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The Los Angeles Times from Los Angeles, California • 93

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i log arimeS FrL. Dec. 17, 1976 Pt IV -21 GRETA SPINIER GARBO TRAPV ROBERT Dragon Aire lid. a seabcwdameikan company Presents LADIES Ffll SH FOB MANN WFSIW000 THEATRES PARK FREE Federal Center on Wilshire 10c Shuttle Bus to Westwood Theatres ENDS TIES. 7 BillDES, 7 BfifllHtBS'f A cf -L TTT 35mm Prints 'UTTIE WtMB' H33 WMfflFfifo CLASSIC FILMS AT BEST YEARS OF A I OUR LIVES- I THE WESTERNER- Fredric March.

I Gary Cooper, Myrna Loy I Walter Brennan 9 ACADEMY AWARDS MOVIE REVIEW As the Worm Turns: 'Squirm' BY KEVIN THOMAS Times Staff Writer "Squirm" (citywide) is guaranteed to make you do just that. Made on location in Georgia, it's a nifty little horror picture that strikes a good balance between humor and terror. While not morbid, it is nevertheless graphic enough to place it out of bounds for the faint-hearted and for impressionable youngsters. Starring are two very likable young people, Don Scardi-no and Patricia Pearcy, both of whom have had extensive stage experience. (Scardino made a good impression in the Canadian film "Rip-Off," which was shown at Filmex in 1971.

Anyway, Scardino arrives from New York for a visit 'SQUIRM' jotnDhABprruChanprnnHernatirnal Exec Prfucers Edgar Lansbury, FlrijE ARTS M0N FRI 10 00 PM SAI-SUN 0 30 1 10 30 PM SAT-SUN 2 30 a 7 25 PM THE BISHOPS WIFE Caru Grant I nrptta Vnnn I I mmwi David Nnen. Monty Woolly dhll ur nut uary uooper, Barbara Stanwyck fljjjH Richard Ellman presents POl'a" WESTWOOD VIlTagT) HOLLYWOOD BLVD. PG-3S- Reader Digest WnW Dl avim mhh iimis NATIONAL CHINESE David Carradine Daily 1.45. 3 50.55 8 1 I I WOOO Lindbrook IOUND FOR GIORYIPGI Ouslin Holfman MARATHON MAN(R) 00-5 00-10 15 6925 Hollywood lub Lind 10921 464-0111 TQUf card will admit you and a guest to any performance Monday-Thursday. VILLARF HOLLYWOOD hivingkd 6764 wood 1 00-6 20- 11.40pm 463 9371 COOLEYHIGH(PG) Op All Nile 30am weslwood MARATHON MANIR 478-0576 BflUIN Wdstwnivl CORNIREAD EARLME PG) 4 40 KING KONG(PG COLOR 477-0988 VOGUE All Star Cast NETWORK(R) WESTwnnn 6675 Hollywood 462-66? 1 Scott Fitzgerald's insfi fiauiou llt lvrnntiiar.

IOI FOX 473-7664 0:1 6508 Hollywood WESTWOOD INCREDIUE SARAHIPG mn r.auiou 1 'in-'. nn. In STORY OF Of X) EMMANUELLE III XI MS VISsniuK 1 1 inu i WJ-1104 IN A FILMED CONCERT "VESSONGS" wiin RICK WAKEMAN tMam STEVE HOWE Guitar JOHN ANDERSON VocaU ALAN WHITE Drums CHRIS SQUIRE Bass 473- 7664 M5 YISSONGSIADIES GENTlEAtEN-ROttlNG STONES GENTLEMEN ROLLING STONES LOS ANGELES WESTWOOD Dennis Hopper in 1050 Gayley TRACKS 473-7664 EL REY AGAINST CROOKED SKY(G 5517 Uikhiro fl 41 ONLY AT THESE MANN THEATRES 93 1 -1 10 1 GREAT AMER. COWBOY I NOBTHRIOCE. Norlhridee 349 )585 ANAHEIM.

Cntmahnrt BEVERLY HILLSAReT) WILSHIRE KING KONG(PG) WiA UUilchira 19 .9 FJl-li-ir 635-7601 CANOCA PARK. Fallbrook 883 4212 FAIRF1Y NEXT STOP GRFFNWIfH STUDIO CITY. Studio 769 4441 653-0863 7907 Beverly VIUAGE(R) 8:45 o-jiu nitK ikiii CLENDALE. Alei 2414194 PASADENA. Academy 796 3191 "There is method in the madness brilliantly expressed by Dennis Hopper.

