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Independent from Long Beach, California • 72

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Independenti
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Long Beach, California
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72
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-L ,1." S.TWTOEPENDENT.PRESS.7ElESTiAW 1 as cjml. (. oct n. mi Bob Hopes Wit Boy Meets Givi9 Revives Gilded Dreams Will Rogers of Our Time' aware of their responsibilities and the fact that they are going to inherit our problems. 'And these young people By VERNON SCOTT HOLLYWOOD, (UPI) Bob Hope has become a contemporary Will Rqgers passing through the lati- to ters, tempennental (Western) stars, toadying pro ducers and dictatorial studio bosses lives again if onlybreifly.

Howard R. Solomon and sentimentalists already are calling the "golden age of moviemaking. The Bella and Samuel Spe-wack script remains as funny as ever. A strong cast. foisted off as the infant's missing dad.

Theyre all excellent. A- good cast fleshes out this fast-moving storyline. it are Fran.Flodstrom, Mary McIntosh, Tony Cas- the life and times of an as-yet unborn child of an unwed commissary waitress. Involved with. those zany comics' are egotistical oater star Alger Clark; producer Simpson and jirillja ous agent Frank RugeUI' Then theres the naive 'By RALPH HKMAN JR.

Drama Critic 'Boy Meets Girt once was' only satiric spoof of Hollywood's prewar movie moguldom. in "HflliF tegton Beach Playhouse's current revival, a new dimension of nostalgia is for what added W. Ralph and Colin Guiver. With special mention for who JtaJwrAmerican scene, roles well this, his first tudes.of comedy and wiy HOPE Rays the current image of college unrest, and emphasis on psychedelic drugs repre- 1 order season tickets sents the smallest minority of the nations young people. 1 Tve beeii talking a lot about Vietnam to the kids, he said.

"I tell them weve got to win this war. And I wish the guys over in Vietnam- could hear the applause. These youngsters have lost none of their patriotism. Not fora minute. The Long Beach Auxiliary of the Southern California Symphony-Holly wood Bowl Association proudly presents the 1967-68 season of the Albertsen, enjoys the show equally with the audience.

knd the--olfl -highprcs- sure world of eccentric wri- FIVE EVENINGS IDS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC adults think they are. 1 know because I mix with them after the show tiy -io get to know them. Its thrilling to me to see how dean-cut- and they really are. "They certainly arent hippies. Not that Tm against them either except for the filth and disease that they breed whenever they collect in large numbers.

I dont care if everybody dresses like Phyllis Diller. intelligent bi DM MRU iiua min IPACIFICffHEATRESj ORCHESTRA MUSIC DIRECTOR I I. LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM Saturday, November 11, 1967. ZUBIN MEHTA. Conduct' nutty scribes who- kick off a long and Involved plot with an tohqd 'i han idea, for the moving em alL Theyll film Nowjg Of CHEAT MUSIC 3J5, 2J5 aeaionpiko Auxiliary Committee, "An evening of great symphonic Los Angeles Philharmonic is an elite orchestra under adynamic and Inspiring conductor." -KIEUWE GAZET, AnCwcrp, Sept 1W Saturday, December 2, 1967 VACLAV SMETACEKrCuest Conductor TZHAK PERLMAN, Violinist Sunday, January 21,1968 LAWRENCE FOSTER, Cuest Conductor DOZEN STARTS 3:00, SMS A 1:30 OFFICE.

OPENS AT NOON Saturday, February 17, 1968 ZUBIN MEHTA, Conductor X- Saturdsy, Much 9, 1968 ZUBIN MEHTA, Conductor ANDRE WATTS, Pianist SS1S from Uhi Swell lldlOCTiiicAiiditoflum UNbIt. McYcOnfeEyed- Soldicn tlBSO, ISM, 11JD0 SINGLE ADMISSION PRICES: S4J0, i ticket in. number location payable to Long leach to lal amount THE NAZIS NEVER IARGAINED FOR iiiti Si WM HU na OPEN NOON SIDNEY porriiK ROD STEIGER SUGGESTED FOR NATURE AUDIENCES ALL COLOR! n't ONF, EYED "DIRTY AT 12:30. OX Plus DEAN JEAN ROUGH PLUS THE humorist observer of the Rogers barrel wit and lariat twirling, of course, are gone with the -innocence of their time. How many cracker barrels and lariats do you see these days? However, Hope's political jibes and satirical zaps are much the same technique Rogers employed to puncture the folly of his era and the posturing of the.

worlds high and mighty. Television and movies fail to bring into sharp focus the new Bob Certainly Bobs quick patter in his video monologues reveal a flair for jabs at everyone and everything LBJ, Ronald Reagan, hippies, Charles de Gaulle and the space race. BUT THESE are only fragments of the more biting wit he projects i personal appearances where he opens up with both barrels on Vietnam, LSD, Bobby Kennedy and the pill. More and more frequent-' ly Hope is hitting the col-- lege circuit where youngsters dig his rapid delivery and innuendo. Nothings sacred with' Bob Hope when a live audience is out front atuned to his gags.Nc,.

played for audiences at -Oregon and OregOri State, Dayton University, the Uni-' versity of Wisconsin Michigan State. His schedule calls for the universities of Illinois, Arizona, Denver and UCLA. "I get a charge working for college kids," said Hope, who certainly isnt doing It for financial securi-, ty. "Its really an extension of my militAiy audiences. "But their minds are quick and they get the mes- Mrs.

