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P«g 16THE STARS AND STRIPESNewest Show Stars Electronic ActorsWizard Disney Does It AgainHollywood (Upij - \v«uj nicxt monih wait unvciis ihoDisney, the “Magician of Dis- Tiki Hoom at his Anaheim play-neylandho* come up with still ground and presents (or the first onother first—n thcnier In which I time In history audlo-anlmntron* all the performer* are electronic. 1 |cs.Lazy Living Highlights Brazilian Rhonda-Viewgood with Brazilian* who, os every Rchoolglrl knows, speak Portuguese.The filming 1* completed, but due lo difficulties beyond Brazilian control the entire picture muBt be dubbed for dialogue right here fn Hollywood. This mean* Bnuxl and Mis* Fleming must reunite for “Instant Love” on this side of the equator.“Maybe they'll change the title of the picture/' Rhonda said with a wry laugh.Whatever else South American pictures are, they aren't instant. And their live* aren't lived that way elthe* They believe in taking life easy. And to do I/*Hollywood lt;upo - RhondaFleming went to Brazil earlier thl* year to star for five weeks In “Instant Love,” a misnomer of huge proportions, it turned out, and spent three months mostly waiting.“Manana** is tho watchword in Rio. where movie-making Is as slow-paced as the natives.But the gorgeous redhead Isn't complaining. Sho discovered Brazilian men have a weakness for tltian tresses, which is just the sort jt weakness Rhonda admires in the opposite sex.I’m anxious to get back to Brazil for a visit/ she said during a rehearsal break on the “Red Skelton” television show,Rhonda didn't say it, but evidently Brazil is better for sightseeing than movie-making.Co-star Rosaano Brazzl flew from Italy for his role In the picture only to find out that delays would keep him from fulfilling another commitment In Europe.To get him back in time the producers rushed through his scenes, leaving Rhonda to wait until they could gat to her.‘There are some very pretty, modern studios down there/' the slender beauty said, “but the technology Isn’t as advanced aa It is h*r«* in Hollywood.'’Labor is tess expensive, though, so movie* can be made for about one-third or what they cost here.”But it takes the Brazilian crews two-thirds more time to complete a .picture, which means the harassed producer is lucky If he breaks even — If you don't count all that beautiful tcenery.Rhonda speaks a little Italian and Spanish, but It did her not **•• :Rhonda FlemingAmi in-anlm it ironies, for the un-In Ilia led. are life-sized figures of birds, flowers nod tlkl statues whjrh are brousht to “life by means of animated electronic gadgets triggered by tapes and all kinds of complicated machinery.Disney's maglc-mokers spent more than 12 years developing his newest Innovation in entertainmentSays Walt: “1 always want to try something that's never been done before. When our government began the missile program It built exactly the kind of equlj ment I needed for this audlo*anlmntronlc display.wAs a matter of 'act,'* he confided, “the same machine we use to trigger our mechanism Is used In the program of the Polaris missile. It the government hadn't done all the research, It would have cost us a fortune to develop the system.Disney’s Tlkl Room show runs some 18 minutes and Includes 225 animated performers.The stars are four large macaws —Jose, Fritz, Pierre and Michael— with Spanish, German, French and Irish accents. Tltey Introduce such acta ns the ladles of the chorus-six white cockatoos named Collette, Susette, Mlml, FifJ, CJigl ond Josephine.Each character was as carefully thought out as Disneyland cartoon creations, and each has a distinct personality.“We've organized the show so that It can be changed from time to time, Disney went on. “I think lt*j» o fine addition to our Adven-tureland area In Disneyland/*Some of Walt's audlo-animatron-les win be on display at the New York World s Fair next year In addition to a display he Is preparing for a motor compony exhibit.Just to keep thing* from getting dull, Disney is working on a life-alz« animated figure of Abraham Lincoln for the Illinois state exhibit and other specialties for a soft drink firm.Add thl* to his movie productions, including “Mary Popplns,” The Sword In the Stone/’ “A Tiger Walks'1 and “Savage Sam/' and It Is easy to roc Disney is one of the busiest men In Hollywood.tihC
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Fri, May 24, 1963
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