mtertainment
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
      OVIE
      REVIEW:
      FRANKIE
      AND
      JOHNNY
     
    
   
   
    
     
      "rankie
      and
      Johnny’’
      was
      originally
      a
      famous
      lov-
     
     
      s
      saga
      which
      dates
      back
      to
      1850.
      It
      has
      been
      sung
     
     
      blues,
      ballroom
      ballad,
      rock
      and
      roll,
      and
      other
     
    

    
     
      msic
      traditions.
      The
      song
      was
      fully
      published
      in
     
    

    
     
      2,
      and
      popularly
      revived
      in
      1922
      and
      1927.
      In
     
     
      34
      the
      first
      “‘
      Frankie
      and
      Johnny’’
      movie
      was
     
     
      med
      in
      the
      Bronx.
      Guy
      Lombardo
      and
      the
      Royal
     
     
      snadians
      sang
      a
      version
      of
      the
      song
      in
      1942...
      and
     
     
      vis
      got
      in
      the
      second
      movie
      picture
      as
      Johnny
      in
     
    
   
   
    
     
      30.
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
          
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
      gng
      this
      classic
      story
      and
      tune
      Garry
      Marshall
      does
     
     
      29
      million
      Paramount
      Picture
      version
      which
      stars
     
     
      ichelle
      Pfeiffer
      (Frankie)
      and
      Al
      Pacino
      (Johnny).
     
     
      rshalls
      underlying
      social
      commentary
      is
      absolutely
     
     
      arth
      bringing
      to
      the
      big
      screen:
      -being
      weird
      is
      not
     
    

    
     
      y
      positive,
      but
      attractive
      -condoms
      area
      good
     
    

    
     
      ig
      -beating
      women
      is
      decidedly
      Wrong
      -being
      gay
     
     
      akay
      (Homosexuality
      is
      treated
      ina
      humorous
      and
     
     
      de
      tally
      endearing
      way).
     
    

    
     
      P
      above
      are
      included
      in
      the
      positive
      aspects
      of
      the
     
     
      Wie.
      But
      the
      movie
      is
      not
      flawless.
      Frankie
      has
     
    

    
     
      ¢n
      badly
      hurt
      and
      remains
      thick-skinned
      for
      self
     
     
      ervation.
      The
      lament
      goes
      on
      fora
      bit
      too
      long
     
    

    
     
      :
      ore
      we
      find
      out
      her
      story.
      Johnny
      is
      almost
      unbe-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      fable
      in
      his
      endless
      pursuit
      of
      Frankie.
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      hike
      the
      original
      saga
      this
      movie
      has
      a
      happy
      end-
     
    

    
     
      :
      It’s
      a
      fun
      movie
      and
      recommended
      for
      the
      week-
     
     
      price
      of
      $4.99.
      However
      for
      weekend
      value
     
    

    
     
      i
      ps
      consider
      the
      Sunday
      Cinema,
      which
      this
      week
     
     
      Wyrano
      de
      Bergerac
      (2:00pm).
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ir:
      Lee
      Howard
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ag
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      if
     
    
   
   
    
     
      White
      Liars
      written
      by
      Peter
      Shaffer,
      White
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Liars
      is
      a
      one
      act
      play
      which
      deals
      with
      the
      subject
      of
     
     
      lying
      -
      why
      people
      tell
      white
      lies
      and
      who
      can
      get
     
     
      away
      with
      it.
      The
      story
      centres
      around
      Sophie
      (played
     
     
      by
      Jenniffer
      Godfrey),
      a
      woman
      who
      is
      posing
      as
      a
     
     
      noble
      woman
      and
      a
      fortune
      teller
      extraordinary
      visited
     
     
      by
      two
      young
      men,
      Frank
      (Rodney
      St.Pierre)
      and
      Tom
     
     
      (Gragson
      Mannielly).
      Frank
      tries
      to
      get
      Sophie
      to
      tell
     
     
      a
      white
      lie
      to
      his
      “‘friend’’
      Tom
      by
      lying
      about
      his
     
     
      future.
      We
      soon
      find
      ut
      Frank
      is
      not
      the
      only
      one
     
     
      lying.Play
      directed
      by
      Mary-anne
      Fitzpatrick
      and
     
     
      stage
      managed
      by
      Jenniffer
      Baldwin
      and
      Tara
     
     
      Barnable
      and
      will
      be
      shown
      at
      the
      Duffy
      amphitheatre
     
     
      November
      14,
      15,
      and
      16.
      Sponsored
      by
      the
      UPEI
     
     
      Theatre
      Society.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Tue
      U.P
      EI
      Theatre
      Society
     
    
   
   
    
     
      On
      November
      14,
      a
      new
      era
      in
      Prince
      Edward
      Island
     
     
      theatre
      will
      begin
      with
      the
      U.P.E.I.
      Theatre
      Society
     
     
      production
      of
      ‘‘The
      Valiant’’
      by
      Halland
     
     
      Middlemass.
      Directed
      by
      stephen
      Heckbert,
      this
      one
     
     
      act
      play
      will
      examine
      the
      criminal
      mind
      of
      society,
     
     
      and
      the
      pressures
      faced
      by
      those
      who
      are
      forced
      to
     
     
      help
      them.
      Or
      not.
      [tis
      very
      hard
      to
      explain
      the
     
     
      power
      of
      this
      play,
      and
      no
      details
      can
      be
      given
      with-
     
     
      out
      giving
      itaway
      completely.
      Instead,
      please
      come
     
     
      out
      and
      see
      the
      play
      on
      either
      the
      fourteenth,
      fif-
     
     
      teenth,
      or
      sixteenth
      of
      November.
      Mike
      Caissie
      plays
     
     
      the
      Warden,
      Darren
      McCloskey
      shines
      as
      Father
     
     
      Daly,
      Chanel
      Gallant
      is
      charming
      as
      Josephine
      Paris,
     
     
      and
      both
      Heidi
      Lipton
      and
      Cherie
      Trask
      perform
      well
     
     
      as
      Prison
      Guards,
      Please
      come
      support
      the
      theatre
     
     
      society,
      |
      guarantee
      you
      will
      not
      be
      disappointed.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      EL
      X-P
      RESS
     
    
   
   
    
     
      November
      7,
      199]
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Page
      25