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FAMILY FILMS GUIDE STAGE BEAT ConUnutd from 26th Page formances from evidently secure players plummet into excess. Victoria Tucker is a captivating Anne Boleyn and there are appealing performances from Kathy Bell-Denton and Mark Ringer and Neale Harper. In total it's a muddle. Cob AafleUfl Sim eg xm b. t979 Prt IV 27 "The Champ" (PG).

Some of the language is salty and the ring action is harsh. "The China Syndrome" (PG). Mature theme. Some bad language. "The Dawn of the Dead" (Times-rated: Adults Only).

Plenty of blood and guts. Absolutely, positively not for the young. "Escape to Athena" (PG). Realistic execution sequences may be too intense for youngsters. Some amoral adult attitudes.

"The Exorcist" (R). A genuinely shocking movie that treats its theme in an uncompromising way. Strong and frequently revolting stuff. "Game of Death" (R). Minimal violence for a kung fu movie.

"Get Out Your Handkerchiefs" (Times-rated: Mature). French romantic comedy. Adult theme and treatment. Subtitles. "Grease" (PG).

Some bad language and sexual innuendo. "Hair" (PG). Some bold language, nudity. "The Last Wave" (Times-rated: Mature). Surrealistic style likely to confound small fry; some scary suggestions of impending natural disaster.

"Manhattan" (R). Woody Allen, but a dark comedy for the mature only. "Players" (PG). Some sex scenes and four-letter words. "Same Tine, Next Year" (PG).

Mature romantic comedy. Some adult language. To assist parent in evaluating movie for their children's viewing and their von, The Timet liks here current movies with appeal for the family audience, and indicate area of content theme, language, tez, violence) whose handling in tome case may be felt inappropriate for the very young or impressionable. MPAA rating are in parenthese. FAMILY "Battlestar Galactica" (PG).

Space fantasy aimed especially at youngsters. Violence is of the cartoon variety. "Love at First Bite" (PG). Comic Dracula with risque touches. "The Prisoner of Zenda" (PG).

Suitable content for youngsters. "Superman" (PG). Some innuendo but, still, fine family fare. MATURE May be too intense in theme, language, violence and sexuality for immature or younger teen-agers. "Alien" (R).

Extraterrestrial violence and some rough language. Definitely not for children. "The Brood" (R). Extreme brutality and horror, depicting a child being menaced. Definitely not for children.

comedy, but Starr has optioned for a Kleenex-wrenching finale, with Ruth tearfully groveling on the linoleum. Kay Beth and Burt Dragotis are good as the strong woman and the weak man and John Gitter is stolid as a lovesick doctor. Final performances tonight, Saturday and Sunday at 8 p.m. at the Joey Harris Theater, 1211 Montana Ave. in Santa Monica (395-3255).

One -Acts at Theater Exchange Theater Exchange in North Hollywood, which continues a series of superior weekend productions, is keeping the house lighted midweek with one-act bills whose principal purpose appears to be showcase and workshop tune-ups. The current "West Side Windows" is no more and no less. In Pamela Lengyel's "A Matter of Perspective," Made-lyn Cates is a defrocked stripper with a wandering husband. She finds a way to pin him permanently to his easy chair. In Lengyel's "Jung on the West Side," Cates is joined by Ivy Bethune in an affectionate senior-citizen version of "StayirV Alive." Leonard Malfi's "Halloween" finds Michael Catlin and Bethune unlikely lovers for one long, windy night in Fun City.

Cates is delectable, Bethune valiant, Catlin hyperma-nic. It's an evening, more or less. Monday through final performance Wednesday, 8:30 p.m., 11855 Hart St. in North Hollywood (765-9005). -JOHN C.

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