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Family Section Frederick, Monday, June 9,1975 Page A-7 LINDA GREGORY, Family Section Editor 01 Of (- 1I I i' 3 00 Women lib stirring film cauldron HOLLYWOOD (NBA) More and more films are being started which feature women in the protagonist's role. More and more women are getting bigger and bigger jobs in Hollywood studios. More and more women are selling scripts for movies and TV shows. The feminist movement is working -at least in Hollywood. And most of the new crop of Hollywood female workers give the credit to the Women's Lib movement, although most say they aren't Women's Libbers themselves.

"I give all the credit to the Women's Lib movement," says Monique James, head of Universal's new talent program. "Oh, absolutely. It was the I'm not a joiner of movements but the movement brought it all to the consciousness of Hollywood and the producers." "I don't think anything would have ever happened," says Tina Nides, Warner new story editor, "without the Women's Lib movement. Nothing ever happens in this country without a movement to draw attention to it. Nothing ever happens peacefully.

It takes violence or something to get anything done." "I think it all began," says successful writer Leigh Chapman, "when Women's Lib got so big they couldn't ignore it any more. Now Hollywood wants films dealing with liberated women Miss Chapman says she prefers writing about men but has just finished a script, "Sunreach," which is "a ladies' script." She says Hollywood is crying for scripts featuring ladies, so she wrote one. She describes her previous films -items such as "Truck Turner" and "Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry" as "macho" scripts. And she says that the fact that she is a woman (and, incidentally, a beautiful one) has never held her back in any way. Actress Tina Louise, however, believes that women write better for women than men do.

Although she says that-times are better for women actors now than they have ever been she still believes it would be even better if there "I think," she says, "it made a very strong pro women it was a warning to women as to what might happen to them if they don't watch out. And.yet some feminists completely misinterpreted it and feel it's anti-woman. It's not, at least I don't think it is." There have been other recent pictures dealing primarily with women. And Universal's Monique James predicts many more. "Today." she says, "they are writing parts for women again.

It used to be "There's no doubt that the pendulum is swinging and that there are more scripts about women. The problem is that there is no one to play them who means a lot at the box office. were more women writers around of course, as lar as 1 know there are no women directors at all." But she is optimistic about her own career because she feels that now, at least, she can do something other than sexpot roles. In the new climate of Hollywood, they are letting women play stronger roles. She was, for example, a costar in "The Stepford Wives," a controversial women's film.

that most films were for women, in the days of Crawford, Loy, Harlow, Colbert, But then something happened and it all changed. I'm not sure what it was, perhaps the war, perhaps when they realized that many of the women stars of that era looked good but really couldn't act." Today, she says, it is no longer beauty that counts. In fact, beauty can be a detriment to a girl's career. There are some good-looking girls around, but the overriding prerequisite today is acting talent. "There are lots of women's pictures today," she says.

"Even Fields and which is shooting here, is as much Valerie Perrine's picture as it is Rod Steiger's. She plays the 'Me' of the title--Fields' love, Carlotta." One of the'pictures which has given a big boost to the current rush was Ellen Burstyn's "Alice Doesn't Live Here Any More." Tina Nides says she found that one for Warner Bros, and perhaps this is why they recently boosted her to the post of story editor for the studio. "But a lot of women's pictures cross my desk," she says, "that I don't like. They wouldn't make good movies and we're not in business to make good pictures. "There's no doubt that the pendulum is swinging and that there are more and more scripts about women, about women who are larger than life.

The problem is that there is no one to play them who means a lot at the box office. It's a vicious circle they want films about women and yet no women stars have been developed." Most of Hollywood's women executives still a minority but growing say they have not encountered any male chauvinistic prejudice on their climb up the ladder. "Prejudice exists," says Miss Nides. "and some has been exhibited against me but not much. I believe my opinion is valued if it weren't, I doubt that I would be in this position today." "I don't think my career has been held back because I'm a girl," says Leigh Chapman.

"I just can't believe those stories of women who claim their career have been held back by their sex. It just depends on the kind of thing you do if you're a male writer and your credits consist of 40 Mary Tyler Moore scripts, they won't let you write a Kojak. With me, as a writer of male things, it's hard to get a chance to do something about women. "But I don't claim my sex is holding me back. As a matter of fact, I sold the first script I ever wrote an episode of Burke'sLaw." One thing all Hollywood's women are agreed on things are changing for females here, both on and off the screen, and Hollywood will never be the same again.

