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Show 2 gh*seeececcesencenceeeeeees Movies playing on various TV Channels in Jtab are AND: AMUS TV EMENTS GUIDE ! listed for your convenience 3 ander the Heading of “Cinemascope” on Page 4 of your TVSection. - ANUVARDAORERSEEAEES ON: MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1967 Oo Anal Acadamy Awards April 1 Alice Pardoe West Behind the Scenes On Monday when millions of viewers and listeners tune to Channel 4 at 8 p.m. for the 39th annval awards presentation of the. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Bob Hopewill again be on hand to offer a humorous welcome. The comedian will be making HOLLYWOOD—Strange how fate steps in with surprises and furns the progress of our lives. All popular Dean Jones wanted to do—was to have a success- il singing career, He now is one of Hollywood’s busiest and most sought-after young acting stars and as yet has not sung one note ‘on the screen, He has done so well_as_an actor-comedian, that Walt Disney Productions-has-signed-him to_acontract calling for five films during the next seven years on a non-exclusive basis. This is the first time an actor has been given such a deal by the company. “ft’s fantastic,” Dean says, with his inimitable grin, “and Fm very happy.” ‘ : . When first met Dean, he was making the film version of “Under the Yum Yum Tree” in the leading role which he previously’ had done for the Broadwaystage. At that time he was most enthusiastic about his TV series, “Ensign O'Toole.” “Ft'sa good series,” he said, “and a lot of fun. But do you Know spmething funny aboutit? I'm an ensign, buf I never get on the water. The scenes are all done on the studio lot. The only whitecaps I ever get to see are the gals portraying WAVES! y He laughingly admits that he spent four years in the Navy gmd-never got aboard a ship, -and that he is supposed to be Bssailed-by-a-sea-going-spirit_in-a_sea-going setting for his curfent picture, “Blackboard’s Ghost,” but he is saddled to the shoreline as a frustrated track coach with a sad sack team. “But that’s all right with me,” he said. “Ghosts are lucky for wre. I really began my career in a ghost town.” ted in Ghost Town ; The handsome, green-eyed six-footer was appearing in a melodrama, “The Streets of New York” at Knott’s Berry Farm nd Ghost town, a Southern California tourist mecca, when he Was S| by a composer who pulled strings to get him a fong-term contract with MGM. His career has been zooming ever since. his 13th appearance on the “Oscar” Show as master of ceremonies, and each appearance has pro- vided a wealth of wit—and some tongue-in-the-cheek wis- dom—to alleviate the tension of the-gathered_throng_ inthe auditorium, and provide lively humorfor the vast home audience, The following are some quips from years past “Isn't it exciting? All over America people are saying to each other, ‘I wonder who'll win?’ And all over Beverly Hills, psychiatrists are dusting off their couches and saying, ‘I wonder who'll lose?’ : “This means a lot to every one in the movie industry, is the night wars and politics are forgotten and we find out who wereally hate, “The losers are going to be good sports, we know that, But just in case, the applause has been pre-recorded. “This past year motion pictures got more and more mature. Today, children go into a theater and see things they used to get their faces slapped for asking about.” In 1961, when the Awards Dean was born in Decatur, Ala., but with his parents lived fn various other-towns, As a boy he spent a great deal of time fishing and boating along the Tennessee River, and he also sang, fgecompanied on the guitar by his father. i Monica (Calif.) Civic Auditorium, he noted: “We had to move the Awards “I’ve been singing ever since I can-remember,” he said. “My rents provided voice lessons for me and I majored in voice at Sathara College in Kentucky. I've sung for many a meal.” The star left home at the age of 15. determined to become a Lastyear the losers were throwing themselves on the freeway.” singer. After manyodd jobs, he landed an assignmentin a French Quarter nightclub in New Orleans for. $3 a night and all he could eat Hestarred eventually on Broadway with Jane Fonda in “There Wasa Little Girl” and also in “Under the Yum Yum Tree” and fater in numerous films and on TV. Quick Decisions This energetic young star lets no opportunity slip throughhis fingers, even if he has to wash dishes to get it. He was doing just that in a San Diego restaurant, and singing for $10 a night, when fhe met Mae Entwisle, who had just been named ‘‘Miss San Diego.” hey rode together on the San Diego float in Pasadena’s famous Rose Parade, and a few hours later were married. The Joneses live in a lovely home in WoodlandHills in San Bernando Valley, with their two children, Carol and Deanna. “We don’t do the nightlife rounds much,” he said. “We find @ur enjoymentin other ways.” Dean likes ‘to tinker with old cars and fix them-up and sell them ata nice profit. For relaxation he likes to ride a motorcycle 0 miles an hour, \ _ “I get a sense of peace and inner calm when my wheels are ing at high speed," he said. “After the concentration of work week,I find it a great way to relax.” a * Dean advises anyone who rides not to go faster than his Mility to control the bike and that ability comes only with ex- PesDoes wile about rid ng with such speed?” your wife worry t your riding with suc is “At least she doesn’t object to my bine it,” he said. “It’s (@ither that or have me glowering around the house weekends, ‘Anyway, I do most of my riding in the country or in the desert. fs to freeways, I won't fe near them on a motorcycle, A guy (gould got Killed that way.” cr ceremony first moved to Santa presentations from Hollywood. TO ONE OF THESE TOPfive will go the gold trophy (proudly held by emcee Bob Hope) as the Best Actress at the 39th Annual Monday at 8 p. m. Lowerleft, clockwise, the nominess are: Lynn Redgrave in “Georgy Girl,” Vanessa Redgrave in “Morgan,” Elizabetli Taylor in ‘Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” Ida Kaminska in “The Shop on Main Street,’ and Anouk Aimee in “A Man and a Woman.” And each year, Hope com- are so many prayers being ments on the changing scene— spoken up right now we could both in and out of the movie industry, In 1965: “The suspense is fabulous, export to the Ecumenical Council. A thousand voices saying silently, ‘Let it be me. . . but And all the praying if it can’t be me... not himt there |