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search for identity and maturity more bearable. At the same time it sensitively explores the girls developing friendship with boys. When the time came to select the four teenage girls, the producers and director conducted extensive readings with hundreds of young girls across the country and full screen tests of the finalists. They knew that the chemistry and rapport among the girls would be vitally important as much of the films believability would come from their inter-relationships. With the exception of Jodie Foster, the girls who were chosen are as yet unknown to the movie-going public.

Jodie Foster, a veteran actress, is reunited with Scott Baio and David Puttnam in Foxes. Jodie and Scott first starred together three years ago in Puttnams "Bugsy Malone. Jodie added a new dimension to her career in the role of a 14-year-old streetwalker in Martin Scorseses searing Taxi Driver, which won her an Academy Award nomination. Prior to that, she had caused a sensation as the tomboy playmate of Ellen Burstyns son in Alice Doesnt Live Here Anymore, also a Scorsese film. Born in Los Angeles on November 19, Jodie first appeared before the cameras in an episode of Mayberry, R.F.D., a television series in which her older brother Buddy played a continuing role.

Jodie later had running roles in three series, The Courtship of Eddies Father, My Three Sons and Paper Moon. Among Jodies many motion picture roles are five Walt Disney films: "Napo-lean and Samatha, Menace on the Mountain, "One Little Indian, Candle-shoe and Freaky Friday." She co-starred as Becky in Tom Sawyer, with Foxes, a Casablanca Record and Filmworks production for United Artists release, is the story of four teenage girls who are struggling to grow up amid the problems and pressures of todays teen society. While dealing with the emotional upheavals so common to their generation, the girls cling tightly to each other as they find their relationship more binding and fulfilling than that with their families. Their dream is to have a place of their own, to establish their own family unit The four teenage girls are played Jby Jodie Foster, an Academy Award nominee for her role in Martin Scorseses Taxi Driver, Marilyn Kagan, Kandice Stroh and Cherie Currie. The role of Jodie Fosters mother is played by Sally t- Kellerman, who was nominated for both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for her performance in Robert Altman's MASH." Adam Faith portrays Jodie Fosters father, Scott Baio appears as Brad, the girls' skateboarding friend, and Randy Quaid, an Oscar nominee for his role in The Last Detail," plays Jay, the older man in Marilyn Kagans life.

David Puttnam and Gerald Ayres are co-producers of Foxes, Adrian Lyne is the director and Geoffrey Kirkland is the associate producer. The film is released by United Artists, a Transamerica Company. Set against the plastic and neon of Los Angeles San Fernando Valley, Foxes takes a realistic and compassionate look at the modern teenage girlwoman. The original screenplay by Gerald Ayres is a story of and for today, alternately funny and sad as the events in these girls lives unfold. It is also about the very special rapport and caring among the understanding and tolerance of one another which makes their tough Richard Harris in Echoes of Summer, and played Raquel Welchs daughter in Kansas City Bomber." Marilyn Kagan, who plays Madge in Foxes, studied acting with the L.A.

Actors Theatre and appeared in their production of "Midnight Moon at the Greasy Spoon, starring John Marley and Ford Rainy. Prior to that, she was the vocalist with a three-piece band, Auburn, which played nightclubs in and around Los Angeles. A native of Flushing, New York, Marilyn and her family moved to Scottsdale, Arizona when she was eight. At Arizona State College, she studied Sociology and Psychology with a minor in Drama and performed in a number of community theatre productions. While studying Social Work at San Diego State, Marilyn supported herself by singing with a band and doing commercials.

Most recently, she was a counsellor for troubled teenage girls and their families at the Western Regional Center in West Los Angeles. Although Foxes is Kandice Strohs first major role in a feature film, she is far from a novice. She has appeared in plays on Broadway and off-Broadway, in a variety of television shows and in several industrial films. After studying Theatre Arts at Pennsylvania State University, Kandice went to New York and studied ballet with the Martha Graham School of Dance. While a student of drama coach Warren Robertson (he coached Diane Keaton, James Earl Jones), she acted in his studio productions of Last of the Red Hot Lovers, A Dolls House, Our Town and Legends of Arthur.

From January through April, 1978, Kandice played a 15V4 year old girl in A Days Grace at the An- sonia Theatre on Broadway. Everything Cherie Currie (Annie) has done prior to Foxes has been related to music. since her Dad taught her and her twin sister to sing when they were small. Cherie dropped out of Van Nuys Birmingham High School in the tenth grade to become lead singer for the first allgirl band which she formed with four other girls aged 15 to 17. The Runaways were immediately signed by Mercury Records where they recorded three albums The Runaways, Queens of Noise, and Live in Japan.

The albums and the bands two singles all turned gold, signifying one million sales or more. Cherie left the band in 1977. Since then, she has recorded a solo album for export to Japan titled Beauty is Only Skin Deep. Sally Kellerman, who plays Jodie's mother in Foxes, zoomed to the top ranks of stardom with her hilarious performance as Major Hot Lips Houlihan in Robert Altmans MASH, for which she received nominations for both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe. She has since appeared in two more films for Altman, Brewster McCloud and Welcome to L.A.

Miss Kellermans first screen role in Reform School Girl led to one as a murder victim in The Boston Strangler, her portrayal of a sex pervert in The Third Day and the role of Jack Lemmons wife in The April Fools. In addition to scores of television guest roles, Miss Kellerman has been featured in a wide variety of films including Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Reflection of Fear, Slither," Ross Hunters musical version of Lost Horizon, Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins, The Big Dust, and A Little Romance. Page 22 The Entertainer Friday, March 28, 1980.