). . Brandon Films Drama. A 1933 production, which had a U.S. re- lease about 1947. Jean Daste, Robert Le Flon, Du Veron, Madame Emile. Director: Jean Vigo. RKO I lieatres proudly present tlie New RKO 23 rd STREET at 8tli Ave. in New York City -**i^ > iiiii n < g>i i ’nv ff- — ^ Completely new in design and concept, the RKO 23rd Street, is a departure from the old - and a giant step into the future. From the shrubberied walks from which flood lights illuminate the walls — to the charming park areas - from its accoustical feats of engineering in optical, 4 and 6 channel stereo-sound speakers - to its projection of a perfect picture in either 35MM, 70MM, Cinemascope, and regular screen ratio - from its dazzling decor to its unique water-fall mural it is a design of beauty and imagination. 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