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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Sep 27, 1969

Page

9

San Francisco Film Festival Mixes Old and New Cinema

The San Francisco festival runs Oct 22 at Mason ic Auditorium with The Secret of Santa Cittoria. It honors Dovzhenko alongside newer directors Gordon Parks and Haskell Wexler. Opening night stars Anthony Quinn and Anna Magnani under Stanley Kramer’s direction, with Claude Jarmon noting sponsor influence and a Hollywood opening to attract audiences.

San Francisco UPI Masonic Auditorium Dovzhenko Earth Arsenal Gordon Parks Haskell Wexler Stanley Kramer Anthony Quinn Anna Magnani Claude Jarmon U. S

British Director Sees American Films Leading the World

Terence Young, Britain's top director, lauds American cinema as the best for the last two years. He cites Mike Nichols's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf and The Graduate as guiding realism, and notes his own work on Dr. No From Russia With Love and Operation Thunderball earning acclaim and box office.

New York America Terence Young Britain Mike Nichols Virginia Woolf James Bond Pictures Dr. No Russia Young William Holden Brook Fuller Cambridge University Irish Guards

Curious Film Still in Court

Arguments have been heard in federal court in Spokane Washington on a 75000 dollar lawsuit filed by distributors of the Swedish film I Am Curious Yellow.

Spokane, Wash UPI Federal District Court

Kennedy Art Center 60 Percent Complete and Delayed

After three years of construction the Hugh Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is only sixty percent complete and about ten million dollars short of funding. Executive director William McCormack Blair says opening could come in early 1971 pending a new congressional grant of seven and a half million and private pledges of two to three million. Blair notes the project’s sunlit Potomac view and Roosevelt Island as proof of its potential. Initial funding began after a 1962 broadcast appeal led by President Kennedy.

Washington Hugh Kennedy William McCormack Blair Congress Potomac Roosevelt Island Blair Dwight D. Eisenhower John F. Kennedy

Stamps mark film jubilee at Hollywood Post Office

Hollywood stamps mark the 75 year film jubilee with cancellations bearing U S Motion Picture Diamond Jubilee 1894 1969. Actress Ann Margaret actor Donald Crisp and Motion Picture Association of America president Jack Valenti helped with first cancellations Thursday.

Hollywood U.S Ann- Margret Donald Crisp Jack Valenti Motion Picture Association of America

Hail, Hero! opens at United Artists Westwood Theatre

Film dramatizes moral issues of the Vietnam war and generation gap. Michael Douglas stars as the title hero with Arthur Kennedy and Teresa Wright co starring in a contemporary drama. Debutant cast includes Deborah Winters Peter Strauss Mercer Harris Rene Tetro Amy Stuart and Heather Menzies.

United Artists Westwood Michael Douglas Kirk Douglas Arthur Kennedy Teresa Wright Deborah Winters Peter Strauss Mercer Harris Rene Tetro Amy Stuart Heather Menzies

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