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By HENRI GRIS In Defense Of Beards PARIS According to the latest information from the men in the know in the United States, beards are back. This despite the fact that Castro's beard symbolizes everything the American people don't like about beards too long, untrimmed, curly edges, etc. We were a enough to talk to Peter Ustinov, a man who has had a beard since 1956 and defends beards without being defensive about it. "Do you find a beard helps you in your everyday life?" we asked him. "People seem to respect you more," he said.

"They tend to ask for advice and consolation and they-think you can solve their problems. Occasionally I've used it to throw rank around. Once I parked in front of the Hungarian Embassy on the Rue de Berri. The concierge of the embassy came running out and said no one could park in front of the embassy. I touched my beard and replied to him in Russian.

He went white and dashed back into the embassy again." Mr. Ustinov said he believes people have a deep- seated human respect for beards which must come from some prehistoric time. "I noticed when the Peking Opera came to London the wise man in the opera always touched his beard and lifted it with difficulty as though he was weighing his own wisdom. As the Chinese are a very old civilization, I imagine this is a very old gesture." He continued: "But there are disadvantages to a beard. I will say that.

I thought it was a labor-saving device, but now I spend more time explaining why I have a beard than it would have taken me to shave. On a bad day I could shave in 15 minutes, but it takes me 25 minutes to explain why I didn't. "At the same time, women find a beard irresistible and they all ask if they can touch it. They think it brings them luck." The actor said: "At the same time, while they be attracted to someone with a beard, they don't want their husbands to grow one. Many wives think it's too much of an adventure to embark on.

They like the idea but they're not prepared to take the risks involved." "Such as?" "Well, a lot of men, as soon as they grow a beard, very aggressive about it, as if to say 'I've got a beard, what are you going to do about Then there are economic taboos about beards. Many employers wouldn't trust a man with a beard. Or if an employer did, customers might not No, you've got to think twice about a beard." "What has been the reaction at home about your beard?" "Rather good," he said. "The first time I had it I paid a visit to my great- uncle, who was 89-years-old, and he took one look at me and, with tears in his eyes said: 'You look like my brother who happened to be my deceased grandfather." "Did your mother like the beard?" "Why shouldn't she, if I looked like her father?" Mr. Ustinov replied.

"Why do you think the beard is getting popular in America?" "Americans are always attempting to run away from conformity, but unfortunately they always start running in the same direction." Mr. Ustinov warned that if someone wanted to grow a beard he should be aware that beards dry quite slowly after you wash your face in the morning. "Occasionally you find yourself in the embarrassing position of being at a large luncheon and one drop of water conserved from the morning tub will suddenly fall on the tablecloth. In winter, when the weather is moist, that drop might not fall until you're at tea. "Also, a man who eats carelessly should not grow a beard, as he might find himself pursued by pigeons aching to get at that fragment of food which the pigeons can see but the man can't." Mr.

Ustinov said that a man with a beard can also be subject to mistaken identity. He said he was in Rome when a woman came up to him and said: "I won my bet. I knew you'd forget me but I didn't think you'd be unfair as well." "What are you talking about?" I asked her. "You haven't really forgotten? Did that summer mean nothing to you at all?" "I swear I don't know what you are talking about," I shouted. "She started crying so hard I had to walk away fast Apparently all she remembered of the summer was her friend's beard." Copyright IMI TV PREVIEWS By LEONARD HOFFMAN PETER USTINOV But not for everyone TONIGHT 7:00 PJVi.

MOVIE. "Man on a Tightrope." (1953). With Frederic March, Gloria Grahame and Terry Moore. The setting: Czechoslovakia. Karel Gernik, manager of the Cernik Circus, wants to get his troupe out from behind the Iron Curtain.

(Channel 4) 8:00 P.M. BOXING. Gens Fullmer defends his NBA middleweight world championship i against Benny (Kid) Paret. From Convention Hall at Las Vegas. (Channel 9) 9:10 P.M.

INTERNATIONAL SHOW- TIME. Don Ameche hosts an omnibus program of acts selected from many European shows in a hour titled "Funniest Clowns in the World." The clowns include Jimmy Peacock, Leo Gaston, Antonio, Les French, Bill Stewart, the Five Tales, Peter Bente and Larry Griswald. (Channel 4) 9:30 P.M. PERRY MASON. "The Case of the Renegade Refugee." Ordinarily a spiritual retreat is a place for quiet meditation, but in this instance it becomes a site for murder and Mason (Raymond Burr) is asked to defend a man suspected of murdering a newspaper correspondent on the track of an escaped Nazi war criminal.

(Channel 13) 10:30 P.M. MOVIE. Against O'Hara" (1951) with Spencer Tracy, Pat O'Brien and Diana Lynn. Criminal lawyer tries to bribe a witness and then vindicates himself at the cost of his life. Fair.

(Channel 13) 11:00 P.M. MOVIE. 'The Black Whip" (1957) with Hugh Marlowe and Coleen Gray. Two brothers rescue four dance hall girls and encounter trouble with a whipsnapping gangster. Poor.

(Channel 4) MOVIE. "Oh, a a (1951) with Rod Cameron, Adrian Booth and Forrest Tucker. The Sioux Indians threaten to take to the warpath because of the greedy actions of gold rushers. Poor. (Channel 9) SUNDAY 12 NOON PRO FOOTBALL.

Pittsburgh Steelers vs the Washington Redskins. (Channel 4) PRO FOOTBALL. Houston Oilers vs the New York Titans. (Channel 9) PRO FOOTBALL. Dallas Cowboys vs the St.

Louis Cardinals. (Channel 13) 4:00 P.M. MEET THE PRESS. George W. Ball, Undersecretary of State, will answer the questions.

(Channel 4) MOVIE. "The Wizard of Oz" (1939) with Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr and Jack Haley, is given its fourth annual repeat. Host' is Dick Van Dyke and his three boys. This is one of the best pictures ever made. (Channel 13) 6:00 P.M.

ED I A Sarah Vaughan, Vic Damone, Al Hirt and his group, Edgar Bergen and Garry Morton top the guest roster. (Channel 13) 8:00 P.M. THEATER 62. "Notorious." Color. A Nazi spy ring is operating out of Brazil, and James Devlin (George Grizzard), a U.S.

secret service agent, is sent there to clean up the situation. Joseph Cotten plays the villain. Barbara Rush and Cathleen Nesbitt are also in the cast (Channel 4) able Comrades." Highly recommended as a documentary using the medium in its most effective form; telling its story through people with an unobtrusive narration. Italy is living proof that Communism doesn't require poverty to flourish. In the rich northern part of the country, there are many communists attracted to the party; whereas in the impoverished south, the church and the Christian Democratic Government has its staunchest Narration is by John Secon- dari, with guitar and mandolin accompaniment by Giovanni Vicari.

(Channel 9) 10.00 P.M. MOVIE. "High and the Mighty" (1954) with Wayne, Claire Trevor, Laraine Day and Robert Stack. The reactions of 22 people aboard a plane from Honolulu to San Francisco in the face of danger and possible death, and the plane is about to crash. An outstanding picture.

(Channel 13) 10:15 P.M. MOVIE. "The Crusades" (1935) with Loretta Young, Wilcoxin, Katherine DeMille and Ian Keith. A Cecil DeMille spectacular. Richard the Lion Hearted leads crusades to Holy Land to regain Christian slaves.

An excellent picture. (Channel 4) 11:00 P.M. MOVIE. "Fear" (1956, German, English dubbed) with Ingrid Bergman and Mathias Wieman. German woman, blackmailed for a past indiscretion, is tortured worrying if husband will discover the affair.

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