Press-Telegram from Long Beach, California • 23

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ZgMi vj ir n'umiTacuwwf NEW The "pext gal singer going to make it on albums is Barbara McNair of Chicago Racine and San Francisco been fighting a frustrating battle with fame since she took a job as a secretary at-the-NationaL federation of Settlement Si New York about 10 years ago because New York was Show Big had -a ternble-recording confesses Barbara with a frankness unusual for companies I record for usually go under never made more than-twoalbumsrforone company" Barbara was such a big hit witothe GIs on-tbe Bob Hope tour of Vietnam that is? -v r'AH tin' traditional pomp Warren Hunt r-rnopawplyrrfflij 0 1 g''Unfolds Wednesday night hi a star studded musical ilree-to the-publlc extravaganza preceding the new Lake wood Center formal opening( See related story ln the Progress Section--" Heading the stellar cast will be' Carol Charming who is to be especially honored for her recent Academy Award nomination during the outdoor show beginning at 6 pntf Co-starring are songster Rudy Valiev actress Tippi Hedren acton Troy Do-uahuft Ed- BegleynrArtour and Jim Brown the pleasing' new star of -Some are expected toar-- riveJjy helicopter landing in (hie searchlight-and-neon bright area as the two-hour show" progresses Firoyiding musial accom-paidment will be a 1500-member band made up of musicians from Long Beach area high schools: Mayfair and Garden Grove LAKEWOOD HIGH band director John Swanson will condudflhT his students will act as hosts to the visitors Also appearing is the invoice International Choir which has 'appeared dn severaT varietyshows First film to he shown 12000-seat theater 'To Sir With Sidney Poitier Screen time is 8:30 pm Poitier plays a high school teacher in a tough London environment whose students are rebellious tough and unruly Filmed in colon on location-in British capital? it features Judy Christian Suzy James Clayell wrote produced and directed the film adapted from a book by RT Braithwaite Tickets for the opening still are available at the boxoffice 5200 Faculty Ave in the heart of Shopping Center' television-" in -the is star-ring -Roberts -Kendall-and- Lake-wood have thought she THEN SHE-worked the the biggest singing star in Purple Onion the New fxcJvsIv Farmwmll ngagmmint Bitag withdrew from Se Calif Year Last Opportunity fe see 1 Mesa Theatre COSTA MSSA IVI4S-1II2 CAROL CHANN1NG HEADS CAST Harleti tSiled tary and -auditioned for Max Gordon at the Village Vanguhrd weeks later her called me at the place I was working He had seen some spark- there a month and hated itl I had expected the same response I gpt in Racine sophisticated New Yorkers have cared -less I'd 'seen too many Jane Powell movies I went back to work as a secretary Then Arthur Godfrey put me on his TV show I granted people back home -in Racine to see me-1 -won-tgnd got' a week on his show It gave me a' desire to go' back into show business'' York version at 81st 6th Ave7 The' Blue Angeland in the Richard Kollmar show Body with Mindy Carson which lasted two months and hit the Las Vegas route never quits getting the appreciation she felt the de- seivefl 7 made a terrible n-roll record called which sold 200000 more than any -other- neon! -1 made I had to go on TV with it and I was embarrassed I only did it because they let me record Till There Was from Garry Moor used her frequently on TV and then Garry left the air Boxy Gordie Jr the young genius head of Mo town signed her after seeing -her on ana now a new album's dire She and her husband Jack Rafferty press agent for a Sau Francisco nightclub Facka live in the beautiful Diamond Heights area' of San Francisco "I like to sing show songs" Barbara said and again a good sjnger like Jack Jones breaks through BEST LAUGH: Jim Mulholland confesses His Tamboura at VC Exalted Spot on TV Ssfili 1 LAM0UB I By VERNON SCOTT Indian musician