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-T4 Mtmef-5TAR. PACE 1 3 SECTION The Master Reaches 70 Tschaikowsky, Then Hamlet, and 'Dr. Kildare' Enjoys lt Hail to Thee, Noel Coward Rv SHKIIAH KHAHAVT By GODFREY ANDERSON (knows the amount of his for-j Chamberlain have less im- His first lines on stage as an LONDON (AP) Noel Cow-jtune. which he doesn't keep in'pact on the London stage today. act0r were- "Crumbs how ex tra, me lungesi miming uuyAM-riuuen cngiana, out proo-j inese are tne bos ana mere isn That was in a children's 1 HTt- r--1J yonder in show business, is 70 ably tops all others in that fieldJeven a censor any more.

The' b' (I (ft- m.m. Taill piay taiiea xne umu oars oia. oaCK in 13.J1. at Uie aee of SI tie wnrdi that shnrkwl in th Fish.1 "The world has treated me was already pulling in about'are in daily use everywhere, ery well," he says. "But then I J6.0C0 a week.

I Coward's first hit was his play iavpn't treated it so badlv ei-l For five decades Noel Cowardi lu 1Mt yunS. mucn 01 t'i Jther." jwrote his own plays, composed "The Vortex" In 1921 when he was only 22. Its modernity set his style and reputedly shocked the prudish George Bernard firds work is "square. It wasn't always so. Members of the audience 51t It For the coming week the dear their music, set their lyrics.

x)y of the '20s will hold stage- produced and directed, some- have stood to shout protests at i Shaw who went to see it. lenter, his favorite place, whileitimes even played the lead role, the adulation is heaped on him, On the side he made movies, the stage during Coward first The hits soon came in NEW YORK (NANA) "I'd like to work in America said Richard Chamberlain behind a six-inch beard. "It would be like working in a foreign country," he added with a smile. Even with the beard he still looks boyish, although much has happened to him careerwise since he went to work in England two-and-a-half years ago. He is now playing Tschai-kovsky in "The Lonely Heart." "Everyone is straining their brains for a new title.

They think it is too sentimental." WAS IT A mod version of the life of the great Russian composer? I asked. no. It's an intimate version," dealing with the man as NOEL COWARD nights. The critics- called "Fall steady at galas, banquets and mid-too. en Angels" in which two silly lllglll mv.

nrup.j flop, which married women drink them- a he bounced selves sillier over the same lov- always Wa and lanonirl tlilwas rare' Knplishman H'siback at nce with another suc-er degenerate, shock- k'v i- i j. i 1 I i unlikely to be abashed. ing ouene, vulgar, nauseai A. mv himself- "I'm IIV Setting the Record Straight: The Real Dustin Hoffman It exceptionally gifted person. while resting, he continues to draw royalties from perform TV iv would be futile to deny it.

In 1942 four typical Coward words in his patriotic war movie "In Which We Serve" ran him into trouble with the hollywood ances of his plays by stock com AS TO being 70. the Masterpanies and amateur groups, savs: "This week of praise. from sales of sheet music andjcensor's office. means I shall have been aiphonograph records. In 1939, after the New York much as with his music.

And he professional actor for 60 years. I Some of his success rubbed censor cut the most important ww be seen as a nomo-sexuai. "It deals with his marriage don't feel 70. In Tact, I dontl0ff on others; unknown players scene out of his movie The As-known how 70 ought to feel." Un hoth side nf the Atlantic itonished Heart," Noel com- I and his relationship with Ma By VERNON SCOTT HOLLYWOOD (UPI)' -The 1 "But it's an absurdity to draw the differences me and John Wayne, as if there plained it was almost impossi For a man who save the found themselves stars almost record on Dustin Hoffman FarT world the advice: "Don't put overnight after a Noel Coward has to be one or the other. dame; Von Meek.

And his close male friend, to be played by Christopher Gable he was a lead dancer with the Royal Bal should set vour daughter on the stage, ble to make "an adult picture." He wasn't much luckier that year with the British Broadcast Black or white. It's childish to; The star, of Graduate." RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN Mrs. Worthington," Noel Cow say who or wha.t- best and "Midnight Cowboy" has ard has done exceptionally well ing which refused to put i because that knocks all the been made to appear as out of the theater. Nobody others out of the box. over the air ivncs irom ms show "Ace of Clubs" unless he premiere.

Yet things change in half a century. If the middle aged still relish Noel's wit, hum his tunes, and cherish fond memories of his shows, the name means little to the young of swinging Britain. neurotic, self-indulgent and ness manager. I want to buy; a house in London. But I'll never give up my home in California." A new TV series? 'I've learned one thing about We talked of the gloom which has descened on the film industry.

