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36 TORONTO DAILY STAR NATHAN COHEN New hit for the Tysons Ian and Sylvia Tyson were driving on a California freeway a few weeks ago, the car radio turned on. when suddenly they heard a song which sounded familiar. It was especially familiar to Sylvia. She had written "You Are on My Mind" years ago, and it was played back to back on a single with Ian's "Four Strong Winds." "Four Strong Winds" caught on: nothing happened to "You Are on My Mind." Recently a San Francisco group, the Take Fives, did a rhythm and blues version of the song, a pseudo-spiritual, and now it is rocketing up the best-seller charts. Here in Toronto it's getting a big play from that weathervane of popular song taste, CHUM.

The career of the Tysons who belong to that breed of folksingers which combines a traditionalist tone with a commercial style, is booming. Their new album. Morning Rain," has just entered the Top Fifty lists. But the chances of seeing them in Toronto keep diminishing. Not that they don't want to perform here but, aside from the occasional concert, the conditions are unfavorable.

The coffee houses are too small to meet the price they now command, and so are the clubs. There is always TV, but CTV shies away from anything expensive, and after years of accepting CBC work at local talent fees the Tysons have become tough in their demands. The CBC is so anxious to have them appear, how. ever, that some of the senior officials have moved to take a hand in financial negotiations. Meanwhile, Ian Tyson is becoming more and more fascinated with the song-writing end of his work.

At the moment he is doing the music and lyrics for a TV special for the CBC. Former CBC script supervisor, Hugh Kemp, is writing the libretto. The hottest female star in British movies is Rita Tushingham, of "Taste of Honey." "The Girl with the Green Eyes" and "The Knack." She has been invited to costar in their third movie by the Beatles, which will be directed by Clive Carter. Since they all come from Liver pool, the Beatles' John Lennon wants to call the film "Carter's Little Liverpools." The latest to hop on the spy bandwagon for TV is none other than Robert Goulet. He's doing a pilot film called "Blue Light," which casts him as an international night club star whose real business is espionage.

Goulet's vocal career is prospering, and it's hoped the TV show will rekindie interest in his dramatic possibilities "A Little Bit of Luck," which opened last night at the Red Barn theatre in Jackson's Point, is the English version of a French language Canadian revue with music, lyrics TUSHINGHAM and sketches by Felix Leclere. The musical portion of the proceedings is minimal. It consists of songs between the sketches. At the Red Barn they are performed by a guitarist who does the lyrics in French. The problems of translating a play or an opera or a musical comedy are legion.

Only a handful ever make the change satisfactorily. That's why so few American musicals repeat their success in Europe, Revue, by its natire the most fragile of theatre forms, endures transportation the most poorly. As an example, the only French revue ever to catch on in New York was "La Plume de ma Tante," in which language was at the minimum. But it never was performed in France. Although the cast was all-Parisian, the show was created and first seen by a London audience.

It's hard to guess from the Red Barn presentation what Mr. Leclere's sketches were like in their native tongue. For the most part they involve an ironic turn on the show's title. Each is about people cheated of the happiness they seek, or have, because life denies them a little bit of luck. One trouble with them, both in French and English.

is that the endings are predictable. A man comes to visit a badly-injured friend in hospital, and drops dead. A timid salesman calls upon a farmer and his young wife. The farmer, a former salesman himself, teaches the younger man how to promote his goods confidently. The boy rushes off enthusiastically, leaving the girl more thwarted romantically than ever.

A nagging wife complains at the lack of enterprise and adventure in her husband's character. When good fortune comes his way he takes his daughter on a trip but leaves the wife behind. The subjects are treated mathematically, as it were, and you know precisely how they will turn out. What is interesting about "A Little Bit of Luck" is the milieu it pictures. Leclerc's characters are farmers, workers, white collar employees, travelling salesmen little businessmen, housewives, nurses.

For a Montreal audience is a holding up of the mirror to themselves, and between that and the attempt to balance comedy and pathos they may have found enough to amuse and stimulate them. My suspicion is that the sketches are poorly edited, too long in their heavy moments, too short in their lighter and more fanciful ones, and heavily derivative throughout in their attitude. But this is strictly a guess. It requires finesse and skill to do a revue. The Red Barn cast of nine, led by Paul Soles and Sylvia Shore, is footsore and inanimate to a degree which not even the regularly noted exigencies and pressures of summer theatre programming -one show in rehearsal, another in production--can excuse.

