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Show Marilyn Beck The Sail 6T i. the Jury star, Continued From media that Alan Hirschfield feels he finally must speak out. Says the chairman and chief executive officer of 20th, I've wanted to stay out of it; it's graveyard sensationalism and it's sickening. But the mess has to he cleared up." Hirschfield, former chairman of Columbia Pictures, where the David Pegelman scandal occurred, insists the current mess" is based on nothing but lies. There is no scandal going on at Fox. We had a marriage with Melnick, we had a divorce. And thats it. We went through the books in connection with settling up his account when we negotiated his payoff. No wrongdoings popped up then, or since. Hirschfield contends the rumors were started by a disgrunted former employee of Melnicks, and their fires fanned by a state Vthr 9, f I!)S? want violence cut from film ex-direc- tor ment Gareys widow made to the in which she said coroner he had been despondent over negotiations at Fox. Garey negotiated the settlement on Melnicks behalf. And according to Fox executive v.p. Burton Monasch, They were tough. I was there. Norman didnt get a tax break he wanted for his client. But there was no blunder on his part. Hirschfield also says those who are zeroing in on Melnicks "Manhattan Melody project as the place where money was laundered are totally off base. Dan pooled his interest in the project with director Jim Bridges, in exchange for Jims paying him $160,000. It didnt involve a penny of studio money, and was all entirely legal. Which well might be. However, A1 Albergate of the Los Angeles district attorneys office tells me, We have not dropped our investigation A-- 8 attention l.ikp Tnhunr, Saturday. into the case ongoing." Stay tuned MEDIOCRE MOVIES NEVER DIE, THEY JUST LAND ON CABLE: After sitting on a shelf for two years, Ryan ONeals "Green Ice" is finally being released on Home Box Office. Universal has felt they could not recoup the money it would take to release it theatrically, so decided to sell it directly to cable," reports an executive associated with the film. He adds that it has been offered to every cable system in the country, and will be popping up on most of them. THE INDUSTRY EYE: After first issuing the word that Blue Thunder was a $32 million producis now tion, Columbia Studios saying the Roy Scheider picture cost $22 million to make. And that "Tootsie came in at $25 million. $30 million And that The in spite of its problems completed production at $19 mill, ion. 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