'Tracks' says a lot that is well worth saying about American innocence, American guilt and American self-delusion." -Bruce Williamson, PLAYBOY "The most provocative film of the Cannes Festival. A tour de force of directing and editing. Taryn Power makes her film debut with a purity and honesty that was the talk of the festival's first week." -Betty Demby, VOGUE Mag. RAINBOW PICTURES PRESENTS INTRODUCING DENNIS TARYN HOPPER POWER TORRANCE. Old Towne Mall 371 1600 HOLLYWOOD.

Foi 463 2164 WESTWOOD. Mann's Westwood 473 7664 CLAREM0NT, Village 624 2612 LONG BEACH. Belmont 43B-1001 IUtlSFIEll.CrKtDr.il. 1320001 FINE ARTS 8556 Wilshire 652-1330 BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES 7:00 THE WESTERNER 10:00 SANTA MOMICA-) COVINA. Foi Triplet 332 0050 a a i 1 1 ueaiyn men Bauer, apecia effects Bi Lee Howard- Music Rert Prince Film editor Br an Smedley-Aston.

Featuring Don Scardino, Patricia Pearcy, A Dow, Jean Sullivan, Peter MacLean, Fran Higgins. Running time: 1 hr. 32 min. lpersons under 17 must be accompanied by parent or adult with Miss Pearcy just after her small Georgia town has been hit by the worst electrical storm in its history. It has left in its wake not only the usual power outages but an incredibly vast army of angry sandworms on the rampage.

"Squirm's" special effects are terrific, and the film's writer-director Jeff Lieberman displays plenty of panache, deftly playing a disarming folksy atmosphere against rapidly escalating peril. "Squirm" just might catch on with the midnight circuits; at any rate it's a mystery why American International didn't screen it for the press in advance when they would chance a preview of a pennv dreadful like G. Wells' 'Food of the "Squirm's" cofeature, "Tender Flesh," turns out to be the late Laurence Harvey's "Welcome to Arrow Beach," in which he both starred and directed. Made for Brut Productions (whose logo has been removed), it's understandable why it's been on the shelf for the three years since Harvey's death. A dreary, tedious tale about an insatiable cannibal (Harvey) who lives in a mansion with his oversolicitous sister (Joanna Pettet) in a Southern California beach community, it is best left unseen by those who would prefer to remember Harvey for his outstanding performances in COSTA MESA, So.

Coast Plaza 546-2711 CRITERION ALICE IN WONDERLANDf LIDO 8507 Pico 652-8087 THE OMEN(R) 8:30 RACE WITH DEVil(PG) 1315-3rd 00-6 394 1619 FLESH GORDONIR (SAN FERNArjDO VALLEY) WILSHIRE AGAINST CROOKED 1314 Wilshire SKYIGI 8:35 394 6386 GREAT AMER. COWIOYIGI 7 00-10 15 LA REINA AGAINST CROOKED SKY(G) 14626 Vent. 788-8311 GREAT AWER. COWIOY(G) 8:45 STUDIO The Sleeper ot 1976 snrirvrpRt LOYOLA OTHER SIDE MTN.IPG 12136 Vent 769-4441 86 to Sepolveda 8:51 Midnight SpecialMS YESSONGS no "Jb luvt SIORT(PG Free Parkino LAOI ft MNILtmtN ROLLING STONES PALPS VERDls" NORTHRIDGE surviver700-10 40 TRACK! 10170 fleseoa 349-7585 MS VESSONGS LADIES I Free Parkino GENTLEMEN ROLLING STONES KING KONGtPG FOX TWIN 735 Silver Spur 377-5403 A FILM BY HENRY JAGLOM FALLBROOK "ooked sky 700-1020 CanooiPark MOVIE(PG) 8:45 FOX TWIN AGAINST CROOKED SKV(G 735 Silupr Snui 2 4i-fi A' 883-4212 TIONGS I IADIES Free Parking GENTLEMEN ROLLING STONES 377-5403 GREAT AMER. COWIOYIGI FALLBROOK II theritziri CanogaPark COVIWA 883-4212 LOVE I DEATH(PG) Free Parking 8:40 EL PORTAL Starts Saturdav Dec 18 rUA KING KONGtPG 211 A7IIS3 5269 Lankershim Walt Disney's iiuuw ai me lup, me iviancnunan candidate, Darling" and other films.

