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Show wewwimFiEWNim ISA DESERET NEWS, Thursdoy, Moy 13, l?6? picture must return twice Its prodw tiou eo-- ta break even. This means that both and Star! have to rarii at least S62 million. But even the most optimistic projection at this point doesn't even eome close. - There is. however, a possicould Dolittle bility that eventually break even, but 20th will have to schedule 10 years of rereleases at holiday seasons. Only a miracle can save Star! was Oddly enough, 1968-6to have been the biggest year for 20tl since the Zanuck takeover, but that happy prospect is dimming. The studio had racked up an Impressive series- - of financialfilms through ly successful the past 12 months. "Valley ot the Dolls grossed $30 million: "Planet of the Apes brought in another $20 million; the Frank Sinatra-LeThe DetecRemiek starrer, tive, and the Tony Curtis veThe Boston Stran-glphicle, were other winnprs. As Furthermore, at that time, companys morale was ihe Zanuck, once v ''dm, had pulled it out of the Cleopati a doldrums. Not for long. The monDolittle strously expensive and Star!" have.pioved indigestible at the box office. niuac-lilousl- e r, The rule of thumb is that a now PLAYING! and gesture magnanimous of version film the permit which Barbia stars Dolly!", Streisand and Walter Matthau, to be released in DeBut cember. thats only rumor, and those who feel they know David Merrick are inclined to discount any reports of such gratuitous and compassionate action cn his Julie Andrews and Pex Harrison flop in expen- part. sive movies. a matter and Dolls of fact, d Apes were the biggest show films in company non-loa- instoiy. have ihouglit that Dolittle and Star! would bring such disappointment? Who would Then, add another significant factor to 20th's money troubles, li is having a tough time releasing the completed million production of $20 Hello, Dolly! David Merrick, piodueer of the Broadway version, who sold the rights to 20th for a pretty penny, has the power out of the to keep Dolly! movie house, until he closes the show in New York. Currently, Pearl Bailey is headcast and ing an packing the Broadway house. There is little sign of an im- - Every Evening till Saturday Night KINGSBURY HALL 8:30 p.m. - at 2:00 p.m. Saturday Matin BALLETjpk west WtlLAM F. CHRISTENSEN, director PI f So, there's that fat $20 million sitting around doing nothing when it could easily relieve the financial indigestion at 20th. Instead, there has had to he a knot in the purse strings, and such projects as The riot and Tom Swift, which Ger.e Kelly was to John Browns direct, and have been delayed, Body, some for as much as a year. There are some things that can be learned from Foxs hardship. For one thing, it proves that superstars no longer are guaranteed box office attractions. About the only superstar today that I can think of who remains an unassailable box attraction is John office Wayne, who, in his 40th year in the business, can still bring in the cash, even with a picGreen Berets, ture like which was ripped apart by the critics. zcm i m lakk SALT cottonwood oodvn 1st Place: KATHY LONE 2870 East 3220 South, Salt Lak 2nd Place: MRS. JOSEPH A. CHITTY 979 East 2800 North, Ogden 3rd Place: FREDRICK H. HOLZ 3086 Metropolitan Way, Salt Lake 4th Place SUSAN CARLSON 2340 East 4500 South, Salt take 5th Place. DONNA R. CARGUN 946 West 3650 North, Ogden 7 NEW BALLETS INCLUDING 4 VJorld Premieres (all seven mill be seen at each performance) will conduct the SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA UTAH TICKETS AT KINGSBURY HAIL BOX OFFICE Phone Orders Accepted A fi'ZZzt, liMi (NANA) -Doesnt it make you feel good all over when a deserving kid HOLLYWOOD gets a break? Dean Martin, Jr. has won a scholarship to UCLa, on the basis of bis Frank Sinatra in sing make ta Vegas, prepares a western movie. tennis. if hell to the campus in his der drive Sinatra Has Goatee For New Western -LAS VEGAS (Special) Frank Sinatra is storing at Caesars Palace and sporting a new goatee and mustache for a new movie. The fa'cial adornment is for a western which . Sinatra to star in after he expects finishes his Las Vegas en- gagement May 25. For some reason he's being mysterious about the title of the western or where it will be produced, but lie and Ins buddy, Dean Martin, have appeared in a couple of westerns. custom-mad- e imported sports car, make the trip each day in his private helicopter? Of coure, even if the scholDino arship fell through, would probably be able to put as their first artist a singer whose name might be familDean Martin Sr. iar to you The boys explain why Dean derived to put his musical future in their teenage hands. The family relationship has He do with it. a hit record in a couple of years. He heard the scoring job we did on a moie, knew that one of the songs weve composed. Tell Someone You Love Them, has beeen a big hit, and he thought we might be ablp to compose and produce something for him that would be a hit, too. As if she doesnt have enough troubles, now Liz Taylor is worried over the fact to hasnt had EZ salt cjxizxismxxi Nancy Sinatra Jr. is still taking the breakup c! her engagement to Jack Haley Jr. hard mighty hard. I reported months ago that that marriage would never take place, but that Nancy couldnt accept that fact. Now that she has, shes been in seclusion, telling friends shes sick. Her sickness s all of the heart. LAK and take jaunt to ro p e, 13- - since mar-riag- e. With year-ol- , twin d daugh-y.- - ters In town, head theyll ; H' a Eu- their first their ' ik for Dublin. and Scotland, Fred MaoMurray Copenhagen, then return to their northern California ranch until Fred returns to the studio to begin his 10th season of My Three Sons. Its a good life the MacMur-ray- s have carved, after individual pasts of great anguish. When they met, Fred was a widower. June had a short time earlier left a convent where she went to become a nun after the tragic death of her fiance left her crushed O JSL I CflTTONWOO and Fred e dime Haver MaoMurray are finally going to break loose himself through college. He and his best buddy, Desi Arnaz Jr., have formed their ourn record company and somehow managed to line up nothing tendencies. hippie Thats wny, 1 understand, shes sent them off to live with her brother for a while, hoping, I suppose, that a taste of a conservative, stable home life might straighten them out. prowessWon-at $20,000 obvious and too tormented to cope with life fer a while. Yul Brynner isnt making much noise about it, either, but in his own quiet way hes charming the heck out of lovely Jacqueline Croisset. are showing her teen sons By MARILYN BECK OABFN WEEKEND SPECIALS Henrv. It will be recalled that Sinatra sang at the Desert Inn before moving over to Caesar's Palace when Howard Hughes bought the D. I. They receive service for four in Franciscan, Fostoria, Read & Barton tableware. 322-789- S : Sinatras show at Caesar's Palace is drawing so well that the night spot has bad to Install a few dozen additional tables. A spokesman said his shows have been sold out virtually every night. Sinatra sings for at least an hour each night. Appearing with him on tiie show are dancer Joe comedian Greco and Pat here are the winners in our "musical tables" contest AftDEAN WATTS L. Dean Martin Jr. Receives UCLA Grant He Needs It five-yea- Do-lilt- e high Daryl inoi e at the r minent closing for the hit ThPre have been reports that Merrick might make a it Put HOLLYWOOD (Bell) in an extravasuper-sta- r gant production, and youve hit at toe box got a sure-firnlfice. So reasoned Twentieth-Centur- y Fox. one of Hollywoods biggest film factories. But the company is now seriously doubting the wisdom of its success formula. Fox invested $31 million in and Star! "Dr. Dolittle figuring they w'ere good ventures. 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