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SUNDAY, NOV. 9, T975 Ztit atlanta Journal and CONSTITUTION Actors Second in 'Lisztornania' i JtSV dlUU IAIN TRUE. NOBODY COULD HAVE 762-9638 I MADE IT UP. To put it mildly, actors are not the whole show in "Lisz-tomania" Director Ken Rus-sel' razzle-dazzle style, his bizarre dramatic concepts, the fanciful musical interpretations! the outrageous costumes and the eccentric set-(Jngs-rall of them have priority over performance. One or two actors nonetheless, manage to make an effect Certainly the most talented, one is Paul Nicholas, who plays Wagner.

Nicholas has the gift of seeming su-t perior to the work-in-progress at the very moment when he is- throwing himself most wholeheartedly into the ac-V tion; 7 He goes through physical transformations that simply must be seen. We first spot him "in a sailor suit, looking filthy" V. as a struggling composer who is glad an emi- nent pianist has chosen to perform his work, "Jtaxi then' horrified at the way it is treated, V'. Later we find Nicholas in a terrible lair in Germany, where he is planting the first Seed of Nazism. Nicholas has- become the personification of the blond fanatic, decked out in a superman suit When he is finally run to ground, he emerges from the crypt as a combination Hitler- Hf lUHETOW CURTAIN TIME TOf J4 4 I jSy IFASH1ONSH0WKR1CHSU III I )r I "IJll EXCELLENT CRCM.T RATES AVAILABLEBOX OFFICE OPEN SUNDAY 1 TO 1 I i Vl i ii rrfl EREE FtMU(lN(i AT PtAt HTREEtAIN IARATiE.

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1 -in mm' "i -tll, -i 1 I Liszt, who comes from heaven to put a halt to the evil. Mention must be made of Nicholas'. vampire scenes. (Wagner as a vampire!) Nicholas sprouts some of the tgm. ID STRUSAX3 REDFCaD I fJlllJ 1 51 HollV wa (ooe TKE WAY WE WERE SHARE IT WITH SOMEONE YOU LOVE I i'iiflil 3i 1 Charlton (PC) 1 MCdLUII I it 1 1 Double Carroll O'Connor "LA kit DISORDER" Feature Roger (l), DEAN MARTIN JERRY LEWIS in JER RICO, THE I Redford "TbE ESUT KiLCD PEPrEX" WONDER CLOWNi THE BEST TV movie of the week was "Samson and Delilah," shown on Channel 17.

Among his later works, this was one of Cecil B. De-mille's most cohesive and sensible productions and a lot of fun, too. Hedy Lamarr was perfectly cast as Delilah and Victor Mature looked the part of Samson. There are a number of memorable scenes. The sequence in which Samson slays an army with the jawbone of an ass was terrifically staged and DeMille's set designers outdid themselves for the climactic temple scene.

"DIAMONDS," THE jewel-theft movie with Robert Shaw and Richard Roundtree, was something of a travel brochure. Producer-director Menahcm Golan filmed almost all of "Diamonds" in Israel. There are picturesque scenes in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Bethlehem. The movie was very much like "Topkapi," depicting the theft of gems from a virtually impregnable vault. most menacing tangs ever seen, sinks them into the neck of Roger Daltrey, who plays Liszt and has a slurping good time.

The passion of Nicholas as he goes through these shenanigans is a miracle of theatrical presence. He is an actor of chameleon versatility and a singer of magnetic power THIS WEEK'S guest on "Cinema Showcase," Channel 30's goldmine of information, is Roger' Daltrey. Daltrey is expected to discuss his interpretation of Franz Liszt, whose biography in "Lisz-tomania" is certainly a departure from previous film biographies of him. "Cinema Showcase" will be seen Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. 'THANKS TO several sharp-.

Double Carroll O'Connor "LAW I DISORDER" ALL SEATS 1 4TH K3URISSIS WEEK! mm I 1 UILIILO I the fun figures of "Let's Do It Again." He plays a muscle-man for John Amos, a big-time New Orleans gambler. Harris' most memorable previous role was in "Live or Let Die," the James Bond thriller, in which he menaced Roger Moore with a mechanical hand. BILLING WILL be a problem on "Network," the comedy about the inside workings of TV. William Holden, Faye Dunaway and Peter Finch each of whom likes to get top position are all in the cast SPEAKING OF billing, Audrey Hepburn gets second to Sean Connery in "Robin and Marian," which is too bad but probably inevitable. Robert Shaw (the sheriff of Nottingham) also gets billing over the title.

Nicol Williamson (Little John) and Richard 'Harris (Richard the Lion-hearted) get billing below the title. CLINT EASTWOOD has taken over the direction of "The utlaw Josey Wales" from Phil Kaufman (the "White Dawn" man) after artistic differences. Geraldine Reams, a Navajo who is an art student at the University of Arizona, has won a principal role despite having no acting credentials. She plays a squaw who befriends Eastwood and Chief Dan George. Playing Eastwood's romantic interest is Sondra Locke.

