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TOE PROVINCE, Thursday, May 27, 1971 3S Sovetski Ekran (Soviet Screen) Moscow allows Tchaikovsky his hahg-ups i .1 iwem 4 Map i isi I 4 JT' i i Innokenti Smoktunovsky as the top actor for his roles in Tchaikovsky and Crime and Punishment The results of a poll conducted by the magazine Sovetski Ekran (Soviet' Screen) were disclosed in the current issue, and seemed to bear out the view By BERNARD GWERTZMAN New York Times MOSCOW Soviet movie fans have chosen At the Lake, which deals with the problems of protecting the environment, as the best Soviet film of 1970 and James SPEAKS Lou DuMoulin, the old-fashioned silent film organist, is back in town with big plans. He's bringing Charlie Chaplin's classic The Gold Rush to the Playhouse Theatre tonight, Friday and Saturday, iiumiif and the trail to "I A the Klondike isn't the rather rigid puritanical code here, he was in trouble when he began exploring Tchaikovsky's hang-up about -women. Talankin was aided by Smoktunov-sky's ability to suggest that Tchaikovsky was not completely normal. Smoktunovsky, who, in prestige, is the Soviet equivalent of Laurence Olivier, is known abroad for his Hamlet in the Soviet version of the Shakespearian classic several years ago. But the poll, in which 37,000 readers participated, also singled out Smoktunovsky for his role as Inspector Porfiry in an otherwise disappointing Leningrad production of Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment.

That movie finished 11th in the rankings. The poll is a much-talked about institution here. It is the closest approxima-. tion of the Oscars in the United although here the ordinary moviegoer make the choices. The favorite movie of many intellectuals last year was an unheralded film called The Beginning, which tells of the life of an ordinary girl who somehow gets tapped to stardom in a movie of Joan of Arc.

The actress, a relative unknown named Inna Chuikova, was chosen as best actress for her role in that film. The Soviet Union's main effort in 1970 was a war film to end war films, The Liberation, which describes in documentary style some of the major victories of the Second World War. In 1970 there were two installments, and this year one. A fourth is promised. The poll ranked it only fourth.

THE DOCTOR IS IN for Ewa Wisnieuska (right) and her sister, the soft glow of the TV is quite enough. Polish soap Warsaw serial star No; 1 of most filmgoers here that 1970 was a year without a single outstanding Soviet film. Several movies were closely bunched at the top, with At the Lake, directed by Sergei Gerasimov, edging out Tchaikovsky. At the Lake was one of the few movies to discuss social problems. It deals with the debate over Lake Baikal, a famous lake in Siberia that is threatened with pollution from a paper mill being built on its shores.

The movie ends ambiguously, with neither the conservationists or the industrialists completely pleased. Even though the movie was overly-long and artistically lacking, it provoked interest for its willingness to discuss problems of contemporary interest. Soviet films in recent years have tended to deal with either Lenin, the war, or old Russian classics. Directors have found that it was too much trouble getting films on contemporary subjects passed by the censors at film studio or the final cultural czars in the state committee for cinematograph. Tchaikovsky provoked considerable interest here and has been one of the more controversial films of recent years.

It is beautifully filmed in color, and the musical arrangements by Russian-American Dimitri Tiomkin satisfied even many purists. But like so many films here, it ap-peared to need additional editing. The director, Igor Talankin, also couldn't seem to decide whether he wanted to make a movie about the composer's music or his private life. But because of 'f the only promised attraction. Du- 1 Mnnlin'e mucin Associated Press fV should start 15 9 a minutes before the film, at about 7:45 p.m.

His previous haunt, the Colon liYiiaiMiiWniiii-i School, was on the stage for seven years and has made 20 films. 1 But she prefers television deppite'lhe critics gave her soap opera series. Dr. Ewa. They criticized the script, not her.

"Here I am well known, and there (the U.S.) I would have to start 'from scratch, ply secondary roles "or even she said. Her television fame has led many Poles to think she really is a physician. She smiles when people respectfully address her as "Mrs. Doctor." WARSAW Red-blooded Polish men love to watch a dull television soap opera about a doctor. "The script is stupid," says one man.

