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Show The Salt Lake Tribune Sally Field takes one step at a time By Terry Orme Tribune Staff Writer it, and you do it the best way you know how Once upon a time it was difficult to take Sally Field seriously. She was not Sally Field, actress. She was Sister Bertrille, Gidget, the Girl with Something Extra Now, she's Sa'Iy Field, an actress whose talent has been acknowledged Those initial steps ended in a hiatus of three years in her career "I had an overpowering need to do something substantial," she said of her frame of mind after "The Girl with Something Extra" had run its course on NBC. "I had to prove what I could do leave, she During her studied with Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio in New York. Field returned to acting in 1976 when she made her motion picture debut in Stay Hungry opposite Jeff Bridges While the film was not a major box office success, it proved T Id was a dramatic actress She followed with an Emmy Award-winnin- g perfortelemance in "Sybil, the four-hou- r vision movie based on the true story of a schizophrenic young woman. Sybil was the first time that I got to cut loose and do some real acting," said Field. And I was prepared for it. The most difficult thing was just getting the role. I had to convince them again and again. It was tough." That Sally Field would become an actress seems to have been in the cards from the beginning. Her mother, Maggie Field Mahoney, was a contract player with Paramount. Her stepfather, Jock Mahoney, starred in a number of television westerns and in two Tarzan films. After graduating from high school in the San Fernando Valley, she attended acting classes at Columbia Studios. While still a teenager, she was among 150 finalists auditioning for Gidget." She won, and d Related story, M- -l with two Oscars and an Emmy. With her new movie, Murphys Romance, which opens Friday, she takes on a new title: Executive Producer. Speaking from her office in Burbank during a telephone conversation Wednesday, Field looked back on her television situation comedy work. She did not speak disparagingly of those days, but said they were a necessary part of the process of becoming an actress. It was a time that many refer to as paying dues. I felt it was an important time for me, an important part of my growth, Field said. Had I not taken those steps, I would not be where I am. They were extremely important they weren't necessarily always fun but growth isn't always fun. Sometimes its hard and grueling, but you do it because you are reaching for something that you want. Its that same way with an education. To get your degree, you have to take a lot of classes that you dont like. But you do On todays Weekend cover terview with her appears above. He reviews her latest film, Murphys Romance, on M-- Featured on the Weekend cover today is actress Sally Field. Tribune staff writer Terry Ormes in II I UU MM U M II U I m f Youngblood V (2x (r i tooay . .1 If Qatar" y (R) 9:45 taqln" 6 A. SUN J 7TH EAST AT 5THSO 3 (MtfkapfeE Out of Africa '969-626- Color Purple , TODAY, Gene Shalit , be moved by Spielbergs film and its formidable cast. (4 rating). stars-highe- st CHICAGO SUN TIMES, Roger Ebert (R) (5-1- ChW 3 J (pg) REDWOOD RD. 54TH SO. Q 6 R A Crown International MANN THEATRES Cv 1:00, 3:10, 5:20, 7:30, 9:40 a HIGHLAND DR 278-471- Release fYYI'inini 6" COTTONWOOOYl1 (pg-13- ) A STEVEN SPIELBERG FILM REDWOOD ROAD AJ AJkx Ahliei FAtr FYuc VAArmng 54TH SOUTH 7:15,9:15 ONLY HTf TIMES PUBLISHED ARE FOR TODAY ONLY Itat Story 1 FORT UNION 255-- '' w c. 