Bicentennial bike tour planned in Alexandria A Bicentennial Bike Tour of Old Town Alexandria will be conducted by the Alexandria Bicentennial Youth Commission on Sunday, June 15 beginning at 1 p.m. in Market Square. The rally and tour is open to all students 13 years of age and older. The tour was held for the first time last year. It is being conducted to introduce youth to the activities and plans of the A a i a Bicentennial Youth i i i and to acquaint participants with the history of Alexandria.

The tour will leave from Market Square at 1 p.m. and stop at the Ramsay House Visitors Center, the Athenaeum, Gentry Row and Captain's Row, Carlyle House, Old Presbyterian Meeting House, Zion Baptist Church, Lafayette House, George Washington Bicentennial Center and Friendship Fire Company. Members from the Bicentennial Youth Commission will be at each historic site to give a Brief commentary on the site's history and meaning. Students participating in the bike rally will be divided into small groups and accompanied by a team leader who will review bike safety before the hour-long Summer travel essentials Mrs. Thomas R.

Reid III Miss Bucklin weds Thomas R. Reid III Miss Susan A. Bucklin of Waverly Garden Apartments and Thomas R. Reid III of 226 E. Patrick were recently married at St.

John's Catholic Church. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William D. Bucklin, Waverly Drive.

The groom is the son of Dr. MALE MAIL Father's Day will be observed for the 65th time on Sunday, June 15 and more than 66 million greeting cards will be sent to mark the occasion. According to Dennis Burns of Hallmark Cards, the earliest known forerunner of the Father's Day card is a clay tablet written 'nearly 4.000 years ago in Babylonia. The greeting was from Elmesu'. (pronounced El-may-soo) to his father, wishing him good health and long life.

sentiments will be echoed in many 1975 Father's Day cards. Thomas R. Reid Waverly Garden Apartments and of Mrs. T.R. Reid, Ceresville.

The Rev. Thomas L. Phillips officiated the double ring ceremony. The bride was attended by her sister, Mary Kassel of Piano, Tex. Douglas Reid, Ceresville, was best man for his brother.

Ushers were Richard Reid, brother of the groom, Ceresville, and Brian Kassel, brother-in-law of the bride, Piano, Tex. Following the ceremony a reception was held at the VFW Club. The bride is a 1971 graduate of St. Pius High School, Pottstown, and attended Eastern Arizona College and Frederick Community College. The.groom is a 1968 graduate of McDonogh School and attended Washington College.

He is presently employed at Eastalco. Mr. and Mrs. Reid now reside on Ballanger Creek Pike. 1.

A canvas tote bag that can be used for shopping, beach gear, overnight trips, incidentals on the plane. 2. A travel alarm clock in case the telphone operator forgets your wake-up call. 3. A medical kit that can nurse everything from hangovers to cramps a forget usuals like prescriptions, Band-Aids, vitamins and aspirin).

4. A plastic raincoat and fold-up EQUALSTATUS While Mother's Day has been an "official" celebration by Presidential proclamation since 1914, Father's Day has only enjoyed this status since 1972. Researcher Sally Hopkins of Hallmark Cards says two women were responsible for winning Father's Day an equal billing with Mother's Day. The first was Mrs. John Bruce Dodd of Spokane, Wash, who organized the first observance of Father's Day in 1910.

This was a church service honoring her own father, William Jackson Smart, who raised his six children single- handedly after Mrs. Smart's death in 1898. Father's Day then became an annual celebration, but was not officially proclaimed by any President. Then, in 1957. Sen.

Margaret Chase Smith of Maine took up the cause. "Either we honor both our parents, mother and father, or let us desist from honoring either one." she told Congress heatedly, calling the omission "the most grevious insult imaginable." Senator Smith's proposal was defeated, says Hallmark's Sally Hopkins, but her words did not go unheeded. A proclamation putting Father's Day on a continuing basis like Mother's Day was finally signed by President Nixon in 1972. umbrella that will fit easily into your suitcase and-or tote. 5.

A small address book with names and addresses of friends who should get postcards. 6. Your Christmas list, so you can keep Aunt Sarah ana Uncle Sam in mind when you're browsing through foreign shops. 7. Plastic bags the kind you buy at supermarkets for wet bathing suits, dirty shoes, drippy bottles.

8. A bathing suit even many city hotels have pools these days. 9. A sweater or shawl for either cool tropical evenings or air-conditioned restaurants, theaters, discotheques. 10.