"But look at the She's Ewa Wisnieuska, 28, a blonde actress with delicate features and a memorable smile. Lovely Ewa meaning Eva is the toast of Warsaw. "Ewa is No. One," said a fan at the private club here where she often spends evenings. She's the most sought-after celebrity among the table-hoppers.

Ewa studied Warsaw Drama 7 AST Pi1 H' World chess match CHARLIE CHAPLIN lush and very much alive link. Fischer has Russian on the ropes nov was forced to accept Fischer's sacrifice offer of a bishop on the 62nd move. In the end the sacrifice cost Taimanov three pawns, riddling his queen-side defenses and reducing his strength to two pawns, one knight and the king. Fischer had five pawns and the king left and was threatening to regain his queen when Taimanov resigned on the 71st move. ial Magic Theatre, was already booked so he took his projector and organ to the Playhouse.

With empresario Hugh Pickett, he is attempting to arrange a silents-plus-organ at the Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver's lush and very much alive link with the movie world's past. With its magnificent pipe organ rarely used in public the genius of both musician and film-maker can be properly displayed. Orpheum manager Ted Bielby says that his theatre is available, but that rental costs pre-empting regular feature movies would be prohibitive. Which mean that if outsiders want to use the Orpheum, they would have to schedule their shows at midnight or. in the morning- Until last year, the musicians' union objected to anyone using the organ without hiring 14 extra musicians.

There now exists an understanding that a solo organist is permitted if he accompanies a film. With the current interest in old films probably because of a lack of good new films perhaps the Famous Players chain should consider going into the silent film business again, with the Orpheum a starting point. Whether Famous Players or Lou DuMoulin put on the show, I anxiously await a chance to see it happen at the Orpheum. THE IRISH ROVERS, described in press; agents' circles as "the happiness boys', are indicating just that in the CBC ratings. The network has something called an Enjoyment Index, which is probably a better system of measurement that ordinary ratings, and the Rovers scored an 85.

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Petrosian will meet the winner of a match being played in Moscow between Russian grandmasters Yefim Geller and Viktor The seventh game in the. Moscow! match was adjourned Wednesday on the 41st move. Tass news agency said the game was in a complex position at journmenfc. Korchnoi leads the series by 3' ppintd to 2V4. The over-all winner of both JerieCwilf advance against world champion Spassky of Russia in a majeli played in Moscow next year.

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N-B3 6. P-KN3 7. B-N3 It is one of the highest recorded in recent years for a variety series, according to the CBC. Partly as a result, they've been signed for an additional 26 shows beginning in September. Their current series has been switched to Thursdays at 9 p.m.

for better prime-time positioning. The shows are made here and produced by Ken Gibson, and Gibson, the Rovers, and cameraman Doug McKay are travelling to Ireland in the fall for an hour-long CBC special. They'll re-visit their birthplaces, and explore their current away-from-Canada homes in a special tentatively scheduled for next St. Patrick's day. In the new half-hour fall series, they will perform in only 16 shows and merely host the other ten, which lessens the chance of over-exposure and fears that the Canadian populace will acquire a lilt.

Tommy Makem, Carmel Quinn, Brend Lee and Liam Clancey are some of the performers signed for the new series, which may be sold abroad. The shows in which the Rovers are merely hosts may change to a music hall format. Other programs will be aimed at children. By PAUL AUGUST Bobby Fischer has moved within lVi games of winning his world chess championship elimination match with Russia's Mark Taimanov. Fischer defeated the Soviet grandmaster for the fourth consecutive time Wednesday afternoon in a game that displayed the American's often-touted, but hitherto rarely seen brilliance at the University of B.C.

It was the 28 yeaf -old Brooklyn, N.Y., native's best game of the match. The fifth game is scheduled to begin this afternoon and, it would not be surprising if Taimanov conceded the entire match should he lose today when he will be enjoying the advantages of white. Wednesday's game had been continued from Tuesday. At resumption of play Fischer held only a slight edge in board strength by virtue of a bishop over a knight. After swapping rooks on the 44th move, Fischer had Taimanov effectively pinned.

