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Mastroianni Interviews
Carol only eats organic food Carol Channing arrived in Cleveland last night, a little breathless, an
over-sized yachting cap perched on her head, a blue sailor t ype blouse
over white skirt... July 17, 1972
Making good can be problem
It's always nice to run into an ex-newspaperman who has made good.
Jack Brodsky is a one time New York Times writer who quit this business
in 1956. He has just made his debut as a movie producer. Making good for
an ex~newspaperman sometimes takes time....March 30, 1971
Unfashionable Hepburn here for fashion play
It was less an interview than a conversation and less a conversation
than a monologue....January 8, 1971
Lowe earned all curtain calls K. Elmo Lowe is dead and more than just an era has ended for the Play
House. With his death yesterday the Play House lost a vital and
important link with its past...January 27, 1971
Buddy Ebsen puts money with ideals Buddy Ebsen, star of television's Beverly Hillbillies, is coming to the
Hanna Theater Feb. 22 in the play 'The Apple of His Eye."
...February 15, 1971
St. Matthau gospel is comic You don't know Charlie Matthau. Charlie Matthau is 7 years old and tells
jokes and Walter Matthau is his straight man....March 26, 1971
Cop connects with Seven-Upmanship Eddie Egan and Sonny Grosso are the real life detectives portrayed by
Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider respectively in 'The French Connection."
The two have now gone their separate but equal ways, both involved in
the movie business...December 7, 1973
Actor explains "Gould movies" "There are no Elliot Gould movies," the man on the phone said emphatically. "That is just studio promotion." The man on the phone was Elliott Gould. At least he said he was Elliott
Gould. He sounded like Elliot Gould.
A big press agent explains how they made a big movie One of the unwritten rules in this business is that you don't write about press agents, a press agent being a guy whose business it is to get his client's name in print any way and never mind any personal glory.
He made a successful spectacle of himself The death this week of Harold Lloyd marks more than the passing of a great screen comedian. It serves as a reminder of a whole different time, a period alien to us. Harold Lloyd, his eyes peering out from his lensless horn rims, was all innocence and naivety.
The Kid from Cleveland makes good The last time you saw Peter Ostrum in action was the son in the Play House production of "All the Way Home. " The next time you see him it will be on the screen in a leading role in "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory." The The movie is based on Roald Dahl's best-selling children's book “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.”Peter plays Charlie.
Woody is serious about comedy NEW YORK—Woody Allen — somber, soft-spoken and worried looking—showed up at the press conference assuring everyone that he is much better now— about hangups and such;
The topic of Capra -- corn There was, back in the '30's, Hollywood corn and there also was a
special strain known as Capra -corn. Critics coined the term scornfully;
Frank Capra repeats it with impish delight in his autobiography -- and
great book— FRANK CAPRA: THE NAME ABOVE THE TITLE (Macmillan, $12 50.
513 pages).
Jerry Lewis plans clean movies in his theaters The first Jerry Lewls Cinema in this area will be in Brunswick. Area directors are Ernest and John Konko
Good films but not success Martin Ritt's movies are generally well made, more often than not get critical approval and they I make money. But blockbuster's they are not and Ritt knows it.
Lemmon Talks Business NEW YORK NOTEBOOK: The occasion had been a press preview of Paul Newman's "Cool Hand Luke," but the man being introduced around -- after Newman had been interviewed -- was Jack Lemmon
Ginger Here, Still a Dolly, by Golly Miss Ginger Rogers arrived in town yesterday looking as sharp and shapely as though she had just stepped out of one of those Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers movies that thrilled everyone back in the 30's.
Writer Sees His Play at Hanna "The movies give people the impression that a playwright writes a play
on a Ouija board in the dark of night while drunk and that he is someone
who looks like Orson Bean."
Composer Tells How It’s Done The brothers Sherman, Richard M. and Robert B., write words and music—not words and music separately but words and music together. They did so for "Mary Poppins," for the latest Disney film, "The
Happiest Millionaire," for the next Dick Van Dyke movie "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" which is now filming in England and for a third Disney musical, "The One and Only Genuine, Original Family Band."
Persistent PetuIa Likes Movie Role HOLLYWOOD: International singing star Petula Clark is a diminutive (5 ft., 1 in., 100 lbs.), 33-year old blond who says she'd rather be judged by her work than by any remarks she might make. But she is not unwilling to make them anyway—that she likes songs with a beat, that she likes to keep working and dislikes the Las Vegas atmosphere for example.
Chita Gives Generously of Talent in 'Sweet Charity' There are approximately four dozen very talented people occupying the stage of Musicarnival this week and next, but for all practical purposes the production that opened last night is a one-woman show.
Julie Christie Defies the Flu in Her Mini-Mini-Skirts LONDON: The movie company publicity mills grind exceeding small, even to turning out stories about how Julie Christie doesn't think much of miniskirts anymore.
Fred Finian HOLLYWOOD—The stubble of a beard, a kerchief around his neck, a coarse shirt and a tweed jacket— they are a far cry from the white tie and
tails that once identified Fred Astaire.
