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Valley News from Van Nuys, California • Page 17

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Van Nuys, California
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Nuyt (Calif) THE M-A I CONCERT TAOK MIKE MAITH, Tempo Editor Meeting Poker Sharks Told MOM Film 'Cincinnati Kid A 1 ANSWERS PRIMITIVE INSTINCT Having survived plane crash and ravages of desert, Stuart Whitman refuses help when ii.cqmes, staying behind to carry on war with native baboons. Story of on six persons flung into Southwest African wasteland. "Sands of Kalahari" opens citywide run Wednesday. By All SAR What "The Hustler" was to the pool world "The Cincinnati Kid" is to the stud poker enthusiasts. A "Cincinnati Kid" a i to generate the tense moments provided in it emerges as interesting screen fare.

The MGM pictures stars Steve McQueen as the Kid, a rambling-gambling an with a determination to be "The Man" the best stud player on the circuit from Vegas to Miami. Edward G. Robinson plays the part of Lancey Howard, "The Man" -champion the poker tables for more that three decades. The part of Shooter, the dean in gambling circles with a father image to Kid is essayed by Karl Maiden. In the romantic department, there are Tuesday Weld as Christian, a country girl who came to.

the city to work as a waitress and became Kid's woman, and Ann-Margret as Melba, Shooter's wife who keeps company with Kid in Christian's absence. The gamblers McQueen, Robinson and Maiden--come through with a i i performances. Both Tuesday and Ann- Margret are fair, just that. For the average moviegoer, Cincinnati" visually does not offer as much as "Hustler" did. Hie impact of the pool table perhaps because of the noise and action, was much greater than the card table.

But for the poker enthusiasts, "Cincinnati' is the thing to see. The story unfolds in New Orleans in 1936. The Kid is a weary, hustler and tired playing for nickel and dime stakes. He knows that the big money is in Miami. But the arrival of Lancey, an aging poker sharp, in New Orleans changes Kid's plans.

Kid's only ambition is to have a showdown between him and "The 1 which could transfer the title to the young gambler. footer, an older statesman in the gambling hierarchy, warns Kid of his overconfidence, "I don't i you're ready, but I know you got to find out for yourself." Acutally, "The Man" is in town for a match with Slade (Rip Torn), a wealthy but unscrupulous businessman. i a tne confrontation a matter of life and death is set between the champ and challenger. Others in the cast are Joan Blondeli. Jack Weston and Cab Galloway.

Norman Jewison directed "Cincinnati Kid" for producer Martin Ransohoff from a screenplay by Ring Lardner Jr. and Terry Southern. Connery Says No to Mild, Sexless Bond Documentary By HAL BATES Bob Claver, producer- director of the wedding segment on the a rs Daughter video series handled a rather messy situation with expert diplomacy, averting a possible international incident. At a posh reception given by Perle Mesta In Washington for Inger Stevens and Bill Windom's TV 'marriage, a foreign ambassador became overly exciting and insulting at what he said was the way Miss Stevens had snubbed him, Inger, denying 'Eleanor Roosevelt Story' Screens at Los Feliz Theatre ''The Eleanor Roosevelt Story," a full-length film documentary written by Pu- litzer Prize winning author- poet Archibald MacLeish, now plays an exclusive engagement at the Los Feliz It was on the verge of tears when Claver stepped in'and calmed down the blustering- undiplomatic diplomat, a Leigh at present filming a flick with Jerry Lewis isn't quite sure how serious her friends are about insisting that she run for office. Although she admits to being an avid campaigner and a- member of the Peace Corps Advisory Council.

Janet says she has no political ambitions. Bob Hope required medical attention for a painful pulled back muscle incurred when he lifted sexy EIke Sommer out of a bathtub during a scene from their film, "Boy! Did I Get A Wrong 1 Hope always' the master of any situation, quipped that he be back on the set soon enough as long as there weren't any more strenuous chores required. Marlon a dismayed thai Indian handicrafts seemed to be dying Created and produced by Sidney Glazier, a longtime friend and associate of Mrs. Roosevelt, the 90-minute film emphasizes her growth as a woman of strength and independence. In most sensitive fashion, the picture i a Mrs.

Roosevelt's life from her early years of unhappiness, frustration. and lack of confidence as the daughter of a beautiful woman, to her later year? a significant figure on ihe world scene, as a trusted and respected statesman. During the preparation of the picture, more than 2-5 "motion footage and 3000 stitt photo- were researched from private and government sources in 22 fivr continenlP and of the Iron Curtain Glazier and enjoyed long and close i a i 5 Mr? t- Glazier firsi mot her during "World War he accompanied her visits to South Pacific CXsroniand serving 35 an The lt Cancer five 7riic to her death. Sean Connery. who was so: narrate David Wolper's teevee documentary.

"The Incredible World of James Bond." reportedly quit the show because NBC ordered some of the sex and violence scenes watered down. Unless chances his mind, it looks as ihbudi Alexander Scour- will handle this Singer Jane Morgan say? she wouldn't mind making frr the Stale Depariment. Since she of Averse ID six an e.xrelleTr; She rnav A a A and manajrer Jerry "The FJean- and Mrs. Erir '3e. -fric-nri.

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