| Show Actress Jane Powell adds to celebrities' signa- tures on Turnabout walls Harry Burnett watches At in plays "Tom and Jerry" are two given by the internationally famous Yale Puppeteers the Turnabout you get two shows for the of one: a puppet act and a live revue stars-with-strin- price gs me vsMF-rL- - — f f t Tf v I : 0 da&te by ollywood's Peer J Oppenlivimer longest-ru- n ning hit is a show that's never been filmed yet every night for 16 years it's been Standing Room Only at the Turnabout Theater The theater contains two stages one for a puppet show during the first half of the performance the other for a live revue During intermission the audience has refreshments in the patio while the seats are turned about trolley-ca- r to face the second stage The Turnabout Theater was conceived by the puppeteers Forma n Brown- Harry Burnett 3 if 0 — - and Richard Brandon They wanted to combine a marionette show with a live revue but without the elaborate changeover required when both shows are presented on the same stage In 1929 they opened their unique theater in the basement of a Hollywood home but their present quarters seat 250 persons The cast of the revue is supplemented by the puppeteers who turn actors for the second half of the performance And renowned guest stars appear regularly in this truly unique playhouse n r No customers complain because the actors have "wooden" expressions! Harry Burnett works on a puppet's head in the shop behind the Turnabout 0 J A unique show that's been running for 27 years is XJI one of Hollywood's most -- 3 popular tourist attractions '"4 f f r li BlMrwiriniiMi-rtDaii- ' 1:' : iriri M 4 fn j i 1 ! Hi t r": in—— Ffimily Weekly Magadn June 17 I3Mi 1 |
