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Section 4 CChttago (Tribune Friday, December 14, 1979 with VCntUf3f Go Guide, Dr. Jock, Photography Shopping A weekend Chicago spree in 10 countries in Ar- 7 1 ifVi is chasing "Historical City The Settlement of Chicago" (City of Chicago, Department of Development and Planning, 1976) for $3.95. The book details the growth of Chicago from a French portage in the 1600s to one of the world's great cities. Beginning with 1840, when the city was inhabited by Indians, Irish, and Germans, the book features six com- munity, settlement maps which show where such ethnic groups as the blacks, Dutch, and Slovaks settled when they arrived in Chicago. Now you should be ready for a little ethnic Christmas shopping.

British Isles Gaelic Imports, 2175 N. Austin 622-4102. Hand-made Highland bagpipes are priced from $375 to $1,200. For the thriftier shopper there are tartan ties for $7.50, and leather sporans to be worn over the kilt from $25 to $95. Other items include Irish sweaters, Scottish woolens, English china, and a complete line of Scottish, and English Christmas food.

Other shops that sell goods from the British Isles include Erinlsle, 903 W. Armitage 528-5558; and Ireland House, 120 E. Delaware 337-2711. German Kuhn's Delicatessen Liquors, 3053 N. Lincoln 525-9019.

In addition to its large selection of food and drink, this shop offers an assortment of gift items including glass beer horns for $21 and wooden clocks for $17.50. Kuhn's has two suburban outlets: 8716 Golf Des Plaines, 298-6032; and 116 S. Waukegan Deerfield, 272-4197. Other German shops include: Meyer Delicatessen, 4750 N. Lincoln Av, 561-3377 and 3306 N.

Lincoln 281-8979; and Inge's German Delicatessen, 4724 N. Lincoln Av. Omiyage 2482 N. Lincoln By Charles McKelvy IF ITS GENUINE ethnic Christmas gifts you want, you can find anything from a hand-made set of Scottish bagpipes, custom-fitted Indian saris, and Lithuanian siaudinukai Christmas ornaments to pre-World War II Japanese dolls and Mexican pinatas, in Chicago's ethnic neighborhoods. The Swedish influence still is strongly felt along Clark Street from Foster Avenue north to Balmoral Avenue in what is known as Andersonville.

The Lithuanians have an enclave of shops, delis, bars, and restaurants along 69th Street between Western and California avenues known as the Lithuanian Plaza. Many people know that Chinatown is centered at the intersection of Cermak Road and Wentworth Avenue, but fewer know that a second Chinatown is developing in the vicinity of Argyle Street and Broadway. The Japanese and Koreans are making their presence known along Clark Street north from Belmont Avenue to Addison Street and beyond. Walking east along 18th Street from Damen Avenue to Halsted Street you'd swear that you had somehow wandered south of the border. LINCOLN AVENUE, despite the appearance of other ethnic groups, still is very much a German strasse, and residents have consolidated their holdings quite nicely along the new mall on Lincoln just south of Lawrence Avenue.

The Greeks mingle with the Germans at Lawrence and Western and offer their wares along Halsted from Monroe Street to Van Buren Street in an area many revelers know as Greektown. To put yourself in the proper mood for an ethnic Christmas shopping spree through Chicago, first visit the Museum of Science and Industry, 57th Street and Lake Shore Drive, for a look at the 38th annual "Christmas A door harp (above) from the Sweden Shop, where co-owner Ingrid Bergstrom (left) holds a tablecloth with a map of Scandinavia embroidered on it. Other gifts include a glug pot and a Dalahast a wooden horse that is the No. 1 souvenir item from Sweden. Tribune photos by John Autiad '-i j- 7 477-1428.

In addition to rare pre-woria Around the World" exhibit War II Japanese dolls starting at $36, or- The festival, which runs throimhJ? shop sells Chinese Christmas Si 1 Jan. 6. showcases the Yuletide. 1 namenls for $655. Colombian terra traditions of 37 countries and'! 'jM cotta angels for $2 and $4, African ethnic groups and features dailvfl ufWJs talking drums for $32, Afghan programs and ethnic food It WZtVr iackets in adult and Regular museum hours are (3-Si'f frij children's sizes from $30 to 9:30 a.m.

to 4 p.m. Li A and a variety of hand-and 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 om on A fv iJL crafted American jewelry. The Polonia- Book Store, the largest Polish book store s. in the United States, stocks a wide range of Polish record albums (above) and paintings and other works of art (left).

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Greek Acropolis Gift Shop, 306 Degin your ethnic Christmas shopping Maria Roussos of the Acropolis Gift Shoo (above) holds a bouzouki Continued on page 4 and a copy of an ancient Greek in the gilt shop by r- warrior snieia. iviuiticoiorea worry beads (far left) and a collection of pagan idol statuettes are among the other items at the shop. hi j- ii It A Movies Movios Martins arrow falls short in The Jerk' tr It TRIBUNE MINI-REVIEW: Don't excuuuuM him "THE JERK" DtfMtatf by Cwf Hln9f! sefvonptay by Stavo Itofttfi. Carl Ootttalb, and Mlehaal Ellaa; phototgrapnad by Victor J. Karopar; adKad by Bud ttoMn; muale byJacfc EHIotti pcoduoad by DavM V.

