Weekend Events

Theatre

The Ponder Heart belongs to a village idiot who is milked for laughs. The laugh content is perhaps too high, for the sensitive viewer chokes with indignation at the ponderous, and heartless treatment of old Dan Ponder. At the Shubert.

Debut, a "comedy" by Mary Drayton, has not had a too successful coming-out. There are about four or five humorous parts, all at the expense of Southerners and conventional morals. Since neither morals nor white supremacy are matters for serious consideration to many Yankees, the play may be enjoyed by some. At the Wilbur.

Someone Waiting is the fittingly suspenseful title of a "thriller" by Emlyn Williams. A delight to all those who enjoy murders. At the Plymouth.

Cinema

Othello is Orson Welles, surrounded by a number of movie techniques taken from Murder at the Rue Morgue. Any resemblance to a Baroque (as opposed to Mannerist) play written by W. Shakespere, also known as William Shakespeare, is, however, coincidental. Some will feel that all's well that ends Welles, but most will enjoy him for his own sake at the Beacon Hill.

The Prisoner is psychological torture but well worth seeing; because Alec Guinness portrays this crucifixion of modern man. One of the outstanding films of the year, at the Exeter.

The Man With the Golden Arm is Frank Sinatra, but the swooning in the picture has nothing to do with singing. Happy dust fills the air as an absorbed audience watches the hero get his, but not in the end. Eleanor Parker and Kim Novak gradually displace the heroin; as a result, Robert Benchley finds himself unable to sleep in a short at Loew's State and Orpheum.

Helen of Troy turns out to be Rossana Podesta. It's quite a spectacle, but otherwise awful. At the Metropolitan.

The Sheep Has Five Legs and Guys and Dolls are both still in town, the former at the Mayflower, the latter at the Astor.

Miscellany

The Paganini Quartet appears in Sanders Theatre Sunday afternoon.

Ice Follies begin February 14th for those with a taste for extravaganza and nothing else to do.

There is roller-skating at Bal-a-Rue, with Benny Alcuin at the organ.

The Boston Public Library contains books and B. U. girls. Get there early, before the stacks close.