Ravi Shankar the current idol of the modem-sound set will perform his brand of folk music and rock tunes at University o( California Irvine on Feb 4 at 5:30 pm in Campus Hall Shankar plays the aitar a stringed instrument With him will ho Alla Rakha playing the Tabla the Indian version of the double drums and Kajnala Chakra varty on the amboura described as a stringed instrument which drones a background sound for the sitar Tickets for the concert- are -priced at' $3 available from the University or by letters sent to the Fine Artsbox -office University of California Irvine 92264 the country She came out in a low-necked red gown' and sang Am A Woman" and from 10000 to 25000 Gls-rdepending on the base got hysterical flattering" Barbara said I realized that they have cared iif jPd Just eome out and played with a yo-yo Twas home mother and Christ- mas to them Actually I they gave memore Joy than I gave BUT BARBARA won Id-rush up to them and kiss them and pose for them and just before she sang "Silent she put a piece of gauze to cover-up her low neck know when Ifwas in the clubs though some of the officers tried to put you in your place as an entertainer officer said well well the' Bob' Hope show is here again! If I have to go out there and sit in the hot sun better be "I told him what I thought of his attitude and he Barbara be gan singing iiv Racine studied music at the University of the City of Los Angeles came to New York lived at the YWCA at 137th and 7th in HOLLYWOOD (UPI) Like any marriage toe wedding of motion pictures and television has not been one long honeymoon In the beginning movies disdained toe upstart tele-! vision medium hoping it would go away But when boxoffice receipts dropped the romance began'Studioj Wooed video producers to use their facilities Then it was proposal time and picture companies began turning out their own product for TV And so they were married But a new baby came along top-flight current movies for prime time television All of a sudden the networks' and the studios discovered the infant was bigger than both of them Viewers demonstrated that they would rather see movies on television than television shows or series Now what? A divorce? BQLLYf I 7 a aiMallMWINMlII GOWER CHJWPI0H WEDNESDAY JAN 24 8:15 PM UNO BEACH CIVIC AUDITORIUM RESERVED SEATSi $6 $5 $4 $3 On -Sole at Sporti Arana Box Offica Music City Stores All Mutual Agencies Humpnreyi Music Judkins Music GG I -Kali Music Lakewood SEND MAIL ORDERS TOi SP0RTI ARElA I0X OFnBI Must Fall5 Gets a New Dawn By RALPH HINMAN JR Drama Critic marriage Is stronger than ever The love is economic Neither medium it appears can flourish the other Indeed moVies and television have 'become a commercial Ma and Pa 'Kettle Tm sure feature movies will play an important part in television from now said Moore notrealistio to think the movie pool will dry up eventually Quite toe There are enough features available right now for jdl three networks to schedule two movies every week for toe next three years to studios And independents have hypoed ing so that from 150 to 200 pictures a year are being filmed And enough to keep television in the movie In essence Moore is saying that movies are no longer unless they EXCLUSIVE AREA RUN MR DIES0 FWY SOUTH TURH OFF AT HARBOR ILVD I MILE SOUTH TO ADAMS RMJiIMSQr GW Ik Lai lent not Just for lines emoted but in facial expressions' and other stigmata of the selfish unsick And London-born Colin Guiver is excellent as a servant chap -who worms his way into the 'self-centered vi WI i me t-a r( jMvuseiiie miiiwb uw with toe intention" having a lower-class type rnm fmm Thomas Moore of eventual television sales president of the American- And it follows that televi-BrOadcasting Company sion is in troubje -without It is his opinion that the movies to show as servant instead of hero as in contemporary British theater 'is one of toe few' profitable vri -1 EM Aw 7V D1NO DE