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The Jewel Of the Nile(PG) ) (pg-13- 4, a ClaU James Garner and Sally Field star in Murphys Romance, a film on which Field also served as executive producer. d co-sta- Ual M3 NEWSWEEK, David Ansen The Jewel Of the Nile 1:10, 4:05, 7:00, 10:00 light-hearte- Toyallta Ikufll aacatd Uta limiti Bauaahf Jldll. jo jtut 1:00, 3:05, 5:15, 7:30, 9:45 fistt aar horse-trainin- 16 31, 12:45, 2:55, 5:05, 7:20, 9:35 12:45, 3:45, 7:00, 10:00 I In "Murphys Romance, Field plays Emma Moriarty, a divorcee who takes her son to a small town in Arizona and tries to rebuild her life. Emmas passion is horses, so she rents a broken-dow- n ranch house with a barn and corrals and goes into g the business. Before long, she is befriended by the towns pharmacist, played by James Garner, and a romance begins. With Murphys Romance, my career has changed in one significant way, said Field about the new movie. I did not choose those roles in Places In the Heart and Norma Rae. They chose me. But Murphys Romance' is the first film that I have set out to make because I liked it. so highland Youngblood I overly-ag-gressiv- pg) 45. 3:45, 6:45,9:49 uK. ) Her performance started a fortuitous chain of events. It convinced Martin Ritt to cast her as the young laborer in "Norma Rae, for which she received her first Oscar. Her performance in "Norma Rae, along e with her portrayal of the reporter in Absence of Malice, in turn convinced Robert Benton to cast her as Edna, the resilient woman in "Places In the Heart." She received another Oscar for that performance. Ji 12:45, 3:00, 5:10, 7:25, 9:40 (pg-13- won- derful. I was glad I'd taken all the steps The most horrifying thing that could happen to me would be to get Sybil and not be ready for it. Slta Ual a ClaU 2 Art'll', 47iiYMurphy$ Romance "Out of Africa at the right moment, and it was I ONLY 45, 1 W SOS, 7 20. 9 35 5001 1 278-47- 1 WwjuThe Power (R) 12:45, 2:55, 5:05, 7:20, 9:35 & step-by-ste- 5 IS. 7 90, 040 MS. 3 IS. 7 90. 9 40 TOOAY SAT hi'a.VSSl (7)3:10,55,7:35 Sun. 12 "I had learned my craft p gradually Sybil' came along because I liked the story, because I liked the characters." When 'Norma Rae' came along, it was a wonderful script and it was the chance of a lifetime," continued Field about the developments that have led her to becoming a producer "It was the first film I ever starred in, and Marty Ritt had to fight for me because the studio didnt want me I just wanted to work, and I wanted to work in something good. It was the luck of the draw. "I was also very lucky when Robert Benton asked me to play Edna in Places in the Heart. He came to me. He saw something in me he wanted in Edna. In fact he said that he thought of me in the role while he was writing the script, which I consider quite a compliment. I loved both scripts. They are eloquent. I would be lucky to be offered one of those scripts during my entire lifetime, let alone two. Of all the people with whom she has worked, Field seems to have special affection for the veteran director Martin Ritt. Ritt has directed her three times: In Norma Rae, the Back Roads with Tommy Lee Jones, and now in Murphys Romance. Its magic, I guess, said Field about her rapport with the director. Its like why do you fall in love with certain people. We speak the same language. He speaks to me as an actor, in a way that I understand. The most difficult aspect of making Murphys Romance, said Field, was that, despite her early TV work and the Burt Reynolds comedies in which she has appeared, she doesnt really feel at home with r, material. She credits her James Garner, with helping her performance in Murphy. Its easier for me to be in a very intense movie where I get to be extremely emotional and in agony the See M-- Column 1 J MOUCWYS) Spies Like Us ir wfaaM8Magw. I 363-626- 9zo; 100, 3 00,100, 7:15,9 20 SUN : 1 (EXCFPT j HOllOAVS FIRST SKV SUNDAY SATUWQAY X tEHfr Qum4 SAT. & 6PM SHOWSMFOa (W26f "Down,i2'?in, St 0. f I V 3092 SO HIGHLAND V. I W I MM -- 4. her acting career, which some 20 years later would also become a producing career, began "Sybil" was a benchmark in Field's and her career It showed directors fans that she had a depth never displayed before. The actress, again, credits her early television work for preparing her for the extraordinary performance as the mentally disturbed woman Friday, January youve found the right guy, someone Crist even worse comes along. Murphys Romance is one of the first pleasant surprises of the new year, a civilized and funny and very perceptive romantic comedy. James Garner Is wonderful. 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