Carol Is Given Standing Ovation Carol Channing received a standing ovation after her performance of "Hello Dolly!" at Music hall last night. It was the real thing, too, not a matter of half the audience pausing briefly before making a run for
the parking lot, which is what most standing ovations are.
Carol Will Try Not to Cry When "Dolly" Closes Soon The saucer~size eyes were hidden behind thick glasses and the glasses were framed in black rims, so big they seemed to cover half her face. But the tousled blond hair and the smiling mouth and the tall figure in the George Bernard Shaw walking suit was unmistakably Carol Channing emerging from the plane last night.
John Raitt and Marcia Rodd Join to Brighten "Day" What a difference a good baritone and an actress with a grasp of her role can make. The baritone is the excellent John Raitt and the actress, who can sing beautifully as well, is Marcia Rodd and both do wonders for "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" which opened at Musicarnival last night.
Van Dyke Film Satirizes Divorce CHICAGO—His roles range from a chimney sweep in "Mary Poppins" to John F. Kennedy in the forthcoming movie version of the Pierre Salinger book. But there is no indication that success has spoiled Dick Van Dyke.
Italian Actress Virna Lisi Has a New Kind of Beauty
CHICAGO:—The scene was Maxim's, the lights were low and the music soft. Seated beside me was an actress, a blond, green eyed Italian.
Gina Lollobrigida Looks as Good Off Screen as On NEW YORK — For the ladies, and they seem to dote on such details, she wore an empire dress of black silk, a sapphire mink coat, a three strand necklace of Etruscan relics (some of them dating to 4000 B. C.) and her hair was styled in a short page boy with bangs.
Success Spoils Rock’s Waistline NEW YORK—Rock Hudson is tall, 6 ft. 4 in., but he slouches slightly in his chair, the better to hear us mortals of average height ask questions.
“Hello, Mary!” Ever the perfectionist, Mary Martin was rehearsing when reached by phone at the O'Keefe Center in Toronto."Oh, sure we know the show. We were just doing a little checking," she explained, sounding slightly breathless. "Each theater has its own problems that we have to solve. That's the excitement of going on the road.
Artie Still Swings on Another Beat To those of us who grew up listening to those wonderful Artie Shaw arrangements of "Begin the Beguine," "Frenesi," "Yesterdays" and others, it's difficult to imagine the great swing clarinetist as a middle aged,
balding business executive.
Belafonte to Open U.S. Tour Here His voice over the phone was husky, Almost gravely; a condition which Harry Belafonte explained away by saying that he had just awakened and he always sounds that way in the morning.
On a Clear Day, You Can See Raitt The nice thing about doing a telephone interview with John Raitt is that you get both words and music He doesn't just tell you that at a certain point in the show he sings a particular song—he illustrates by singing.
Even a Phone’s an Audience for Cummings Even on the phone Bob Cummings sounds a though he's smiling.He talks about acting and talks at a rapid rate and if it isn't about acting it's about some of his other loves—family, flying and natural foods.
Cummings will be at the Hanna next week in a New York- bound comedy caller “The Wayward Stork.”
The last time he was in a Broadway show was 14 years ago, an affair called "Faithfully Yours' with Ann Sothern.
Paula Prentiss Is on Her Way In an era of non-contract performers and independent producers, the career of film actress Paula Prentiss is almost an anachronism. She's under contract to MGM. It's a position she shares with three others—
Yvette Mimieux. George Peppard and George Hamilton. MGM was once the giant, with almost 150 performers under contract.
Steve McQueen Makes Movies the Hard Way NEW ORLEANS—Steve McQueen, dripping wet, wolfed down sandwiches from a box
lunch. All morning he and Arthur Kennedy, Pat Hingle and more than a dozen
extras had been standing waist deep in swamp water.
Arthur Kennedy Recalls "Caesar" NEW ORLEANS -- Horned rim glasses, a soft voice and words carefully chosen bespoke a different person and setting. But the setting was a swamp and the man who spoke wore a raggedy cotton outfit. His beard was several days old, his hair unkempt and rivulets of water ran from his heavy shoes.
Despite Film Fights, Wilcoxon Is Young Any actor crowding 60 is generally referred to as "distinguished" in studio press releases. The difference between any actor and Henry Wilcoxon is that he truly looks distinguished.
Jerry Lewis Is Many People, Many Things Jerry Lewis is a serious clown, a performer who thinks more highly of his ability to direct; a fluent, articulate man; an admitted egomaniac and a guy who's as comfortable as an old shoe.
Goulet Sports Beard on Visit Here Sir Lancelot has grown a beard. A three-week growth of whiskers adorns the handsome face of Robert Goulet. The
singer-actor is in Cleveland for two days making personal appearances in
behalf of his latest movie, "I'd Rather Be Rich," which opens today at the Hipp.
Jerry Lewis Is Many People, Many Things Jerry Lewis is a serious clown, a performer who thinks more highly of his ability to direct; a fluent, articulate man; an admitted egomaniac and a guy who's as comfortable as an old shoe.
