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FOREIGN POSTAGE - ADD $2-50 (1 Y Rj . Second class postage paid at Sherman Oaks, Calif. 91413. 3 “Cleopatra, Queen of Sex” — with English subtitles, rated X, and released in the U.S. by Xanadu Productions. Take it from the top That in itself should have been News notes on the Hollywood scene enough. But it was the review in Hollywood Variety which delighted even more. In an absolutely straight manner, the writer gave it his best, by Zelda Cini spelling out the basic storyline as “simplified . similar to previous versions of ‘Cleopatra’ packaged by Paramount and 20th Fox. But,” he (or There goes Oscar - his way Oddball casting call she) continued, “the style is that of Maybe you don’t remember, but Bing No question about it, Hollywood still the low-budget Italo spectacle, with Crosby originated in the state of ranks high - and reaches high, when it emphasis on vulgar low comedy, tattle Washington, was graduated from comes to film-making, at least. Now scenes flashily edited for . action, Gonzaga University in Spokane, and it’s “Jesus Christ Superstar,” which is blood and gore . lecherous won the Academy’s Oscar in casting in L.A. for shooting in Israel Caesar . babbling Antony, flaming Hollywood, Cal, in 1944 for playing a August 7, under direction of Norman gay Octavius Caesar, effeminately priest in “Going My Way,” all of Jewison, the man responsible for whining . sex activity and which is history. But, what you may guiding the brilliant performances in innuendo . .” not have realized is that Gonzaga U. “Fiddler on the Roof.” Truth of the matter is, from the has a Crosby library on its campus. That in itself is not exactly review it would appear that this film And the library has display cases earthshaking news, but what did come had almost all the ingredients containing all kinds of Crosby as something of a shock was a recent presently being touted as memorabilia, including Crosby’s 1944 casting call for (and we quote) “bass devoutly-to-be-wishes for a box-office Oscar. singers for Caiaphus, male and female smash! He does add that “the sex However, late in April of this year, dancers under 25 who can also sing, scenes are not offensive.” Oh, well, the Oscar was stolen. actors under 26 for King Herod and — everybody’s entitled to an occasional Temporarily replaced by a 3-inch (get this) — tenors under 25 who can mistake. *** Mickey Mouse statuette, Oscar sing and perform roles of Jesus and suddenly reappeared in his original Judas!” shrine-like resting place, a scant week Somehow, we just never thought of Disney Studios later. those two as being interchangeable! A A Walt Disney Productions The motive for that was obviously weakness on our part, obviously. photographic team headed by not money. The gold-plated Oscar was co-producers James Algar and Dick evaluated at a mere $75, according to Japanese Cleopatra — Rated X? Pfahler begins a globe-girdling tour of police. The culprit was not Couldn’t resist reacting to a 23 countries in April to film “Magic apprehended. last-month’s review of the Carpet ’Round the World,” a new Possibly, having checked out the Japanese-made animated version of subject for Monsanto Company’s value of Oscar, he preferred his Circle-Vision 360 attraction at Walt original Mickey Mouse. He took it Disney World in Florida. back, for sentimental reasons, no Ten cameramen separated into doubt. surface and aerial units will film scenes in 35 locations for the Another kind of award “theatre-in-the-round” show, to Now it’s Lunt and Fontanne who will premiere in January, 1973, on get an extraordinary award, another Circle-Vision’s 360-degree screen. “first,” this one from the American Flying on a chartered Lockheed National Theatre and Academy at its Hercules cargo plane operated by Assembly of Performing Arts Saturn Airways will be the surface convention June 9-14 on the UCLA team of Danny McCauley, Robert campus in Westwood, Calif. Barclay, Richard Kelley, James Luske, It’s called the “National Artist Joseph Nash, William Record and Marc Award” for “unqualified magnificence Robertson. in theater” and will be presented at a STARS IN BLACULA - Vonetta Andrew Jackson, Michael St. special all-star show and tribute dinner McGee, currently starring in American Hilaire and Darryl Davis, the aerial at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Jack International’s “Blacula,” is perhaps team, will fly a North American Valenti will chair the event; Jack the busiest Negro actress in Mitchell B-25 bomber with a Benny will be among the stars and Hollywood, as she is also starring in converted fusilage housing a nine-unit Ezra Stone will produce the show. simultaneously, MGM’s “Melinda” and camera that cap be lowered Could this be the same Ezra Stone United Artists’ “Black Gold.” All completely clear of the aircraft for whose gravel-voiced “Coming, three producers are cooperating to 360° aerial photography. mother.” was as much a part of make Miss McGee’s triple-play Shooting begins in Tokyo on April radio history as Jack Benny’s 39th achievement possible, through special 8 and is scheduled to finish June 2 in birthday? shooting schedules. Leningrad. *** 4 The slick sleuth is back networks for stimulating the rerun In London, Clifford Parkes, associate trend and Hollywood itself for producer for American International encouraging runaway production. He on “Cry of the Banshee” and “Murder argues that TV advertisers are paying in the Rue Morgue” is getting set to good money to get product-messages produce “Raffles” as a TV series out across to viewers. But the rerun cycle of London. is alienating TV audiences — and The first “Raffles” (The Amateur hurting performers and technicians. In Cracksman” started as a novel (in time, sponsors will wake up to the fact 1905) and became a Hollywood film that they are paying very high in 1930, starring the late Ronald costs-per-thousand-viewers to reach Colman. Ten years later, David Niven diminishing audiences. played the character for Sam Ironically, Stevens announced plans Goldwyn. Parkes, however, is still to organize SEG chapters in Colorado, looking for a star to play this suave Arizona, Florida and New Mexico, English cricket player who turns thief where “runaway production” is having and robs society houses on social a field day.