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ABILENE SCREEN SCENE All Types of Movies This Week THE ABILENE REI'OKTER-XEWS 17 lilpiie, Texas, Sunday Morning. Auijust 8. By ALICE MILLER R-N Amusements Editor Decision about which movie to attend will not be so difficult this week. Each picture fits into a specific category and you will i good entertainment in whichever category is your particular bag. Science fiction, real science documentary, Disney comedy and Carol Channing comedy, Western, musical and human interest; pick the category.

All or GP except the last, which is R. The MAJESTIC is showing the musical and scenic SONG OF NORWAY Tuesday. period in the life of Edvard GARGANTUAN LAB--Robert Wise, at ladder, as- Greig in his native Norway, us- sesses camera angles within a five-level underground Ing his music throughout. Fjords research facility, constructed at a cost in excess of and majestic mountains of that $300,000, for climactic sequences in "The Andromeda country are shown with almost Strain," based on Michael Crichton's best-seller, show- post-card perfect photography, ing Thursday at the Cinema. Toralv Maurstad plays the struggling young artist, Greig, and Florence Henderson his wife who is both understanding and self-sacrificing.

Rated G. Wednesday the MAJESTIC will change to BLUE WATER, WHITE DEATH, a well-recommended documentary with fascinating footage of the most dangerous predator of the sea -the Great While Shark. Expert underwater photography. On the way from Africa to Australia the crew occasionally stops to photograph other undersea life. Peter Gimbel is leader of the expedition.

underwater team had been searching for the Great White Shark a long, long time. Finding and photographing it is a great accomplishment Rated G. The PARAMOUNT is showing that utterly ridiculous, utterly funny and utterly wonderful SCANDALOUS JOHN. There's a lot of common sense in the unkempt head of the self-assured a "I'11-live-my-own-life-the- a -I -p 1 a old rancher, played by Brian Keith. The modern Don Quixote story has the woman with whom Lancaster hurry.

Lee Dooley plays the lit- Also playing those days will be tie boy whose pet Charlie has IFIVE CARD a Hal Wai- become. Sandy Duncan co-stars! 1 5 production starring Dean in this very funny and very' Mal ano Robert Mitchum, In- warm story. Imagine picking! out your duck from among 400 others which look just like Char jDaiDllOIII 1011) lie but only your duck laysL andy comes from Star! Memorial The WESTWOOD will change I Friday to SH1NBONE AL-1 LKY, which is Don Marquis' book, "Archy and Mehilabel, Fun for Youth LONDON (AP) Friends ger Stevens and Roddy MacDowell. Mitchum is a professional gambler who gets involved with a crooked poker player who is lynched. A shootout results.

Rated G. The Metro is closed on Wednesday, but opens Thursday Friday and Saturday to show the double-feature, SUPKIUR-f GO VS. D1ABOL1CUS and ELDORADO. Gerard Tichy is the new superman in his second su- transposed to the animated and admirers of the late Siriperargo picture. Ken Wood stars! screen.

Carol Channing plays John Barbirolli--the man whoiin the fight against the evil ge- the voice of Jtfehitabel, the from a rank-and-file cellist nius who hijacks precious metals in order to control the world. and Eddie Bracken plays thejio be one of the world's great voice of Archie, Uie cockroach, launched a Rated G. is a swinging alley memorial fund to help youngl A stars John of the neighbor- musicians follow in his foot- Wayne, Robert Mitchum and cal cockroach, is in love with her. The film is said to be suffi- cienlly sophisticated to appeal to adults and yet be simple enough for children. An animated musical, it is rated G.

launched a spokesman claimed When the fund was officially James Caan. It's Western based in Texas; much laughter and plenty gunfire are found in the $24,000 had been promised al-j picture. Rated G. ready. The target is $240,000 by' the end of 1971.

A couple of dozen famous mu- It's a realistic approach to the time in some boys' lives when they experiment with sex. The treatment is low key and done in a lighthearled manner, resulting in some rather nostalgic period piece set during World War II. Cary Grimes plays a sensi- Leonard Bernstein and Eugene Ormandy, are members of the committee administering the fund. Lady Barbirolli, the conductor's widow-- known to music lovers as Evelyn Rothwell, oboe virtuoso-- told the inaugural old John and his loyal ranch- hand, the wetback helper, meeting unconquerable odds and Easterner. Rated G.

