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)i\\7IcaW\iressiALAN ARKIN IS NOMINEE FOR EMMY AWA R DBy BOB THOMASAP Movie-Televi*ion WriterHOLLYWOOD (AP) — “All my life I wanted to he a moviewstar Now it's happening to me, and I find it very difficult tobelieve.*’This was the state of Alan Arkin, an actor not given to offstage histrionics. He is an earnest hut quiet man of 32 who shrinks from any pretentiousness.Arkin has been nominated for an Academy Award as best actor because of his performance as the Russian submarine officer in “The Russians Are Coming. The Russians Are Coming ” His brilliant underplaying was in sharp contrast to some of the acting excesses in that film, and he may well be the front-runner in the Oscar derby at this point.REFUSES TO CAMPAIGNHe is appalled by the suggestion that he might campaign for the Oscar.“I couldn’t do it, I justcouldn't do it “ he declares.At present Arkin is starring with Audrey Hepburn, Richard Crenna and Efrem Zimbalist Jr in “Wpit Until Dark,” his second fiiui. Next Arkin goes to (London to appear as Inspector Clouzot in a third of the “Pink Panther” — “Shot in the Dark” J series, taking the role created | by Peter Sellers.Then in 1968 he will plav the wild Yossarian in the film version of Joseph Heller’s modern classic, ' Catch 22,” to be directed by Mike Nichols.DREAM 0* STARDOMArkin — chunky, round-faced, undistinguished-looking — is the most unlikely of film stars. L’n-til a couple of years ago, he was the only one convinced he could make a go of it in movies.“From the time I was 12 until I was 20, I lived right here in Highland Park (an eastern suburb of Los Angeles),” said Arkin, who was born in New York. “I tried everything I could to get a job in the studios, but I never could get a tumble.“My only break came when I was engaged to do my imitation of Danny Kaye on Spade Cooley’s local television show. I remember that afterward I bought a pipe at the thrifty drug store and went up to the top of a hill overlooking the city. 'I’m on my way! I’m on my way!’ I said.”That didn’t prove to be quite accurate. He returned to the East and dabbled in Little Theater groups and night clubs with scant success. His low point came in his mid-20s when he was part of a St. Louis, Mo., troupe that met with overwhelming apathy.SOUGHT JOB“I decided that I should get out of show business,” he recalled. “Obviously 1 was beating my head against a stone wall. So I went up to Chicago with the idea of trying to find some other line of work.”That was the turning point. A friend referred him to a troupe of improvising performers whoperformed in a revue called Second City. This inspired group produced Elaine May, Mike Nichols. Shellv Berman and1 *•• mS[75 1[tb1rM\Z22.4125 jrM\V1sri1*2[57]r^lT6!4I 14XTTl464950HORIZONTAL1. stringed instrument 5. Jewish month 9. soak flax12. chills and fever13. cut in t*n*ngular form14. Hebrew priest15. reverberation17. compete.18. more profound19. attire21. French article22. optical maser24. lose color27. title28. Mexican coin31. fuss32. Guido's highest note33. pinch34. daybreak36. entire amount37. Sicilian volcano38. theater passage40. science (abbr.i41. a horn 43. deluded47. undivided48. enact law's51. deface52. affirm53. crv ofWBacchanals54. public vehicle55. cured meats66. gritVERTICAL1. difficultAnswer to SatuA\m*f time of tolllt;C 1967, King FeatFOMTMTECRYPTC F H R RFJJT PP LOPB FI Saturday's Cryptoquip: ERRHIDES HER HEAD IN SAND,POLICE ARREST YOUNG ADDICTSBy RONALD THOMSONLONDON (AP) — Narcotics squads swooped down on hundreds of teen-agers at clubs and house parties in five British cities over the weekend. Scoresof detectives — some aided bywdogs trained to sniff out marijuana — arrested more than 30 young men and girls on charges of possessing drugs.Huge qu-antities of reefers and pep pills were seized in the raids. Official sources said theother stars. The company moved to New York, and Ar-kin’s unique comedy style made him a Broadway star in ‘ Enter Laughing” and “Luv.”
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Gettysburg Times
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, US
Mon, Feb 27, 1967
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