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Show 6 A CASE IN POINT SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24 1961 Utah County, Utah DAI' Y UFPALD "Men Leod ing Boy 'Pretty No L anger In Big Demand -- SCOTT By VERNON ' UPI Hollywood Correspondent The era HOLLYWOOD (UPI) pretty boy .leading men has been long dead, but the pendulum has swung so far in the opposite direction as to Jbecome ridiculous Take the case of Dam Blocker, If you dare. As "Hoss," the outsized mem-ke- r' of the Cartwright family on the "Bonanza" series. Blocker is ne of the most popular leading men in television. Not the Handsomest -- . Easf-VVo- st Next to him Boris Karloff is an Adonis, Peter Lorre a Greek god. Dan weighs 300 pounds and stands 6 foot 4; dimensions which discourage people from commenting on his facial beauty Rarely does such'' a huge' man catch the fancy of the public. He costars with Lome Greene, Fer-ne-ll Roberts and Mike Landon, all of whom are more handsome but somehow less appealing. Blocker is a .standout in their company. He also would be ; singled out in a rogues gallery. "Hell, I know I ain't physically attractive," Dan said. "But there have always been guys around who weren't real handsome to look at. I have no illusions about myself and I'm better off for knowing my limitations. "More good character actors have ruined themselves by trying to play romantic leads. The first thing any performer should do is stake out his limitationsthen fill every space in his little sphere." Blocker, fills' so much space he worries about the horses he rides in the Western series. Big Man; Big norse ? "Everybody else in .the show rides quarter horses,"" he grinned. -- - , Football football .The Shrine East-Wegame will again be brought to the nation's sports fans on tele- st The 37th annual game, featuring outstanding college All Americans and stars, will be played Saturday, December 391961, at Ran TPrjmrism's K7ar Stadium for the benefit of the Shriner hospitals for crippled children. Chan nel. 2 will televise the game at 2:45 p.m. , wouldn't dare. A small horse like that would break down in no lime at all if he had to carry me around. So I ride a Morgan horse. He's no better off than. I am. His name is .'Chubby.'" Dan believes that if men- like Wallace Berry, Humphrey Bogart and Spencer Tracy were able to buud long and successful careers he stands a good chance, too. "If I got it I'rnViucky," he said. 'If not I can &ways end' up coaching football down in Texas somewheres. "Be honest with you, I'm right glad I ain't handsome. If I was wouldn't be playing Hoss right now. The worst roles ever written are for handsome leading . men. "But? writers can really throw themselves . into good character parts. They have a ball with them. And guys like me can jump right in there and actup a big old storm." "I - , King -- . REDUCED . A BIG MERRY CHRISTMAS Theme floats ; will stress' such colorful eras as the Colonial Age, Gold Rush, Gay Nineties, Roaring Twenties, Jazz Age, Golden "Age of Sports, and other periods of - OFFICE EQUIPfAEUT '265 W. CZmtk 20 American history. A total of some 70 floats, more than double the amount that roll ed through Miami ia the 'inaugural year, will be musically embellished by 40 bands and over 5:00 2-- Dick 4 5 T Tracy Captain K. Superman C. 4The i.ie 5:30 Three stooges and Our Gang 4 Man From Cochise'. 5 News ; Weather ., ? Search for America 2 Neighborhood Theater 4 77 Sunset Strip 5 Twilight Zone 7 Four Score 7 - 5 Douglas Edward ' 6:00- , Newreel Mirror of Man r 4 - - News, Weather 5 Jim Baccuv 7 French One -- - - -- 4 7 4 2 Here and Now International Showtime Straightaway 7.00 Hathaways S Route - ..:.,.. ; -By ERSKINE JOIINSOV Iloilywood Correspondent , Newspaper Enterprise Assn One HOLLYWOOD (NEA) who Zsa Zsa is enough. Besides, would believe another Hungarian with a name like "Zsa Zsa Eva?" It's enough to make the Gabor tribe scream for an analyst, but - they can relax. analyst. (Zsa Zsa) Eva Zsuzsanna A New Film Comedy titled "Mr. Vajda, 20 born in Buidapest, will Hobbs,, Takes a Vacation" intro be billed on the screen as Valerie duces Valerie Varda to the screen. The script identifies her The English translation of Zsu as "the girl in the bikini" whe zsanna is "Zsa Zsa," explains spins Jimmy Stewart's eyeballs miss the - every time he tries to relax on the natu"But with a Gabor accent which Is often. farhr" sh savs "if I am to ne beach, A week after wiggling into a bikini for a screen test the Hungarian miss had the. role and a new name. Why" the delay we C IS I don't know. Maybe it took producer Jerry Wald a week to readjust bis eyes. . five-foot-thr- 33-19-- 37 ee, A S? end U5ED NEW VIOLINIST v Marti HOLLYWOOD (UPI) Josee Nat, who portrays Brigittt Bardot's sister in Columbia's 'La Verite" (The Truth), liked play-in-g the violin so well in her role that she has taken up the instn ment seriously. . whi's ywj wct . . HOLLOW GOUK Sparta on new. lateral wheel machine. 59c pair. ' Mahi Event 5 Million Dollar Maria 2 Jack, 11:00 ' Paar (C) Final Report 11:15 4 in the movies I cannot be , Zsa . Zsa Eva." With the flipness of the Zsa Zsa named Gabor, she also adds:.. "Besides, 1 don't want to be confused with Zsa Zsa because I'm not THAT old." And that crack, you know, could ' start , another Hungarian uprising without the help of any SHARPENED 4 4 i .' -- 10:30 66 7 Yesterday's Worlds About Age Could Cause Another Hungarian Uprising Bit ICE SKATES 10:00 2 4 ed 6-- 4. Trada m .yourpld skates for a nw pair that fits. Highest trade-i- n allowance now while skates are in demand. Eyewitness 6:30 5 Mrs. G Goes to College 7 Masterpieces In Am. Lit. ' 4 5 5 Frenc- - Three ouf-siz- : Target: The Corrupters Eyening Report y PRETTY BOY ERA DEAD -- 1 The era of pretty boy leading men has long been dead. Proof of this is Dan member of the Blocker, who as "Hoss", the Cartwright family oh the Bonanza series, is one of the; most popular leading men "in television. - Blocker weighs (Herald-UP- I 300 xwunds and stands Telephoto). it v ". Newsreel News, Werther, Dimension Huntley-Brinkle- NEWcnd 9:30 .. 6:15 2 9:00 1 5 Father ot the Eride' 4- . Vi ; 5 One Step Beyand ' 5:45" 2 Era 8:00 8:20 . - Flintstones V 2 Bozo thr Clown Z shading will be used, --Ragtime Whaf'o Kaxr a 5,000 musicians. And for the first time in parade history, a duotone color system of lighting and rrDAY, DICIMBER 29, 1961 7:30 2 Wyatt Earp J Orange Jamboree travaganza :.that Snakes every thing else in show business seem small time' will be vividly de scribed by commentators Jmi Mc Kay and George Fennenttan. Created in 1336, the King Orange Jamboree Parade has grown into the world's largest and most colorful night-tim- e par ade. .This year's theme, "Fabu lous ' America," promises to ex ceed even the most successful past performances. Underwood Ollivetti 'J For Saturday the Orange Bowl football classic on New Year's Day, will be tele cast over channel 4' Saturday, Dec. 30 at 5:30 p.m. All of the color, bounce and ballyhoo that columinst Walter Winchell has heralded as an ex ; r - V Telecast Set Parade, a spectacular prelude to AND V. OrangeParade The ' J Big Movie Carpenter. Seed Co, . 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