‘opens secon

The Soviet movie Don

.

* Quixote opens its second local

engagement November 24 at
the Varsity Theatre.

Don Quixote is a distinguish-
ed masterpiece of screen art,

yet it is a film that remains

“faithful to the original story.
Moreover, it is a worthy match
for Cervantes’ novel; no smaH
~ achievement when we realize
*that the book is one of the

~ most famous in world fiction

and that it has maintained its
fresh vitality and appeal for
more than three _ centuries.

_ Who is there who does not

know and love its tragi-comic
knight, Alonzo Quixano, and
his earthly squire, Sancho
Panzo:

Runner-up for Grand Prize

£4 at the 1958 Vancouver Film

_ Festival Don Quixote,
_ widescreen, Sovcolor presenta-

| Sunday, Nov. 29

; 689 Commercial Drive

is a

tion. It has Russian dialogue
with English sub-titles but the
visuals are so vivid that verbal

explanation is often superflu-

ous. The first major Soviet
production in Cinemascope,
photographers Moskvin and

Dudko handle the anamorphic
lens with real taste and under-
standing — not as a technical
gimmick but as a_ vital part
of the total conception.

Don Quixote makes a filmic
unity of Cervantes’ sprawling
novel with its thousand pages
of episodes, characterization,
humor, social satire and phil-
osophical breadth. It succeeds
because Schwarz’ delightful
play does not attempt to out-
line the entire action but turns
rather to the substance of the
book with representative in-
cidents and personalities.

Sancho’s hearty vigor and
the scenes of town and coun-
try life are beautifully real-
ized; contrasting emphatically
with the chill bleakness of the
Duke’s heart, As in the book,

Soviet film masterpiece —
d showing here

ing personality; but | all is
tempered by the ludicrous-
tragic figure of the Don, who
is demented only on his chiv-
alric side. He makes signifi-
cant comments on society both
in word and deed; in his total
development expressing a pro-
found philosophy of life. San-
cho’s shrewd peasant logic and
ineffable charm leave us want-
ing much more of them.

With superb visual and dra-
matic perception, the film’s
creators constantly bring to
life Cervantes’ , imaginative
genius. The contrast of fat
little Sancho concealing the
tiny burro under his bulk,
with the lanky knight on bony
old Rosinante, his long legs
nearly trailing on the ground
is a never-ending delight.

Don Quixote is a_ brilliant
evocation of a great literary
work that is richly satisfying
for. every member of the fam-

Sancho is the most ingratiat-

ily.

UJPO group
-Sholem Aleichem play

_ Sholem Aleichem, the Jew-
ish Mark Twain or Balzac, de-
pending where you live, is

- being honored this year. It is

the 100th anniversary of his

_ birth.

His literary masterpiece
Tevya and His Daughters has
been adapted to the stage by
Arnold Perl who scored so suc-
cessfully in New York several

100th

_ Anniversary

of the birth of

Sholem Aleichem

UJPO Drama Workshop

presents
SHOLEM ALEICHEM’S

“TEVYA AND HIS
DAUGHTERS”

By Arnold Perl

Saturday, Noy. 28

at the

| YORK THEATRE

Curtain Time 8:30 p.m.
‘Tickets Available At
PEOPLE'S CO.OP
BOOKSTORE
307 West Pender Si.
MU 5-5836 _-
Admission $1.25

presents

seasons ago with his ‘The
World of Sholem Aleichem.
Following their Vancouver
success of a few years ago
when they presented The
World of Sholem Aleichem,
the United Jewish Peoples
Order Drama Workshop is pre-
senting Tevya and His Daugh-
ters on November 28 and 29,
8:30 p.m. at the York Theatre,

-|639 Commercial Drive.

This warm story reflects the
lives of the Jewish people liv-
ing in Czarist Russia at the
turn of the century. Like —all
great works of fiction, Sholem
Aleichem took his story from
the, people. He wove @ ‘wonder-
‘ful mosaic of how people lived,
the problems that they were
confronted with and how they
coped with them and in this
he truly mirrors the time and
events of that epoch.

Tevya and His Daughters
will be directed by Hans Har-
tog who also directed last
year’s UJPO Drama Work-
shop production of The Silent
Partner. .

Appearing in the cast as
Tevya and his wife Golde, are
Searle and Sylvia Friedman.
Other members of the cast are
Arlene Jackson, Rickie Zuker,
Selma Stein, Ruth Kaplan, Do-
reen Thomas, Al Smith, Stu
Kennedy, Bernie Zuker, Har-
old Berson and. Soli Jackson.