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Halana Carroll Ha jjD effects win the effects lose the war for 194V By Gene Siskel Movie critic SPRINGDALE. Ohio Last week we traveled to Washington for the world premiere of "Star Trek: The Motion Picture." This week to Springdale, Ohio, the Cincinnati suburb where "1941," a $35-million World War II comedy, had its Midwest premiere Wednesday evening. There are similarities between the two films. Both are troubled, megabuck, special effects-laden productions that were being re-edited right up to their important Christmastime opening dates. And neither film was screened in Chicago for critics in time for opening day reviews, the studios involved apparently not wanting to receive what they feared might be unfavorable notices.

That's why this critic has turned into a foreign correspondent. "1941" is the fourth feature film of Steven Spielberg; you may have heard of Nos. 2 and 3 "Jaws" and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," two superhits that have grossed worldwide nearly a half-billion dollars. Apparently operating on the old American credo that bigger is better, Spielberg with "1941" decided to make a "Mad, Mad. Mad, Mad World" of a war picture, substituting bombs for cream pies.

There's hardly a moment in "1941" when something or someone isn't on fire, under fire, or exploding. THE STORY IS very loosely based on some actual false alarms involving a Japanese invasion of California just after Pearl Harbor. (There actually was a brief blackout of Los Angeles when paranoia struck deep in southern California.) Spielberg and three writers offer their speculation on what might have happened if American forces had been led into battle by Mack Sennett. Exaggeration is the name of the game in "1941." A misguided Japanese submarine (commanded by Toshiro By Gene Siskel Movie critic CASTING OFF-THE-WALL come-dian Steve Martin in something called "The Jerk" holds out the promise of Martin performing one ridiculous stunt after another. Which is pretty much what happens, and yet "The Jerk" collapses under its own weight.

The guess here is that Martin's humor simply doesn't translate well to a 94-minute movie. Too much of a dumb thing, maybe. Martin is the stand-up comedian who came to fame twisting balloons, wearing an arrow through his head, and generally laughing at the deadly seriousness of performers who try too hard to make people laugh. You could call him an anti-establishment comedian and you wouldn't be wrong. But he was knocking establishment comedians, not the Establishment.

In "The Jerk" Martin reprises the pfthos-based goofiness of such '50s and '60s Jerry Lewis comedies as "The Sad Sack," "The Patsy," "The Bellboy," and "The Errand Boy" films in which Lewis played a total clod who somehow manages to muddle through and win the affection of a pretty girl. MARTIN AS "The Jerk" goes through the tame test of fire. You might expect him to have fun with the Lewis tradition maybe turn to the camera and proclaim how easy it is to sucker audiences into sympathizing with a stumblebum but Martin does no such thing. He plays it straight. "The Jerk" is a Jerry Lewis comedy; there is no second level to it.

Martin stars as Navin Johnson, the adopted son of black sharecroppers. John Belushi and Toshiro Mifune in a. scene Exaggeration is the name of the game, TRIBUNE MINI-REVIEW: Mad, mad, mad, mad war "1941" 04ieM by SpWbcrg; MfMnoliy by Robert ZmiwcM mi Bob Oil; BlMMograptwd by William A. Frakar; adIMd by Mlehaal Kahn; muale by John Wllllama; praduoa4 by Bun Fadahana; Unlvaraal and Columbia wlini at th Unftad Artlata, Wataf Towar, and outtylnf Ihaawra, RaWd PO. THB CAST Sol.

Tf 1 1 i i u. Aykreyd) Ward Ooualaa. Baady ft There's just one problem Navin's white and he doesn't know he's adopted. Eventually informed on his 21st birthday that his skin color isn't going to change, Navin decides to leave home. He hitchhikes to the big city, works as a gas station attendant, meets an innocent young woman (Ber-nadette Peters), and strikes it rich through a ridiculous invention.

And yet, Navin is a complete jerk. He accepts a ride from a driver who is only going 50 feet farther. He flashes a wad of money in front of thieves at the gas station. He stands up while driving a toy train at a kiddie park ooops, look out for the tunnel through the mountain! Uh, you get the idea. IF THIS MATERIAL had a counterbalance, the gags might build and build.

Lewis performed some of the same gags. Stan Laurel did, too. But each man had a counterweight, a straight man. Martin works alone. Peters is Wild Bill Kan I Lorralna Gary Joan Von MHuna WannOaa Commandar Mltamuni.

Maddon Btadc Oanaral Srtarskl Nflncy Allvn DO loco Willy Mifune) surfaces off the California coast and triggers a Rube Goldberg-like chain reaction in which gung-ho American flyboy John Belushi ends up buzzing the in- Steve Martin in a scene from "The A reprise of the pathos-based goof iness of '50 snd '60s Jerry Lewis comedies. Continued on following page Continued on page 4.