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Peppard Does Everything summed lost with Unparalleled he said, humorously aav ''I nuv h' i 10 say, i play ihe lean role ''The Long Escape" Is a very spcKal movie for Ihe blond, aclor who has finally achieved thst elusive valhalla of molt total control of a (Mm from Inception in the final cu.1 He came up wilh original idea an escaped convlci trying lo reach his dying yqt son Ip. lime for Christmas vwoie ihe script, produced directed, played (he htm and tietped with lha (Altai. Onjy Qini EMlwwl airumi. current stars, and powibly Ms! end Tom UugMin, Ihejemerlty to iltihi dlsnipllnes'of simultaneously, only one blame i picture doesn'i succeed," Peppard wld wryly lake the lump) or Hit bly ih dollars. 'Urn guild Kile as aclor, director PWdWW, The.

payments wurse. would mfvfnt having George Sqpif pity role bui he wouldn't Wori for Bca.1*. "UMnk I would tetter picture ihan did by mini aclqf. An actor direc" Una oi a director basing lo deal vyilh an wigr who lot of time and will make audiences laugh and try It's about a ilhiple American man, a hero 1 Ihlnk people will root for "You know how it is A Icrt ot people tell ihemsdveg they're going to write a book or majce a movie someday Well I did it and il worked. "Naturally, if 1 had a sleltmem to make on film, I'd like to have Siq million and all lha lime In world.

That wasn't Ihe ease, but have made a true and ho.ne«l movie." The picture was made for Peppard's Long Rifle Produc- lions BUI many independent (lima remain on Snelvet for lack dea.l with Universal for distribution next Ejsltr. WM shrewd enough I hire Ihe best professionals he could find. Sarn Bwslly iThe Congest Weir ton Dally Thursday, i Steubenville Players Do It Again With Play A SPAKE Big Tire, little car This cir and lire recently spotted along US nor Louisa. wrote iht to provide guy "I'll dollars. Preferably "I Ipqk minimum Tl 1 JL 1.

VxJV NEW YORK I i i scoring before," bulging, oak-veined arms an I. "Anything I've size-IB neck, Sylvester Stallon or sludled In my looked oul of place In his finel "there's a loss of quality, I tan pwsibly arrange II in my (lent pMure I will have else in front of the camtri nd will slay behind it." Peppard's dream lo hwdtd SOHIh looking for (txUltoni. tie Igok along a unit man, earner" man and secretary. 'Rocky, th( background ml "I'd never worked editing ind Peppard said learned c. life 1 managed lq apply lo furnished hotel suile in New and producing (rgm, York moving men and materials He sat before an eight-tu-.

(round In the construction long, "glass-lopped dining table lo flying own began lo eai lunch. Had he been an ambassador or an "Tfot? experience has been the historian, the baroque and incredible high of my fragile selling would have been career, lean I wall lo do another appropriate. Bui lor ihe man picture on my own. I have two who all America knows as (loriei In m'nd and two scripts "Rocky," the benign bum of Ol wWch have options. boxing, the French provincial TWl was labor of love for Interior had an obscene, almost me.

BUI i gqing to mocWng effeminacy lo il. rnoney Bui did nol seem to hoiher WVNCC Presents Nutcracker Suite WHEEl.IN'CH'"ni« Muter- SulU" and program of long) bt ln if lw Performinct Wheeling patnpiis Weal Stallone. He sat molionlessly, Wgrld person with anciem eating his salad. He speared a values. He talked aboul women piece of lettuce now and then, and between biles, talked about ugly Adrians are always more interesting Ihan the super" ew himself, his new novel, Paradise pretly he talked about Alley, which he was in New York uslic and politics.

His voict ool promoting, and his concept of rose onlv a lha wa! duels and Ihe "Cal's Meow," a ipeclal group. A IqclUrc lom- to promote Ihc "Nulcracker Suite" formance will be given by leh yWhl'SS? 1 iL W' rn "i'toWHy Fassigdancer Sa Dec! vwltue on Sunda 0 wife, Sh'erry, Ihey 5 from nday, Deo. U. thB which happens lo Uie ho: wife, Sherry, where Manned lo spend mlio ol Wheeling will interpret '(wit, really lucky," Peppard Tchaikovsky's enchanting ballet "Springhill, with narrative verilQtj population ot only people, ftMurlng leh Prologue am' ad the kind of ChrislmM street lamoua work, toratlons I was looking for NMh grade Chora ukno stars pver ar on Monroe at i stuaentt Wheeling in Ihe Ohio County Public Library and at 3 p.m. on Dec.