John Ireland and Stuart Whitman are local lawmen, Meg Foster a hippie who narrowly escapes Harvey's meat cleaver and Gloria LeRoy (outstanding) a fading stripper who doesn't. For those not satisfied by a sandworm invasion and a cannibal on the loose there's yet a third action feature at some theaters "Switchblade Sisters." (The title, just possibly, might tell all.) 332-0050 H-4041 THE SHAGGY D.A.I Gl MS YESSONGS LADIES I GENTLEMEN ROLLING STONES GUILD AGAINST CROOKED SKYIGI 5161 Lankershim 766-3741 GREAT AMER. COWBOYIGI FOX AGAINST CROOKED SKYIG 8: IS 211 15-104 332 -0050 GREAT AMER. COWBOYIG 30-9 Oi jWf FOX Call theatre lor Program and show times. 6419 Van Nuys i "111 i BAD NEWS BEARS1PG FOX 211 It Azusa 332-0050 THOUSAND MURDER ORIENT i if id JU-4 POMOiMA VALLEY CONEJO Thmie Hake 805495-6760 KING KONGfPG Free MT.

BALD D.I. KING KONGfPG) Open 6:30 3515 Wlnle 593-0343 CONEJO KWS IEAR(PG Roettger's 'Capriccio' in Debut BERLIN (UPI)-Contemporary East German composer Heinz Roettger's comic opera "Spanish Capriccio" recently had its premiere in the Dessau State Theater. The libretto is based on a play by Tirso de Molinas Roettger conducted the Dessau State Theater Orchestra. The main parts were sung by Gisela Krenkel and Juer-gen Hoffmann. VILLAGE AGAINST CROOKED SKYIG Claremnnt 4 Also Starring DEAN STOCKWELL And TOPO STOPE ALFRED RYDER MICHAEL EMIL ZACK NORMAN BARBARA FLOOD Executive Producer BERT SCHNEIDER Produced by HOWARD ZUKER Written and Directed by HENRY JAGLOM rnous.

oaks i3-o 805495-6760 MURDER ORIENT EXPRESS(PG Free Parking 624 2612 GREAT AMER. COWBOYIG 7-nn. rn-ni MS YESSONGS LADIES PASADENA6LEN0ALT) GENTLEMEN ROLLING STONES MANN Alice wonderianoii RIVERSIDEMORCiF) 467Nn Rnwmpart 7 15-10 0 OFFICIAL USA SELECTION CRITICS WEEK 19 76 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL I 351-9641 FLESH GORDON! RIVERSIDE Opens Dec 22 with Dustm Hoflman in jtfui-tn st Free Parking 4J MANN AGAINST CROOKED SKYIGI 714683-7212 ACADEMY MEMBERS -Your card will admit MARATHON MAN(R) IdMM TKt ATDt 467Nn RnumB3i1 7f lESTWOQD CREST D.I. 2400 Hamner 351-9641 GREAT AMER. COWIOYIGI KING KONGtPG finn.Rprt-imi you and a guest.

SHOWS AT 2. 4, 6.8.10 PM MIDNIGHT SHOW FRI SAT. Free Parking 1050 GAYLEV 471 7664 714735-2140 Opens 5:30 MANN 2-MINUTE WARNMGIII o. 467Nn Rnwmpart 6 30-10 45 (LONG BEACH-SEAL BEACH) 351-9641 EIGER SANCTION IPG I So'je1 1 A'or a Free Parking 8:30 CREST KING KONGfPG m-nOAM-19-30. 0-ai ACADEMY The Sleeper of 1976 4275 Atl.

