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ARTS ENTERTAINMENT THE RECORD E-15 THURSDAY, JULY 16. 1992 BOOKS: Easy listening spins a fascinating history of the legendary Spanish city that this summer is host to the Olympics. Joe McGlnness, "Fatal Vision," read by Christopher Reeve, (Bantam, $17). This non-fiction account of a Green Beret accused of murdering his family made a good book and television movie and, now, a great audio tape. Not to be missed, and a superb reading by Reeve.

how American Express apparently launched a covert campaign to ruin a competitor reads like something out of a John Le Carre spy tale. Great story, great read. Robert Hughes, "Barcelona," read by Roy Dotrlce (Random House, $16). The best-selling author of "The Fatal Shore" PB9UDE.T0ABS Tom Hanks and Bitty Schram: Baseball players don't cry; actors do. A shining bit between the stars By Laurence Chollet Record Staff Writer You could say Bitty Schram cried herself to success in the new hit movie about a professional women's baseball team in the "A League of Their Own." She plays Evelyn Gardner, the chatty blond right-fielder for the Rockford Peaches, who misses her cut-off throw and winds up being chewed out by manager Jimmy Dugan (Tom Hanks) in the dugout.

The tongue-lashing reduces her to tears, and Hanks to shock, as he utters the now famous line, "Are you crying? There's no crying in baseball!" That scene was so good, and so funny, it's not only in the previews but in the television ads and a lot of the talk-show highlights of the film. All that attention has elevated Schram, a 23-year-old from Mountainside in Union County, into what could be called a league of her own. "I am getting calls from old friends from high school, and people who say they're old friends whom I don't even remember," Schram said the other day. "To be totally honest, I am stunned by all the attention. "I mean, every time I watch a talk show and they talk about the I movie, I figure they'll show clips with Tom or with Geena or Ma- donna," Schram said.

"But no, there I am crying and they keep showing it. I'm kind of in shock, it's embarrassing." All this may sound like false Hollywood modesty, but the fact is Schram says she was just elated to be in a film with Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Madonna, Lori Petty, and to work with veteran director Penny Marshall. She's been in a few movies before, and even landed a role in a television series that failed, CBS's lOfWS MCAOOW PLAZA I UOUC UB 901-9200 CINf Mil OOfON MINIO PAJtK MALL CMIMAI IDSOW 311 1411 MOV CITY fMOMSM-MM CM. OOKJN NIWFOtT CfNTM CMIMAJ JKHfraTY626-Sm OfWMlCNCUA AU-JIRSIY MULTIPLEX CIMMAt NFWAW DM100 lOfWI CltCU MKCKIOWN 454-SC7 OfNCAAl CINIMA 1IMX OIKN WEUORANCH MI TJM LOfWI FREEHOLD CINfMA FHEXXE) 463-OMO hawthorns fourplix HAWTKm 417 KM HtADOUARTlRS 10 MOMNSTOWH 292-040 HUNTttDON niMNSION 7I2-4I1I KINOAU PAtK CINIMAS 7 SOUTH tRUNMKK 4I37444 ION MALI CINtMAI 7 UNNRON 493-MOO AMROV MULTRHK CR4IMAS iATWvtLI HI -MOO ATLANTIC MIAMK WWUMM Itt-OIM UMTH) AfTBt lIUJVUITtHHIX vra MONIClM J44- MM OfWlAL CWW SRtD9IWAT COMMONS 7 MoofWArts umil WWwiciC SQUAH EAST IBUNIWiar 215-2991 CMMA lOTINPLIX UCCAUrMA 6t4tU0 OCIAN MAIL TOM ItVOI umud AJJTTjrj IIALTO NO 1W-UH TttMIX it, then run, hop, and throw the ball at another mark all without looking down. God, that took me about an hour to do right, but it felt like I was there all day." The filming was pretty grueling one month of intense baseball practice; four months of shooting, a lot of which was spent standing around in old-fashioned ballparks, waiting for the clouds and sun to form a picture-perfect day.

But Schram, who recently left Hoboken for Manhattan, says the time passed easily. She got along well with everyone, pranks were plentiful, and so was help especially from Hanks, who got her through the now famous scene. "When I first read the script, I said, 'Oh My God! I don't think I'll be able to cry on cue so many times in a Schram recalled. "Well, as it turned out, I had to do over 20 takes of that scene, but Tom made it very easy for me. He gave me a lot to work with, we worked moment to moment, and I didn't have any problems, thanks to him.

