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Show Tbe Salt Lake Tribune, Sunday, September ttf-C-- L Symphony Patrons Enjoy Free Concert at Park 12, 197G No such thing as a message story jyou make a film for entertainment By ; youre wrong, and the gamble. Knight News Writer HOLLYWOOD $laking pictures creative gfeat The producer-directo- ting $5 now a white-haire- d fit. has been right crap most of the time. Now, hes editing The Domino Principle," in which Gene Hackman plays a convict freed from prison by a mysterious and simster organization in order to assassinate a political figure. The film also stars Candice Bergen, Richard W i d m a r k , Mickey Rooney, Edward Albert and Eli Wallach. It's a Comedy Kramers next picture will be The Sheiks of Araby, and he says: celebrated is bet- r million on his The latest movie, thats Kramer, is a Stanley says game, Kramer. Its a comedy in the milieu of Mad, Mad World about the Arabs' having all the money as well as all the oil m the world. (An earthquake funnels all the oil in the Middle East into the land of one poor Arab). M a y be Ala n Ar kin will be the leading Arab character. The picture will have all the comedians, and a few other sui arises. I hope to get it off the ground late next spring. "From the time you first read a piece of material until you put a film into release can be anywhere from a year and a half to two years. are right, and sometimes Harry Tessel Domino Principle. And hes ready to put SU million on the line on h next film. You read a piece of material and you think, Oh, that would be wonderful entertainment,' aid you make the picture, Kramer says. (Now sometimes By David L. Beck Tribune istaff Writer That's a long time, and to know just how long it is you would have to suffer the pain of failure. When you work two tuia on u piece cf mo tenal, and then are rejected by the public first, and only secondarily by the critics, its very painful. Kramer, honored in lfKil by the Motion Picture Academy with its prestigious Irving Thal-ber- g Award, has tackled such themes as racial prejudice (Guess Whos Coming (o Dinner), the responsibility of com- mand (The Caine Mutiny"), the human waste of war (The Men) and youthful rebellion (The Wild One). But there is no such thing SsS . dancetnd German oH (eSi brds . b 'too" ly October 3. Sunday wib' as a message story, Kramer says. Some Surprises "Your responsibility as a filmmaker is to make a film an entertainment, of provocation, of electriciso that a filmgoer is ty entitled to some surprises. The fact that there may be extra dimensions in content is completely beside the point. . cant And if you should be documentaries. was the producer in those days." Kramer wistfully recalls how he came to Hollywood. I was an English major at New York University and took a couple of business courses, and was going to be a lawyer. Im the original of the son of the mother who said, My son, the lawyer. But it just didnt work out. I came out to Hollywood originally with several other young men from eastern universities as what were then called junior writers. "We were apprentice writers who wre to be taught the craft. We had written for college magazines and that sort of thing. Well, it was a publicity ploy because nobody here read what we wrote, and I'm sure had they read it they wouldn't have been very arm-m-ar- pro- vide that entertainment, you dont do the picture. There is something wrong w ith it you're on some sort of soapbox, and it doesn't add up to anything. You then should be in some other medium. You Aoretbana r Stanley Kramer says making pictures is a creative crap game. Producer-directo- Another Urst for the Utah Symphony! At Snowbird ou could have a beer and watch the squirrels while you listened. Saturday afternoon at Liberty Park you could paddle a boat in the duck pond while enjoying a symphony concert. Of course, most of the crowd and it was a sizable one eschewed the ducks and concentrated on the music, but the point is that this sort of concert brings a kind of serious music to people who might not otherwise hear it, who cannot or will not purchase a ticket at the Tabernacle. Mostly Sold Out I don't know whether this concert and others like it will help, ultimately, to build audiences for the orchestras concerts (which are subscription mostly sold out anyway). But by making this music av ailabie free to the public, and reaching a segment of the public not normally found at symphony concerts, the orchestra does bring home the point that the