4 In the, Marlins Ferry Library. Chuck Wilson, lead dancer, is also acting as production manager for a Suile." Dec. 18 performances are sei unter High SchooVwill tor 3 and in Ihe money began "Sounds of Chrisunas," in- audiioriumo the WVNCC and Dwindling away. Just when I eluding music form a Bach -ca'dy lo close up shop I got Chrislmas cantata and calypso Building, located on College a a c(ion vauj iw UV3C uu aiLUU I KUl I if i c- Vir-i rordlhal a backer ivould supply slyle number in Ihe firsi hallof Market Sis. Wilson said ne necessary funds lo start her performances may be Ihe picture' Leati roles in "Nulcracker" planned because of high milial 'Even so, I'm in hoclt up to i Portrayed by Reeling ckel salcs Wj neck.

I sold a lol of Ihlngs jesidenlj Cligck Wilson as the Tickeis and further in- andwent into my own funds for nce and Belh Sauder as lh( formation may be oblained by Ihis movie. Somelbnes you have Su .8 ar P' n) Fairy. Vocal calling Fassig Smdio nr lo do lhai when you really s'tecUons will include solos. Junior High believe in a project. "Then I asked 'he city fathers to leave the decorations up until February when we'd shoot the Chrislrpas sequences.

They liked Ihe idea ot having a film made In iheir town, so they agreed. "Withoui the citizens of Medals Given GREENSBORO, N.C. (UP1) North Carolina defensive back Bobby Cale and Maryland guard Ted Klaube today were named Atlantic Coast Springhill Ihere wouldn't have Conference defensive players of peen a picture." lite week for the second week in For a coslar Peppard picked a row his fisler-in-law, Savannah Cale was (he standout of ihe Smith, who had never Worked in Tar Heels' stout defense Salura motion picmre or television jay in a 16-3 victory ovr Duke, show in her 6-foot-l, 174-pound junior He even pressed mglher from Mlddlelown, was in and falher-in-Uw in crowd on nine UcWes, broke up three scenes passes and intercepted one pass. Klaube, Ihe Terps' leading ihe Tigers a 31-27 victory 'ackler for (he season, was in on South Carolina 13 tackles and had one quarterback sack Saturday as Maryland downed Virginia 28-0. A 6-fool-O, 232-pound senior, Klaube is from Gunenberg, N.J A committee of Ihe A a i Coast Conference Sportswriiers Association also named Clemson quarterback Sieve Fuller and splii end Jerry Butler as ihe offensive players of week.

Fuller connected wilh Butler on a 20-yard scoring pass in ihe final seconds Saturday to give ihe Tigers a 31-27 victory over ITE Thru SUN. 1st Show At 7:30 In Car Heaters "MANIACI" "RABID" TONITE Thru Tues. 1st Show 7:30 1. THE (PG) PREMONITION 2. XXX "HEAT WAVE" IT-PlyS- Moving Violation iPLAZA THEATRE; Showing ALL SEATS Showtime reality.

"Afler a while you start lo believe whal everyone writes aboul you. These are relating lo your 35-foot image, your fictional sense. Tve never gone 15 rounds wilh anyone in my life. I've never been bcalen (o a pulp. But everything is ephemeral, man.

Even rocks are going I mclamorphosis, he said. Mclamorpliosis, A slrange word Ihis, especially when said wilh Ihe lough inlonalion con- lours of (he street. Bui 31-vear- old Stallone seemed lo like to make snorl of convincing everyone he really was jusl a "lucky bum who's played a character much nobler lhau I really am." He smiled whenever he said something solemn like the high school foolball captain who friends had jusl discovered reading poelry. "fxiok," Ihe smileseemed tosay, "I was only looking for the dirty pictures." Slallonelooked arounu ihe room constantly os he lalkcd, first at his manager then a) Ihe interviewer, then back at (he manager. He obviously enjoyed playing inlelleclual ping-pong.

He lalkcd aboul being an Old Soviets Execute Worker MOSCOW (UPn Soviet authorities have executed a Moscow worker convicted of raping and murdering a 12-ycar- ola girl, ihe newspaper Vechcrnaya Moskva reported The newspaper identified ihe man as Alexander Gusev and said he was employed in a plant Gusev was tried on charges of rape, attempted rape, outrage and murder, the paper said, said he performed (he crimes drunk. The Supreme Court of Ihe Russian Federation rejected hi3 appeal to avoid the deaih sen- "once. when he described his secret desire to be a benevolent dictator. "Let me run the counlry fog (hree months. I would sav: 'f WANT airbags.