A small change purse filled with quarters (or the foreign equivalent) so you don't have to rummage around for tips. 11. Rubber thongs to wear in suspicious showers or on rocky beaches. 12. Sunglasses.

13. Nail polish remover pads so you can avoid packing the liquid kind which is lethal if it spills. 14. A washcloth for hotel rooms, moistened towelettes for plane, train, car or bus traveling. 15.

Water-soluble cleanser and toner' without alcohol so you don't have to wash your face with hard water. 16. English reading material it can be very dreary guessing foreign captions for any length of time, and English-language newspapers and magazines are sometimes difficult to find abroad. 17. An evening purse nothing looks worse than a leather bag slung over a satin shoulder.

18. A shower cap to protect hair in the shower, from the steam of a bath. 19. A combination bottle-can opener knife-corkscrew for picnics in hotel rooms or along country roads. 20.

Needle, thread, safety-pins and manicure scissors somehow a hem or button always needs to he fixed. tour begins. All bikes will be marked with-colored balloons for added safety. Students are encouraged to decorate their bikes in the bicentennial spirit of '76. The rally will conclude with a picnic at Founder's Park on North Union Street.

Tour participants must bring their own bikes and lunch. Beverages and light refreshments will be provided. Additional information on bike paths, bike safety, and bike repair will also be available at the park. Reservations to participate in the bike tour are requested and may be obtained by calling 750-6678. The Alexandria Bicentennial Youth Commission is holding the bike tour with the assistance of the George Washington Bicentennial Center, the Alexandria Police Department, Alexandria Youth Services Office and the Red Cross Youth.

FATHERLYPHRASES Scores of literary quotations for occasions like Father's Day (June 15) are kept on file at the Hallmark Cards headquarters in Kansas City. Samples "A wise son makelh glad father." (Proverbs. 10.1): many a father I have seen A sober man, among his boys Whose youth was full of foolish noise." (Alfred, Lord Tennyson): "One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters." (George Herbert): "If I chance to talk a little wild, forgive me: I had it from my father." (Shakespeare: Henry VIII). CHAIN POWER For Dad Grad BABY BEEF The Talk Of Frederick Choose from a large selection in white and yellow metals. 9 W.

PATRICK ST. DOWNTOWN FREDERICK WOt HuruoU. OPEN FRI. NIGHTS TIL 9 918 East St New Portrait Offer! Color photograph in gold-finish charm PLUS 8x10 color photograph BOTH ONLY $J99 No age limit! Couples, parents, family welcome! THIS WEEK ONLY We take the portrait, then you get one print of the bust pose mounted in the cold charm and print for framing. Your choice of poses.

Reasonable price? for additional portraits -no obligation to buy. Offer limited: two per family, one "per subject. Charm available for individuals and groups of up to 3 persons only. Groups at $1.25 for each additional person. $2.99 for additional subjects photographed individually.

No appointment necessary. JUNE 10 AND JUNE 11 rltrJERIfk Frrtmd Tmtt Mali It 41 Eliwwrf Imp W2-8IW I PHOTOGRAPHERS HOURS: store opening until 1 hour prtor to doting. LUNCH HOUR: 2 to 3. By Joseph E. Elkins, Jr, MEMBER AMERICAN JEM SOCIETY' Where Gems Come From The world is becoming smaller, no doubt With communications becoming more and more with travel becoming faster and easier, what is happening on the other side of the globe could well be happening down the street.

The jewelry store represents in its showcases the products of many nations, gem- stomes from around the globe. Often, jewelry comes to retailer in a roundabout way. Diamonds are a good example of this. Most of the world's supply of diamonds is mined in South Africa. Most of the rough diamonds are sent to London where they are distributed to the diamond cutting centers in Amsterdam, Brussels, Tel Aviv New York Finished diamonds are sold in most major metropolitan centers.

Opals are enjoying a ed vogue. Australia is the worlds major source of fine white and black opal Sapphire is also mined downunder, although not in important quantities. The island of Sn Lanka once known as Ceylon is very important for sapphires. The gemstone industry here thrives. are mined along with cats eye, zircon, spinel, moonstone, garnet, tourmaline, topaz AUhougb gemstones are cut and polished on the island, techniques are mainly primitive.

Often, the gems must be refinished. A center for this is Idar-Oberstein, Germany. Jade is presently something of a mystery- Although the finest iade is probably being mined in Burma, the gem industry there is government controlled and smuggling rife. Jade's popularity is world wide. I will devote future columns to gem sources, a subject I am often quizzed about.

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