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Show i HHKWWW Walt Disneys 4Song of the South makes a return By Bill Lohmann United Press International ATLANTA Forty years ago when Walt Disney's "Song of the South" premiered in Atlanta, the star of the movie could not attend because no hotel would give him a room James Baskett, the star, was black So much for a affair ! wac ahsolptply horrifipri u'Hpn J tame to the first showing and found Jim Baskett was not there," said Ruth Warrick, one of the last surviving stars of the movie She is these days for her role as Phoebe on the soap opera "All My Children "That just seems so impossible now, she said Times have changed slowly some would say excrutiatingly so -and that era has disappeared even if more subtle forms of bigotry have best-know- n not But "Sone of the South." combining live and animated actors, lives on and is coming back for a new generation After years of being tucked away on the Disney library shelves, the movie that made Uncle Remus, Brer rabbit, the Tar Baby and the rest of ue briar patch crowd famous will be appearing in theaters across the nation as part of a 40th anniversary celebration A world premiere was held Satur- . "ortriArlp rrrvirwr the restoration of Wren's Nest, the home of Joel Chandler Harris, the Atlanta newspaperman who created the Uncle Remus tales in the late 18u0s Uncle Remus was a fictitious black an old slave and philosopher man ,'"" who told the entertaining fables of the shrewd Br er Rabbit and his counterparts with great relish and a black dialect straight from the Old South A young white boy was his fictitious listener Harris insisted he was no author, but simply the compiler of stories He grew up during the Civil War in Georgia and learned many of the tales from an old black man he called Uncle Geoi ge The stories first appeared as columns in The Atlanta Constitution, but later were syndicated nationwide and published in book form Walt Disney grew up listening to the Uncle Remus tales and long considered transforming the stories to the big screen "Song of the South" Disney's first feature film with live actors premiered in 1946 Disney told me I was the first live actor he signed, Warrick said in a telephone interview from New York "He said 'You make me nervous ' I u.kv onH ha cqiH Rar'anp if you don't do it the way 1 like, 1 can t rub you ouure But Disney did not leave out animation altogether "Song of the South" blends live actors with cartoon characters and animated backgrounds for an intriguing effect The film is filled with music the is by snappy far the best known melody to come out of the movie and fine perfor-mance- s dsKt?u., wnu pmuavcu cu-cl- e Remus, won an honorary Oscar for the role, but made no more movies before his death in 1948 of a heart ailment Popular as the tales have been, Un cle Remus always has been viewed rather suspiciously by blacks manv of whom fell insulted by the minstrel tradition of the stories and the inov le Disney studios has traditionally Snow W hue its classics ' ' Bambi, "Fantasia" and the like, every several years But it withheld "Song of the South" during the civil rights turmoil of the 1960s to avoid any controversy The movie was iq7) ani re released in 19 1981 The outcry has died down in recent years Uncle Remus is still not a fa vorite of manv blacks but a closei look has tempei ed the anger For in stance, Harris was considered a lib oral lor his time and his descendants claim his main aim was to pieseive black heritage ' Some blue ks telt it w as dcgi ading to depict slavery in any form on the screen and that s an understandable reaction," W arrick said ' But slav ei v was a fact A veiy sad tac t and something that we should regret and be ashamed of "But the point of the picture is that Uncle Remus was the wise one He Monday, November pro-bla- k representation A spokesman for the NAAUP m said the organization Washington fielded objections to "Song of the South' when it first premiered but has no current position on the movie "We haven l gotten any public ic action about it yet," said Jim Wil hams, NAAUP spokesman ' At some point were going to have to take a look at it and take a position on it " Crocodile Dundee tops al the box office - "Crocodile run for Dundee" continued its all-othe magic $100 million box office mark last week posting a gross of C 2 million frt tntal of $68 2 million The surprise hit of 1986 stars Paul sometimes known as AusHogan as an Outback tralia's Bob Hope Aussie innocent abroad "Crocodile Dundee" dropped 10 theaters last week but still gained 12 percent over the previous week on 1,485 screens Clicking along in second place was "The Color of Money, the pool hall bdgd Ui r AM LiUUlC t Ciauil oiuui weeks the comedy drama pio and a young comer ha's grossed $26 9 million in 1.205 theaters Despite gaining 22 scieens over the previous week, however. "The Color of Money ' paled by 17 percent Also iioiuitig sti ad in its previous In foui of an old United Press International HOLLYWOOD (UPI) 11 Iw green baize tables and cue sticks Starring Paul Newman and Tom Cruise (heartthrobs to two generations) "The Color of Money" continued to be a green $4 4 million. teenager years, was No 4 once again The comedy earned $3 2 million last week, bringing to $25 8 million its StNKtf UTIZtNS 13 ANYTIME S I10K II VNdb i4U Tai-Pa- the controversial story of a white col lege senior who poses as a black student to get a minority scholarship to Harvard Law School Starring C. Thomas Howell in the title role, Soul Man" grossed $3 4 tomillion last week for a three-weetal of $13 6 million in 1.267 theaters It dropped only 1 percent while losing 18 screens "Peeev Sue Got Married," starring " n Overall, movie business continued better than usual for the traditionally slow month of November Last week total receipts in the United box-offic- e llt'l dd d uiu;iv.v.u n nu returns through a time warp to her compared to fYVaftBYTi aosa r f UCtfo -A- so highland Q ROLLCgSaUAAE "TAI PAN" (R) S.S.T 1 30 4 15 7 00 9 45 F.M.W.TH 4 15 7 00 9 45 WHtRl Av iN THE RIVER RUNS t bt tHU WILD Ml JUMPlN million in $52 5 DAtV Of Rt OHt Mi'N W b NUN HM H Vl'A''. 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'At CU4T1I THE The $25 million epic, starring Bryan Brown in the title role, still managed to knock Whoopi Goldberg's "Jumpin' Jack Flash out of fifth spot in the weekly rankings HI J363 AT Is ns lNt the James tlavell saga theaters 860 k 1 s' M of the founding of Hong Kong, was a major disappointment in us opening trame, collecting omy i 6 million in ituui muii, o, a SKY BANDITS 5UU Jf tMLHGtNlt A total five-wee- v W 1?, l'lofi was full of love joy and humanity He was the hero The white folks were kind of stupid and foolish As fa. as lm concerned, this is a very SOMtIHiNG Bv Vernon Scott ji5 The Salt Lake Tribune, X TIMES PUBLISHED ARE FOR TODAY ONLY walkin theatres (LUXURY MON OLYMPUS 111.L KARATE KID 2 9 7 15 15 Real Buttered Popcorn NOW! 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