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Show . 6A DESERET SEVirS, Mrdcy, 24, No-ebe- 196? 'Oh! What A Lovely War Slated PsGcenick Desret Stars J) HEFFKRNAX pie-tw- fil'-'-- d e hard-presse- d ate eus-- t' of the unulil-htiers, failing to rerognie hoarded the actor, were arm" sod and kept on offering their money to the cashier until Fonda kept on shouting that he was actually Peter Fonda. He heggpd them, please, not to iulate the national peace demons! radons for whieh he himself was Mom e campaigning theater The Is was one of a dozen in the Angeles area playing first run e n g a gemen's of Easy Fonda had concenRider trated on the single theater, and somehow the TV cameras and radio reporters happened on the scene to record the almost unbelievable situation where a star, with his own money invested in Ahe movie, was literally begging people to turn around and go home. Its long past time for actors to get out of politics and mo ernen's of every kind," commented one Most of them, showman. through the very nature of are too their profession, highstrung, too emotional to get like businessmen. Idle fact that in this case the central figure was a financialldo-good- y-interested party makes the action all the more inconceivable. MUMOLNI HCUM5 t- -o I HOLLYWOOD N'VWi -The mrredulouc spectacle a feu nights ago of a top movie star parading in front of a theater slm.vmg his own and harangmr g fans to Stay awav 'rnm it exhibitors aionnd the country with gloom and chagrin. If the guy had turned up in front of ore of mv theiteis ihvn declared one angi I'd have railed the owner, lm hauled cons and had awav in the paddv wagon'" He was referring, of course, to Titer Fonda, whose erne tonal partii ipation n the demonrecent moratorium strations prompted him to urge customers stinding in line to see his box office smash. Easy Rider, to go away and come hack another time, a time more appropri- And playing their characters is a cast that reads like a whos who of British Films Sir Laurence Olixier, Sir Michael Redgrave, Sir Ralph Richardson, Sir John Clements. Dirk Bogarde. Phyllis Calvert, Jack Hawkins, Ken- in "The Big Trail," his first film in "The Undefeated." John Wayne, left, and right, 'Undefeated' Marks Wayne's 40th Year to they're trving by a been hoped ference had even been held by Paul New man toward that end. Newman was eager to pat the Finger on his currently-playin- g P.utch favsidr and the Sundance Kid." in whieh he has a sharing interest with x conference. The studio made n effort to intercede. Ijpsser known members of the Midnight Cowboy" and "Alice's Restaurant casts, including Jon Voight and Arlo Guthne. had agreed at the Newman confeience press (Fonda was there, too) to join the picture picketing proup, bet they pulled out at the last RedMore, Aanevsa grave, Maggie Smith, Susannah York and John Mills. himself. As proof of Wayne's determination not to retire is the fact he is now working on Ciiis-uanother western movie. His True Grit'' also is doing record business and he is expected to win an Oscar nomination for best actor. Wavne's .irst film was The Big T: ail. made bark in 1929 a'ter he had finished his college career. This adventure movie was the type that made a lilm with lots h.m famous of action and excitement. He studio. And rh did so at a Washington press neth has been among the top ten moneymakers in films m the U S. for 19 years, longer than any other actor. He has no ti oughts of retirement. He says: The' can put this old horse out to pasture, but he won't go by now The Unde'eated. playing at the Uptown and Highland, marks John Waynes 40th anniversary as a mnv ie performer. He re ailed the birthday of his beginning in films while making the picture, m which he stars with Rock Hudson and Utah's Merlin Olsen. number of the mote fervent actor peaermrks that a large represent 'ion could be marshaled for a single dav's demonstrations against the;r own productions, ard a press con- Century-1-o- One especially poignant mo. ment occur--, at Christniav when Germans and time, English and French in one section of No Man's Land Pin down their arms, get nnt nf the trenches and exchange Ferdinand. eat it up had ?- Dealing with World War I, it parades a vv hole list of notable names of the early 1900s Sr John French. President Woodrow WiKon. Sir Douglas Haig. Sir Henry Wilson. Kaiser Wilhelm, Emperor Franz Josef and Archduke Franz rg-te- n It ac; Wisely, no pictures of death or killing in bart'e shown. Rather, the results p the battles put over the p".. sage. ter nation was reg.serrd hv leaders of tv e N, moral Association of T! eater Owrers. whoe anru.il com lax e in Wash PC. .vac eon trg to 3 ( lose as the Fonda moment Put occurred admittedly; T' ete was nothirg official the group (oil'd do. one stated, The inmates have adding lorg sm e tahen over the av-lurow mass graves. n He are asked to pay a high rental, plus a percentage of the gross, in order to play that extremely picture and it is popular unfair, to sav the least, that our slim margin of profit should he so endangered. Stunned surprise and indig- The production is taken from the British stage play of the same name, which has created a sensation for a couple of years in London. The movie has received unprecedented raves tn New Yoik Although it was made m the tradition of such anti-wa- r and epics as The Victors Dr. Strangelove. the new film has a merrier aura about its satire. This is because of the background of World War I songs, such as Tipperary and MovieOver There. goers who do not like satire can just lean back and listen ra'st or come over from the sa'ei, of England to dedicae Oh What A Lovely War. one of the most biting, satui-v- l anti war fdrr ever made, opens its first-ruengagement tms week at the Studio Thea- By Showmen By HARO! returned from the rear RD PEARSON News Theater Editor By HOW Sir Laurence Oliver, left, and Sir Michael grave in "Oh! What A lovely War." to some beautiful and gic moments. nostal- The action opens at an international social affair where the diplomats become angry at trivial incidents. Their conversation is full of many references to the small that brought about things World War I. Then the action switches to Brighton, a resort center in England, where the entertainers lure the high-bor- n and the low, the rich and the poor into the army. They are next seen in uniform, for heading France and the trenches. Tne sabre then comes full bloom. There is John Mills, as Haig, Douglas General Red- greetings. ., The film is filled v scenes like this, all hamrrer. ' o1 ing home the stupidity as meant 'o the war that imploring the Almighty for His guidance m this slaughter that is about to take place. On a gigantic score-bod above, the names of the Somme battles are iMed And beside Marne. the Ypres. them are the number of men lost. Thev .otal 600.0X1 at one point, and stiil a third column nil lists the yardag gained or half a mile or one mile in some cases. There are many unforgettable but sad momen-- . in the film. Before one particular battle, the soldiers have exca- make the i.orld afe mocracy and did not. a, for de- Oh! What A Lovely tt r" has a f.ra'e. Representatives of the oprvn ing governments have met at Then the Versailles. crre switches to a former bats. field now a cemetery. a"a grows and grows and grnv? with the white crosses filirg the entire picture. . Oh! What A Love'. W? considera- has been creating in today ble controversy world. Some right-winforce; have been calling it Communist - inspired. Liberals are hailing it. vated several large trenches for graves. When the battle is over, the trenches have been filled, and the Generals have g JJLICE5 RESmURANT51 , ARID GUTHRIE hiiMK! PETER moment. Only a couple of weeks ago, FONDA-DENNI- HOPPER S JACK NICHOLSON Newman, appearing on a British TV panel show, had indicated the possibility he might be to nin for persuaded President of the United States and it is understood his pubcounselors licity suggested that in view of the startling repercussions following that admission it might be best for his career if he remained in the shade until the furor died down. 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