Gandhi Returns NEW DELHI, India (4) Prime Minister Indira Gandhi returned Saturday from a two-week tour of Eastern Europe and Egypt $33fciSn Free Parking on Out large Parking Lotsl SHOW TIMES: WEEK DAYI I ML aid 2:20 ML UT. I SUN. 1MB, I ML, SMS 1 1:10 Ml mhiiViii SEE IT "'VT. FROM THE START aiina raoiim rail ill iuuu iii mB PRANKII AVAUM FABIAN COLON. "FIREBALL 500" CARY ONANT COLON "NORTH IT NORTHWEST" PARAMOUHT Panat, I CmrI.

IMV Fnat -OBAN jJARTIN ADM. SILENCERS MURDERERS' f- ROW. PWCAR check, with your order, before Monday, October to: long Beach F.O. Box 14792, Long Beach, Calif. 90814.

Mease enclose a acILuMmunii enveloole for return of your tickets. Tickets will be mailed MARTIN GEORGS PEPPARD SIMMONS COLOR NIGHT IN JERICHO: VIOLENCE ACTION COLOR DEVIL'S ANGELS eDeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeei i ggnu e. whose babv. Happy, will become the innocent foil Pamela Brown. And just-as-naive Dennis Lambert, a young English chap who almost is COOLED BY RET RK.ERATION OPEN NOON JSItCOSH WESTDUSI 1 JERICHO run -yjjjEL.

SHOWS TODAY 12:30 4:30 8:30 PM. it Wed. Mar. 2 P.M. MTS MK KKS CREST SETS Maalic ihe.

6A4-1C19 Roush lilSHT IK JER1CK9 RDSSMODRJ USB laa (bail 000-1049 Ena hrti JOHN WAYNE' KIRK DOUGLAS "WAR WAGON" JL Justus JHBBHJW "HOUR WTHI. Cliff4 IMPERIAL I HEC-3971 Barpa Partaf BOTH COLOB "SHI FREAK" OPEN 12:11 THE JOKERS BELMONT ULSacaMX.J 6ES-1001 BLOW-UP Marmatfan call (724) 77S4220 go-around with the theater. Fluff-free Sight-and-sound gags abound throughout as the story unwinds toward an. unexpected ending. Riday and Saturday re-peats are scheduled throughNov.il.

Complete Set of Yule Seals Requested The Orange County Tuberculosis and Health Association is trying to find someone with a complete set of Christmas Seals Issued by the organization since 1907. John W. Hill, president of the association, said he would like to display them, in connection with the 1967 Christmas Seal sales drive. Chinese Beauty ChosenQueen 7 RENO (St Actress Mai Tai Sing of San Francisco Chinatown has been chosen queen and Sammy Davis Jr. haa been named grand high sultan for the Reno tional Camel races.

Na- The event, usually held' in Virginia City, is scheduled next weekend at the Washoe County Fairgrounds. It will be bUled as a "salute to Virginia City." ATLANTIC AAArsAA AUDREY HEPEURN a ART TWO 4 Ml nan CfNTf VANESSA THE LOVED JONATHAN WINTERS Mtlodyland Theatre AM 41 Mau -DC 4 Weeks Only i PleAstsendi My check for k. Addretf, Gty IBS SEATS NOW Male i it Box Offica Md ft BANC. (Conct it but itrvict SEASON TICKETS: BOX OFFICE Pinas mil your Auxiliaiy Committee, itamned I a tl 0 1 7 'I 7 SOLDIERS I AU iiiionos ISMirmb 'am fflEGUCDON EEHI BfR 'las tuiii! lira -wn mm mn. em mi KE3DIRI Mllllli m' NE1MC0UR -J: PLUS THE 8UH THAT TAMED RUTHLESS WHITES AMD UVED THE REDMAI "SHATTERHAID" Dolor AT BOTH OaiVE-IIIS ALL COLOR PROGRAM! SUET chacfc payabla to MELODYLAND THEATRE, Box 3440, Anahnm, Calif.

(92803) -LANCASTER MARVIN CLAUDIA CARDINALS PROFESSIONALS UMBIT FOKDA BATTLE A BULGE REDORAVI IN n-ELOW-UP .12:30 0IES VcmtmmwV a ROBERT MORSE AAAAi TvVfV Pltato Print -PHONE. ALBERT PINNIY ROAD- 9 1 PM. Mutual Ticket Btenda. In Slant Baach, Humphrey's 5 b01 Music Co 135 E. 3rd SL Sun, 450 tong Buck cmC Blvd, Wiliidu Music ptm km wunumtt 8H.

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