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-v-r A1 -V -f ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH April 20, 1973 5 spectator at the movies Monsters, And Freedom By Dick Richmond 'Soylent Green' WATCHING Edward G. Robinson appear posthumously in "Soylent Green" is rather a chilling experience. The very knowledge that he is dead produces some sadness, of course, but to see him portray an old man who is a living Iwzpmr i i i i TTiffriTCTTiMTMT-i---nirnwTrffnr-w roTrrMTWTWrmiflifliHwiHwi.jw'WMiiiiKui i t- ur me rosi-uispatcn stair IN TIFFANY GARDENS "Maria, I just killed a girl named Maria." With those telling words the audience broke into laughter because standing onstage with a "body" in his arms was the green-faced Frankenstein monster. There is something funny about someone with a anachronism and then to die at his own request produces an impact that.

the film makers did not expect. The combination of science fiction and murder mystery, with some crooked politicians thrown in for luck, is a pretty good yarn, with Charlton Heston starring as a New York City policeman in the Lindbergh Boulevard. The group will be there through tomorrow. No cover, no minimum. AT BRAVE BULL The Brave Bull at North Twelfth Boulevard and Washington Avenue has "reopened.

The opening act is Sommerset, which has Denny Sommers on electric organ, Les Tankovich on drums, Jimmy Russell on guitar, Joe Cardillo on bass and Micele Anne on lead vocals. 1 Micele is darkly sexy with a flippant style that works well with novelty numbers and rolling rock songs such as "I Feel the Earth Move." You do indeed. The songs are arranged well with a lot of instrumental interludes. Guitarist Russell comes into his own then. He doesn't always dominate, but a listener is always aware he's there.

The fingers on- his left hand move as fast as those on his right and he demonstrates why the guitar has been described as the most versatile of 'all instruments. Sommerset will be in the Brave Bull through April 28. No cover, no minimum. FRANKIE with the "corpse" of his dreams sings a ghoulish version of "Maria" from "West Side Story." Flanking him are Dr. Weirdlove (left) and Dracula.

They are three fourths of a show group called HEW. (Post-Dispatch Photo by Michael J. Baldridge) year 2022, when overpopulation, pollution and shortages of almost everything have brought the city practically to a standstill. Robinson is a former professor known as a "book." He 'lives with Heston and is his researcher, counting mainly on his memory but occasionally availing himself of a closely guarded library. There are no more books because there is no paper, just as there is little transportation because there are no spare parts, and no housing because of no material and nothing but synthetic food because there is not enough land or sunlight to raise crops.

Only the very rich can afford real food or to live in apartment luxury that is compounded by beautiful women who come with the digs and are known as "furniture." "Soylent," by the way, is a coined word by the author of the original novel, Harry Harrison, who combined soy-: beans and lentils, obviously two of the least palatable things he could find. The production of the food is a big part of the film's climax, and is rather grisly, even in these days of high prices. Richard Fleischer directed in flamboyant style, as befitting the man who also was responsible for "Skyjacked," but he keeps the action moving and the special effects and mob scenes are quite good, even if the climax is dragged a little too long. Heston, messianic as usual, and Robinson are good, and so are Brock Peters as a police lieutenant and Chuck Connors as an assassin. Leigh Taylor-Young is a piece of furniture that is extremely well-stuffed and will never need re-covering.

(Running time: 1 hour, 35 minutes. Rating, PG. At the NORTHLAND, SUNSET CYPRESS VILLAGE, GRANADA). JOE POLLACK It gets it. She sounds as if she is at a point in her life that could swing either way and one night may change the balance.

Freedom is in the Corinthian Room of the Parkway House, 3570 North chores around. That's how Freedom handles the job, and it comes off OK. Freedom is a five-piece band that has Michael on guitar, Jack Story on saxophone and bass, Terry Gilda on electric organ, Jerry Hurst on drums and Cindy Scott on lead vocals. Cindy does a better-than-' average job on all her songs, but "Help Me Make It Through the Night" is one that needs special care. cover, no minimum.

CORINTHIAN ROOM Listening to the words. It's a trick for singers. Making the audience, believe that, songs have special meaning is really a problem, especially when moving from a belting rock number to a ballad. It's then that the believa-' bility factor can be zero. One way for a group to make the switch from fast-moving songs to the slower kind is to move the vocal green face singing a love song.

But no more funny than fang-toothed Dracula singing "The blood in Jane lies mainly in the vein," or mad Dr. Weirdlove doing a-chorus of "Try to dismember a body so tender." It's all part of HEW's musical-comedy "An Even-' ing of Horror." HEW is Pat Hamilton, Gerald Elliott, Clark Walter and Roy 'Prince. Prince plays drums and also is the hag in the' musical monster bit. It's a toss up as to where his talent really lies. Regarding Hamilton, there is little doubt that he could easily switch from night club work to become a successful evangelist.

As Brother Al, a minister and a part-time washroom attendant, he brought "the word" to the sinners in the audience. "So many of you came," he shouted, "because you've sinned." Then in a more conciliatory tone, he added: "But for those of you who haven't sinned perhaps I and my staff can be of some assistance." There are certain products people just don't sing about, so HEW sang about them. Laxatives, denture adhesives, brassieres and an itchy skin cream with a Latin beat were touched by the HEW treatment. The group sings very well, but it's apt to be overlooked because the rest of the act is so dynamic and imaginative. HEW is playing in the Tiffany Gardens, Ramada Inn at the Airport, Tuesdays through Sundays.

The group will be there through ft WESTERN. SOWS 0l GUSTINE BINGHAM832-2442 a EASTER SUNDAY 'Scorpio' TWO FABULOUS FAMILY BUFFETS BREAKFAST BUFFET 7:30 A.M. TO 1 1:30 A.M. BEAUTIFUL night sounds April 29. No cover, no min-'imum.

JACQUES' OLD WORLD When Janice Freeman sings "Thunder and Light: 'ning," her head bends backwards and her long blond hair seems almost to reach to cuffs of her It's intriguing because the words of. the song boom and flash, and the hair gives it a visual effect. Janice is one third of a 'new group called Summer Breeze. The other two thirds have Earl Meffert. on electric organ and Doug Moore on drums.

Meffert and Moore share the vocals. "Thunder and Lightning" rocks and a person has no choice but to listen. How- ever, the trio is playing some of the; gentler sounds such as "For Your Love," which is reminiscent of songs of the early '50s, and danceable kind oMunes of the spine-twisting variety. Slimmer Breeze will be at Jacques, Sheraton Airport Inn, North Lindbergh Boulevard at Interstate 70, through tomorrow. No TAKE A SPY, any spy.

Add a counter-spy or two. Mix in six or eight double agents, a few scheming bosses and a lot of ignorant thugs. Jump the action from Paris to Washington to Vienna and back again in random sequence. BILTMORE CLU3 bvl Shoot a lot of people. Voila I have a personal prediliction for spy movies, especially where there is action 1 Big Fellers 2.1 5- Little Fellers (5-10) 1.25 (1-4) 10 PER YEAR RANCH STYLE DINNER BUFFET 1 2 to 7:30 P.M.

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Scofield describes them excellently as "young men with bright, stupid faces." All the CIA executives come through as blockheads, compounded by some blockheaded acting by John Colicos as the big boss. Delon, as a hired gun, is almost frightening in his intensity. Director Michael Winner, who has done better work, seems to realize the weakness of the story and tries to cover up with a maximum of camera tricks that just add to the confusion. (Running time: 1 hour, 54 minutes. Rating, PG.

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