424-2619 15 1003 Colo ROCKY(PG) 796-3191 12 45-3 w'nai Liza Minnelli Ingrid Bergman eAMatter of Iimej po Gupvsro. CHARLES DOYER 2 J- Co'O- MoveK6 American International Picture ImI- BELMONT CROOKED SKY(G)S: 49IS.7nri AMER. COWIOYIGI 700. in MS YESSONGS LADIES GENTLEMEN ROtLBtG STONES 438-1001 MS VluniHX a I lime GENTLEMEN ROLLING STONES STATE 770 Colo. 792-7139 SOUIRMIR) TENDER FtESH(R) 8:45 IMPERIAL souirmir Jir t.

ocean 11th WEEK! UA WESTWOOD 436-3973 TENDER FLESH(R) ALEX 216 Brand AMER. COWIOYIGI 8 45 24 1 4 194 MS YESSONGS 1 LaDWS R0SSM00R MIDWAYIPG nu PASSES ACCEPTED 6 3C FOR THIS ENGAGEMENT! 8 r. Sail Riiarh Q'11 GENTLEMEN ROLLING STONES 430 -0419 WNDENBURG(PG) free Parking 700 GLENDALE student uwyiri 122 Biand 241-4177 SEX WITH SMKEIIIR 30 CUCKOO'S NEST(R) 9:66 R0SSM00R 12535 Seal Beach 43n.ru iq He's running or office. LENNY (R Free Parking TOBRfll.CE TTlB BfJSt Last Tycoon' is the best!" -FmnkRkh, New YorkPost Intelligence "More than any other screen adaptation of a Fitzgerald work- "The Last Tycoon' preserves original feeling and intelligence!" Vincent Canby, New York Times -EVctX "A film of rare intelligence and sensitivity!" wm --Joy Gould Boy urn, Wall St. Journal XjXCeptlOnflUy "An exceptionally well-made movie!" w-k Jack Kroll, Newsweek R0SSM00R 12535 Seal Beach ALL STORY OF OX EMMANUELLE MIX OLD TOWNE IQfWn H'thnrna THE RfTZ(R Free Parking 371-1600 SHAMPOO (R) ORArM Free Parking 15 OLD TOWNE AGAINST CROOKED 19800 thorne SKY(G) 371-1600 GREAT AMER.

COWIOYIGI CINEMALAND 1414HarboiBlvd. KING KONGfPG 711MS.7AA1 m-nnAM. 19-9-0-U Free Parking 9:30 Free Parking 15 AM 0LDT0WNE 19800 thorne 371-16(10 STUDENT BODV(R) SEX WSMItEIR) CINEMALAND Fiee Parting Free Parking MS YESSONGSLAOIfS GENTLEMEN-ROLLING STONES 0LDT0WNE BAD NEWS BEARS(PG) 19800H'lliorne 371-1600 MURDER ORIENT Free Parking MARATHON MANfR itecommend recommend!" CINEMALAND 1414 Harbor Bl. 714635-7601 Free Parking SHAMPOOf "One of the few movies this year I would New Times 1:45 OXniARD-VENTURQ 4A So. Coast 34 10 Bristol 714546-2711 Ouslin Hottman MARATHON MANfl Free Parking ESPLANADE against crooked MANN SKY(G) 805485-2707 GREAT AMER.

COWBOY(G) Free Parking So. Coist 685 Sunflower 714546-2711 STORY OF OfX EMMANUELLE HEX 8:41 ESPLANADE WANN 805485-2707 Free Parking HESTER STIPG) GREENWICH VUAGE(R) 8:50 The Sleeper ot 1976 Free Parking Radiant "Radiant! The finest and most literate rendering of any of Fitzgerald's novels!" we American Home Best "By far the best film adaptation of a Fitzgerald novel ever made!" Penthouse So Coast 685 Sunflower 549-3352 Free Parking ROCKY (PG ESPLANADE MANN 805485-2707 Free Parking MtDWAY(PG) WNONIURG(PGJ FOX BAKERSFIELD FOX MARATHON 20D1HSI HARD IIMIIIPr.l KING KONG(PG) Oxnard 805483-6030 Free Parking 805323-7511 FOX A. ruLSll 1 ZgCZ ditto I CREST D.I. AGAINST CROOKED SKY(G) Ventura Hair Raising Horror CARRtEIR) 9:30 805644-7776 Free Pkg, ju irdtnecono. vhehi HifitH.

