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Show Arts Letters Centennial Carillon Concert Setuae) Competition is sated for Jan. 28 and 29, 1978, and ae before Jan. 2, Thoseinterested ne need to contact Young Artist Awards lon at BYU bycarillonneurs Te uly 1, 1977 Donat and GordonJohnston. Mr. Johnston begin the Homecoming evilal by playi ng Works by Haydn Bach, Slater, and Denijen Mr. Donat will perform winners areel it for hearing t surrounding the Tower will be performingfor the first time in a Dixie Col lege Theatre Production. ified copy of the contes- tant’s birth certificate is requ with the com pleted application. Persons performing need tc pare two major operatis arias or per in original languageanda groupconsisting of a pre-Classical or ( oirtudise Players Playing opposite him as Alice More will be Jan nette Hansen, a member f the community who Aust havepas: andsnot have pas Classical aria or song academecians p onlocation. they've beenfilling Spare time exchanging suc , words as brummagem GLENDA JACKSON Walter Matthau not only co-star in the upcoming edy House Call they also spar with words like a romantic lee zg and a contemporary aria or song in English Actor Walter pased Has Way With Words By Dick Kleiner ‘ybody kept on HOLLYWOOD — (NEA) — Walter Matt » Howard f, anda anit of the crew memberers ing. € you acquainted striangulation’?”’ with A mansoftly edgedhis y the word he asked Once again, nobody had even a nodding acquain wee having lunch during the shooting of ‘House Calls."’ One of the crew members was agaffer, and Matthau said did anybody knowthat the word‘‘gaffer” is a contraction of ‘godfather tance with Good,” “‘striangulation he said. ‘There is no such word, I was playing a word gamewith Glenda Jackson the other day (Miss Jackson is his co-star in ‘House Calls’) and she used the word ‘striangulation No, nobody knewthat. Matthau didn’t seem surprised. He munched away on his eggs and threw a few morewordstories out ‘brum- I challenged her. Shesaid it meant ‘strangulation by extension,’ whateverthat is. I refused to accept it No, nobody was acquainted with the word “’brum- and, of course, it turned out she was bluffing. It was a very good bluff, I think. Are you acquainted with magem’?’’ he asked the word to the table where the group waseating. When he had Matthau’s attention, he said he was a visitor from Israel and wondered if he could take the actor's picture. Sure,” Matthau said. ‘'But let's go outside, where the light is better.” And heled the surprised and delighted visitor outside, onto the sidewalk, and happily posed with his armaround the man’s shoulder while his wife took the picture While he was gone, Zieff and the others commented on howlike Matthau that gesture had been. It is very unusual for an actor to be so cooperative, but Glenda is a very bright woman. She reminds me Matthau doesit all the time. They each had some magem.’ Tt means showy but inferior,”’ hesaid. “Lookit up of a bantamweight fighter, very fast, very sharp. and you'll see I'mright.” (I did. He was.) “I used it She's the offspringof a Welsh coal miner, which may once in a conversation with Lord Olivier. I don't have something to do with it think he was acquainted with it, either. He sort of The companyhadbeen shooting on a street corner gave me a blank look. But I didn’t wantto insult him in Studio City, part of the San FernandoValley, hot by telling him. I imagine he went homeandlooked it and smoggybut convenient. Mostof ‘‘House Calls” is being shot on location, in and around Los Angeles. up. story of how he had gone out of his wayto be kind to visitors He cameback in again, tossing a final wave and smile in the direction of the man from Israel. It was time to go back to work. “House Calls” is a romantic comedy about a doctor (Matthau) whose wife dies after they had a happy, faithful 31 years. This time they were lucky. The location was near a Nowhedecides to cut loose and romance as many pretty good restaurant women as he can. And Glenda Jackson is the So Matthau and Zieff and the others had skipped foremost among that happy group Family Comedy the usual location caterer — movie catering food is They were shooting a scene, supposedly outside a good but it gets boring after a while — and were TVstudio, after both of them had appeared on a TV lunching at a small but interesting place. It seemed panel show. The scene had them walking out with two to make the normallytalkative Matthau even more others, then Matthau grabbed Miss Jackson’s arm > and led her away. He talked about bookies. He talked aboutheart atTt sounds easy. But Zieff wantedto haveit all nice ST. GEORGE — Dixie Claudine Cooper, Ruth tacks. Hetalked about doctors. He talked aboutfood. and casual, butit was hard to stageit to get thatfeelHe was eating a crazy concoction of eggs, sour ing and still work for the camera College Theatre will pre- Hafen, Lois Johnson He rehearsed it five or six times. After each sent “Cheaper by the Mary Thacker, and Yvon- cream, Spanish sauce, avocadoes and a slice of pineapple. rehearsal, Zieff would say, ‘Talk to me,” meaning Dozen,’ a family comI can understand everything except the pineap- that the camera people and the sound people should the edy, tonight through Saturday at 8:30 p.m. in be ple,” he said, pushing it away from the rest of the tell him how they thought the shot was shaping up from each of their standpoints. the Dixie College Fine remembered by movie food. It is curious what some people do with food. I