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Show "Viva Zapata" Coming to the Grove Theatre April 22, 23, 24 On the list of supremely powerful power-ful American motion pictures make room for "Viva Zapata!" The cheering is not confined to the title of this latest film wonderwork wonder-work of Producer Darryl F. Zan-uck, Zan-uck, Director Elia Kazan and Author John Steinbeck. "Viva Zapata" comes to the Grove on April 22, 23, 21. To their behind scenes ability add the front-of camera talent of Marlon Brando in the title role and the natural beauty of Jean Peters in the top feminine part and you have an auspicious, gilt-edged line-up which delivers everything it promises pro-mises and pays the richest entertainment en-tertainment dividend of a banner movie season. Twentieth Century-Fox Century-Fox can be duty proud of "Viva Zapata!" and the same holds true for the Grove Theatre, which is housing its first local presentation. presentat-ion. Mario Brando, already enjoying the peak of popularity as a result of his recent screen repeat in "A Streetcar Named Desire," reinforces reinfor-ces with telling authority his standing as the screen's most new star personality. He shows towering tower-ing dramatic form as Zapata, the Mexican revoluntary who wrested wrest-ed his homeland from tyranny ignorance and instilled in the hearts of his people the love and respect for freedom and education which can be bred only by democracy. democ-racy. Under the careful guidance of Kazan once again, Brando achieves ac-hieves a remarkable interpretation interpretat-ion of a man whose rule by violence viol-ence is in the cause of justice. There is alternate fire and shading shad-ing in Brando's characterization, one that is certain to rank as un-forgetable un-forgetable in screen annals. The acting elicited by Kazan from the supporting players is of the kind won from Bandro and the lovely Miss Peters, who is cast as the fighter-general's loyal wife. There is brute force in Anthony Quinn's fascinating guerilla; frightening contrast in Joseph Wiseman's intelligent playing play-ing of a Zapata zealot who turns traitor; gets sympathy in Lou Gilbert's enactment of a Zapata victim; and quiet beauty in Mar-go's Mar-go's peasant girl follower. Add the . striking work of Arnold Moss as a patron; Alan Reed as Pancho Villa; Harold Gordon as a mediator; mediat-or; Mildred Dunnock as Miss Peters Pet-ers mother; and Frank Silvera as i an old-order militarist, and you have ah acting display of astonishing aston-ishing viruosity. |