wniuilv 805832-0001 Open 6:30 Show 7:00 cteLastclycooii halt PRODUCTION' QviEnr.iEFon YEAR'S a niniLLEni" Jay Cocks, Time Magazine 1 Paramount Pictures Presents A Sam Spiegel-Elia Kazan Film starring Robert De Niro Tony Curtis Robert Mitchum Jeanne Moreau Jack Nicholson Donald Pleasence C3 WW "fitK 0EAM TIM WXANNE JONSS CONIlAy pleskstte KEEHAM tfYMM srT-t SANDERSON KSTEVENSON TECHNICOLORS j-ri oBiitPA vista DisiRwiTim co wr ri NI) PrwixtWf. Jjl STARTS TOMORROW RayMilland Dana Andrews and introducing Ingrid BoultUlg Sc-rornplay by Produced bv Directed by Harold Pinter Sam Spiegel Elia Kazan Music by Maurice Jarre i Jaw Production Services by Tycoon Service Company Read the Bantam Paperback Technicolor" VSl CANOGA PARK Fallbrook 1 883-421 CAN0GA PK Canoqa Pk Dr-m 346-6211 CERRITOS Alondra 3 4 924-5531 CITY OF INOUSTRY Puente 1 965-5867 COSTA MESA Cinema 3 979-4141 PASADENA Mann 2 351-9641 HIALTO-Foothill Df-in- 875-2545 RIVERSIDE UA Cinema 2 689-8022 ROSEMEAD RosemeaO 1 573-9480 SANTA MONICA Criterion 349-1619 Paramount Release 'r' mmm PGlMUHnuaanNci aw wTtim wot iuiTwt iwi winiiiiwts "mi tl MONTE bl Monle Dr-m 448-8422 5N UHIEL century 282-5168 FOUNTAIN VALLEY Ft Valley 1 839-1500 SPRING- La Mirada Dr-in 921-1706 til FMnAI Qnvu (lUBUultniun nn. GLP NI1ALF Rniu 741.A1Q1 SAN BERNARDINO Central City 1 884-1851 EXCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENT NOW PLAYING PLAN NOW Oft A UARA THOU WEEKEND, MNNTHETSES INGLEWOOD Centmela Dr-m 670-8677 LOS ANGELES Fairfax 653-31 1 7 LONG BEACH Towne 422-1221 LONG BEACH LakewoorJ Dr-in 424-9931 MONTEBELLO Garmar 723 2133 MISSION VIEJO Cinema Vieio 830-6990 N. HOLLYWOOD El Portal 769-4041 NORTHRIDGE Northnrjge 349-7585 ORANGE Orange Mall 1 i 2 637-0340 ORANGE City Cinema 2 3 634-391 1 onenmnn unna wnema i yfib-ybbU TH00SAN0 OAKS Coneo Twin 495-6760 TORRANCE Old Towne 1 371-1600 TORRANCE Rolling Hills 1 325-2608 TORRANCE Torrance Dr-in 379-8491 VENTURA -101C Dr-in -644-5595 VAN NUYS SepulverJa Dr-in 786-6520 WESTCHESTER Loyola 670-0346 WESTMINSTER UA Twin 893-1305 W. LOS ANGELES Picwood 272-8239 WHITTIFB Uhitttuiwvl QAI.fUng OQ WESTUrOOO MANN'S VILUGE4W 1050 GAVLEV MANN'S IMA1015P.

473-7664 45 3 00 5 20 uxnANu tsDianaoe 1 465-2707 BtnSsT SOUTH COAST PLAZA 1 Con Heu 546-2711 mill) DAILY 12:30 3:00 5:30 8:00 10:15 ACADEMY MEMBERS: Tour card will admit you am) a guest to any performance Monday-Thursday NO PASSES ACCEPTED FOR THIS ENGAGEMENT STADIUM DRIVE Ottnga 714)639-8770 inn CWEMALAND 2 ft 3 AiMlwm (7141 635-7601 Bmnm.M.11 a-ieii ten "'so snowing at these leading Theatres ANAHEIM Brookhurst Loge 772-6446 PANORAMA CITY Americana 1 4 2 893-6441 ARLINGTON Van Buren Dr-in 688-2360 PARAMOUNT Paramount Dr-in 1 633-4646 DOWNEY Meralla 861 -2281 POMONA Mission Dr-in 628 051 1 ORANGE Stadium Or 1 639-8770 WEST COVINA Eastland 1 339-7333 mill Acuerii na iKiami.

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