LAURENTHS nunopcir "JUffBOMBf AKOIRMFEMr Tit Monday Jan29 1 NIGHT only ONLY tUSPA Hypnosis is tun uheu yod upend an evening with MISSPAT COLLINS' fhe Hip Hgpnotiat TkMi LAKEWOOD CENTER THEATRE GALA OPENING JANUARY 17-Rt3d PM The shimmering thcrira front beckoai you to crystal-ciundeliered puMic promenade where great walled mirron capture the mplmdent icflectioa of in entertainment setting unseen anywhere up to nowl might best describe "Night Must Huntington Beach current offering Whidi mean slow-paced This psychological who "dunit war a-British-export -of the late 1930s and as such-should beudged by standards other than those applying to the current hardboiled school of detection It moves with a steady measured cadence and tempo reflecting credit on Paul Teschke in his first directing assignment A Long Beach school administrator by profession he is a well-known figure on local -stages ALTHOUGH the identity seems ably-certain by the first end I shall in fairness not give it away here Be- sides a twist: We learn In a prologue that two victims fell afoul But who la the secondT-This-re---mains well-concealed until the end The of murder ob-v i 1 fascinated playwright Emiyn Williams today best known in this for his superlative1 recreations Dickens on Tqpr" He used semi-psychological tion At a time when not ev-eryTjJopular writer was' willing to attempt it With the exception of the prologue all action takes place in- the living ropm of a- fusty English country manor deep in forest stiff lit with kerosene lan- I' STRENGTH of a competent cast assem-Js In chanrterization -iy Lammera as a videos rhininghypochond'' rko Mrs: Brunson is excel- 1 225 Million Sumps Stolen From pealer" 'f NOTTINGHAM England Thieves 'stole 2J5 njlllon stamps from deal- ref ishop Saturday Jowner Nicholas Pontin said the catalog value of amM' mrmrn the' missing" itamf wee about $192000 He aid the thieves had token only thfc bqst of his stock: lah lin HaHti aail mt St IN COMFORT Rltn-NiGHIER TICKER HOW ON ULE Purchase at Samffku Now I First Cornu First Isrwdl Vacgjliclodjlaad Itotw points that dates the vehicle) The unpleasant protagonist is surrounded by: her mousy niece underplayed by Ruth Burgess a bum-for toe girl's Hand Paul bling Wodehousian suitor Sullivan a naive housemaid Sondra Pestey and nurse Jackie Washburn One who deserves extra credit is Pat Mullins doing-a slyL sharp-tongued housekeeper Her Cockney ac- cent is superb and she steadily adds heaping measures of astringent humor to the situation Also appearing were Sam Veredecia as a typical Scotland Yard bulldog-de- tective and Jack Hebert in thfr cameo role of toe lord chief justice A fun play and a change-of-pace this The show continues Fridays and Sat-u rdayiT through Feb 27 I itf Ll: Ntvor before in theatre annals has the patron been so completely cons1dmdthe wide leg-reten seals are -body ctmtenred jthe tpariJing sastwems are ultra large and exquisitely OPPOSITE DISNEYLAND -r OPENS TtlES Jinny Doan ma liiintt IN MOVIES" -FnEE OUTDOOR-SUOTifS gboo nri i III PERSONICAROI CHANNINO JIM BROWN AND 30 OTHER SUM I lSOO MUSICIANS IN CONCERT! INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S CHOIR I SEARCHLIGHTS I SURPRISES I GIFTS! OPENING PROGRAM Lakewood Center Thratra claims every known pracesr far presenting on a gigantic screen all tho top movies firaaa iH lha top stndifts in rtmirphtnli strand animagintd until this moimnmatal mamant in theatre history! IN REFRESHMENTS- SI tt Mrt C71QT7SJ2M BraEGM)aag5rKWoleI3l iho" 1 7 The largest most exciting refreshment offers a wide varietyef foodies and driaks that geecs like host tastefaUy served from a sixty foot long snack a nma! Sidney FornEn tboiC vmiLovru IMhhltlM OfHMk fcp MaiL and at aN Ticket Aianclti fiidi (711) 776-7220 vT IMEWD0D CENTER Elegance Entertainment for Everyone The Thtatw at tint Is Hem Tadayl Sen Stogo' Fradwey Lehewaad Mvd'Nertfc '4 I ftr 'v 1 i i a -a a -a a rt a.