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Show NERY AND AMUSEMENTS GUID MONDAY, JANUARY18, 1971 Henry Fonda Stars In New Series Because actor Henry Fonda is “Mister Roberts’’ for some 1600 modestabout his reputation as a Broadway performances prior fine artist it was for a special to starring in thefilm), we lived reason that he brought oneof his in Greenwich. It could be a drag to “The Smith waiting to go to the theater. Sometimes I built model pianes Family”set early one morning. The distinguished actor stars for Peter and Jane. Then I as Detective Sgt. Chad Smith in picked up pastel colors that paintings the Channel 4 half-hour family belonged to them and ex- drama (premiering Wednesday perimented. The result looked as Jan. 20 at 7:30) with Janet Blair if it had been appliqued, so real as his wife and Darleen Carr, that it excited meinto doing a Ronny Howard and Michael- first still life arrangement.” James Wixted as their children. Recalling that he did many Fonda’s painting was the pastels and gave them to _ Stamper house cn the Siletz friends, the actor commented, @> River in Oregon, used for “T never studied and would filming of ‘Sometimes a Great makeup my own rules. I learned » Notion.” — and was also told — that “It’s for Paul Newman — the pastels are the most difficult medium. Then I worked at house where we spent 16 weeks sketching and in oils. Then , together on location last sum- watercolors.......”” ; mer. It seemed like hometo all After an uncomfortable pause, ' of us,” said Fonda, who was Fonda continued, “I don’t want taking it to be framed that day. JAMES to sound as if I’m nameHe had brought it on the sound dropping, but Andrew Wyeth * stage to show to makeup artist really got me started in John Inzerella and to Charlie watercolors. I met him and later Bidwell, his stand-in for 25 years. Both had been with him went out to Chadds Ford. He is myidol as a painter and I would on the movie location. go around the world for a show of “T don’t know a great deal his — and have. aboutart, but it was so movingiy “J had wondered about his beautiful that I wanted to touch term ‘dry brush’ and when I met DRURY shingles on the roof,” marvelled him, he explained. Using hair stylist Gale McGarry, who watercolor as the medium, you shares the series makeup room dip the brush in color, then with Inzerella. almostdry it on tissue and use on Later Fonda mused in his dry paper. It is sketching with inimitable voice with humor, “I watercolor.” The actor added was always able to draw. My that a different dry brush biology notebooks could always technique can be used with egg explains, ‘“‘we’re being more bring the A-plusses that I didn’t tempera that is opaque, perselective now and collecting get for the rest of the course. mitting light color to go over “Then, later, while I was in dark in a mennerthat is imantiques.” The Drury household is ‘Roberts’ (Fonda starred in possible with clear watercolors. James Drury in Ninth SeasonAs ‘Virginian’ By VERNON SCOTT UPI Hollywood Correspondent HOLLYWOOD (UPI) — Jim Drury,in his ninth year playing “The Virginian”retitled “The perhaps the most masculine in Men from Shiloh” this season,” is one television cowboy whc Hollywood. genuinely knowsthe front from Phyllis, too, was married previously. Her three sons live the back end of a horse. Drury’s avocation _ and with the couple: Fritze, 15; business interest is raising and breeding saddle horses. He owns Appaloosas and Arabians, pastured in separate locations in Northern California. This year he is buying a ranch in the San Fernando Valley and will keep both herds nearer home. ’ Jim, who was orn in New York, isn’t sentimental about Christopher, 13; and Timothy, 12. On weekends and holidays they are joined by Jim Mickie, 12; and Tim, 9; Jim’s sons by his first marriage. Phyllis does all the cooking for the mob except on 4,000-square foot dishes are a specialty. Drury enjoys entertaining at ranch-style dwelling into which home and going out on the town when time permits. He is one he and his second wife, PhyLis, performer who likes to attend moved earlier thies year. premieres and other Hollywood Drury’s are Remodeling functions. They are athe process of remodeling the five-bedroom Essentially, however, Jim abode and redecorating. First Drury —who was reared on an order of business was construc- = ranch —is an outdoors- tion of a swimming pool. The Drurys are taking their time mae and his gang of offspring about furnishing their house a head for Catalina whenever piece at a time. Behind the Scenes HOLLYWOOD — What a that they are wide open for happy new year for handsome, 6- screen rights to clean, romantic foot Ryan O’Neal! stories. Glory be! Maybe there’s a He’s happy because of the raves over his latest movie, chance for America’s culture after all “Love Story.” I haven’t seen it He’s Happy yet, but praises for it are buzzing around here. And Ryan’s happy even to Oneof the most unusual ‘cities’ in the world, where “I want to make a movie have a smail part in turning the some 300,000 penguins live in a perpetual struggle to soon,”’ he said quite some time tide. survive in the Antarctic, will be visited on ‘‘Penguin ago, “‘butit’s got to the the right Some time back this goodone — a good one. I wantto put to looking y: City,” a Channel 5 adventure to be broadcast use all the experience I’ve his twenties, star, whois still in d marital trouble Saturday in color at 6 p.m. acquired in the series I’ve done. with his first wife, Joanna News Correspondent Charles Kuralt will be the You can’t beat the value of a TV Moore, mother of his little weekends when Jim can be talked into barbecuing. Mexican reporter on this trip to “Penguin City,” located at series if it gives you an op- daughter and son, and for a Outside domestic help comes horse flesh. He looks on his equines as a business invest- in two or three times a week to ment, just as he would cattle. spare Phyllis the heavy work. Television has made Drury Jim Envoys Entertaining financially well off. Home is a rarabling Adventure SeriesVisits Penguin City on Jan. 23 HENRY FONDA Alice Pardoe West they can —which is often — “We had too much furniture where they have become expert in our last house,” Jim SCUBAdivers. Cape Crozier, a thousand miles from e South Pole. portunity to act.” while he was mighty broken up This episode will look at the work of Dr. William Ryan has made numerous about it. Then he met Leigh since that remakr, but Taylor-Young, a co-star in the Sladen, a Johns Hopkins University ecologist who has films none havegiven him the joy that TV series “‘Petyon Place” and spent eight years in Antarctica studying the adeiie this one has. married her. Many predicted penguins in their dramatic life-and-death struggle. Thereis a double value to the that the marriage would never The remarkable spring and fall migration of hun- ‘Love Story’ film that could well last. dreds of thousands of penguins, and birth and first give satisfaction to its stars. It Butit has. splash of independence of the young chicks wiil be mightbe thefilm that has turned “She’s a wonderful girl,” he seen. “This is a story of continual drama,” says Kuralt. the polluted tide of movies. It said. “So understanding and was turned down by nearly good to my children. I wouldn’t every producer in Hollywood think of not wanting her to “Hereit is the survival of the fittest, who must fight because it was too clean. ‘It will continue her career. She’s so against the constant danger of weather, which can never go,” they said. much better at acting than I am. But one producer was brave She was trained in the East and I wreak havoc on the eS city, and of predators — in the water, the leopard seal, which can devour enough to try it. — Howard got my training here. She’ll go Minsky. It’s popularity has far some day.” them, and on land,the skuas, whichattack the young changed Leigh has starred in numerous the whole tide of things and the frail.” here, and it is said thatit’s hard films, but it’s well that both of Isaac Kleinermanis the producer of “Adventure.” to give away, let alone sell, them are keeping pace with each Dr. Sladen wrote the script. Burton Benjamin is screen rights to dirty novels or other. They are very happy and stories. Producers now state (Continued on Page5) executive producer. |