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Show N , U - ' 1 NOW PLA1ING Glenn Ford concludes that his heart-to-neart talk with young son Ronny Howard has fallen on deaf ears m this scene from 'The Courtship of Eddie's Father," which opened a four-night run at the Rivoli Theatre here. G'enn Ford, Shirley Jones head fine cast at Rivoli this weekend Glenn Ford and Shirley Jones head a sparkling cast of performers, co-starring Stella Stevens, Dina Merrill, Roberta Sherwood, young Ronny Howard How-ard and Jerry Van Dyke, in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's heartwarming heart-warming comedy-drama, "The Courtship of Eddie's Father," at the Rivoli, June 26, 27, 28, and 29. Replete with hilarious dialogue dia-logue and action and with some of the most colorful and endearing characters ever brough to tht screen, the new picture is based on Mark Toby's To-by's best-selling novel, telling of the efforts of a sensitive six-and-a-half year old boy to find a new wife for his widowed wid-owed father, one who will come up to the exacting specifications spec-ifications of both father and son. ' As the story unfolds, three candidates appear to be in the running for the role of a new mate for Tom Corbett (Glenn Ford), program manager for a New York radio station. Right across the hall from the apartment occupied by Tom and his precocious , son, Eddie, (Ronny Howard), lives the blonde, attractive and sympathetic young divorcee Elizabeth Martin (Shirley Jones) who boasts a number of virtues. As a volunteer nurse, she proves of great value val-ue when Eddie comes down with the flu. Moreover, she is able to whip up a marvelous pan of fudge. Then there is Dollye Daly (Stella Stevens), whom Eddie has "picked up" in a Times Square penny-arcade. Dollye has come to New York all the way from Montana in order to acquire poise and self-confidence. With her flaming-red hair and 38-24 36 measurements, measure-ments, she hardly needs it. A third contender in the "Courtship" sweepstakes is Ri-' Ri-' ta Behrens (Dina Merrill), so- phisticated and beautiful career ca-reer woman with her eye on a new career marriage. Dollye eventually drops out of the race when Tom introduces intro-duces her to Norman Jones a lothario of the air waves, who gives Dollye all the confidence she longs for by finding a spot for her on his show as well as in his heart. Remember the ' time when everybody rushed out of doors to see a lone airplane flying overhead ? |