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Show Bellini j f ; ni I ' -s . .' . I r. v , 1 bHX . Elizabeth Montgomery Jeanettc Nolan by Betty Lanigan li.ilioth Montgomery jdmits it frr-oly playni)' tho role ol ,i pionoer worn. in irnmedutoly jttor the Involution ,iry Wjr in the deep woods of Ohio rn.iy te .1 thrill tor ,m ,ii tress but she h.is no desire to I've th it w,iy The hlonde ;i tress, who st.irs as Soyw ird I u. Uett m NHCMVs 'IHt AWAKfNING 1 AND. ' the television verMon of Conr.id Hk. liter's Puliter Pne winning tnloi'.y (Sund.w through ijesd.iy, Teh. 19 21 ) delighted in the'role whii h took Iter from ,ijes 72 to 47 but to live as Miss I m Kelt did ? No appeal1 "Women worked from sunup to sundown They never slopped and while they led healthy lives, they wore exhausting lives Women had to be a hardy breed to survive the physical rif.jors." Montgomery says, "and all Ihis without a bit of mental stimulation. No. I'm very satisfied with the times I live in." She adds refler lively, "It's a good thine,, consider inj; the calamities which befell them, that the people didn't a t like lemmings and throw themselves in the drink when things p,ot tout;h My ancestry is E'nplish, Scotch. Irish and f tench but I really don't know when they came to the New World." "Oh I pant you it was a fas matinj; time, a wondeiful time but women had absolutely nothing done for them They not only had to have physical strength but also spiritual courage as well No wonder they wore out." Veteran actress Jeanettc Nolan, on the other hand sighs, "I was born out of my time the wrong era I adapt to this life so easily." She is not ust making conversation j witli an interviewer The diminutive actress and her t husband John Mclnttre have for yc ars lived half the year S in the wilds of Montana, where she does tier own cooking, over a wood fire, where she has learned to skin n deer, lish with the best of them and even chop wood. Tony Mockus, who plays Sayward's woodsman father in the six hour novel for television, hails from Cicero. III., and says his ancestors came to the United States later than the 1700s, "I admire their fortitude in managing to survive." he says thoughtfully "They were so innocent, so uncomplicated Everything was as God gave it to them It astounds me the way they were able to use everything,.' Every part was used when they killed a deer; for instance, the skin, the (at (tallow for candles), in cooking, and in lubricating hides and wheels of simple carts "The few good tools which they devised were cherished and used for building not only their homes but their furniture. We have become so sophisticated. ." Mockus pauses and adds, "I envy them their closeness to nature and thus their closeness to God " Please check local station lor exact air lime. |