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Show Filers it, SFEOLU EDITED by LLOYD SHEARER aj iO ''fw n?iidiirarO j lldii juJdiL HU BECAUSE OF VOLUME OF MAIL RECEIVED, PARADE REGRETS IT CANNOT ANSWER QUERIES. working in the movie, ap- pears regularly on TV, recently worked in the movie, "Skyjacked." Angela Cartwright, 20, who played Brigitta, starred as Danny Thomas daughter on his TV show for seven years and con- tinues to work in films. "I dont believe," jhe says, "I've ever met anyone who hasn't seen 'The Sound of Music. '" Kym Karath (Gretl) is 14 and works steadily in Hollywood television. Debbie Turner who played Marta, has now, at 16, fallen out of love with show business. "When we came home from Austria," she says, "where we made much of the picture, I had a hard time adjusting, but now I've turned to ling, because in Hollywood mode- acting work is so scarce." Heather Menzies, who played Louisa when she was 14, is now 22, married to an actor, and working regu- in television. larly Duane who The Sound of Music" family today: (I. to r.) Chairman Carr, Duane Chase, Heather Menzies, Nicholas Hammond, Julie Andrews, Angela Cartwright, Kym Karath, Debbie Turner. TESHO i;.m: super-schmalt- zy Eight years ago, 20th the corporations most successful released a and Christopher were accorded top hilling in "The Sound of Music," Century-Fo- x musical Julie Andrews starring unknown children. and seven "The Sound of Music" won five Oscars, grossed $100 million, maintained the financial solvency of the studio. This summer. Fox is releasing the story of the Von Trapp Family singers for the second time, convinced that a new crop of filmgoers will pay almost as much as the old to see money-mak- Although Julie er. Andrews Plummer the seven little tender Trapps ran off with the audience kudos. What's happened in the intervening years to those magnificent youngsters who played Captain Von Trapp's lovable children? few weeks ago, just before Julie Andrews took A off for England left Hollywood studio staged a cast reunion. she's the the seven youngsters showed up and checked in. And Charmian Carr who played Liesl, the oldest daughter, is now 26, out of show business and married to Jay Brent, a dentist. She lives in Encino, Calif., looks after her Jenny. "My husband," she says, "is sort of old-fashion- ed. gave me a choice of marriage to him or an acting career, and I He chose marriage." Nicholas Hammond who played Friedrich, oldest of the Von Trapp boys, is 22, attended Princeton after Chase, 21, played the njischievous Kurt who teased the girls, is a long-haired college student majoring in geology in Santa Barbara, Calif. "I had a marvelous time working on 'The Sound of Music," he recalls, "and I did some more acting for a few years after that. But everyone grows up, you know, and I guess thats what's happened to me." Twentieth Century-Fo- x plans to release "Sound of Music" every eight or 10 years which is what MGM does with "Gone with the Wind," and Disney has done with "Snow White," "Bambi," "Mary Poppins," and all the others. In Hollywood such productions are called "money-in-the-ba- nk ." continued 9 f |