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ott IDiji.s 15t4 1ilay of ~ay. 1!177 ~~.~ President ~~~ 400 attend USC Cinema's salute to Vincente Minnelli BY ARTHUR KNIGHT Director Vincente Minnelli was musical interlude in which the subject of a star-studded Deborah Ludwig and Denvil tribute to the man and his films Jerome sang songs made famous by tendered by USC's Cinema Division Minnelli movies. Professor Casper Sunday night. is the author of a full-length study The black-tie affair, held at the of Minnelli that is scheduled for university's Town and Gown publication in May. Chairperson banquet hall, attracted more than for the evening was Mrs. Harry M. 400, many of them prominent in Roman. the motion picture and TV indus- tries. Nanette Fabray, pinch-hitting for an ailing Jane Wyman, was the spritely mistress of ceremonies, in­ troducing, among others, Cyd Charisse, Nina Foch, Ann Miller, Margaret O'Brien, Stella Stevens and, of course, Liza Minnelli - all of them memorably associated with Minnelli's 38 years as a film direc­ tor. Additional tributes came from Sammy Davis Jr., who describes himself as simply "a friend of the family," and from Martin Scorsese, a longtime admirer of Minnelli's work. The two-hour tribute, which was organized for USC Cinema by Pro­ fessor Joseph Casper. included 30 clips from films spanning Minnelli's entire career and a

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;' ~ - ~ 400 attend USC Cinema's salute to Vincente Minn elli BY ARTHUR KNIGHT Director Vincente Minnelli was musical interlude in which the subject of a star-studded Deborah Ludwig and Denvil co tribute to the man and his films Jerome sang songs made famous by c::D tendered by USC's Cinema Division Minnelli movies. Professor Casper -.1 Sunday night. is the author of a full-length study -.1 The black-tie affair, held at the of Minnelli that is scheduled for university's Town and Gown publication in May. Chairperson banquet hall, attracted more than for the evening was Mrs. Harry M. 400, many of them prominent in Roman. the motion picture and TV indus­ tries. Nanette Fabray, pinch-hitting for an ailing Jane Wyman, was the spritely mistress of ceremonies, in­ troducing, among others, Cyd Charisse, Nina Foch, Ann Miller, ) Margaret O'Brien, Stella Stevens ') '") and, of course, Liza Minnelli - all .) of them memorably associated with Minnelli's 38 years as a film direc­ tor. Additional tributes came from Sammy Davis Jr., who describes himself as simply "a friend of the family," and from Martin Scorsese. a longtime admirer of Minnelli's work. The two-hour tribute, which was organized for USC Cinema by Pro­ fessor Joseph Casper, included 30 clips from films spanning Minnelli's entire career and a