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20 Hebrides -island. 21 Aromatic plant. cording to the program, "A Puffed Prattling Old Prig of A Brit-' ish Bastion." She was, she had the courage to be so. If only the rest of the cast had managed the same freedom of ex-, pression, the evening might have been considerably brighter, despite the tedium of the script. Who wrote it? Austin Frith and Mary Frith.

Again to quote the "Need we say more?" DOWN 1 Mites, etc. 2 Bet. 3 One of a hundred. 4 Single thing. 5 Man's nickname.

enough to listen to reworked songs from Gilbert and Sullivan, and Noel Coward, and all the other musical comedies that played the London stages between the First and Second World Wars. There were moments, but they were rare nuggets in the heavy clay of the evening. A bright colorful set, an extremely good performance from whoever was playing Leonard Maclure. and an uninhibited freewheeling performance from Mrs. Lancaster, who was, ac- Plugged in concert 34 Type of skirt.

35 Silent vamp. 37 Incline. Model. 40 Loam. 42 More: si.

45 From the Vatican. 40 Willi power. 48 Idaho name. Hinder. 52 Indian wear.

23 Coin. (i Estate abode. 25 District in London. 7 Siamese 2( Late diva. 53 Former stone gateway to London.

57Knrly French king. 58 Melody. etal. (30 Greek goddess. CI Nerve.

02 Negative. i3 Ceramic worker. 27 Colors. Danish pliil- 53 Child's anthronist. game.

twin. 8 Unable to sleep. 9 Highland: Sp. 10 Profession. 1 1 Girl's name.

12 Dewy. By JAMES BARBER What Amor de Cosmos really needs is W. A. C. Bennett himself to direct it.

The Theatre 100 production at White Rock Theatre is a hammy, romantic musical based on the life of the second premier of British Columbia. It is so bad it could be good. Amor de Cosmos, in real life, was as pompous and egotistical an ass as ever brayed In the legislature, as one man a band as ever played on the emotions of the electorate. Politics at best is a melodrama, and the day to day happenings in Victoria today are a glomus collection of high flown declamations, emotional rhetoric and real, downright, genuine phoniness. What Amor de Cosmos needs is someone who really understands the interactions of one stage character with another.

And there is none better than our Preem. What it also needs is a first rate music hall director to put a little life into the interminable pub piano thump-ings of the music. And then it needs someone to rewrite the script. Given all of these, Amor de Cosmos has sufficient potential to fill the vacant spot on the Playhouse's next season, and to enormously amuse its audiences. But the Wednesday night preview bad none of these.

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Hudson lUver feature. By JEANI READ Another exploration of musical dimension and form at the Art Gallery noon Wednesday. It was Don Druick and friends, performing what they called Modular Composition for Electron. Experiments of this kind, essentially studies in spontaneous interaction between instruments and musicians, have few criteria by which they can be. judged.

The only tiling that can be '30 37 38 1234 7 IT "a io iT" 13 14 7i ls Ta so TT MM mm MW-MIMld 23 24 2i -9 11 TT" 29 3D IT" iM mKm mmm HWtti mmm 32 33 34 34 TS" 37 mmm 'jp 77" 42 TT 77" 43 t(j "7 r5 1 1 iu 1S0" 63 ann mm 33 34 S3 36 7 bT" "J7" Tu" 61 62 63 1 1 I I 1 41 Recital QUESTION: Would you explain about a "double the doctor told me after some x-rays, that 1 have I have had kidney stone attacks and infection but knew until now about a double kidney, although I've been, told that some people are born this way, I am 77 but in fairly good health, H.G, ANSWER: After 77 years, there's no point in starting to worry about having been born this way. A kidney" is not common, but, more unusual abnormalities than that are on record. As many as six kidneys have been found in one person! "Double kidney" can mean different things. You may have two kidneys on one side instead of one, or you may have one kidney with double outlet emptying it. Granted, these abnormalities may result In kidney troubles, but very often the kidneys function normally.