Tevya and His Daughters
will be performed for two eve-

ickets ave -avail-

nings~ only. -T .
able at the ‘People’s Co-op

7. Wi Pender,
or at the box office. the night;
of the performance.

Ottawa bans
Kiev artists

The federal government has
refused to allow the popular
girls’ Bandurist Trio from
Kiev, Ukraine, to come to
Canada for a national concert
tour under the auspices of the
newspaper Ukrainian Cana-
dian.

The three artists have made
concert tour in Scotland, Eng-
land, France, Italy and many
other European countries and
are known to many Ukrainians
in Canada through their rec-

ordings.

Informed of the trio’s will-
jngness to come to Canada for
a concert tour, the editors of
the Ukrainian Canadian asked
the external affairs depart-
ment whether the group would
be admitted. The department’s

them “no encouragement” and
that such a request “must be
normally dealt with through
an established empressario.”

“The department’s reply “sim-
ply begs” the question,” said
M. J. Sago, editor of the
Ukrainian Canadian, in a press
statement, because no national
‘pooking agency exists in Can-
‘ada. and “local impressarios
are generally unprepared to

takings.”

The editors have challenged
the. -department’s ruling as
“harm: and discriminatory
+o the cultural aspiration of an
important national grouping in
| Canada.”

reply was that it could give}.

underwrite such ‘costly under-

Se i PHIGIPOVICH SS”.

(Guest Column)
“Young Canada Book Week.”

What does it mean to the
average family and what
should it mean?

In a large percentage of
homes the week comes - and
goes with no recognition at all.

Yet it is qgne of the most
important weeks in the year
to both parents and children.
It is a week when parents
should sit down and assess just
how much reading is being
done in their homes by their
youngsters.

Time should be taken to
browse in children’s depart-
ments of bookstores and libr-
aries to find out what is avail-
able. From this assessment
should come a well worked
out program of future read-
ing.

For the pre-school children
time each day should be set
aside for a story reading. In-
terest and enthusiasm in books
and. stories should be fostered
from the age of approximate-
ly three upward, not left until
school years. This early inter-
est will carry the child into
the. second stage of -develop-
ment of reading to himself
when the skills are acquired.

It is a well known fact in
educational. circles that the
good student is almost always
an ardent reader. His learning
continues whether in school or
after school hours. This, of
course, develops more intelli-
gent young citizens.

In this day and age when
comics, movies and television
are setting up such strong com-
petition, reading should not be
left to develop in the family
in any haphazard way.

There are two main sources
of material, the library and the
bookstore.

Every child should become
a member of his local library.
This gives him a constant and
varied supply of reading ma-
terial.

Whenever possible, favorite
and outstanding books should
be purchased to form a small
library in the home. Buying
books presents a problem in
most homes because children’s
books are becoming increas-
ingly more expensive. With
the publishing of better-quality

books on fine paper and with
artistic illustrations prices
have been soaring out of reach
for the average family.

A notable exception to this
trend is being found in the
new books from the Soviet
Union, Czechoslovakia, Ger-
many and Great Britain. These
books range in quality from
the solft-backed to the well
bound, hard covered variety;

‘and range in price from 25

cents to $1.50.

Common to all of these
books are the beautiful illus-
trations done by talented and
imaginative artists.

Among many 25-cent books
are The Three Bears, The
Whiskered Little Frisker, Pat-
chie the Spaniel and many
more for all age levels.

From Czechoslovakia come
the delightful three-dimension-
al pop-up books with moveable
parts which are a thrill to any
youngster. They tell the fam-
jliar stories of Red Riding
Hood, Cinderella, Snow White,
Sleeping Beauty, Gulliver and
so on, and sell for approxi-
mately $1. é

From the Soviet Union, for
the older children, there is an
exciting science-fiction collec-
tion of stories; also tales from

the Urals; and in poetry, The

Little Humpbacked Horse; and
for the potential artists.a most .
colorful and interesting collec-
tion of paintings by Soviet
children. ;

The People’s Co-operative
Bookstore, 307 West Pender,
is the only bookstore carrying ©
these outstanding buys. With —
the availability of these books
it becomes possible for every
family to start an interesting
children’s collection.

Also carried in stock at the
People’s Co-op Bookstore are
the popular current editions of
many of the attractive new
North American publications,
including the outstanding Won-
derful World series.

For those interested in our
Canadian native peoples Little —
Eskimo Hunter and At the
Dark of the Moon (B.C. In-
dians) are suitable for younger
readers, while Nkwala is a

gripping story of a Salish In-
dian boy for somewhat older
ehildren.

November 20, 1959—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 5