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Movie Review April 3-April 9, 1971 ITHACA JOURNAL 11 TV Movies May's Film t. i '4: 4 111.,. i or l''''- ,4 't' 1 4 si- ot i I .) 11) I 4 11 4 It a ''l fi 's 1- 'a 1 1, ...11 4. as 1 .0 fs 1 ...00, Dlahann Carroll is joined in song by Harry Belafonte on her first musical special, 'The Diahann on NBC-TV (10-11 p.m.). Laud Elaine By BERNARD DREW Gannett News Service "A New Lear is scheduled to open Wednesday at the Strand Theater.

It is rated Ga II persons admitted. It's no secret that "A New Leaf," the first picture written and directed by Elaine May, in which she co-stars with Walter Matthau. has had its problems. Miss May turned in an over-length movie which has been edited against her wishes and she has been screaming loudly and clearly. But I was more than pleasantly surprised.

Her aborted, subverted picture may not be the harrowing black comedy she intended, but it is a very funny. witty gray comedy and it's a wonderful showcase for her special talents and those of Matthau. There is a beautiful chemistry between them and a whole set of good bits and pieces by such New York actors as William Redfield. George Rose, Renee Taylor, James Coco. Jack Weston and Doris Roberts.

Miss May is talking about money in "A New Leaf," which she has based on a story by Jack Ritchie called "The Green Heart." She is talking about money and the greed it engenders in everybody's heart to possess it. Everybody in the picture itches to get his hands on it except her and she is the one who possesses it and it means nothing to her. She plays Henrietta. daughter of a tycoon, who lives in a mansion attended by an army of servants all of whom are crooks, who fleece her and share the take with her lawyer. She, a twitchy innocent who teaches botany at the university, is.

of course, the quintessential Elaine May. She cannot MONDAY TO DO Television 9-10 (NBC) The Bob Hope Special, with Sammy Davis Lee Marvin, Shirley Jones and boxer Joe Frazier. Ch. 3, 8, 40. 9-10 (NET) Realities, "Play 1970 world series film is featured on show heralding coming season.

Ch. 24, 46. 10-11 (NBC) The Diahann Carroll special, featuring Diahann, Harry Belafonte and Tom Jones. Ch. 3, 8, 40.

keep her glasses on her nose. she cannot hold a cup of tea in her hands, she is a mess who can do nothing right. Now enter Henry. iMatthau. an aging playboy who has gone through his fortune and who must now lay his slimy hands on another one.

lie is icy, calculating, meticulous and the quintessential Matthau. One day. when spying Henrietta twitching and shaking at a cocktail party. there he is. He courts her as cynically as Richard lit ever courted Anne and soon they are married.

He takes over her fortune and now he is free to kill her for it. But he quickly learns of her unbeknownst captivity by her lawyer and servants and in the original version. he killed the lawyer and one other character who is now completely of the picture, thereby leaving the field free for himself. It is understandable why Miss May is unhappy. The excisions have robbed the picture of a certain sting and bit but it still may be appreciated for the individual bits.

shticks and routines Matthau. Miss May and all the others do by themselves and in concert. To watch Matthau aid Miss May in getting her arms and head in the proper position to wear a Greek tunic, is worth the price of admission alone; If some of the venom in Miss May's dream is gone, there is plenty of acid left and she is a joy as Henrietta and Matthau. no less so as Henry. hope Special Set Sammy Davis Lee Marvin and Shirley Jones will be guests on "The Bob Hope Special" Monday (9-10 p.m.

on NBC-TV. SALE PRICE! 10:30 "The Great McGinty" (1940 Comedy Drama) Brian Don levy, Muriel Angelius, Akim Tamiroff, Ch. 5 WNEW. 10:30 "Summer Love" (1958) John Saxon, Molly Bee, Ch. 13.

11:00 "Tulsa' (1949) Susan Hayward, Robert Preston, Pedro Artnendariz, AND "Three Kids and a Queen" (1946) May Robson, Frankie Darro, Charlotte Henry, Henry Armetta, Ch. 9 WOR. 12:30 "Artists and Models" (1937) Jack Benny, Ida Lupin, Richard Arlen, Martha Raye, Ch. 11. 1:00 "Mark of the Renegade" (1951 Adventure) Ricardo Montalban, Ch.

3. 1:00 "Chicago Deadline" (1949 Mystery Drama) Alan Ladd, Donna Reed, Arthur Kennedy, Ch. 5 WNEW. 4:00 "Last of the Fast Guns" (1959) Gilbert Rowland, Lorne Greene, Ch. 13.

4:30 "The Nun and the Sargeant" (1962 Drama) Robert Webber, Ch. 36. 4:30 "The Great Man" (1957 Drama) Jose Ferrar, Julie London, Ch. 40. 5:00 "Man Afraid" (1957 Drama) George Nader, Phyllis Master, Ch.

16. 9:00 "The Happening" (1967) Anthony Quinn, George Maharis, Michael Parks, Robert Walker, Martha Hyer, Faye Dunaway, Ch. 9, 13, 16, 34, 36, (May be preempted by NBA Play-off) 11:00 "Valley of Mystery" (1967) Richard Egan, Peter Graves, Fernando Lamas, Ch. 9 WOR. 11:00 "Model Murder Case" (1965) Ian Hendry, Ronald Fraser, Jane Asher, Ch.

11:30 "Mystery Submarine" (1963) Edward Judd, James R. Robertson, Ch. 13. 1:05 "In Old Kentucky" (1935 Drama Comedy) Will Rogers, Dorothy Wilson, Ch. 22.

1:10 "Istanbul" (1957) Errol Flynn, Cornell Borchers, John Bentley, AND "Paula" (1952) Loretta Young, Alexander Knox, AND "Apache Drums" (1951) Stephen McNally, Colleen Gray, Ch. 2 WCBS. SOATHEYOAYe when their radio conked out. But now they are lust old homebodies, thanks to John's radio repair service. Let us put new life in your radio.

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Movies The Cinema: "The Girl Who Couldn't Say No" with Virna Lisi and George Segal, plus "A Very Curious Girl" Ithaca Theater: "Norma" with Mady Maguire. (X State Theater: "Catch 22" with Alan Arkin, Jon Voight, Anthony Perkins, Orson Welles, Paula Prentiss, Art Garfunkel and Bob Newhart. Strand Theater: "Tom! Tom! bra!" with Martin Balsam, James Whitmore, E. G. Marshall and Jason Robards.

(G Temple Theater: "Little Big Man" with Dustin Hoffman and Faye Dunaway. (GP) Victoria Kidnaped Victoria's efforts to overcome husband John Cannon's memory of his first wife are thwarted when Apaches lay siege to their ranch and she is kidnaped, on NBC-TV's "The High Chaparral" Friday (7:30 to 8:30 p.m.). Victoria (Linda Cristal is exchanged for an injured Apache and receives two opportunities to leave the husband (Leif Erickson) who doesn't love her. Former suitor Anthony Grey (Patrick Horgan) rides in with an offer to take her to England as Indians attack in earnest. Don Sebastian (Frank Silvera arrives with armed vaqueros to break the siege and insists his daughter return to her home in Mexico.

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The Fink Think with Doug Finck. W1CB-FM 9:45 p.m. Sound off telephone talk show. Events 8 p.m. Lecture: "Where Do Our Rights Come From?" by James Spencer, member of Christian Science Board of Lectureship.

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