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Show : WEEKLY FEATURE OF THE SOUTHEAST THEATRE IN SUGARHOUSE (tht recctcsr spot m townj J I Two Grade A Attractions On ONE i Giant Program ! ! 1 A ' " v ' " -? "V'V ::::: :: t-S: ::':((;; ::::;;::: ; 4 lit' Hu $3 ' 4 1 l I s s j, vVv -4 hi r .A kA.wj-iA.viot Suspicion, intrigue and jealousy run high between Dorothy Dand-ridg Dand-ridg and Harry Belfonte in this dramatic moment from "Island the Sun," Sunday at So. East Theatre. The first Darryl F. Zanuck independent production, for .Twentieth Century-Fox release also stars James Mason, Joan Fontaine, Joan Collins and MCichael Rennie. It was directed by Robert Rossen. 'J$C 4 if vbi fiTV Debra Paget is torn between two men, Ray Milland, with whom she is shown here, and Anthony Quinn in Twentieth Century-Fox's exciting ex-citing Cinemascope drama, "The River's Edge," opening Sun. at the So. East Theatre. The suspense drama, in DeLuxe color, was produced by Benedict Bogeaus and directed by Allen Dwan. keeping with Mr. Zanuck's personal per-sonal desire to tell a multiple story -one in which a number of people are dramatically integrated. inte-grated. Alfred Hayes has taken "Island in the Sun," a story which deals with the gradual crumbling of social and economic barriers between Negroes and whites in a British colony in the West Indies, and has adopted the popular story of the screen. In the scenario the rigid caste system of the outnumbered Caucasians Cau-casians wavers under the pressure pres-sure of the rising political force of the Negroes and is eroded by social communication as some of the Negroes achieve European standards of education and manner. man-ner. Mr. Hayes also is associated with another controversial motion mo-tion picture of the summer season, sea-son, having adopted the screen play from the Broadway stage success, "A Hatful of Rain," for Twentieth Century Fox. The story of "Island in the Sun" is one of jealousy, suspicion, suspi-cion, hatred, fear and love. There is "Maxwell Fluery," played by James Mason, suffering suffer-ing from extreme feelings of inferiority, in-feriority, who accuses Michael Rennie of secretly making love to his wife, Patricia Owens. There is the aide de camp to the Governor, played by John Justin, whose creative talents are tn-couraged tn-couraged by the beautiful Dorothy Dor-othy Dandridge much to the scorn of many islanders. There is the lady who loves and gets left behind, played by Joan Fontaine. Fon-taine. And there is Harry Belafonte Bela-fonte as "David Boyeur," the fiery, dedicated labor leader whose high position on the island is challenged by the revengeful James Mason. And there are Joan Collins and Stephen Boyd whose love for each other is threatened by the whispers of an ugly rumor. Two British West Indies loca- j tions were selected on which to film this exceptional novel since j a setting was required which had j beauty and dramatic quality in I itself Thus, the drama, in Cine- mascope and Deluxe color, is f backgrounded in the Caribbean islands of Barbados and Grenada, with a populace abundant in colorful native customs. i |