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Sept. 20, 1969 THE SUN-TEIEGHAM B-7 33333 TODAY AT THE MOVIES! Kissing and Nude Scenes In Films Debated in India NOTICE TO OUR PATRONS Confrory edvartUl.q bey' tar caefrel oaa oeeeorlna tlwwWr. yaaiMj pwplt mmi.t the eqe 11 Lot 1) will nM to PwiTie Thaafret hi. rated picfem lhte hi Mi box mn accompanied by a pmM or oavH aversion. i "The Wild Bunch" I On the Way to the Crtuadct I Met a Girl Who" )oaoaioooAAU.

Asa. a single paragraph in the 335-page report of the Inquiry Committee on Film Censorship. Western films on the ground that Western customs differ, but such scenes and other episodes of passion are usually heavily trimmed. To get around the taboos, 1 iaC? By SYDNEY H. SCHANBERG New York Times News Service NEW DELHI "I will die of shame if I have to appear nude or in a kissing scene," said Mousami Chatterjee, teenage movie actress.

"It is a very sane beginning. I don't understand what is wrong in an action which is so natural and instinctive," said matinee idol Dev Anand. 424 Btlwooo 4th and Sift Slraatt Phono 888-S317 rLfir Indian producers and directors have adopted suggestive devices which include moony songs, erotic dances, giddy Gorfis Viffi cnases ot nerome oy nero around sylvan glades, hand- mi my wjiy noming, a breathing, wriggling, writhing and mm general nuzzling of the neck and bust (just so long as the 'i iiv in: nps ao not toucn). O.i hsjhIcs, The chairman of the censorsiD inauirv committee. liiicfniiirl G.D.

Khosla, says one reason for his recommendation was to do away with "the utterly crude, vulgar, sexy and totally irrevelant sequences AP Wirephoto It reads: "If in telling the story, it is logical, relevant or necessary to depict a passionate kiss or a nude human figure, there should be no question of excluding the shot, provided the theme is handled with delicacy and feeling, aiming at aesthetic expression and avoiding all suggestion of prurience or lasciviousness. Our purpose is to permit greater scope to the serious-minded and sensitive creator of aesthetic films." India, second only to Japan in film production, has a government censorship system considered more severe than that in any other major film-producing nation. Although censorship existed under British rule (it was then directed largely a cleansing from Western films any scenes that tended to disparge white women in the eyes of the Indians), it has become much stricter since independence in 1947. Kissing on the lips, allowed for a time in pre-independence days, is now strictly forbidden in Indian films, as is nudity a reflection of real life in India, where kissing in public is not only considered immoral but is against the law. wnicn are irequenny introduced with the sole aim TECHNICOLOR FROM WARNER BROSSEVEN ARTS Wo How's This for Bowling Form? of appealing to the prurient 2ND HIT TSSr.

"Allowing kissing and nudity in our films will not only jeopardize the character of our young people but also ruin the entire nation," wrote a man from New Delhi. "Those who contend that the depiction of a passionate kiss or nude human figure will corrupt public morality very much misunderstand things as they are," wrote a professor from Muzaf-farnager, "actually speaking, logical and relevant kissing and nudity will rather uplift, ennoble and elevate public morality." These comments offer a glimpse of the emotional national debate stirred by the recent recommendation of a overnment-appointed committee that nudity and kissing on the lips now banned in Indian films be allowed under certain artistic conditions. The growing controversy argued almost daily in the letter columns of newspapers, in news statements, and in Tmf vaiXEV ok JAMES FRANCISCUS There's a classic touch to Don Adam's bowling form as he tunes up for Hollywood's first annual Celebrity Bowling Classic to be staged rnr. richard wrlson next Saturday. And there's something to be said for Chris Noel's form as she does the same thing.

Event will be aired on KTTV. A3 section or me audiences ana exploiting the medium for profit." Whatever ruling the Indian government makes on the Khosla report, it is bound to dissatisfy a lot of people, for the issue has created two hard blocs of opinion. Most actresses have come out violently against the report. "Who would like to see his daughters, sisters and wives being kissed and undressed on the screen?" asked Starlet Asha Parekh. But most actors favor it.

