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in Ftrt V-THURS-FEB. 29, 1 968 JOYCE HABER SM flngtUtf ZimtS at the Warner Playhouse, caused by a faulty electri- cal circuit, forced the play into new quarters. "The Beard," which Is preceded by a. light and sound show, stars Richard Bright and Victoria Hal and was directed by Robert 'Beard' Return Set for Friday Michael McQure's play "The Beard" returns to the Los Angeles stage Friday with, two performances, at 8:30 and 10:30 p.m., in its new home at Las Palmas Theater. Maehashi, 24, of Japan but presently living in New York The three were chosen after a closed audition in' the Oakland Auditorium theater.

They will appear in a public concert at the same theater Saturday. A panel of judges will name the winner. Baldwin Beatty Team? Oscar an "iHJj3-" if aji.iiij,iaiiajiipaa "tax ajtaa) aji n-- r-' i in- iinriiii WJmWm Seek Oakland Soloist Spot OAKLAND (5) Three finalists have been selected to compete for $1,000 in cash and a. chance to appear as soloist with the Oakland Symphony. Orchestra next They are: Miss Myung-wha Chung, 22, Los Angeles, cellist; Paul Tobias, 22, San Francisco, cellist, Miss Reiko A.

fire Sunday morning poto Dtama Ci)eatxcg E3 '3 G3 CO 3 LT3 G3 C3 S3 3 Warren Beatty, whose "Bonnie and Clyde" is a top Contender.for the Best Picture in the Academy Award sweepstakes, has apparently been thinking hard about the competition. Faced with beating but, among others, "Guess Who's Coming to he's taken a leaf from 'the table, so to speak. BEST SONG! ('TALK TO THE AK1MAL5') BEST. Art Direction mtFilm E4ithi SKI. Criiintl Music Scon -Sound IISI Cinematography BEST- Special Visual Effect BEST- Scoring of Music -Vm TOIHGIIT ENDS LIAR.

23 "SHEER DELIGHT! if you doii'T SEE ANOTHER FLAY ALL YEAR. SEE THIS QUE" Hollywood (eperfar "EVElilliG OF HILARITY A LOT OF BELLYLAUGHS GUFFAWS" Doily Variefy "I GAIIliOT IMAGIIIE THE PLAY BEING PLAYED ANY BETTER" i "LOADED WITH LAUGHS" E3 Q3 'X'-' 1 0 Warren Beatty All-Negro Version of 'Odd Couple' Set Producer Nick Stewart has scheduled ah' all-Ne- gro version of Neil SU mon's comedy "The' Odd Couple," as the next! product ion.at the Ebony Showcase Theater. Set to open early in April, it will star Stewart arid Morris Erby. OPENS TUES. MARCH 12 COU TxrKNiitwJiaa.

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EXTRA GOOD SEATS AVAILABLE 2:30 WEDNSEDAY MATS ENGLISH LANGUAGE FOREIGN FILM MAIL ORDERS NOW! 1 12 PERFORMANCES ONLY MAR. 25-APRIL 6 II i 03 iaenaaaa aMtoabmt! aLuata ataaaiaaiiMT venus I Join the Hanks It's possible that while here James Baldwin will join the select ranks of literati who have been paying their respects to Truman Capote in Palm Springs. Capote is a friend and fan of Baldwin's, and recently said of his writings, "It was his fiction that saved him from starvation. But I think it is as an essayist that he will survive. Jimmy Baldwin," he addetf.

"is one writer who is also a deeply intelligent man." It was talkative Truman, incidentally, who started the international gaspings of "Will she or won't she?" about Jacqueline Kennedy's plans to marry Lord Harlech. One of Kennedy-Harlech's fellow guests at John Hay Whitney's plantation in Georgia called Capote to suggest that the two wouldd be inarried on Washington's Birthday. The writer's calls to the Right People started the rumors and presses rolling. Some New Additions As I predicted in Wednesday's column, NBC just sanounced that the Diahann Carroll comedy series, Julia, has been added to its fall schedule. Along with prepare yourselves comedienne Phyllis Diller in a full-hour variety show.

Let's hope a lot of Phyllis goes a long way The most uninteresting speculation around town, as far as I'm concerned, is whether Connie Stevens is expecting again Now if Eddie Fisher ffere expecting! Vincente Minnelli received a urprise phone call Wednesday "in the as his iate-sleeping spouse Denise puts it (the time actually around noon). It came from a Cadillac dealer; no, the man wasn't selling, but explaining his intention to deliver. "Happy birthday from your wife. She has ordered a Coupe De Ville for you." Vincente, who was (Wednesday) not a day over 55, was told to expect the car in several weeks Singing star ALMartino, who has played Blinstrub's in Boston for. the past eight years, will be a heavy investor when the nightclub, which recently burned down, is reconstructed on the.

lame site. 'Move' to Film I' Twentieth Century-Fox just bought Joel Lieber's novel, for $85,000. It will appear in June, under the imprint of David McKay. The same New York publishing friend who gave me the Information describes the manuscript as "a dirty 'Barefoot in the Pandro Berman will produce the movie version, Stuart Rosenberg will direct, and Dustin Hoffman, Best Actor nominee for "The Graduate," will star When Polly Bergen set out on a multi-city toiii of department stores to promote her Oil of the Turtle cosmetics, husband Freddie Fields quipped, ''Letting Polly loose in 41 department stores is like leading an alcoholic along Skid Row." Richard Warren Lewis' article on Tony Curtis, long postponed, is finally scheduled as the Satevepost cover story two weeks hence Jean and Dean Martin's daughter Gail has dropped 27 pounds for her opening at the Hotel Plaza's Persian Room on Wednesday. Gail insists she still has 7 more to go Inevitable: Bob Evans of Paramount, who has her already for "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever," wants to sign Barbra Streisand for a musical version of either "Breakfast at Tiffany's" or "Sabrina." Who can blame him? And Richard Harris, explaining why he withdrew from "Clear.Day" opposite Barbra, said, "It's a terrible script.

I would have been nothing but an expensive coat hanger for 'her." 'v NOW SHOWING! BkllT 6:30 8i30 10:30 SAT. 2:00 4.00 6:00 8:00 10:00 12 MIDNIGHT SUH 2:00 4.00 6:00 8:00 10:00 Warren wants his next picture to be an interracial love story an original i screenplay but hip, contemporary and anything but-sentimental. In words, a kind of cross between "Dinner" and "The Graduate," with i or Clyde, (or maybe Hoffman?) in greasepaint. They say that novelist James Baldwin is wending his way West to negotiate with Warren about the screenplay. MAR.

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