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A16 Akron Beacon Journal Tuesday, September 3, 1974 Whatever Became Of Sacheen Littlefeather? II j-x III i Ui Jf incident as a means to further her acting career. "I didn't get acting jobs because of the publicity, nor was I seeking them," she remarked. "This has had little ettect on the course of my career." SHE SAID a friend, director-star Tom Laughlin, gave her a role in "The Trial of Billy JAck," his new film. She has also toured with her one-woman show, in which she does Indian songs and dances and recites her own poetry. Sacheen Littlefeather was working for a San Francisco radio station when she applied for work with Francis Ford Coppola, director of "The Godfather." Knowing Brando's interest, in the Indian, Coppola referred her to the actor.

By BOB THOMAS LOS ANGELES If) Appearance onstage at the Academy Awards often provides the bridge to fame and fortune but not if your name happens to be Sacheen Littlefeather. The name became famous on the night of March 27, 1972, when she appeared on the Oscar telecast to turn down Marlon Brando's award as best actor for "The Godfather." He had chosen the Apache maiden as surrogate to decline the award because of Hollywood's portrayal of the Indian. AFTER the flurry of publicity, not much has been heard from Miss Littlefeather. born Maria Cruz. Recent- Miss Littlefeather said she had known Brando for almost a year before the Oscar incident, adding that he displayed a "nice, fatherly" attitude toward her they had no dates.

He helped her prepare a Washington, D. presentation on the Indian's plight, she said, and he aided her during a serious illness. Brando selected Sacheen for the Oscar mission on a whim. She accepted as a means of "getting the Indian cause before the public." "People were most cruel and unjust to me afterward. They reacted out of ignorance of Indian customs and history.

"I was attacked because I happened to have a Spanish ly she appeared in Los Angeles to tape a television discussion on the condition of the Indian in today's America. Miss Littlefeather, 27, talked by telephone from San Francisco, where she lives and attends classes at the American Conservatory Theater. "I study 40 hours a week," she said in the interview, "taking 25 classes in acting, yoga, fencing, Shakespeare, dancing and all the skills that an actor needs. It is a matter of discipline for me; I am working for a goal, just as Rudolf Nureyev trains as. a dancer.

It takes time and training to achieve a professional polish." She rejected accusations that she had used the Oscar not a radical. I am simply a person who is trying to do what I can to prevent racial hatred." The situation which she and Brando decried still exists, she said. "Check the late-night and morning logs, and you will find the same movies that slander the Indian," she said. "Children still watch those movies and the stereotypes are impressed on them. "They're still showing the World War II movies in which the enemy is referred to as 'those dirty and the hero says, 'I just killed 10 of and the others shout, 'Hurray! Well, the Japanese have paid their dues; they have proved they are good Americans.

They deserve better. So do the A 'fyThfvTSTWKn Mil-H llYlinTTDliMl'lia'MI'hil STARTING TOMORROW Night On the Town GPffiHfall SHOWN MacArthur Shall Return As l. together as only Julie Andrews Omar Sharif PARK FREE Dinner and the Movies -k' CM lovers worlds apart can be. 11:30 JL UL tLOHHIN StSl AD rOH I Hll.DRtN VWLUK hi.m. him Sacheen Littlefeather surname.

They don't realize that our tribe, the Apaches, were conquered by 4he Spanish, and that is why we have Spanish names, just as East-fern American Indians have English and French names." She added, "I received a lot of mail panning me, promising to boycott me, even accusing me of being Polish and impersonating an Indian. "I am not a militant. I am TOM AT 1:15 9:45 TODAY AT 7:4545 "Instantly achieves ton rank as the most outrageously gruesome epic ever." THE MOST DARING RATED 6)2GP I COUHTYjj i LS. A TODAY AT SIAZINGSAODIES IF -Bruce Williamson, I I rainawn I 5 TheTamarind Gen. Douglas MacArthur "They" are producer Frank McCarthy and executive producer Richard Zan-uck, who performed similar capacities in the making of the big moneymaker "Pat-ton" at 20th Century-Fox.

Now both are at Universal, where "MacArthur" is scheduled to be made, probably in 1975. The two young writers buried themselves in MacArthur 3) love grows and passion flowers. SHOWS 2:004:35 AT IATE SHOW SAT. t. II tT" lore to cure their ignorance of the famed general.

"It was overwhelming," Barwood remarked. "Douglas MacArthur had the longest career in the history of the American military; counting West Point, it extended 52 years. We faced an enormous task in narowing his life to the confines of a feature film. "We finally decided to open the film when Mac-Arthur leaves Corregidor under fire and end it when he is dismissed by President Truman. That covers the major events, including his greatest years, which was when he was the virtual ruler of Japan." Robbins and Barwood are frequently asked who should play MacArthur.

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A mm pi IHRttffl LOS ANGELES (J) When Hal Barwood was assigned to write the script for a movie biography of Douglas MacArthur, all he could remember about the general was the battle of Inchon and "I shall return." Barwood's writing partner, Matthew Robbins, admits: "The only thing I could recall was 'I shall Their lack of recall of MacArthur's World War II feats is more understandable when you realize that Bar-wood was born a year and a half before the Pearl Harbor bombing and Robbins two years afterward. WHY WAS the script of "MacArthur" assigned to a pair of writers in their 30's? "They wanted someone who hadn't lived through the period," explained Barwood. "It might be easier to relate the story to today's generation that way." ART "International Stewardesses" (X), 7:15, 9. CHAPEL HILL CINEMA I Seed" (PG), 2, 4:35,7:15,9:45. CHAPEL HILL CINEMA II "Benji" (G), 1, 2:45, 4:30,6:15,8,9:45.

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