Evidently in your case, you got along very well with your double kidney for years. About four per cent of patients who require x-ray studies for urinary troubles are found to have one type or another of double kidney. Depending on the type of abnormality, therefore, there Is some tendency toward such complications as infection, stones, or faulty drainage, and you will, naturally, want jour doctor to keep watch over the situation. QUESTION: Please answer this for another person, Shi was psioiit ond someone told her a few drops of turpentine each day would cause a misearrMioe. So she took it has seven children already, ft didn't make her mis-tarry.

What I want to know whether it will harm the child that Is on the way. L.A. ANSWER: Probably not, unless 11 made Uie mother quite 111 and perhaps not even then, It wont cause I miscarriage, but It can cause ilomnch irritation and can be toxic In other respects. clearly determined is whether or not the particular composition works for a given listener at a given moment whether or not it is congruent to thought patterns or instincts. I Modular Composition for Electron worked for me, not consistently but Jin satisfying proportion nonetheless.

The drums, electric keyboards, bass, flute and saxophone pioduced a half hour of unstructured phrase and rhythm, suggestions and deceptions and Impressions of moments passing. The usual challenge of tenslonas set up, by virtue of the presentation? contrast to conventional music stylos. But the Electron work went bryond.tli&t Into a constructive, organic phase" that Igave at least some indication of what happens when instrumentation goes, past the com mon credibility line. Occasionally Uie necessary concentration was lost, causing a slump into 'limply noisy defiance. To be perfectly honest, however, it could have bwn.my concentration that lapsed and not that of the musicians.

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Transaction. a surprising program 83771 t'ieli Kntcrrritcs, Inc, 1971 Solution of Yesterday's Puttie duced and achieved on an all-purpose instrument such as that in our Anglican cathedral. However, with careful planning a rough approximation to a French sound is possible, and Wedd's success in this respect was highly praiseworthy. All In all he played brilliantly, tho limitations on complete effectiveness being imposed by the organ itself and the cathedral acoustics. Mcssiaen'i Transports de Jole was played with quite staggering virtuosity, but alas, instead of being able to bathe luxuriantly in the sound of Uie climaxes, I sometimes found myself longing for the diminuendos.

Jongen'i Pricre wag interpreted very sensitively, Glgout'i Scherzo would have sounded less like formal pastiche had Wedd loosened up a btt had It been a little less rigid while Uie same composer's Toccata In minor brought tli recital to an exciting conclusion, By LAWRENCE CLhDERAY Because I enjoyed Patrick Wedd's ploying when be won the International Young Organists' Competition a couple of years ago I was drawn to Christ Church Cathedral Wednesday lunch-hour to hear his first downtown recital since becoming organist at St Mary's, Kcr-rlsdale. Much to my surprise he chose program of French works by Messlacn, Saint-Saens and Glgout plus a piece called Pricre by Jongcn who was Belgian. I say "much to my because the bulk of late 19th and 20th century French organ music is conditioned by the particular instrument for which it was written and Uie acoustics of the places of worship where those Instruments were located, and its special tone color and effectiveness in performance cannot be totally successfully repro CMTTOGRAM By Edward S. Lloyd GMUI MN SMOKINGLIK NMO JIMJGI STK BIUIO WOITIIIY OIWLJOMWTG YIUMIILMB. Yesterday' cryplogram: Gifted lifted good toools.

I Hi 1 61 11 oIiTuTs 1 I Pi si I lilifiillllhi llli MjHs TjH 0 rjj hTo N. t. tMPf NbTt SEES. IliiLiMIiii iii JM iiips Mi HAMS li Jl In J'o ii 5 Money worries vci for Vancouver cliolr The Vancouver Bach Choir's "financial worries about lU Impending trip. to JM-.

land to compete at the Inteniwijiiijit Choral Festival at Schevenlngen. ra over thanks to a grant of $3,900 from Uie federal government. A biennial event, the festival at Sche-vcnlngcn draws choirs from many areas' of Europe, Russia, the United Stales and the Orient. The 1971 fcsUval will mark, the first occasion at which Canadian choral group has parUclputcd..