Caine Mutinies at London Hours "The girls here in New York are much nicer than in London," said English actor Michael Caine in a phone call from the big city the other day. "They're more swinging here. And you know, they don't throw you out of the bars at 11 o'clock every night the way they do in London."
Basil Rathbone-The Business of Acting The trouble with the theater is both a matter of economics and the idealization of youth. That's the opinion of veteran actor Basil Rathbone, in Cleveland yesterday to entertain at a tea and fashion show at The Sheraton-Cleveland Hotel in behalf of the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival.
'Oh Dad,' Shifts to Screen and, Oh Brother, How Sad "Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad" is
playing at Loew's East and West. Black comedy. In the cast are Rosalind
Russell, Robert Morse, Barbara Harris, Hugh Griffith and Jonathan Winters.
Running time: 86 minutes.
Alan Isn’t Kidding -- His Baby Is Real You would think Alan King would have run out of relatives, real and otherwise, to talk about by now. But no, he has a new one. A baby. King will be mentioning him when the comedian opens a two-night stand at Musicarnival Sunday.
A Thinner Szell Ready for Heavy Season George Szell—looking tan and trim—relaxed in his office in Severance Hall
yesterday, ready to begin his 21st season as musical director of the Cleveland Orchestra.
Lerner Would Rewrite Even "My Fair Lady" "If left alone I'd rewrite anything, even ‘My Fair Lady’."The man who would do a thing like that to Americas most successful musical is Alan Jay Lerner, the fellow who wrote the lyrics and adapted Shaw's
"Pygmalion" for the show. Frederick Loewe wrote the music.
Tim Works for Free in Old Home Town While other TV personalities will be playing the summer theaters for big, fat
fees, Tim Conway of TV's McHale's Navy will be doing a play for no salary at all.
Bosley Says He Is Lucky to Be a Character Actor Actor Tom Bosley admits that he is not tall and not handsome and considers himself lucky that this is the state of affairs that exists. "There's plenty of work for character actors and that's what I am," he said. "When I get gray and fatter I'll be reaching the peak of my earning power."
Greek Meets Greek -- Presto, a Movie It was August, 1961. Elia Kazan, producer and director was in Athens auditioning actors for the movie version of his own novel, "America America."
Festival Director Has Star Pupil to Play “The School for Wives” Says he: "We'd like a home sometime, but right now wherever we are is home." Says she: "I'm so tired of living out of a trunk I could scream. Besides, I
want to have a baby." He and she are Larry Linville and Kate Geer, both of the Great Lakes
Shakespeare Festival, married 3 1/2 years, an actor and actress who have found
steady employment in the country’s better regional theaters.
Henry Mancini--- Composers' King He's tall and rather thin, looks younger than his 41 years. Henry Mancini resembles the guy next door— casual, friendly, laughs easily, speaks seriously about his craft.
Likes Role in "Funny Girl" He's tall, dark, handsome and single and he thinks New York and San Francisco women are too masculine. Cleveland women? Most of that was off the record. Anthony George is the leading man in the current Hanna attraction, "Funny Girl." It's the first musical for an actor known principally for a TV series, "Checkmate," that ended several years ago.
Sugaring in the Suburbs Don’t Be a Sap! Buy Your Sirup The sap started running at our house and life hasn’t been quite the same
since. For one thing it's a rather odd sight—those buckets hanging from the
maple trees and us living not more than five minutes from a CTS bus stop.
Hogan Talks, Well Blimey, Just Like Every Limey "Americans think that all Englishmen talk like I do," actor Michael Hogan
explained with patience mixed with a little surprise. If all Englishmen don't talk like actor Hogan, they ought to. They certainly could do worse.
Acting Is Not Easy, Says Gregory Peck NEW YORK— Gregory Peck has a theory about acting — that quite a bit of effort goes into the business of not appearing to act. The Academy Award winner expounded on his acting theories in an interview
after a screening of his latest film, "Captain Newman, M.D." I had asked him to elaborate on a statement attributed to him in a recent magazine article, a statement to the effect that acting on the stage is just a matter of vocalizing and declaiming.
Price Digs for Muted Sound of Music Musicarnival producer Johnny Price is digging a $12,000 cellar under the stage of his tent theater.
The basement might not be apparent on opening night Monday but some of its by products should be.
For one thing, the orchestra pit will be lowered another three feet. It's only
four feet deep now and the effect hasn't always been pleasant for that part of
the audience sitting immediately behind the orchestra.
Elliot Gould: heroic shnook The pendulum swung from the protagonist as hero (Gable, Cooper, Flynn) to the
protagonist as anti-hero (Newman, Brando, McQueen) and now it has stopped
somewhere in between.
Adler Does His Poppa’s Kind of Play Luther Adler's long and distinguished acting career has its roots in the
Yiddish theater of New York. The Adlers were the Barrymores of that theatrical
form. And his career goes back to the famous Group Theater of the 1930's where
Adler was Broadway's original "Golden Boy."
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