But Chamberlain was not gloomy about the situation. "Basically, it's a good thing rewrote some of them. let before he became an 'actor. The homosexuality is not dwelt pri." 'Richard, whom you would never recognize as the former clean-cut Dr. Kildare.

will age to 53, then die, as did Tschai- immature symbol of a youthful revolt against the movie success, when you et Ballet Company TO SUIT English listeners, Noel "I'd prefer not to. It occupies establishment, celebrity status you realize how many things can be misrepre- to Dance Haydn's changed lines in the song I National magazine's have inoe thaf chnnlr ciihnrhnn that picture-making will be. one entire lite and with a long done by smaller units, by more'run you don't get enough yari-independent picture people. Theiety." supplied him -swith an aura of agent, but maybe I ought to ks'ra; It's a horrible death and voii instability, etching his persona-! housewives rigid in their America irom. back in the twenties if they "New Jersey dames go up In got by the ever-vigilant Lord flames if someone mentions hire one." uty to fit preconceived ideas.

will see it. He died ten days "fw pcuic wm uc Hoffman in fact is a hard-. HOFFMAN believes moviegoers: after conducting the Patjietique Acres Free Parking' "Ken Russell, who is directing Svmohony for the first time. no longer buy, a' name it the diligent actor who answers questions directly and' attempts to. be as accommodatr.

ing professionally! as he is boxoffice. He. says, the focus is oh the film, not the actor. my film, is an example. He's so imaginative and creative (as you will- agree if you see his bed" to: "In Tennessee, the BBC would blush to hear what's said." Some of his most barbed lines have been aimed at his own countrymen.

''Mad dogs andi Englishmen co out in the mid- FCC Denies Marion Man's Demand on ABC Recently, jn Russia, they that he deliberately drank some unboiled water and this caused his death." RICHARD'S FIRST JOB in "I have to work very hard to "Women In- Our picture personally. come across in a role," he continued, patting- his wife, DURING A lunch break' in. his Anne, on the hand. "It's-. not England was a six-part series of WASHINGTON (UPI) The da; is classic Dhrase fourth film; "Little Big Man" at Cinema Center Films, easy for me.

i': mission recently denied a peti-that has passed into the lan- Henry James' "Portrait of A Lady," for BBC television. It has not yet been seen in, America. Hoffman was asked why he had been singled out to polarize "I continue to fight apprehensions of future pictures. I took the secondary ro! in 'Midnight Cowboy' to youth versus age tn the costs about a million and a half but it looks like a multi-million dollars." As the great -composer, Richard wil have to p'ay the piano. Fortunately, he can, but the actual sound will come from a top musician.

"I've got to play the Piano Concerto next week. And you will see my hands on the right keys," THIS IS ALMOST the first "But." said the actor hopeful- changing, world of movies'." circumvent a second Dig ly, "Now that, Big Double Feature! p.m. 5:30 9:30 p.m. "I'm an actor, and that's all I 'The Forsythe in the United success, tnougnt it wouic caga' is a hit guage. The years have dealt kindly with the life-long bachelor.

His jowls are heavy, his hair has receded almost from sight, but there are traces still of the elegant young man of the '20s in the way he languidly wields a cigarette or rattles the' gold chain bracelet on his wrist. tion by an American Broadcasting Co. shareholder to revoke the licenses of 25 ABC Television Network affiliates. The shareholder was Anthony R. Martin-Trigona, who filed the petition while he was operating WTAF-TV at Marion, Ind.

He charged the broadcasting company denied him his rights when he made a "proper demand" am, aside from being a human 'Toy Symphony' Dolls, toy soldiers and snow-flakes will fill the Emens Auditorium stage when the Ball State Ballet Company present's Haydn's "Toy Symphony" as part of its Christmas concert at p.m. Sunday (tonight). This will be the company's first performance of the delightful Haydn musical story. "PETER AND the Wolf" will be danced on the second half of the eoncert program, a repeat of last year's successful performance. Choreographer for the two ballets is Kay Knight, director.

of the Company and teacher at the children's ballet classes at the university. Narration will be done by Morris Knight, husband of Kay, and the music will be performed by an opera orchestra, under the direction of Charles Ansbacher. The Knights and Ansbacher are members of the Division of Music faculty at Ball State. CTICKETS FOR the 8 p.m. concert are on sale at the Auditorium box office prior to the performance.

being with feelings," he said. Hoffman's is pleas States nerhaps some of the other BBC shows will be seen." One project that will be filmed in England for the U.S. remove me necessity oi. navmg to top my performance in 'The "Now I'm "faced the' same dilemma again. I know .1 can't continue to have one hit ing.

