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Show j, Candice Bergens face is still her fortune By Joseph Gel mis J Newsday Writer Candice Bergens beauty and intelligence have been at war for 29 years Dumb blondes have become quite acceptable movie actresses. But Bergens critical mind seems to have paralyzed any acting talent she may possess. Candice Bergen fell into movies She never visibly picked herself up, dusted herself off and tried to dO something worth a damn with her opportunity. (Tbd closest she got was as a memorable victim of male egoism Li Kike Nichols Carnal Knowledge." Crush on Candy The camera has had a crush on Candice Bergen. So she has gotten worn in her 20s. It has paid better than modeling, which she used to do. It has kept her in the spotlight. So when she wasn't traveling (her great love) on a job with a movie company, she was wangling free lane t assignments as a celebrity photojoumalist. A college dropout she maria her movie debut in The Group' based on the Mary McCarthy novel. Sln pioiiiptiy displayed her ustiingent wit and considerable writing skill in an Esquire article ridiculing the entire moviemaking process. She hurt the feelings of some of the uthei young actresses and publicly regretted having caused them pain. She alternates between b?ing a wise guy and a regular guyt Bergen's early sarcasms were directed against the plastic shrubberv and natives of the Hollywood movie colony, where she grew up a precocious daughter of the countrys most famous ventriloquist, Edgar Beigeri. At times, later, looking back, she wrote and talked of feeling pangs of remorse at having put down her home, and by inference, the folks. But she couldnt help herself. She was an adolescent in revolt. Half a Performance Candice Bergen gives half a performance in an otherwise rousing adventure film. The Wind and the Lion," as the kidnaped widow of a U S. diplomat in North Africa at the turn of the century. You might charitably argue that it is just a macho adventure movie and that she gave it what it was worth. She apparently allowed herself to half lelieve in the role of the prim mother who became a companion in arms to a romantic desert sheik crusading to boot the foreigners out of his homeland. Pliable beauties like Garbo and Dietrich became, real movie stars. But CaHiee Bergen has the soul of a critic. She seems to vdthhold herself. She cant be faulted for the size of her talent. But she wont, or van t vvtu pm) vut tuude itutttuu conflicts that she surely must experience in her own life. Jane Fonda, an grew into a serious actress by mining precisely those societal and personal conflicts in movies like Klute" and They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Bergen's insight, I HOLLYWOOD expressed most readily in her writings, has never translated to her choice or performance rf screen roles. Pity and a lxss And thats a pity 8nd a loss. Transformation is the name of the game. Liza Minelli and Barbra Streisand have irregular features which are transfigured by the talent which is their beauty. They e and take us along. surrender to adult Based on her writings and interviews with her, mind youve got to conclude that Candice Bergensrebuffs mars her natural beauty. It resists surrender, illusion. She hasnt been seduced by acting. The substance of her performance in movies like The Group and The Magus" and "The Day the Fish Came Out consisted of inscrutable pursed lips. (Less is more). The camera was conteiu to feast on her exquisite cheekbones. The only image of her we carry away from "Bite the Bullet, in which she e frontier plays a horseback rider in a Candice in tight pants. marathon race, is 600-mil- long-legge- d make-believ- There is a whole schou! of cheekbone actresses. Faye Dunaway, Aii MacGraw, Katherine Boss, etc., etc., etc, But then there was Katharine Hepburn, too. And, a the beginning of CainLce Bergen's movie career, because she was so desperately beautiful and reserved, there was a distinct, if remote, hope that would make her want to her brains and learn, to grow, toward Hepburn and away from the Cmps of Movie Models. But she has remained an outsider, a visitor, a dilettante, Her face has been her fortune these 10 years (Copvnght) Utah Oratorio To Hold Auditions '' . . 1 if J 7 Mens 1 The Oratorio Society of Utah, formei ly known as the Salt Lake Oratono Society, will hold auditions for new singers Sept. 28 and Oct. 5 from 1.3U to 3:30 p.m. at the Mount Tabor Lutheran Church, 175 So 7th East. f - & S3 etacsr i 1 he Most Ambitious ' JT 'V- - 'VJ'T ' Erotic Film Ever Made ' ' Jr '' , ,V JUST NOT ANOTHER LOVE STORY self-estee- -- - '' t rf' -h' - , ' - v , Inteiested persons may also try out Oct. 12 at 1,45 pm. at the Horace ??Iann School, 233 W 200 North. ''v V Last Question Show at y t ! Planetarium The current show at the Hansen Planetarium, 15 S Slate, is "The ! ast Question." PT s X , i ft Eased on the sc'cep fiction story by Isaac v ViF & jf- - f f. tt fcvy. a it is Asimov, , iT 5 M a of spellbinding drama science and speculation culminating in a stunning . , surprise ending that leaves the audience more overwhelmed than audiences have a right to be. a'jk e are Mondays through Saturdays at 10:30 a m , 2, 4 and 8 p.m and Sundays at 2 and 4 pm. lW- us t, iSarln A SUPERB PIECE OF ONE OF PHOTOGRAPHIC RELIGEOUS, JOURNALISM DOCUMENTARIES WlUIAM WtUOUOHBr After all these years In movies, Candice Bergen remains just another pretty face. GKcAlEST HISTORICAL EVER e w. af0N AND ENTERTAINING fabled ork will stand out clearly as an actual relic . . . MADE A BEAUTIFUL WORK. SKOVStN ... the INFORMATIVE INTERESTING, Showtime? ijs mws washihoton THE . tor HUDStN tAlT UXt TUlillHt NOW SHOWING KINGSBURY HALL ONE SHOW NIGHTLY AT 8:00 U. of U. 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