went to a delicatessen in Chatsworth and this One problem wasthe light. When you're shootingin Arts Center Theatre patrons and TV movie Tickets for this first viewers who have seen verynice lady served me somevery nice lean corned real, genuine California sunshine, you have to be production of the 1977-78 performances of Myrna beef with orange slices. Have you ever heard of a careful about it being too bright on certain objects Season are available Loyand Clifton Webb as moreterrible combination than lean corned beef and and faces. So they had to place a crew memberon an weekdays from 12 noon - the steadfast and endur- orange slices? It’s like something my first wife overhang extending out from the building with a 2:00 p.m.at the Fine Arts ing parents of a large might have considered device to shadethe faces. It was trickygetting him in *“‘Lremember once | sawa large black lady eating a place; Hollywood crewmen have to be nimble. Center Box Office brood of children. PlaySeason Tickets are ing these two majorroles Nathan's hot dog, with mustard and sauerkraut, in So there wasplenty of time for Matthau to keep available for all five in the Dixie College one hand, and a large cupof vanilla custard in the talking, and he had a crowd of eagerlisteners. productions produced by Theatre production are other hand. She would take a bit of the hot dog and ‘It’s getting harder all the time to find decent Dixie College Theatre Ross Reeder from then lick the vanilla custard. That picture of her do- parts,"’ he said. “I said to Carol (his wife) a few days this year. Orders maybe Brigham City and Mace ing that has stayed with me. In fact, I have been sick agohowthis is going to be mylastpicture. From now placed by contacting Pratt from St. George. for 30 years thinking of that.” on, I’m going into the rewriting business."’ theater council members or by calling the Dixie College Division of Fine and Performing Arts Theater council members for this year are Harold Begins at Dixie CARILLON BELLS will ring in profusion Fridayat 3 p.m. during a BYU Homecoming recital featuring the centennial chimers Musicians Terry Donat and Gordon Johnston adviselisteners to listen to the bells on lawnssurroundiiig the carillon tower. Entertaining New Books By CHARLENE WINTERS Arts and Letters Editor THE SEEINGSTICK, by Jane Yolen, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, publisher; THE RED LION, by Diane Wolkstein, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, publisher; THE GROUCH AND THE TOWER AND OTHER STYLES, by John O' Brien, Harper and Row, publisher. One of the most charming children’s books available this year is a touching tale, “The Seeing Stick” by Jane Yolen. Written in fairy tale fashion, Ms. Yolen weaves the tale of a The book is rich with toons, The five-year old to full colorillustrations by Ed Youngthat are based whom I read the bookgigon Persian painting gled her way through the styles. The copy is set book and thought most within the artist's panels of it was funny. A few words such as incision in creative layout. This story teaches and toucan are probably valuable morallessons in beyond the vocabulary of courage and meeting some younger children, responsibilities in an ac- and the meaningofsillies tion - packed, entertain- such as the grouch and the tower might be missed. The pictures Mr. John O'Brienhaslet his O'Brien has drawn, wild imagination find however, transform a wayto paperforhis book, few crazy stories and The Grouch and the puns into a delightful Towerand OtherSillies."” book. It's one book this “Silly” is an apt word for his collection of reviewer will not give to limericks, puns, ab- children. It’s far too enbreviated stories andcar- joyable for adults. HELP WANTED!" Ashman, Lucille Taylor, Dr. Chester Myers, Irma Thomas, LaRee Jones Joan Norton, Beryl Heaton, William Heaton, Dorothy Ruesch, Harold Dress Desigr Chesler, Ronald Dalley,, Starting Tmaamedictaly Last, Sue Ann Basile, Carolyn Reinbold, beloved, yet blind daughter of a Chinese empire. Her father sur- rounds his daughter with beautiful objects, but her pathetic response is to be silent, sightless andstill An old man comesinto the kingdom with a stick on which he draws people and scenes, and through You too can Betty Headman DRESS-A-DOLL™ HOURS MON-FRI-SAT 10-6 TUES-WED-THURS 9-10 byde ssigning your own original creations to his seeing stick, he helps the princess to enjoylife The ending should be a surprise for children, and addstothis well written tale Also to the book's benefit are the artfully etched illustrations by Remy Charlip and Demetra Maraslis. The blendoftalentsis unusual because theartists crew of top of each other's art workin a process of wax crayon and pencil onvel lum. Red Lion An equally charming taleis “The Red Lion’’ as retold by Diane Welks: tein. The story make a little girl Tole Painting @ Decorative Painting @ Classes © Supplies © Woodware EGISTER NOW! away fromhomeafter his father dies in order to avoid fighting a red lion Being engaged in mortal conflict with the ferocious lion was a an: cient tradition in the val ley, and the prince becomes fearful He stays with a shepherd for awhile with an Arab Sheik, and then with the Emir of a sandstone palace. At each place thereis a threat of lions, and the prince finally realizes that he will never be at peace un til he summons his courage and returns to his kingdom to fight the red lion morning! Classes will begin Nov. 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