He is neither as short as he has been made to appear, nor viewing, will be a big surprise is his nose so prominent. for the eirls who remember Back in the '20s and early '30s for access to its shareholder list "I resist the temptation to be can; Richard as Kildare. He will and information about its annual the craze for Coward assumed alter another. JSo one expect that." olay Hamlet, which is about as Bullitt' seduced by the press which wants to put me in the, avant garde of acting. Youth would shareholder meeting.

almost pop singer dimensions. He claimed ABC preferred the voung men in Enand HOFFMAN'S third picture, lWen and as far as yu ca" E-John and Mary," with Mia He was a hit when he plaved laugh to think that I represent hide behind the skirts of its sported silk dressing-gowns and hired legal guns on Wall St." i'onq. to look the Gloomy Dane for the Bir Farrow, will be released soon. nGiptCr FROM WARNER ISOS.JtVEII MTSUT 3: 30 and 7: 30 p.m. them.

time that you will see the hands and the body in the same shot. Andre Previn and The Lcndcn Symphony Orchestra are doini the "You- can spend the money in the places if you don't have to build $15 million The Russian-American 'Ts-chaikovsky" will cost $20 million. "The Lonely Heart" is budgeted at $3 million. And it will be a race to see which is released first. It won't matter mingham Rperetory Company.

"Little Big Man" gives Hoff "I'm 32 years old and I don't The seven-member FCC voted like Noel, unanimously to deny the request The enfant terrible of the '20s 'But I'll always be grateful man an opportunity to play a even represent 32-year-olds. widfe range -of character; as he for Kildare. When the scripts on grounds it clearly involved; was born nine days before a "private controversy." It said! Christmas, despite his name, on Suret there is a generation gap! lots of them. There is a gap between 13-and 16-year-olds? .20, were, was a challenge." They still being shown ages-' from a teen-ager -to; an ancient 110 years. Dec 16, 1899, iv.artin-jngona tiaa otterea ua somewhere.

Even in Poland, of Hoffman has been described supported allegations on matters and 25 ancKon -up. They have as an "antf-star," which is all unlikely places. involving New York corporation law which would best be resolv too much to lovers of the great contradiction in At this moment there is no performer ed by the appropriate state courts. RICHARD didn't make much money from the series. 'I was under contract to Metro as a stock' actor." But Raymond n(0M MMFJt UTS li7 with' greater impact on the different points of HOFFMAN has been painted as suffering from guilt over his success.

"Look," he said, "I've been lucky to score with two THE COWARDS lived at Ted-dington on the Thames just west of London. They weren't well off. Father was a piano salesman and business was bad. Noel started in the theater as an actor's call-boy, knocking on dressing room doors and crying "half-an-hour please." Massey, Dr. Leonard Gillespie, Can Take It composer.

They will see both! Richard is planning an independent film with his partner, George Maire "Hannah And The Peacocks," by English author Edward Craddock. "On my first day off from the film, I saw my lawyer and busi- screen than Dustin Hoffman. That fact makes him a star pro forma. He no rebel, no moldar of BARGAIN MATINEE TODAY TILL 2:00 P.M. Adults Si.

00 After 2 P.M., Adull $1.50 successful pictures. .1 enjoy made a fortune from all the residuals and the actual show, which started in 1960. ATLANTA (UPI) Lockheed success. new iorms in film Georgia's L-100 plane, which provides a vital air bridge in Alaska's oil explorations, has operated in a temperature dif Open 1 :00. Daily She'll Be Mrsf Bond 1 for Just Six Minutes ferential of 166 degrees, ranging from winter lows of minus 70 2720 N.

Broadway Kilgort at Perkins Wheeling at Hainei and Madison at 21st NOW! degrees on the North Slope to summer highs of 96 in Fair banks. SUM St-tfat l)Ed THE CHRISTMAS CARD By REBECCA MOREHOUSE NEW YORK (NANA) Diana Rigg marries one of the world's most eligible bachelors in the new. film, "On Her.Ma-jesty's Secret Service." The bride-. groom is Ian Fleming's invinci-j ble lady-killer, Mr. Kiss-Kiss Bang-Bang, the redoubtable tUl 0CM NtW .1 "THE CRAZY WORLD OF LAUREL I HAfiOY" iAT ptOPUCTlQII ASSOCliTt MOOUCCR tit UQhQ IOMAgR NAIff AT0 It KOOl V.C.

