THE EVENING STARAmucpmpntc Washington, D. C.

jClllClllJ n Mftd ny t March 31, 1960

THE PASSING SHOW

Gay Camus 'Orpheus'Comes to Dupont

By JAY CARMODYDrama Critic of The Star

Cannes film festival juries whose tastes run to the freshlyimagined came up last spring with a typical prize winner

in "Black Orpheus,” which opened yesterday at the DupontTheater.

This is a picture off the top of France's “new wave” of

directors, in this case Marcel Camus who made it on the

proverbial shoestring but with

an inspired rejection of the con-

ventional method of telling a

screen story.M. Camus theme, as its title

suggests, is the classically pas-

sionate affair between Orpheusahd Eurydice. But this time,the lovers are contemporary,

Negroes who live in

Babalonia. the shantytown highin - the mountains that look

doim on Brazil's lovely Rio de

Janeiro..Its setting is Rio at carnival

time. its spirit „one of roman-

tic and intoxicating gaiety, and

the tempo of its revels per-

fectly attuned to the telling of

a story that hits the heights of

ecstacy and the depths of

tragedy. Its fascination—and

the reason for M. Camus’ Can-

nes award—is that it visualizes

the familiar in such unfamiliar

and contagiously vivacious

terms.

"Black Orpheus” may fall

short of being everybody's movie

yet for those weary of the cin-

ema's cliches, it will prove a

production of high and sus-

tained excitement.** • *

M. Camus’ picture finds its

most dazzling aspect in its di-

rector’s use of his camera. He

WHERE

AND WHENCurrent Theater Attractions

and Time of Showing

Stage

Arena Stage—" The Iceman

Cometh,” 8 p.m.

¦ National—"A View From the

Bridge," 8:30 p.m.

Screen

Ambassador “Guns of the

Timberland.” 1:15, 2:50, 4:30,6:10, 7:50 and 9:30 p.m.

Capitol “Heller in Pink

Tights," 11:50 a.m., 1:50, 3:50,5:50, 7:50 and 9:50 p.m.

Dupont "Black Orpheus.”

1:10, 3:10, 5:20, 7:30 and 9:40’

p.m.Keith’s "Who Was That

Lady?” 11:15 am., 1:20, 3:25,

5:30, 7:35 and 9:45 p.m.

MacArthur—“The Magician,” j6:05, 7:50 and 9:40 p.m.

Metropolitan—"Guns of the

Timberland.” 11:40 a.m., 1:20, 13:05, 4:45, 6:30, 8:15 and 9:50

p.m.Ontario—"Our Man in Ha-

vana,” 1, 3:05, 5:10, 7:25 and

9:40 p.m.

Palace "Home From the

Hill," 11 am., 1:35, 4:15, 6:50

and 9:25 p.m.

Playhouse "Chance Meet-’

ing.” 11:45 a m.. 1:15, 2:50,4:35. 6:15, 8:05 and 9:45 p.m. i

Plaza “Nude in a White

Car,” 11:45 am., 1:15, 2:50,4:30, 6:20, 8:05 and 9:50 pm.

Town "Cell 2455 Death

Row,” 5:20. 8. and 10:35 p.m.

Trans-Lux—"Suddenly Last ’Summer." 10:15 a.m„ 12:30,2:50, 5:10, 7:30 and 9:50 p.m.

Warner —"Ben-Hur," 8 p.m.

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11BLACK ORPHEUS.” a Lopert Film»

release of a Sacha Oordine production.1 directed by Marcel Caravß. screenplay

by Jacques Viot from the plav ‘ Orfeuda Conceicao.” by Vinitius de Moraes.

‘ At the Dupont Theater.

The CastI Orpheus Bruno Melo

: Eurydice Marpessa Dawn

Maria Lourdes de Olivet!*Serafin* Le» Oarci*Death Adhemar de Silv*

• Hermes Alexandro Costantinoi Chico Waldetarde de Souia

Benedito Jorire dos S*ntoa

l Zee* Aurino Cassanlo

J

, can make an idyllic vista of an

I empty sunlit, Rio plaza across

which walks an ant-size figure

[ Os the pretty Eurydice. And.

. equally captivating, of so

• sharply contrasting a one as

¦ a close-up of the dark, sweat-

• ing. entangled figures of dan-

[ cers shot against the blackness

' of a carnival midnight.

These are the compensationsfor other, painfully lesser mo-

; ments when M. Camus is over-

straining for effects that are

artificial in the essentially nat-

ural context of his "Black Or-

pheus" story.• see

For all the novelty of its

atmosphere, the picture at the

Dupont is faithful in outline

the Greek myth upon which it

is based. This is an idyll of ill-

fated love, its principals an at-

tractive. shy. country Eurydiceand a handsome city Orpheus

They meet in the turmoil ofcarnival Rio when the girl,fleeing a homicidal suitor, seeks

the protection of a worldlycousin's home in teemingBabalonia.

Their affair, so clearly madeto flower in solitude, is lived

to its fatal ending among the

Furies, benevolent and evil, of

Brazil’s fiesta time. It is the

great inspiration of "Black Or-

pheus" that M. Camus man-

aged to shoot the fim when the

actual carnival was in progress

and when Brazilians of all ages

are set for a spell of joyousrevelry.

As the lovers who make the

quick exalted journey between

life and death, and Heaven and

Hell, M. Camus is singularlyfortunate in finding an ideallyattractive Eurydice and Or-

pheus. The former is played byMarpessa Dawn, the only pro-

fessional in the cast and who

lived briefly in Washington as

a child. Miss Dawn is a vivid

performer who meets a worthymatch in Bruno Melo, a noted

athlete in Rio. whose amateur

standing as an actor is deftlyconcealed in his passionateOrpheus portrait.

Others who perform memo-

rably for M. Camus are Lourdes

de Oliveira. Eurydice's tem-

pestuous rival, and Lea Garcia,as the cousin who provides the

shy heroine with shelter. Both

are secretaries in Rio and with

Alevandro Costantino as the

wise and gentle Hermes testify

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rehearsal for a dance production number, the.

first time that's ever been done on a movie

location. Mr. Robbins is choreographer and

; codirector of the film version of the musical <hit.—Wide World Photo.

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son in the cast of “The Aspern 1Papers.”

. . . Each of the win- 1ners receives 50 pounds instead 'of the usual medallion or cer-

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Carl Schaeffer, 1New York attorney and executor 1of Mr. Derwent's estate, will ¦present the awards to Mr. Me- •Cowan and Miss Jameson on 1April 3 at the annual general 1meeting of British Actors

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Ann* Kuhfi Brando's brother

Bosco ha* been the intermediary

in Anna’s reconciliation with

her mother, Mrs. O'Callaghan

of Cardiff. They have been

communicating by telephone

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Christian on visiting days, “so

I never see Mr. Brando," says

Anna, adding, “It's better this

way.”British actor Frankie Vaug-

han’s dilemma: “I promised my

sister Carol I’d be at her

wedding in England April 3

But I’ve got an important show

in Miami that day and the

Academy Awards on Mondaythe 4th.” Vaughan is waiting to

resume his role with Marilyn

Monroe in "Let’s Make Love”

. . .Strike-bound from the

same picture, Wilfrid Hyde-White, in London, telephonedhis young wife in Hollywood to

report: "Marvelous here. My

spirits soar. I’ve been offered

five plays and two films. How

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year-old son, his other son is

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night" show. 'Yvonne De Carlo, with stunt-

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