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Show The Deseret Gazette Page 3 August 22. 1975 The network for the Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) will reach 10,000 miles, from Agana, Guam to San Juan, Puerto Rico. Bob Rice, Salt Lake City Telethon Chairman, said that the nets work shoDw being put toby Hughes Television gether Frank and Carrie Connolly by will also include Honolulu and Entertainment Editors Anchorage, Alaska, in addition to over 190 leading TV stations a record number for a single humanitarian fund-raiseffort. The Jerry Lewis Telethon, the first major program of the 1975--7- 6 TV season, win be seen in Channel 4. Utah over KCPX-TThe show begins at 7:00 P.M., Sunday, August 31, and continuntU 5:00P.M., p ues Monday, September 1. The spectacular will originate from Del Webb's Hotel Sahara in Las Vegas. Arthur Forrest, noted New York TV director who is both directing and producing the Telethon, is helping Jerry Lewis line up the nation's top talent, including Ed McMahan, and an estimated 100 other TV, movie, stage, and concert stars. TFhe network show and local cutaways will also feature appearances by sports headliners, government officials, business and labor executives, and scienScheduled to tific leaders. are Dr. Las from Vegas appear Michael E. DeBakey, heart surgeon, who is a member of the Board of DirecUniversity of Utah Theatre Players from the production of 'Paint your Wagon' at Lagoon Opera tors of MDA; George Meany, House. MiP President of the AFL-CIami Dolphins quarterback, Bob Griese; and spokesmen for the Kimberiy-ClaCo., Sara Lee There's talent galore at the The music as a whole would Clayton in particular was outMcDonald's Restaurants, Co., Lagoon Opera House where have been more enjoyable if it Seven-ustanding. If there were a lead United Air Lines, PAINT YOUR WAGON is curweren't for the orchestra. There role to the play, he had it. He is Arthur Murray, the Roller Skatrently showing. Unfortunatdy, was no balance and the lack of a very good actor with an ing Rink Operators Association simply painting Lemer and Loexcellent and versatile voice. quality was evidenced by the inof America, and the Reynolds wes rickety old wagon is not dividual soloists' failure to use a His rendition of I TALK TO THE Metals Company. to make it trail enough worthy. vibrato to mellow their times. We TREES was beautiful. Contributions to the Telethon In our opinion, however, if anywould like to see much, much They needed help. help support MDA's worldwide one could make it roll, it would PAINT YOUR WAGON will more of this young man. Trade research program and its netbe Director R.H. Wilson and his run at the Lagoon Opera House Pastore Fielden, who played work of free clinics throughout crew. They do a classy job of through August 30. opposite Philip Clayton as Jenthe U.S., and in Puerto Rico and painting what is there to be nifer Rumson, was well cast and Guam. painted, it's just too bad that had a pleasing voice. In Utah the Muscular Dystrothis play is such a poor vehide Harold Folland as Ben RumAssociation supports four phy through which to display their son was a loveable old cout with disease reseatalents. the necessary physical charactof S54.000 cost rch a at grants The storyline flits from one eristics of an old prosnecter, but annually and a free clinic, locaricature to another, brushing unfortunately his voice was not cated at the University of Utah U.DavM RtcharSN. a dab of paint here and another the type to carry the ballad type atcPoooai McDoufal Medical Center which utilizes never but en there, staying long numbers he had to perform. He most updated diagnostic the oough to fill in the details of any got the show off to a very slow treatment facilities, genetic cocertain one or to give him the start with the opening ballad Wear Jordan Mortnary unseling, social counseling, and exposure necessary to make him physical therapy to assist all the central figure. The result ii David Richards as the polythose who suffer from neuroa static romanticized paint job of obtaining permission frmuscular diseases. gamist the dd west, devoid of the om God to sell one of his wives central conflict and characters and may we add, at a time when necessary to maintain the conshe would fetch a very, very tinuity of a sound plot. This is handsome price, really helped probably why the movie version to spice up the show with some was so massively reconstructed needed humor and tailored it to making Ben Rumson, played by fit the particular culture of our Lee Marvin, the central figure . area. This show could have and providing him with a brand used more of such moments. new and totally different storyRoUicklag, Fuuluvlng line than is found in the play. For the most part PAINT Mr. Wilson, as the director, YOUR WAGON has rollicking, should have taken these things fun loving, foots tomping music into account when choosing the which helps to authenticate the pieces for his troupe to perform setting of the play. Included in this summer. the show also are three or four Personal Plaudlta beautiful ballads, but the lead Even though the play itself, ins for two of these were so was a disappointment, the evobvious it was embarrassing. ening was made enjoyable by This was the fault of the writers. the individual players. Philip Paint Your Wagon: Good But Not Great ( coast-to-coa- ing non-sto- Robert Mitchum is held at gunpoint while being drugged by foes in 'Farewell. My Lovely' By April Fennimore Can you remember a time when the name Joe DiMaggio meant mote than Adolf Hitler, when pollution wasn't a part of big city life, and when criminals vied with honest politicians for power? This is the era depicted in Avco Embassys bew fiiknm FAREWELL MY LOVELY, starring Robert Mitchum as Phillip Marlowe. Raymond Chandlers detective hero of the 1940'. Robert Mitchum is superb in the role of detective made cynical by the bitter depression age, but while cynical, Marlowe is believable, moral and caring, a man seeking to solve mysteries to keep food on his table and clothes on his back, but also by Chay Thomas LeSuer Gazette staff Probably the funnest movie in town right now is Walt Disneys The Apple Dumpling and its about time Disney came up with another winner. With people like Don Knotts and Tim Conway providing the laughs the film Just has to please someone. These two fine comedians are put to fine use in this latest adventure from the Disney Studios. g, world-famo- because after a point, one must find answers or be forever dissatisfied. Marlowe tells his own story in a colorful narrative interspersed throughout with sometimes humorous, often bitter, and always Mitch-um- 's revealing comments. supporting cast indudes Charlotte Rampling of the THE NIGHT PORTER, Sarah Miles who won an Academy Award for a mere seven minute perform n ce in THE MIDNIGHT COWof the BOY, John Ireland-o- ne film actors of most our time, and California Boxing Champion Jack O'Halloran. FAREWELL MY LOVELY is now playing at trolley theatres in TROLLEY SQUARE and is rated R. The cast indudes some other familiar faces. Most will probably say Hey, that's what's his name, and in case you don't recognize them there's; Bill Susan Clark, Harry MorSlim Pikens, to name a and gan, few. This film is (of course) rated G and is good fun for the whole family. Some of you adults out there may say I dont think I'd enjoy it, but I'm sure that if you take in this one, youll be surprised at some of TATA the gfoings-on- . rt The Sleepers by Jane Louise Curry The legend of King Arthur and his knights of the round table are many, and found throughout England. In almost all of them there is a belief that Arthur has not really died, but is merely asleep; that he will return to England to help his country when the need is greatest. THE SLEEPERS deals with a version of this legend in Scotland, where Arthur and his followers are called the sleepers, and are believed to be resting beneath the hills of the area, the tiDme when their Set in help will be required. modern times, it involves four children, two Americans and two Englishmen, who find themselves having to rescue Arthur, so that at some point in the future he can return to rescue Visting a relative who is an archeologist working on prehistoric underground caverns, the four uncover an old bell, associated with Arthurian legends. Some month, and much digging later, they also come upon an underground cavern, and see the sleepers, Arthur and his knights, where they lie waiting the time for their return. Unfortunately others are also seeking to find Arthur, but with intentions at destroying him.. The children must find a way to rescue k England's great hero. 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