"He's a great professional," she said. "He knew this was my first big break in film, and he really made it comfortable." Jj iitiiiiimihitniiiitiiiimK wlfi ffiiiSF 858 From Page E-l Larry McMurtry, "The Evening Star," read by Dana Ivey (Simon and Schuster, If you love McMurtry, and the trials and tribulations of Aurora Green-way of "Terms of Endearment" fame, you'll love this all 12 hours. But if you don't, be warned: There's only so much of Texas twang anyone can take, especially trapped in a car. Whitney Otto, "How to Make An American Quilt," read by Judith Ivey (Random House, $16). This story of a group of Califor-nian women who quilt and tell life stories found a large audience last year in hardback, and it's admirably brought to life by Ivey, one of the best readers around.

Richard Price, "Clockers," read by Joe Mantegna. (Random House, $16). A Hudson County homicide cop pursues a kid crack dealer in this gem of a story about urban violence today. Mantegna's reading isn't bad, but you can't help wondering what Larry Fish-burne would have done with it. Michael Tolkln, "The Player," read by Mark Linn-Baker (Random House, $16).

The story of Hollywood producer Griffin Mill made a great Robert Altman movie, and this tape by Linn-Baker does both justice to the novel and the movie. Anne Tyler, "Morgan's Passing," read by Tony Roberts (Random House, $16). This is early Tyler (1980), but it's a gem, as it recounts the tumultuous middle age of Morgan Gower, the man who doesn't know who he is and willingly steps into anyone's fantasy to find out. Roberts' reading catches the spirit wonderfully. Non-fiction: Bryan Burrough, "Vendetta: American Express and The Smearing of Edmond Safra," read by the author (Harper Audio, $17).

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She also played baseball as a teenager, but hitting on cue to the right spot on the field was another matter. "If the script said I had to hit a line drive to the shortstop, then I had to hit a line drive to the shortstop a pop fly to centerfield or a grounder to the first base was no good," said Schram. "So that meant we had to keep shooting until I hit the line drive to shortstop." "The worse, though, was when I was out in the outfield. The scene called for me to field a ground ball," she added. "I had to run to one mark to catch the ball, catch LOEWS MOVIES RED BAM 7470338 CREATIVE ENTERTAINMENT NEW PARK THEATRE R0SELLEPARKI9081 241-2525 CINEPLEX 00E0N NEWPORT CENTRE CINEMAS JERSEY CITY 8263201 NATHAN NEWTON TWIN NEWTON 383-2390 GENERAL ONEMA OCEAN COUNTY MALL TOMS RIVER 2404095 LOEWS RIDGEFIELD PARK RIOGEFIELO PARK 440666 1 AMC ROCKAWAY TWELVE ROCKAWAV TOWNSHIP 3280668 CINEPLEXOPEON ROUTE) lUHJUOWl TENPLEX I--tt PARAMUS 487-7909 LOEWS SHOWBOAT EOGEWATER 941-3680 GENERAL CINEMA S0MERV1LLE CIRCLE RARITAN528OI0I CINEPIEXOOEON UNION TWIN UNION 6864373 CINEPLEXOOEON WARNER QUAD KOGEWOOO 444-1234 LOEWS WAYNE I WAYNE 8900505 UNITED AfiTISTS WAYNE QUAD WAYNE6S44I38 CINEMA SERVICES WELLMONT TRIPLEX M0NTCLA1R 783-9500 LOEWS ROUTE I CINEMAS FOUR FREEHOLD 7804436 UNITED ARTISTS MOVIES AT SPRING VALLEY SPRING VALLEY 426-1600 nntotY mMOl Ossified GENERAL ONE MA LOfWS BOUT1 18 MENLO PARK EASTBUNSa2E9000 LOEWS CINEMA CENTRE 4 HOWELL 364-4544 LOEWS COMMUNITY EATONTOWN 542-4200 LOEWS ABBY QUAD WEST MILFORO 728-8886 NATIONAL AMUSEMENTS ALL-JERSEY MULTIPLEX CINEMAS NEWARK 817-8100 ELMORA ELIZABETH 352-3483 LESSER FABIAN MULTIPLEX PATERSON 278-9898 CINEMA SERVICES ALLWOOD SIXPLEX CLIFTON 778-9747 NATIONAL AMUSEMENTS HAWTHORNE QUAD AMBOY MULTIPLEX HAWTHORNE 427-2828 SAYREVILLE 721-3400 CLEARVIEW CINEMAS BERGENFIELD CINEMA 5 BERGENFIELD 385-1600 LOEWS BRICK PLAZA BRICKTOWN 477-3400 THEATRE MANAGEMENT CASTLE TWIN IRVINGTON 372-3419 CINEMA 10 SUCCASUNNA 584-8860 HEADQUARTERS 10 MORRISTOWN 292-0606 CREATIVE ENT.

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