The Los Angeles Times from Los Angeles, California • 76

TLOS 3n5Clf( Cimc Fri, Jan. 30, 1976 Pt IV 15 11 AT LAS VEGAS HILTON 5th Dimension Minus Dynamism TODAY'LUCKY LADY" MOVES TO CENTURY CITY BY DENNIS HUNT Times Staff Writer The group especially misses McCoo's elegant ballads, which were always the highlights of the show. Neither Gordon nor Barnes can match McCoo's spine-tingling style. McCoo's best ballad was "One Less Bell to Answer." Gordon has inherited it and has reduced it to an ordinary ballad. The orchestra was a problem.

It could have rescued some of the flagging numbers but played ploddingly most of the time. The rhythm section was particularly guilty of listlessness. During the few times the singers were in peak form, as in the medley of oldies that included "Stoned Soul Picnic," "Up, Up and Away" and "Wedding Bell Blues," the orchestra seemed to be even more pepless than usual. The show, which also includes comedian Myron Cohen and the acrobatic Augustinos, continues through Feb. 9.

Lamonte McLemore, used to be a merry unit that usually put on a largely entertaining show. Now, with the replacements, the show is considerably less entertaining and has turned serious. Ex-member Davis, a boisterous jokes-ter, usually kept the period between songs rather lively. But no one in the current group even tries to fill that comic void, thus robbing the breaks of their former 3 Everyone is after George Segalfc bird because "The Black BM-tfis a Sight, spiffy spoof- fast and amusing. It has tho kind of verve that touches the hearts of those touched by MM Brooks and Woody Allen." -Charles Champlln, L.A.

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DUN "YSMAUMT "MAJOR IARBARA" MURNAITS "NOSFERATUi "For a fun picture, watch the birdie." -Gene Shallt, NBC-TV CABINET OF OH. CAUBARI I- HILARIOUS SACS rrs mi a pretty funny SHOW LIKELY TO BE ENJOYED IV THOSE WHO UKED THE FfflST KEVIN THOMAS, A TIMES LAS VEGAS The 5th Dimension has lost its most dynamic members Billy Davis and Marilyn McCoo and has replaced them with less dynamic singers Danny Beard and Marjorie Barnes. On Tuesday at the Hilton the group made its first Las Vegas appearance since the personnel change. The new members who are capable, but not very charismatic performers obviously need more time to become fully blended into the show. At the moment, they don't really compensate for the loss of Davis and McCoo.

The 5th Dimension ceased being inventive and refreshing about five years ago and mostly has been mired in slickness ever since. The new members aren't likely to cause any upheavals in the group's sound or image. Before switching members, the 5th Dimension, which also includes Florence LaRue Gordon, Ron Townson and Producers Settle Dispute on 'King Kong' Remakes The race to see whether Dino de Laurentiis and Paramount Pictures or Universal Pictures would be the first to bring its remake of "King Kong" to the screen has ended in a truce, with Universal agreeing not to release its "The Legend of King Kong" until 18 months after De Laurentiis' "King Kong" is released. Both companies agreed Wednesday to withdraw legal actions filed against each other. According to Sid Sheinberg, president and chief operating officer of MCA, Universale parent company, "Universal intends to produce and release a King Kong film undei optimum production and distribution conditions subsequent to the De Laurentiis film's release." Honor Society for the Arts Elects Eight to Be Inducted NEW YORK (UPD Two writers, an architect, a composer and four painters were elected Monday to the 250-member National Institute of Arts and Letters, the Congress-chartered honor society for the arts.

Harrison E. Salisbury, president of the institute, announced the new members as James T. Flexner, historian and biographer; Meyer Schapiro, art critic and historian; Charles Gwathmey, architect; Jack Beeson, composer, and Balcomb Greene, Leonid Berman, Conrad Marca-Relli and Alice Neel, painters. They will be inducted at ceremonies in New York May 19. oFTHeTaLTBIPrlD MarlWirriOfle-BLacKSriOe STMTS WED.

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