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Show A 15 NEWS, Thursday, January 7, 1971 DESERET 4 ! Both Oscar. I Emmy For iWill Geer? By RICHARD K. SHULL -HOLLYWOOD (BeU) Will Rogers told me, dont jjlay lords and counts, play I t4 fourself. That's all there's lime for in this life, Will peer recalled. Tias right. And Rogers Wed made a date for lunch n the commissary at Universal Studios where he was 6j Working in r a Sam titled ill." We hadnt seen each ther for 18 years, since his ollywood career had gone nto eclipse during what is Mow referred to as the the McCarthy era. j All heads turned when Geer Strode into the room. At the actor has a commanding presence even without the ancient hippie garb he normally wears or I he huge carpetbag slung over Ins shoulder which is the re-- , iiository lor his scripts and pther pertinent artifacts. it I Geer has affected his dress since he was a young man, probably as a result of long years of playing fleeter Lester when he and his former wife, Herta, toured ..with Tobacco Road. I In e lit Geer's name evades you, it wont for long. file's aH over the place these in films and TV, and if I the advance readings are any-- I where near correct, he could I w ind up with both an Oscar and an Emmy for his work when the awards are passed out next spring. The conversation picked up where it had been dropped nearly two decades ago, with Geer giving tantalizing little glimpses into the various compartments that make up his life. What about his movie in with Sidney which he titled Poitier? Something Brothe" John due for release in March. In the old days, Geer veered off again, we stayed alive in this business doing in Unitarian churches. Sidney Poitier was one of my pupils. Every once in a while a kid would sneak in over the back fence eager to learn. I could tell from the1 light in their eyes if they had it. He was one of those. Im getting bread back from the waters. Poitier gave me the part, he said. Now about the possibility of an Emmy, for a role on Hal Holbrooks Senator portion of NBCs The Bold Ones in which Geer did a character not unlike Everett Dirksen: two-hou- estern-for-T- casual-lo-a-fau- -- bookings and solids in permanent-pres- s no-irDacron polyester cotton broadcloth with new longer collars and choice of french, or regular cuffs; sizes 1432 to 17 Rich stripes on two-butt- Ive been fascinated by politics. Politics is the way to he said, your pocketbook, not really answering. on 35. ZCMI MEN'S FURNISHINGS Kuppenheimer, Michaels Stern, Worsted Tex, Hammonton Park, Palm Beach, Joseph & Feuss and our in one- - and two-pasuits and other top lines distinguished sportcoats. All are current styles and fabrics Pre-invent- EVENT! ory well-represent- nt ed - elf stores ZCMI MEN'S CLOTHING - ell stores Geer started life in Frankfort, Ind., but rode the rods as a teenager to Irdianapolis and hired on with the Stuart Walk- er Repertory Company. eH attended University of Chicago. I was a member of the Leopold and Loeb class (two wealthy youths who com- mitted murder for the thrill of it). Clarence Darrow interrogated aU of us, about 20, on what we thought. ZCM I d SAIT He wanted our opinions on all Sorts of philosophy. We didnt know anything, but it did start me thinking, Geer said, i Geer continued in the theater, then attempted to storm When I first HoUywood. came here, I couldnt get in the studios, so I started standing on street comers passing leaflets to the migrant work- L AMI COTTONWOOD" VAllt V FAfM great januar OCDIW ers. When I was a young boy here, Rock Hudson and Tony 1 urtis were children. I tanght Geer jthem to say said. Circa Korean War, Geer ,vas established as a major haracter actor when the McCarthy era struck. He was ilacklisted. Eva Marie Saint put me aek in show business with She insisted said, ftei that break on Broadway, his career began abuild-iagain. He was the old randfather in The Reivers, successful movie. A glimpse into another of peer's compartments shows ae and Herta had four children of their own, adopted three more, and they all still irform together. She sings, I recite Robert Frost and the kids show slides tji ecology, he said. Out of it all his involvements, his setbacks, his career, is there any overriding fThe Rainmaker. I play her father, Geer further reductions on our famous lines of men's shoes reg. $18 to $40 g Smooth sleeping, sir i list r thought? People expect actors to he began. mask themselves, But the tragedy is the people ?ho dont have to. Why not how emotons and live? Uiats the shame in this life. 1 7 6.50 Roblee, Allan Temple, Pedwin all your favorites are included in a great collection of stylos and colors geared for NOW. 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