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i March 31 to name a state sen signed his 32nd District seat, THt NASHVIIU TENNESStAN. Thursday. March 20. 196? Cieefcwooc 7o Present 'Accaifonc' Tonight lator to succeed Bill Riggins. I Riggins, a Republican, re 'Fiddler on the Roof in Review Views While Waiting for Topo "Accattone," an Italian drama marking the film debut of Pier Paolo Pasolini (director of "The Gospel According to St.

will be presented at 8 tonight at Cheekwood. A Laurel and Hardy short subject, "County Hospital," has been added to the pro gram. Tickets may be purchased at the door. Shelby Court to Name Sen. Riggins' Successor MEMPHIS (AP) The Shelby County Court will meet Whtn in Southtrn Ctlifarnit visit Univritl City Studio DEEP IN THE JUNGLE THEY HUNTED THE THE EACH OTHER! Old Plan Hoe aimstoplease citing the pressure of his real estate business.

UNIVERSAL sr.untt Ganum George ACADEMY AWARD WIHHIR CO-STARRING NIGEL GREEN Screenplay by CHARLES WILLIAMS 1 1 fit" 'w: 'wv7''-' '111 rrd Forced to evacuate their home in ezarist Russia and begin a Cng journey to America, Tevye and his wife (Joe Cusanelli and Susan Willis) sing lovingly of the life they must leave, in a scene from "Fiddler on the Roof," which opened at the Grand Ole Opry House last night. The touring company of the Broadway hit will conclude its engagement here with two performances today (at 3:30 and 8:30 p.m. Ittaslmtia Qui MDEPtNpNTiy athletic stunts in their complexity. All in all, this excellent edition of "Fiddler on the Roof" gives a lot to look forward to "until the movie comes out." of the show are the dancing ones, i are patterned after Jerome Hobbins' choreography of the original production; the footwork is vibrantly alive, bordering onto PIRATE DEN SUPPER CLUB HAPPY HOUR! thru 4 P.M. -7 P.M.

UimirS RETREAT PETE SAYERS of WSM TV Appearing Wed. Thurs. Based on the Novel "Snake Water" by ALAN WILLIAMS Directed by DELBERT MANN ProduceobySTANMARGULIES A UNIVERSAL- CHEROKEE PICTURE TECHNICOLOR 3as Old man Kelsey hits all the notes. Along with the rest of the band. And when they're not playing, the old time silent movies are.

So please yourself. Sip a cocktail. Drink a beer. Or try out the dance floor. You'll get a bang out of The Landing.

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ROBERTS Lf i MtStNtS istonu jumr nionHnu i r. nuyvLHiNuo THEATRES BARN SUNDAY THRU FRIDAY $6.00 SATURDAY $7.50 Friday Children 18 yn. and Under Vl Price Delicious Buffet Live Broadway Play Now Playing "THE DRUNKARD" 6.7 Miles West on Hwy, 100 from Int. 70-100 Reservations 352-4100 sis I STARTS TOMORROW C. W.

Rogers Featuring I mRY A frank t. FEATURES: the cala premiere Opening of the New Deluxe mnaira rome Li I 01 mi criruiM momnn nnurr nnui mno if lo see the humor in the situation and finds it, rolling with the punchlines: "It's true that we are the chosen people," he says in one of his frequent chats lo God, "but once in a while can't You choose someone else?" His eldest daughters are dispatched with easy charm and persuasion by Renee Seines, Susan Gocppinger and Andrea Eden. Susan Willis plays the wife dimensionally as a stern sparring-partner, who's not above allowing an embarrassed smile to cross her face when her husband asks her to dance in public. As the village matchmaker, Lila Teigh makes a comical old crone. The most thrilling moments You're Captain of Detectives Washington, D.C.

and you don't like criminals sliooina ft through loopholes in the law. CAPRI THEATRE In Harding Mall Center MARCH 26th at 7:30 A.M. AMiinniiniiin "Star! is a I 1 lively, exciting, fascinating, accept Master Charge fr BankAmericard Your wife has been murdered and you're the (suspect Now, il-wnat aflectionate.glittering, musical I Matinees: 2 PM Wed. -Sat. Sun.

1 1 hlnrkhnt(rl" '4 I INI IF 1RHWS as the imr. 1 1 tu-oiar ring jill i. DINNER PLANTATION Now Playing A COMEDY "WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER" SUNDAY THRU FRIDAY $6.00 SATURDAY $7.50 Wednesday, Children 1 8 yrs. and Under Vz Price Delicious Buffer Live Broadway Play Hwy. 31 Past Biuegrasi Country Club Reservation 824-5100 LUKf HAKRY HAl'N rpHERE'S a definite disad-" I.

vantapp in the old cliche i "waiting for the movie to come out." Like yesterday when our paper's regular I drama critic took sick and we were pressed into service to review a touring company verison of "Fiddler on the Roof." which opened last night for the first of three performances here. Not that we were completely ignorant of the musical's phenomenal reputation. We left tor the Opry House last fiilht, secure in the knowledge 1 hat the film version would be in '71 and that, according to a studio handout just this week, it would star that fine actor Topol in the role of Tevye the dairyman. If we hit the piay "cold," ve warmed to it quickly and completely. "Fiddler on the Hoof" is an improbable, determined, unequivocal hit, which didn't serin news to anyone else in the packed Opry House.

It. should, in fact, be required viewing for those prospecting for Broadway smashes. Here it is a play that de-lics (he old formula. There's jnol a "Some Enchanting Evening" in the whole score. Buck and Sheldon Harniek's music doesn't push for pop rounds: the melodies, in their own off-centered way, a hauntingly rich, and the lyrics fil, the show rather than the Top Ten charts.