Burt Lancaster is marshal of a small New Mexico town. He exposed to radiation. SPECIAL DIVING ELEVATORS Special diving elevators designed by Peter Gimbel allowed him and three other divers free mobility to explore the sea in their hunt for the Great White Shark, the deadliest cold-blooded predator in the world. Cinema Center Films' "Blue Water, White Death," opening Wednesday at the Majestic, chronicles their amazing larger-than-life adventure. A National General Pictures release.

faces the marshal of a neigh- Charles, the duck, turns out to boring town that marshal por-! tn egg-laying gender, and lays trayed by Robert Ryan. Lee rlch Wen eggs. Those golden IPCTUC rmnnmn Tnnnh-nocirftrl in drawn Toi mcetin 8 Even wnen hus a young war widow, played byj band was a orchestral Jennifer O'Neill. With his two mu his great ambition friends, Ascy (Jerry Houser)i was to be a conductor. So he, and Benjie (Oliver Conant) or TMd his own chamber Hermie spends lazy summer' chestra and 8 ave concerts in his.

days on a resort island. Rated are time R. because of frank language! "In those days such concertsj tSie boys use to each other. The were always reported in the love scenes are tastefully handled. known.

But today there are so Thursday (he CINEMA will a concerts that a young change to THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN. This is an enjoyable adaptation of Michael Crichton's best-seller about scientists rac- Cobb plays the powerful rancher who dominates Ryan. eggs become much-desired in a ing to combat a deadly disease band would have liked this me- had been acquainted some years earlier. He and she are forced to take a stand against a wholei Invites Dallas Thealer dashing in where angels fear to town. Said to be a good West-' DALLAS (AP) The Dallas ern.

Rated GP. iTheater Center has been invit- tread. Love interest is between old granddaughter, played by Michele Carey, and the son of the land-grabbing Disney release Dean Edinburgh Festival in transported to earth by satellite. Most of the action takes place in a fantastic underground laboratory in the desert. High sus- press and he slowly in became conductor, no matter how good he is, is liable to get no publicity whatever.

"That is why I feel my hus-. MOVE RAMOS FDR PARENTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE Mud MM of to Mir MHw. iMLNtswmna AoHlt All Mil MWintt PmtilCuMmsuigatM RESTRICTED Under 18 requires accompanying ptrent or adult guiralan (X) -1 NO ONE UNDER ADMITTED. 1 lUfHcm, flat 11 morial fund, designed as it is to, help young conductors along." The committee has not yet decided the method by whichl The WESTWOOD is 0 tale ils rn( uction of "Theiday and Tuesday, starring Mark DOLLAR DUCK, nl Thoreau Spent in Jail" as the 12-year-old who plays the science research pro- September. pense in a movie which focuses young musicians will be chosen on technical lab methods and to benefit from the fund, equipment.

Rated G. 0 never did like competitions for musicians," Lady Bar- birolli said. "So out of respect for him I don't think we find our young conductors that way. We will consider it careful- The METRO will show SUDDEN TERROR on Sunday, Mnn- witnesses a brutal assassination. i a the PARAMOUNT fessor who feels sorry for a be- The invitation came sear and in real danger of his haviorol test duck dropout who producer Peter Bridge, Placed on a sun-baked has, by a freak accident, been'who saw a performance of island.

Rated SHOW DATES WESTWOOD Sunday through Thursday MILLION DOLLAR DUCK, 0 Walt DIS- ney. Rated G. Coming Soon SHIWBONE ALLEY with Carol Cfifln- ning and Eddie Bracken. Rated G. PARAMOUNT Brtan "keffh" In SCANDALOUS JOHN, CO-stQrrlng Michele Carey.

Rafed G. Beginning Friday THE LAWMAN with Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan and Lee J. Cobb. Raled GP. PARK Sunday through Tuesday ISLAND OF BURNING DAMNED and REVENGE OF GODZILA.

Rated GP. Starting Wednesday THE ABDOMINABLE DR. PHIMES and CRIMSON CULT. Rafed GP. MAJESTIC Sunday through Tuesday SONG OF NORWAY with Florence Henderson and Toralv Mourstad.

Rattd G. Beginning Wednesday BLUE WATER, WHITE DEATH, quest for Jhe Great Whits Shark, Rcled G. METRO Sundiw Monday, Tuesday SUDDEN TERROR with Mark and Lionel Jeffries. Rated GP. Also Dean CARD STUD.

ROM G. Closed wedniiday Thursday, Friday, Saturday SUPERARGO VS. DIABOLICLS. Ruled G. Also ELDORADO with John Wflyne and Robert Mitchum.

Rated G. CINEMA Sunday through Wednesday SUMMER OF M'? with Jennifer O'Nell and Cary Grimes. Rated R. Beginning Thursday THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN with Arthur Hills and David Wayne. Rated G.

play at the Center here in May. Mrs. Boa Handel, a founding! member of the Theater Center board, said: "So far as we know, this is the first time that an American company has been invited to participate in the Edinburgh Feslival and we feel particularly honored since it is the 25th anniversary of the festival." He finds himself the object of ly and find some other means. Barbirolli, who died last year, was a Londoner of Italian descent and spent most of his musical life in England. CRESCENTI DRIVE-IN THEATRE 692-3131--OPEN 7:30 MATINEE -TODAY- it ALL ADMISSIONS $100 1:00 P.M.

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