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Show triTfrrryiry iar a Saturday, October DESERET NEWS, Underplays Cosnedyl By THE MOVIEGOER the hurmnous situations sold, but another funny thing haptheir business acupened men was such tlat, alter careful calculation, they managed to lose $10U on the tians-actio- Bob New hart looked ary moie aveiage, he'd probably ,ae to .show identification to yet in his. own fiont door. He looks the typical junior executive, which lie once was, and plays that "Hot Millions, now i ole in snowing at the Utah rent- hoii'e. If ho. appearance dev latex at all trom the noimal, it nught fc? that his eyes are slightly more deep set than most, and aie found under an almost perpetually furrowed brow. 1! The inadvertent $200 loss was a good investment, though. As a result of the taped New halt, the real Newhart got a job on a Chicago television station. In "lhe punctuated year sold and was New Bob Newhart . . . dry humorist style is almost too. Certainly it enigmatic, undertakes a very comic to apgenius playing pear in the most ordinary of situations, dressed in the most ordinary way, mutter a veiy low-ke- fJ in ordinary-seemin- voids and send a g low' voice souhisticated audience into convulsions of laughter! No funny hats, no mother-in-lajokes, no ebullient "a - Bar-bi(AP) Sueisand will receive the Israel Freedom Medal in a special ceremony next Thurs- day m the Hollywood Palladium. was The aimuu..v.utnt made bv Mrs. Max Nusx-bauof the chairman womens division of the Los Angeles IsiacI Bond Rough Making Sports Movies: - a J Dn color HOLLYWOOD Alex March received two broken ubs while winking on Ins most recent assignment and con.sideis himself hkkv to have gotten tluough it without moi e tnjuncs "PaH-duelled Mai c li Lion," the tilm vcimoii of George Plimpton's veiy funny book about a vuiter who secs hat professional foot! all is like from the inside "1 wouldn't sav I was in checked caietullj bcfoic he xat down to make suie that the chan was still theie and w constant danger," said tow aid the end of t.ie shoot inp, sihedule 1 began to wear padding " Piotessienal football plaveis aie iiklmed to he pi actual jekets, ax a gencial lule, He gicw Maicli i ing the v oi king clay Ihx . durbio-ko- n ubs, howevet, came fiom a V stunt he himself had de- - ispll. e For a seiuenie in the of a giutip tootball plaveis toss actor Alan Alda, pie-tm- hands baking siin.lar pieiautionx took Mauh, "hut poitiaymg Plimpton, a ji.utrj swimming pool. The athletes thought that wax such tdn jhat alter March had signified that the day's shooting was over, they tluew him in. It was during the xtiuggle that he was lnjuiod. , 'it wasn't seuoux," Match said "I was back Kidding atouml with them the veiy next duv. first record, Mind n of was issued. A after its release, it had nearly a million copies, Newhart as a comedian a hit. n of the Mona Lisa. hart's HOLLYWOOD 1968 Other hit recoids followed, and in 19G2 the Chicago-borcomedian played Ins first featured tole in a film, with Hell Is for Heroes, Steve McQueen. by tlc most tentative of smiles, like the Madison Acmie equivalent his Button-Dow- !ts Israel Medal 12, Bob Newhart, His mouth nmy lie a little smaller than main, and on it frown, p!,j x a nervous occasionally !(), Barbra to Get "irr-- jn"-"- funny tiling happened on the way to the studio . . u Actually, a funny thing on New hart's way to tnc lop in an advertising agency: he got bored, and with a started doing comic monologues as radio spots. The budding admen weie right: hap-pene- e But while theie was no shortage of cimedy recording material because Newhart supplied it himself, in a style tailored to fit Hs own particular talent, movie roles calling for his dry, rather sophisticat- ed delivery are not as common. It was not until MGMs "Hot Millions came along that Newhart found Ins ALL AFFECTED BY THE WAR Hospitality For GIs, Families By MARILYN BECK HONOLULU .In Hollywood, mention the term R&R and most everyone immediately knows youre referring to rock n roll music. The term has a far more important meaning over hcie where everyone seems to be affected by the war, touched by it; where some 60 flights each month arrive from Vietnam and Thailand, bringing appioximately 2,200 fighting men each week for Rest and Recreation leave. from a young bnde in Mississippi. explaining she would be joining her soldier husband in Hawaii the following week and wondering if the actor could arrange for them to visit the Hawaii set on Oahu. 5-- 0 Lord did moie than that. Besides setting up a VIP tour, he arranged to lw'e the young couple i s his guests for dinner at one of the top Waiki- ki restaurants. At the Canoe House one evening, Arthur Lyman seemed to be playing for the benefit of one particular table where a mother sat with five children ranging in age Irom six to 13. lot of the local people like to go to the airport any more. They find it too emotional an experience watching the GIs arrive, as It was her anniversary, her the relatives and the loved husband was a captain in ones wait. And the tears flow. Vietnam, and their childien had pooled their money to Debbie Reynolds and Harry Karl spent a few hours at the treat their montner to an eveout on this sad, special airport during their recent ning vacation here, waiting for a occasion meant to be shared by a couple together. flight back home and buying Lvman learned of the cir drinks for the GIs, Rest and Recreation behind leave them, now returning to Viet.V dnt cumstances of the party when the family arrived and made sure no bill was sent to the table. The w ar is so close here. At the lllikai Hotel, some 12 per cent of its 1,500 rooms are occupied by GIs on R&R leave and by the wives and families who have flown here at discount rates to join them for five days of paradise before the boys return to the hell of war. You share an elevator with a young couple. His uniform is crisp ami his fare is so young and his ejes are so old. He holds an infant awkwardly while his Wife she couldn't be more than 18 or so looks on in open adoration. And you wish the elevator would hurry its ascent so you could be on your way and leave this young family alone. You can spot the R&R couples as easily as if they Ye honeymeoners with bridal rice still sprinkled on their clothes, nam. Jack Lord received a letter IggSi i EAST POSITIVELY 4 DAYS! Oll0 Mll'PI Il - k FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THE AMERICAN SCREEN AN Prouctons-Cmme- AMERICAN films iif INTERNATIONAL m - CUtTAINS, 7.01 math till T.JI p.m. A . .Ml4 Pli ,4I ,m. ! ...the complete birth of a baby. 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