The feature page about interesting people, places and things to do Section B OH! Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Spaghetti meal, movie draw crowd Supper and a movie drew 49 1965. diners to the bowling alley and Sun- No. 3: “Diango,” 1966. flower Cinema last Wednesday for a No. 4: “The Mercenary,” 1968. “spaghetti western” fund raiser for No. 5: “Once Upon a Time in the the Oberlin Business Alliance. West,” 1968. The $725 raised from the dinner No. 6: “A Fistful of Dollars,” the and donations will help buy new first of Clint Eastwood’s triology, banners for downtown, said Cham- 1964. ber of Commerce manager Carolyn No. 7: “Day of Anger,” 1967. Hackney. No. 8: “Death Rides a Horse,” The event started off with spa- 1967. ghetti and meat sauce, garlic bread, No. 9: “Navajo Joe,” 1966. salad and homemade cookies served No. 10: “The Return of Ringo, by volunteers and members of the “1965. National Honor Society from Deca- The first movie, which was sup- tur Community High. posed to be two hours long, ran for The original plan was to show two hours and 40 minutes, ending the top two westerns made in Italy about 10 p.m. That was enough for during the 1960s “ “For a Few Dol- the crowd, none of whom stayed for lars More” and “The Good, the Bad a second feature. and the Ugly.” Both starred Clint Mr. Dorshorst said later that the Eastwood. movie was longer than the bill- Projectionist Duane Dorshorst, ing because it had originally been a theater board member, took an filmed in Italian, and when it was informal vote as to which movie to dubbed into English, several extra show first, and the No. 1 hit, “The scenes were added to the copy he Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” came had. out on top. Donations are still being taken for Popcorn and drinks were avail- the banner fund, said Connie Grafel, able from the theater, and Mr. Dor- Oberlin-Decatur County Economic shorst offered a pre-program power Development marketing director. point presentation on the 10 top More than 30 banners are needed for “spaghetti westerns,” including the downtown, she said, and each movie posters and trivia. one costs about $50. The 10 most popular westerns The KU-K-State basketball game filmed in Italy are: was shown on the big screen a week No. 1: “The Good, the Bad and ago Monday, and that brought in A POSTER WITH CLINT EASTWOOD, who starred in poster was part of a pre-movie slide show provided by theater the Ugly,” 1966. $199 in donations for the theater, three of the most popular “spaghetti westerns” in the 1960s, board member Duane Dorshorst. No. 2: “For a few Dollars More,” Ms. Grafel said. touted the movie “For a Few Dollars More” in Italian. The

SPAGHETTI, SALAD AND WESTERN WEAR were the menu and dress for Diane Frickey (above) Wanda Hardman (below left) and Barbara Mullen at the Oberlin Business Alliance fund raiser last Wednesday.

PROTECTING HIS POPCORN, Monte Moore prepared to go into the theater for the “spaghetti western” movie last week. Story and photos by Cynthia Haynes