El Paso Herald-Post from El Paso, Texas • 36

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In addition Presley recently offered a glimpse into a whole success in a small Mobile night club In essence the special presents Elvis Presley doing what he did a decade ago but it also reveals a new Elvis Presley who has never before been seen and engineers have improved the sound of music and that means I have to improve he volunteered "THE AUDIENCE has changed too They move as fast as they used he laughed pointing out that his fans of a decade are now young married couples many with families of their own getting more interested in acting and always looking for better scripts for the pictures trying to do more mature movies interested in becoming a contemporary actor not just a The show is first television headliner his first television appearance other than his highly rated motion picture reruns in eight years And like his best-selling religious albums and his redoubling efforts toward dramatic accomplishment indicative of a new a more mature Elvis Presley FOR A FINAL Presley sings a song entitled I Can which was written expressly for Elvis and Che show by Earl Brown I Can is a contemporary protest song a song with immediate meaning The fact that Elvis today can deliver it with power is indicative of broader talent of deeper talent of more inclusive talent than "Hound or Suede alone might seem to suggest JONATHAN HARRIS A BLACK Irish Harris described his part breaking into an accent a leprechaun in some ways a wicked man and a liar too He's one of the original hippies it was so nice to be unshaven and unwashed for a change and be dressed in tattered raiment" IN THE LANCER episode Harris sees a chance to be the protean actor the real Jonathan Harris November 30 1968- TV Actor Plays Comic Or Villian HOTEL VICTORIA CHIH MEXICO only a noun HOUR CHIHUAHUA OKIVa FROM RL PASO Member Of Diner's Club And American Ezprew new aspect of i I by recording two bestselling albums of sacred music Hand in and Great Thou Presley's first motion picture Me also met with instant success The latest a current MGM release entitled is his 29th feature film PRESLEY made his first major television appearance on Ed Sullivan in 1956 He last appeared on television as guest star on a Frank Sinatra special in 1950 'Television is a different world from the Presley observed during his recent press conference does something ot you it demands more of Presley pulled on a slender German cigar as he fielded questions ranging from his military service to marital matters think you take things more seriously when you're married" he said seriously) DID you start an editor pounced since been doing this Elvis grinned then added: this is just a prop 1 inhale" you planning another television special after this queried a second editor think do another one right away" Elvis answered emphatically THE SPECIAL is an hour of almost straight music with Elvis singing some two dozen songs including such top hits as and and a couple of contemporary numbers written expressly for the show There is a minimum of talk when at intervals during the show Elvis discusses such subjects as show business and naturally music Elvis also sings a medley of gospel songs including "Sometimes I Feel Like a Mother EL PASO BEAUTIFUL OLD COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE AND DECOR EXCELLENT SERVICE AND REASONABLE RATES 150 rooms phono and air garage restaurant conditioned Swimming pool and cocktail loungo Colon end Jueres Are Phene 2-BB91 Chihuehue Chib exice HOLLYWOOD am a character actor thank God declares Jonathan Harris glaring and gesturing dramatically "There are two areas I can go into: I can play brilliant stylized comedians or I can play vile i 1 1 i a Olivier (Laurence) can do it I've never met this great man I'd probably faint if I did but he along with Clifton Webb who had this talent too are my HARRIS who is generally credited with the recent Lost in Space series with his marvelous portrayal of the zany Dr Zachary Smith says he's gratified every time he looks in a mirror and sees another line or gray hair he mutterito himself added more depth to your chatacter You can do it This versatility this theatrical framework Harris admits to is what has enabled him to fulfill the various parts had in the theater iqovies and TV dating back to a Dayton (Ohio) stock company in 1942 Next for this exuberant thespian is a role in Lancer the mere mention of which brought a i 1 i smile to his craggy facade HERALD POST Saturday 4e ARTS AMb CRAFTS PROMAF CGflTGK JUARGZ Cotoiuat Bealaurant Bar FABULOUS MEXICAN PLATE $125 AM-S PM SLDAT THRU THURSDAY PM FRIDAYS AD SATURDAYS FREE PARKING SHOWTIME Page Ten.