Some remarks yesterday by Prime Minister Harold Wilson indicate that he favors the abolition of censorship in the British theatre. It isn't generally understood over there, but in the United Kingdom every script of a play to be seen by the public must be approved by the Lord Chamberlain. The fight to get rid of this situation has been going on since the 1890s. There is in London right now a perfect example of the absurdity of the Lord Chamberlain's position. Passed without any interference at all were "The Killing of Sister George," which deals explicityly with Lesbian attachments, and "The Creeper." which describes several forms of sexual aberration.

On the other hand, the only way the Royal Court could do John Osborne's Patriot for Me," a play about homosexuals, without making the changes demanded by the Lord Chamberlain, was by turning itself into a private club for the duration of the performance. Mr. Wilson's words are taken as evidence that the campaign to oust the Lord Chamberlain from the theatre is on the verge of success. WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1965 Ethel's had enough quits Broadway HOLLYWOOD (AP)Ethel Merman, once Broadway's queen, says she's through forever with the big street. No show, no matter how good, could entice her, she adds with finality.

"I had a chance to do 'Hello, Dolly' and turned that down," she said. "That should prove something." "I want to be free to trav. el when I please, work when I please and live as I please. I've had those years of making those seven-daya-week trips between theatre and apartment and back again." She will continue to live in her New York apartment. Ethel is not quitting show business--just the long-run Broadway shows.

In 30 years, from "Girl Crazy" to "Gypsy," she never had a show that ran less than seven months, the latter being "Stars in your Eyes." Longest running was "Annie Get Your Gun." at 34 months. And her all-time favorite was "Gypsy." She'll continue movies and television and will remain on stage with short engagements in theatre-inthe round. Her first musical-in-theround. "Call Me opened last night at the nearby Valley Music theatre in Woodland Hills. In the cast will be Ethel now Mrs.

Ethel Geary. It's the first time mother and daughter have appeared together. After the two-week run Ethel will take off on a three week, around-theworld trip. "That's what I like," she says, "Being able to pick up and go when I want. You can't do that when you are tied down to a hit Broadway U.K.

sculpture expert dies in Scotland EDINBURGH. SCOTLAND (CP)-Herbert Maryon. well-known British sculptor and expert on ancient and modern metal work. died July 14 at the age of 91. He was cremated here last Saturday.

A one-time master of sculpture at the University of Durham, Newcastle, Maryon spent the autumn of his years conserving ancient relics at the British Museum. He was considered an outstanding craftsman and received the Order of the British Empire in 1956 for his work in preserving jewels and other precious works, the products of an early Anglo-Saxon age found in; buried ship in 1939. He wrote a number of books on sculpturing and archaeology. His 1912 textbook, Metalwork and Enamelling, has gone through a number of editions, becoming a standard work in this field in many parts of the world. He was traveller, visiting both Canada and the United States.

Maryon is survived by three children, including John, a consulting engineer in Toronto. The others are Mrs. Margaret Bowman, Edinburgh, and Mrs. Kathleen Dorley, Norfolk. LOOK HERE: 8.30 p.m.-(11) MERV Jack E.

Leonard, who's so loud and crude he now gets very little TV work, should be divertingly loud and crude. 9 p.m.-(2) "Fancy Pants" (1950) stars Bob Hope and Lucille Ball in a goofy Western that's easy to watch. TAKE THIRTY. A repeat of an interview with Prof. Marshall McLuhan on the historical impact of television.

Worth watching. 608 HOPE I DID YOU SEE? HOLLYWOOD TALENT The stars-cumscouts who appear on this show wouldn't recognize talent except in a mirror. Last night Beverly Stevens, a blonde British Columbia nurse, was introduced. She sang. MERV GRIFFIN laywright Howard Lindsay was a delight every time he spoke, but he could hardly get a word in edgewise.

CBC -With film clips borrowed from NBC and CBS, Newsmag launched into an assessment of the Mars probe. By going off in all directions it got lost in space. THE GREAT unfortunate this series had to follow such a multitude of other war epics because there is no doubt viewers have had just about enough. But "The Great War" is different. Each episode tells a story, with a viewpoint, in an exciting, complete manner.