Fields (also known as find Mahatma Kane Jeeves) TT7J7Tr3 In one hour rl cl classic irreverence lLa Barber Shoo 007 James. Bond. many tourist sites Robert E. Lee's estate and George Washington's and Williamsburg. The food was incredibly good." MISS RIGG said she would see-'''Oh! Calcutta!" in New York, But she was not elated at the prospect and she doubts the show would be successful in London.

V- "In England, there's not that much interest in the spectacle of the human body. The general public is sexually too advanced to be titillated by this sort of thing. The human body naked is not very interesting and it's been proven that nakedness en masse is not very exciting." Born in Doncaster, Yorkshire.1 gi-giwyy -ppgiiaMyiiijy yiuy mhhm i iw.wwTiiyi!jywwyi iiiiiiiiiPr B- '-i '''S i illi? i- "But married for only six said the towering (5-9) Englishwoman. "I die to ETC3 A'Tf' The Pharmacist Fatal Glass of Beer Tiarfp a (it night Presenied by Raymond Rehauer ward the end." Miss Rigg plays Tracy Draco a rather hollow- jet-set lady who's' Jiad. everything, in and Laienby" is James Bond in the United Ar Exlri Featurette.

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She explained why: INTERBANK she, doesn't wear a traditional gowh for others scene: "They had a practice, call it a- hoheymqc'ri, beforehand and in a case like that you can't turn up 9. foxmal wedding dress. I wear what we call a cat suit, a white lace see- through. Sounds eyebrow-rais INDUSTRIAL TRUST A MATINEE Till 2:30 75c Miss- Rigg spent the early part of her life at Jodhpur in Rajpu-tana, while her father was in government service in India. At the age; of 8', she was sent back to England for schooling.

Was she lonely for hr parents? "I think a child's capacity for emotional survival is very strong indeed. had fierce attachments to each other in school, rather, like 'Lord of the but we, became very indi I l.Ii"HIIr.fi-ill-SL- 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30 This is Diana Rigg, who succumbs to James Bond in the new Ian Fleming-authored film thriller "On Her Majesty's Secret TONIGHT 3 ALL COLOR HILARITY SHIFTS INTO HIGH GEAR vidualistic and some of us have i led the most bizarre lives. It took me years to discov-1 er myself, to forget the condi mm OPEN, 12:30 P.M. ing but it's. quite modest." i WHAT IS Bond's appeal anyway aside from his looks? "It's a male-oriented world, isn't it? Bond is the symbol of the man who' finds women expendable.

Like a Kleenex, he throws them away. Actually, if one were to meet James Bond, .1 don't think -you'd want to spend more than five -minutes with him. He's an ego-maniac." tioning of my parents." rewucfioiff MISS RIGG noted a notable FEATURES: 1:00, 3:00, 5:05, 7:10, 9:15 P.M. mwrt i mmti i mm mM ITS THE DIG ONE WITH THE BSG TWO! Miss R'gg- is refreshingly direct and a rattling good talker. She has burnished red hair; is 31, has never been married, lives in London.

Amer difference between the London stage and Broadway. I "We have seven or eight drama critics in London and no! critic can close a play. I think it! should be pointed out from time to time that critics are expendable. What is important in a critic is prose style; that is their inheritance and some of them forget it." Miss Rigg has a maisonette, two floors of a house, in London. 1 "I have a marvelous' woman who works in the house.

She's Welsh and strange and mystic and she wears long false eye-; ican have 1ief fit TV series "The Avenger's" (as Emma the black-leathered karate expert) and in produc tions of the Royal Shakespeare Company with Paul; Scofield. II fci I "The best time I've had in this country came after I flew from Moscow to Washington," she said. "The Royal Shakespeare Company had been in He's the hoc! nrtvafo PVP C0MINQ DEC. 25-30 "Gootfbya Columbus" "Barafoot In thi Park" "Odd Couple" in the business. Moscow and we were about to I tour America.

A friend met me 1 Maggie Smith lashes to come to work. She brings me incredible presents, buys them with her' earnings, and just puts them down somewhere in the house. "I do most of the cooking. We have supermarkets in England but I don't like them very much. I prefer to buy from the Metro-GoldwynMayer presents'AKatzfca Berne Production Starring i James Garner Gayie Hunnicult in Washington with a car and we took off into the Virginia countryside and it was absolute ly beautiful, so verdant after Sills- FRSjN -JAMA -JOHNSON JSSSi dapled From II Novel by MURIEL SPARK Baswl on Ihg Play by JAY PRC5S0N AtUN Screenplay by JY PRESSON HUH Must by ROD McKUEN Color by Delun o-on oa .0, nco-a the bleakness of Russia.

"We stayed in quaint little grocer, the greengrocer and the boarding houses and visited butcher." Opin at 7:00.