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"Rooster Cogburn," incidentally, will have its British premiere on Dec." 1 at a benefit attended by Queen Eliza peACHTnee dattlg I Pactor tanW Shopping Ctoiw 237-5405 onDY spmncsi icnnDLen 65 Roiwill food JtJ.jm Candkf MI-255 "LOVE and DEATH'' AJRUU'iWtVi ROLLER COASTOR RIDZ OF SUSPENSE AI1D HOH-STOP ACTION! "A THRILLER IN THE HITCHCOCK MOLD!" Bernard Dttw, Gannett fANAVCION COLO itimtrrjsr.n 1 i A "SIX- Ut sePTum)cinEmfls 11 TOO BAD THAT "Peeper" wasn't given more opportunity to establish itself. It was a cute satire on Bogart-style detective movies. Michael Caine's failure as a box. office lure is one of the most baffling in years. He is thoroughly charming and an actor of extraordinary skilL Natalie Wood seems to have provided what little interest there is in the film.

The Saturday night i audience at the Capri theater seemed composed almost entirely of Wood fans. It was the best-looking and best-dressed audience I've seen at a movie house in years. "THE BIG BUS" will tell about America's first nuclear- powered bus trip from New York to Denver. There's a colorful cast, naturally. Included are Stockard Chan-ning, Sally Kellerman, Joe Bologna, Lynn Redgrave, Larry Hagman, Jose Ferrer, Ruth Gordon and Ned Beatty.

ONE OF THE best scenes in "Mahogany" involves Anthony Perkins and Diana IT WAS THE fjlj LONGEST RIDE OF jJ HE 766-1118 I (Mil icon mo ii 292-0442 I IJ 1 1 TWO BIG HITS Chinatown at 2:45 and 7:20 pm Omnt Epr 5:00 and 9:40 mJVHUFORD HIGHWAY AT CLAIRMONT I cft 1 fff maxo beth. ANOTHER travelogue: This one is "Ten Stars of France," which will be narrated in person by producer Eric- PaveL Show times are 2:30 p.m. today in Symphony Hall of the Memorial Arts Center and 8 p.m. in Presser Hall on the Agnes Scott College campus. "THE OWL AND the Pussycat" must have provided an eyeful for maiden aunts in Dubuque.

A lot of surprisingly sizzling scenes were left in the TV version, including Bar-bra Streisand's accounts of the fetishes of her customers. (She played a hooker.) Also remaining was the bathtub scene involving Streisand and George Segal. Probably the most glaring excision occurred in. the scene in which Streisand and Segal, walking along a New York street, endure the jeers of a carfull of rednecks. Streisand eventually tells them where to go, but this was cut out, leaving the TV audience to wonder why the whole gang piled out of the car and gave chase.

Hackett Gets Lead lAKEWOOOi YK I MM 1 Mini INDY AND SONNA colon Ross. He has become crazed over his sexual failure with her and decides to kill them both while they are in a car. aiNT JAT.IE3 wnntiom: HaiTf S. Truman in Give hull, HARXIYI EASTWOOD 5:056:35 :05 9:35 1 I 1uforohwvold dixie! i I 451-1652 363-87221 II I I 4S1-4E79 The auto lurches at great speed over highways in Rome, but Perkins is taking photos of the terrified Ross face. The car eventually sails through Ttchmubr' the air, landing with a crunch.

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1 ttjCWlWlllMP-J I 768-1118 I I Pig "Mahogany" or not, it's a box office success. Berry Gordy, the recording executive who made his directorial debut with "Mahogany," has already scheduled another project. It's called "Dreams," set in Harlem in the 1930s. The story involves a white' gangster who isroco I rLAWRtNCtVIUJE I I tries to take over the gambling racket from a black fi HOLLYWOOD Joan Hackett has been signed by producer Bill Anderson for the romantic lead in Walt ney Productions' "Treasure of Matecumbe," also starring Robert Foxworth and Peter Ustinov. She plays a highspirited Southern beauty who joins a treasure hunt to the Florida Keys in the post-bellum screen adventure, directed by Vincent McEveety for Buena Vista release.

Miss Hackett recently starred in "The Terminal Man" and "The Last of Sheila." "Treasure of. is being 'filmed in color by Technicolor on locations ranging from' Kentucky and Florida to northern Califor- numbers queen. JOHN HOUSEMAN tJAMEIONAOY n.iimllORENZOSEMPLE,M OA10HTf1EL In --j: wt i -H SjKvEi." IN MA8LETON fl 993-7B84 941-2233 I.I wwmo5TNLEY omctiDiiSYDNEYPOUACKfMNAVItlpN BARBARA HERSHEY, who insisted on being billed as TECHMCOLCW A MRtMOUNT RELEASE 5th mm VEEX! Barbara Seagull for the past several years, seems to be re IAKEWOOO TIMES: Esl verting to her former stage irSui I ll name, a most sensime move. 3:20 5:30 7:45 9:55 3:29 7:45 She's in "The Last Hard Man" with Charlton Heston, James ftom Warner Bros iAWarnerU)mmunpiionsu)rnpany 1 Ml. i SUN.

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