The title of the show says nothing to the man on the street, the storyline is heavily streaked with Jewish customs and humor, and the setting is ruthlessly deglamorized. PUT THEM all together, they somehow come out a 14-kurat evening. What is amazing is where this entertainment gold was mined in a small, desperately poor village in Russia of 1905 when revolutionary vibrations were being felt. Its theme if you're ready is the joys of Jcwishness in such an oppressive environ. And joys is the word.

Tevye explains early that each citizen is a "fiddler on a roof, trying to scratch out a simple tune without breaking his neck." It's catchy tune. Last night's audience was terribly responsive to this ability to find silver linings in the gathering war clouds. The plight of the persecuted Jew in ezarist Russia or anywhere is a grim one, hardiy musical-comedy material. That, very reason may account for its improbable meshing so beautifully on stage. VAULTING optimism of' the musical's message carries over in its performance.

Joe Casanelli, one of the Broadway's Tevyes, is a commanding and compassion area of identification, a Jewish Everyman with Job-size problems: Not only is he faced with imminent eviction from his home by the Russian authorities, but three of his five daughters are highly "modern" (i.e., headstrong) and marriageable. He works hard 'Circle Players Present John Ardcn's THE HAPPY HAVEN March 12-22nd I nr lirrn Call 2 56 68 5 5 open 'fount tVJRL 'round the dock HW AND UNION )N THE DCmNTOWNlR MOTOH INN Now for at its PiCHARO VANESSA VR6NC0 4 I v-i ii SllMilQfl loophole? Features: A modern-day story fT'i vflt i Matinees 2:00 P.M. of faith, courage, fePiUwTfTtJ TFrM I and intngue! mtUXMM 8:00 p.m. Anthony QuinnL vld" Oskar WernerK'4- 'afe'J SffiffiMff David JanssenW gj I 1. Ml VittorioDeSicaOsp; Wm ilL'JliMMfiB Metrocolor jV JTsI 1.

1, lTT. I. If Ce demolition to Dean Martin i IS DELICIOUS I ElkeSommer- LAST TIMES TODAY find? 1' ft hard edge of todayl. WORLD'S MOST ACCLAIMED MUSICAL! mm prince; FRENCH BISTRO ShHVI.S AM ERIC AX FRENCH CUISINE We A motion picture with FEATURES: 1 1 :20 XMtm ii BSEDON the plav BLlOf CAMtlOT ALAN JAY I 1 A Cit 0PtN 'f -v i STARTS the Suggested (parental TECHNICOLOR il ancyKwar. Nigel Green- 'j 1 THE BOSTON 1 IjirJ STRANGLE! I IStWffll15 TonyCurtis Henry Fonda Detective LLTrank 'i Dtllitt-scmc f3BlCCLJEEI 1 tliri trinrl rf rrn AC 1 ITddlerERpof Basd on Sholem rMelchem'i stories COLUMBIA PICTURES Presents GEOHGE PEPPHJ1II JEM! SEBEE1S RICHARD MLEY b) tvalte scHRf Written and Produced by STANLEY NISS Directed by GEORGE SCHAEFER TECHNICOLOR Cj SS? for MATURE audiences discretion advised).

9ySpuii FVimsswirf Arnold Perl 91 Te JOSEPH STEIN iCDTJV DAJl tnlireriilii'enT)irtcUH'Ciioftsj-ipiid JEROME ROBBINS 3 1 30 P.M. 8:30 P.M. OPRY HOUSE' Mat. $5.50, $4.50 $3.50 Presented by VARNELL ENTERPRISES MATINEE NIGHT SHOW GRAND OLE TICKETS ON SALE ONLY AT Harvcys Downtown Ticket Office Eve. $6.50, $5.50 $4.50.

i nSfev. 1 LI i'- 1 "TH6 LION IN W1NT6R" Nominated for I PIHIDP 006 I fiPFNs A-in PM the first time popular prices.1 Direct from reserved-seat engagement. DAViD LIONEL CHRRLTOtl HESTOtl Audrey Awaii mRKimiuflnscHEUi MORROW 3 3 MV'S'CBV ORtCTtD BV 1 LERNER FREDERICK LOEWE MOSS HART i'0 im OUCl l0 miuH r6 ei 1 wlf it I WWIf TECHNICOLOR PAKAVISION IT FROM WARNER ARTS FEATURES: Cat Tickets for Premiere from Parents Assoc. of St. Cecelia or at Creen Hills Theatre 111 swfAWSArMffr Including: BEST PICTURE WREN a'X'it a wnvvn vfW MM JOSEPH 6.LV1N an avco cmbassy film P6T6R KATHARIN6 0'T00L6 H6PBURN inn ri A nOCMC i.lA DA rrr Hepburn SCHNEIDER ROD5" pvI i TECHNICOLOR (cl Henry II.

King of England 26LION IN as Eleanor of Aquitame. His Wile POLL PiMucwro AC0 EMBASSY Release PANAVISIO.N i COLOR 'ROMY HOT ffl if NAISMfTH CALA PREMIERE THURSDAY, MARCH 27 at 8:00 p.m. SPONSORED BY PARENTS ASSOCIATION OF ST. CECELIA ALAN JAY LERNER-JOSHUA LOGAN JACK WARNER AT OVERBROOK OPENS 6:30 PM Matinees: 2:00 p.m. Wed.

Sun. Hols. $2.25 Evenings: 8:00 p.m. Sun. thru Thurs.

$2.25 ii. STARTS TOMORROW HULLABALOOl iid4k Stirrin JnliN Arnnlrl TmI ipTW EA3TMAM Sat. (Above Hols. $2.50 prices do not apply to premiere) p. C00(f.