"A very sane and healthy view," said Raj Kapoor. Composer Burt Bacharach Finds That Breaking Rules Works Out Show Startt at Dusk Children Under 11 Frit' SAN BERNARDINO nil Pi lifetime crowded Lip-kissing is allowed in speeches before civic groups was touched off by but into 37 tense, suspenseful hours, ticking WW. away fear by fear, bullet by bullet! II I ft I I I 1 I I II Shaw at Dusk Kids FREE I II ll II 1 I I I 1 I I Villr II W. tl Citnii II HOW -AT BOTH THEATRES killer 111 lii (oHMr Cool II If L- CO-HIT MSMMMiiiM if I ffl Si If (flcli'1 "THOSE DARING YOUNG ekJt if ll'Wk MEN THEIR lSlWJ! JAUNTY JALOPIES" faSjmM- I I illf IliftCf jS? Fwturet In Color Millftil (OX OFFICE I 4r' OWNS 4:45 P.M. ol A By BOB THOMAS HOLYWOOD (AP) "I I didn't set out to break the says composer Burt Bacharach.

"It's just that things work out better that way." Bacharach's breaking of the rules has placed him at the forefront of a new breed of song writers. But, unlike V. some contemporaries, he has been able to create music that appeals to both sides of 9 Generation Gulch. His songs have a distinctive, essentially modern feel to them melodic, yet with a disregard for the con-. ventional patterns of Tin Pan Alley.

Some of them: "You'll Never Get to Heaven," "Walk On By," "I'll Never Fall in Love Again," "Make It Easy on Yourself," "Do You Know the Way to San Jose?" "This Guy's in Love with You," "Promises, Promises." Many of the tunes are associated with Dionne War-i wick, and it's no accident that Bacharach appeared on her CBS television special this week. He picked her out of a recording studio chorus and with his lyricist partner Hal David has guided her singing career to the top. Bacharach is married to actress Angie Dickinson. Bacharach's own career is going in so many directions that it is hard to catch up with him. He had a rare mo-.

ment of relaxation over a glass of orange juice in the Polo Lounge of the Beverly Hills one afternoon. He had JOANNA SHIMKUS alfreemanjr A UNIVERSAL PICTURE TECHNICOLOR' PANAVISION CO-HIT ivV IfyouVe Cl I I got the guts, 3Jf thegandm mil PflUuKiumiin JonnnEuioooiLMRD HM? I I um X'tf iai me gold you il lM can make Ha $M' yrfwomenbeg feipli I RODEHTUIRGnEn MflsnfiiiiniE wihnihs.js mmum "HELGA" 8:30 i A LfNIVf RSAl NEWMAM FOREMAN FlCTUflC I ll.I.IIM 7i 48 Hours or Else' Al Mundy, played by series star Robert Wagner, is poisoned by Lita, guest star Delia Boccardo, a beauteous Communist agent, and is given 48 hours in which to return a decoding device he has stolen or else not receive the antidote in "Saturday Night in Venice" premiere episode of "It Takes a Thief." It will be televised at 7 p.m. Thursday on the ABC television network. I III 1 fri 3 III UbUJaaMoT TECHNICOLOR 'PANA VISION' I II El lit i Aim 12 Miisioa at Opal RivartiOa DOUBLE ACTION WESTERN TONY ANTHONY "A STRANGER IN TOWN" A I 1 Childrtn "THE STRANGER RETURNS' a. mm a jt BOTH IN COLOR ill -r iii k.

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The Wild Bunch ii iui mn ELVIS PRESLEY "Tli Trouble With Glrii" CO-HIT ROWAN AND MARTIN "THE MALTESE RIPPY" BOTH IN COLOR s-i ail avaVA a ill ErariryxjyT.nfvyvir.rTr.Mr.PiPagafg I AnHvwwlSi m9 I bV I A RVi JIA lnl PHONE NA 4-7511 TINE AKI5 tu.Vs ACADEMY AWARD WINNER! 1 1 CO-HIT BOTH THFATRK I AN OPEN ALLEY kLLEY CAT I THEATRE LhCMrTj BEST ACTRESS! BARBRA STREISAND COLUMBIA PICTURFS RKTab Dormmrv S330 W. Holt Blvd. Ontario DOUBLE ACTION WESTERN TONY ANTHONY "A STRANGER IN TOWN" "THE STRANGER RETURNS" Burt Is an articulate, outgoing man, handsome and athletic looking with shaved face and conservative hair style. He elaborated on his rule-breaking thesis: "Sometimes I write a line that comes out in seven-; eighths time and I wish it could be more conventional 1 but it just doesn't work. So it stays at seven-eighths.

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