In addition, the series has lifted film editing to an art form. It has taken all that old, jerky, laughable World War I film footage and turned it into amazingly smooth, action-bursting sequences. Produced by the BBC with assistance from the Australian and Cana- dian broadcasting corporations, it has uncovered filmed highlights and sidelights of World War I that no one dreamed ever existed. Last night we saw Royal Navy in its first troubled year of action. the Next week it's on to Gallipoli.

In the meantime, mark down "The Great War" as a great series. -Roy Shields Frank Sinatra yesterday became the 150th movie celebrity to plant 1 his hands and footprints in a wet concrete square in the forecourt of Grauman's Chinese Theatre at Hollywood. Ceremony preceded tonight's premiere of "Von Ryans' Express." Loren top actress Russia's 'War and Peace' wins Moscow Film Festival MOSCOW. (REUTERS)Russia's unfinished production of "War and Peace' and Hungary's "Twenty Hours" shared first prizes at the Fourth Moscow Film Festival which closed here yesterday. Great Race," an American movie starring Tony Curtis, was awarded a silver prize for the best comedy.

Best actress award went to Sophia Loren for her part in -Italian It is a story of life on a Style." Hungarian collective farm. Best actor accolade was "War and Peace" was given to Sergo Zakariadze, considered the favorite even who played the title role in before the Festival opened. the Georgian movie, "Fa- Reports from the jury room ther of a indicated that judges from "War and Peace," a half Hungary, Czechoslovakia finished four-part epic in and six Western nations felt wide screen and color, star- it did not deserve solitary red some of Russia's best honors. They voted to split actors. the award.

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You know how it goes-the used car sign that proclaims, "this is a must," meaning they'll be around for another couple of years. The can of beans that reads'2 cents off," meaning those beans are a glut on the market. And the theatre business is no exception. It has a language all its own, and press agents are determined to keep it from going obsolete. Here are some: "Our new theatre, easy to get to, just 20 minutes from Meaning 45 minutes from downtown.

"Star of stage, screen and TV." Meaning he carried a spear in a high school drama, starred in a lot of home movies and once appeared on television in candid camera. "Weekends only." Meaning-who could do this every night? "Benefit Meaning -take your time; it will be late starting. "Tickets available." Meaning -boy, are there tickets available! "In-the-round." Meaning -watch out for the scenery. "Producer." Meaning--the guy with the money Meaningthe producer's brother's wife's uncle. "Hit musical." Meaningthey've sold some benefits.

"Bus and truck." Meaning. to succeed in touring by spending the least amount of money. "Limited engagement." Meaning -we'll play as long as we can pay the rent. "Last weeks." Meaningwe may close Saturday, but let's see what the box-office draws tonight. drama." Meaning--leave the kids at home.

"Family entertainment." Meaning--your grandmother and your 2-year-old will think it's great and you'll hate it. from 6. Rent. Tv RADIATION T.V. ME.

3-9026 Mantion this Ad, get 1 Wk. Free Rent show." Meaning there are 26 people on the payroll. "Preview. Meaningdress rehearsal. And critics have their own language, too.

If you make the mistake of asking a critic at intermission what he thinks of the show and he answers "interesting," that meansif you can spare a dime, read the morning paper. STARLIGHT SERENADE CERB- 9:05 TO 10:55 P.M. Selections Composers Overture to "La Cenerentola" Rossini Questa Quella from "Rigoletto" Verdi Overture to "Waldmeister" J. Strauss Jr. Love Thee Grieg Jolly Fellows Waltzes Vollstedt Toyland from "Babes in Toyland" Herbert Danse Debussy Polonaise in flat major Chopin Andante cantabile from String Quartet No.

1 Tschaikowsky Delirium Waltz Josef Strauss Je t'Ai Donne mon Coeur Lehar Stephanie Gavotte Cribulka La Rondino Boutique theme Fantasque Rossini Respighi on a by Beethoven Kreisler Vado, Ma Dove? Mozart Allegro Molto Vivace from Symphony No. 6 in minor Tschaikowsky Rakoczy March Liszt Pizzicato Polka J. Strauss Jr. Starlight Serenade will not be broadcast tomorrow when CPRB carries Argo football game TONIGHT ON TONIGHT 7:45 for the automotive enthusiast Host: Bruce Marsh. SWING DING with Aubrey Tadman Len Andree The Sam McConnell Dancers and Mitch Parks Orchestra TONIGHT- 9.30 MYSTERY THEATRE A CAUSE OF ANGER starring Brian Keith and Nancy Malone.