Utah Symphony is decidedly a community resource, as something for nonsymphony-goers- , well as symphony-goers- , to be proud of. If these concerts help eliminate the quite common feeling that tiie symphony is an elitist affair, for "them and not for us, they will have served their purpse Amateur Aspect There is another aspect to this whole thing, too. For years Salt Lake City has donated to the orchestra's general fund without demanding anything spedific in return, recognizing that the orchestra s presence in the community helps both to publicize Itah and, perhaps, to bring m business. This was the first time, to my knowledge, that the city has asked somefor a free concert in return musical the Abravanel, Maurice thing director and conductor of the orchestra, expressed pleasure in providing. The beexpressions of mutual admiration Mr. and Wilson Ted tween Mayor pose Abravanel. and their near the end of the concert, seems to indicate that there will be more such. Technically the concert was sponsored by the city Parks Department, whose director. John Gust, welcomed the crowd, and the Salt Lake Council for the Arts. Though programs were available, Mr. Abravanel, in his gracious way, intioductxi each piece. The program was a light one, a succession of short and bright works lasting about 70 minutes. Basically it is the -- ort of thing the orchesti a might to do at schools or shopping centers, in recognition, perhaps, that the distractions inherent in the setting make concentration on more "serious works difficult. It opened with Purcells Trumpet Voluntary, and closed with a rousing rendition of Sousa's "Stars and Stripe's Forever, complete with piccolos. But perhaps the most popular work of the afternoon was Rossinis William Tell Overture, whose finale is so deeply imbedded in the American consciousness as the Lone Ranger music, that t drew pleased murmers of recognition when the familiar trumpet cal came. The Presidents Own making When I felt that I was being limited in that way for example, I was at I.t. Talleys I knew him personally, and I was interested in his thread of thinking and how the war in Vietnam was revealed ... ears me WIBSW SLCUT84117 3928 So. HIGHLAND DRIVE (801) 277-085- 1 SALT LAKE'S FINEST PRIVATE SUPPER CLUB PROUDLY PRESENTS The Four Freshmen, In Concert SUN. OCT. 3 SAT. OCT. 2 Tr 1976 1976 through his court-martia- l. court-martia- l. "Now that wasnt a piece of entertainment, and it was hard to do other than documentarily, so I stayed away from film and went to television as a two-hospecial. Kramer says he always wanted to be a I director, and adds: was a producer first, a kind of Wundei kind boy producer, which I didn't want o be. Power Was Producing Producing was where the power was, and where you made the kind of films you wanted to make. So you had to be the boss, and the boss il 'MM 1 Auditions for strong men $8.00 PER PERSON COVER CHARGE RESERVED SEATING ONLY MEMBERS AND GUESTS ONLY MEMBERSHIPS AVAILABLE Auditions for strong, muscular men for the Pioneer Memorial Theatres production ' . ,.v Z , Sept. r. of Kismet will be held Tuesday from noon to 2 p m. at Pioneer Memorial Theatre, Room 217. Those chosen for minor roles will also double as members of the technical crew for the show. These roles are Ethel Martin will direct the production. Presented by the University of Utah Medical Center Saturday, October 23, 1976, 8:00 p.m. A part of our history for 175 years, the United States Marine Band is filled with the rich tradition of our country. And no matter what your musical preference is, the Band-fi- rst made famous by John Philip Sousa can play it as you've never heard before. Rousing marches, Broadway favorites, symphonies and popular tunes make up the colorful pruyiam. Buy Marine Band tickets novV for you, your family and friends. Adult $5 Student $4 Reserved Seats: General Admission: Adult $3 Student $2 Special Events Center, University of Utah Benefit Performance. Tickets Tickets available at the Special Events Center, all Hart Brothers Music Stores, Tape Head Company, Odyssey Records and University Hospital Also at Central Bank in Provo and the Competition in Ogden. Sponsored by the employes and volunteers of the University of Utah Medical Center. proceeds will be donated to the Medical Center Expansion Fund. All Av Kingsbury Hall with The Utah Symphony Orchestra 24-2- 29-3- 0 5, & Oct. 1-- 2 Ticket: KINGSBURY HALL Sept. 13 to Oct. 2 Mom Poor MAIL ORDER DEADLINE. 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