I WANT the steel companies lo pay 40 per cent And I would tell Egypt aboul having all that oil 'What are you guys, crazy? A bunch of sheepherders are going lo lake over Ihe world? No way, He shifted in his seat and began a discussion aboul "bad guys." For Stallone, Hie bad guys are people who have really no talent but yol want lo be supported by people who do. He said thai with Ihe gravity of a man who has known whal It a lo be lalenled and unemployed and as a man who knows whal il now means lo have long-losl friends suddenly surface lo try lo inhale some of his success. The solemnity was beginning (o bore him and he. turned the conversation to something less his 65-pound dumbbells. He.

lifts them daily lo keep in shape and lo discipline himself for writing and acting, he said He flexed his righl arm, glanced down aL his bleep and Ilien looked up. And his smile was reflected by Ihe glass of Ihe table and rRflecled again by Ihe walnut- franrtied i on Use wall and retransmitted Ihroughoul ihe suite until il was lost in the deep carpeting of the room. Metamorphosis, man SANTAGLASSE; FOR COCA-CM! in oz. mm FOR59 Dan 1 1 Queen Brazier PENCO ROAft Dairif Queen i brazier ByCONME 8JIEHENSKY Times STEUBENVILLE The Sieubenvillc Players have done il again ihey've go! a hi! in their exceptional performance of "My Fair Lady." Afier overcoming opening nighl jit- icrs, the cast settled down and prcsenled an evening of sheet 1 enjoyment for everyone in The only Ihing disappointing was ihe poor attendance. There were over 400 people in the audience on opening nighl, and Ihe auditorium of Steubetiville Cailmlic Ccnlral High School should be lilled lo capacity.

The players always offer such a professional show ai such a modest price ($4 for adults and $3 for siudems). thai residents of ihe Weirton-Sieubcnville area should lake advantage of it Knimgli said of that, lei's gel down tq basics and the standing cast lhal gave ils all to winner I've always felt that one of ihe most difficult jobs in acling is speaking wllh a foreign accent and delivering il wiihoui sounding like a phony After all, Broadway can rely on lite lalenls of distinguished British oclprs and aclresses lo porlray Iheir English noblemen and women and Sleuhenville Players can rely pn ex- i a lalenled local performers. Kelsey J. Hayward of Chcsier portrayed Henry Higgins so well lhai at times I ihough I was watching a "young" Rex Harrison. His delivery, stage moyemenls, i i voice projection and accent were so nal Ural thai il was a pleasure to watch Ho also delighied ihe audience with his kooky dance lo "The Rain in The beautiful voice ot Donna llubis added strongly lo her performance in the difficult role of Eliza Doolilllc.

A a i i a in ihe accent of a Cockney flower girl, she moved smoothly into ihe role of a fine English lady wilh a well-polished British accenl; however, at limes she los! facial contaci with Ihe audience and wilh her fellow actors. Jim Eckard as Colonel Pickering was very good but ai limes his accent was overbearing and quite a few of his lines were lost. A real scene stealer was AlfredP Doolillle, portrayed by Robert Haskins. His crazy antics, facial expressions and dancing kept me in stilches throughout the show. Haskins is a natural in an English role, maybe it has alol ot do with Ihe faci lhai he's head of Ihe English Department ai Sieubenville High School In a clear, beautiful voice.

Richard Dettore sang "On the Slreti Where You I ive," in his portrayal of Freddy Ensford- Hill. Strong a were also given by Mcrcia Miner as the housekeeper, Mrs. Pearcc, Ellen Jave NoEoy, Mrs Higgins; Mary Eckard, Mrs Hopkins, and Ihe harmonious voices of Lawrence L. Lloyd HI, Tony Cicone and Jim Wells A round of appaiusc also goes to: Sippy Hayman and Lolly Bray, director and assistant director, for a job well dune- Tom llusion, musical director, for blending Oioso voices into a very pleasing sound and conducting a young, but talented orchestra, George Miller, for an excellent set design with construction by Ed Paganelli and Lcliy Bray; Sharon McBride. Blaee manager and her crew for miioi quick' scene changes.

Bob Cecefones. choreographer, for i i dance scenes. The fabulous especially Me to 'ihe Church on Tiirie;" Theresa Danista, for not too much makeup, but jusl Ihe right accents; Kaihy Miller, for beautiful coflumes, especially i hose used at Ihe Ascot Races; Bcrnlo Invite, for exceptional changes of wigs aad hats In twrl raying his various roles, Bonnie Knox, a lovely lady whq not only portrayed the role ol Mrs. Eynsford-Ilill well, bui wlig also played a man in the street scenes; Dom D'Aurora, who perteid a very funny laugh In his role as Zolian Karpathy, and last, bui nol least, those members of (lie cast and crew wlio made up the various ensembles and created another "hit" for the Sieubenville Players. If you didn't see Ihe show lasl weekend, you still have opportunity to do so.

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