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Wilson Pickett Version of Chatanooga Riots
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B e a li R ic h a r d s
A ctress an d
Playw right
Manager Relates Singer Not at Fault
New York, N .Y . - " I wanted
not perform either and they
to go on, I was there and I
would return the people’ s
wanted to go on to stop any­
money unless th other two
thing from happening,” so
acts arrived. In essence he
spoke the frustrated Wilson
wanted the show to go on as
Pickett during the aftermath
scheduled, or not at all.
of the Chatanooga riots in
"During
this conversa­
which nearly everyone Inclu­
tion,” Evans continued, "he
ding singer James Brown has
was constantly calling Wilson
tried to place the blame on
‘boy* and otherwise aggra­
Pickett.
vating him.
James Evans, of New York,
Then, according to Evans,
Pickett’ s manager told this
the Arena Manager went on
story In defense of his a rt­
stage to tell the audience the
ist:
two opening acts would be a
Wilson arrived at the the
little late, and that Wilson,
C tiatanooga airport at ten min­
wno was as Evans related,
utes to five tfiat afternoon.
waiting in the wings at this
The band drove In their own
tim e, would not appear at all.
bus and got to town at 3:00
This further Inflamed the
p.m . One of the promoters,
Ross Fields, took Wilson to crowd, who began yelling that
they had come to see Pickett
the auditorium and he was
and
wanted their money back
there well before the 8:30
I f he would not perform .
show time. Both of the other
"W ith this Hawkins said
groups, the Impressions and
they could have their money
the Intruders were late.
back and ttiat started the stam -
pede,” Evans replied.
"Even though Wilson was
headlining, he asked the pro­
Evans refused to give Pic­
moters If he could go on first
kett’ s whereabouts, nor would
since the other acts were so
he allow us to speak further
late and the crowd was be­
with him “ Wilson Is annoyed
coming restless.
The pro­
and aggravated, the allegation
moter agreed this would be a
that he precipitated the rio t­
good plan, and Wilson stated
ing is not true. He has said
he would stay on 2 hours If
everything he Intends to say
necessary, until the others
about the matter.
came,
Meanwhile 22
year
old
Leon Anderson lays dead and
" M r . Hawkins, the Arena
many other people are injured
Manager did not agree to tills
In Chatanooga.
however, he felt Wilson should
MITCHELL Two
Days O lder T h a n ‘Shaft'
G IT E W .
Gweim Mitchell lias been
acting for three years, and is
now playing the leading female
role In wtiat Is essentially her
motion picture debut, the role of
E llie , the girlfriend of the title
cliaracter In ’ ’Shaft.”
Miss Mitchell is an apt
choice tor a g irl who runs a
boutique as a means of making
her own beautiful way In life,
as Ellie does; a boutique sym­
bolizing tor Miss Mitchell the
Idea of selection, of freedom,
and well, yes, ’liberation’ not
only
in
clothing, but, by
extension, life and Its role
playing.
Miss Mitchell plays several
roles, and plays them well, In
her personal and professional
Immaculate Misconception” at
New York City’ s Cherry Lane
Theatre.
Since then she lias
made guest appearances In soap
operas, and played a junior
fashion editor In the ABC-TV
special, “ The Best of Every­
thing."
Although
she was
offered a term contract with
Universal Pictures following
her brief appearance In the still
unreleased film "Recoss,” she
chose not to accept the deal
because there was no guarantee
of
parts, "especially good
parts.”
•'That’ s why I feel good
about the role In ‘Stiaft,’ says
Gwenn. " I t ’ s a good part and I
can be seen. And It’ s a Black
film , with a situation where I
don’t feel like a token Black.
Not ttiat Pm knocking token
lives.
"And
all
of them
liberating,” says Gwenn. As It
has been with Gordon Parks,
director of "Shaft,” each role
has been developed as some­
thing to fall back on In case
one of the other roles/talents/
endeavors did not work out.
The young actress (prim ary
role at the moment) was bom
in M o rris, New Jersey, but
raised in Yonkers, New York,
B«ah Richard* tian add«d the have cheered her memorable
where she lived through high
title "playwright” to her Hat of performances In such film s as
school.
She began modeling
dlstlngulsiiad c rad ii*.
"H u rry Sundown,” “ Inthelleat shortly after high school, but
Y a a , I t ’ s t h e same Itauth of the Night,” and "The Great with her sights set on ultimately
Richard*, A c a d e m y
Award White Hope,” (She played James
becoming a professional ac­
n o m in e « , actress, NAACP Earl Jones' mother).
tress.
Image Award winner for I97I and
She received an Academy A-
She started as a member of
audience favorite on nta«n and ward nomination for best sup­
the advanced workshop of the
screen.
porting a c t r e s s f o r
her Negro
Ensemble
Company,
With Beat) In the starring role portrayal of Sidney P o liter'*
where she studied under Lloyd
her play, One to A Crowd, lad It m o t h e r In ’ ’ G u e s s
W ho ’ s Richards, currently the head
w o r ld prem iere w it h
I xjs Coming to Dinner.” She
w ill of N. Y. University’ s Drama
Angela*’ Inner City Repertory appear In the forthcoming W a lt
Department. She appeared In
Theatre Company In M a y ,I9 7 l. Disney film , "M o reo ver,”
the
fail
of 1970 In "The
Crowd la slmultaneoulsya taut
Beah has repeatedly earned
auapenseladen drama o f r e ­ plaudit* for her performances Blacks. B’ s Just that It’ s good
venge an«l regeneration and an whether on stage with Inner City not to be one, tor a change.
Miss Mitchell tested for the
intensely lyrical study o f the Repertory Theatre Company as
black man’ s struggle for »elf­ a sultry Lady Macbeth o r a role of Ellie In California, and
had to wait two months to lean
understanding.
g rief - stricken Mama In Raisin
C r o w d Is her first pro­ whether reading tier own poems ttiat she had won the role.
While waiting, she wrote her
fessionally produced play, but In h e r one-woman show; o r
the ro leo f w riter Is not new to ■ b e t t e r starring In such TV firs t novel, a murder mystery
"p ig s
Feels Plus
Beah: she has written and per­ p r o g r a m s
as "Room 222” entitled
formed her own poetry on stages "T h e Bill Cosby Show,” “ Iron­ Caviar Equals M u rd er."
She also
sings, and Is
throughout the country.
side,” " It takes a T h ief,” and studying with anticipation of an
Just as tni|iortant a* her w rit­
•'Hawaii Flve-O .”
eventual ringing role. She cur­
ing Is her acting. She cannot re -
Teaching, Too
rently studies acting with Uta
m ember when she did not want to
Although h e r performance Hagen. And even before Barbara
act.
schedule Is hectic, she m a k e s Loden made such a directorial
T h e daughter of a minister,
t i m e to teach twice - weekly
mark tor herself w ith ’'Wanda,”
Beah w as born and raised in
MIsslssligil. T h e church be­ classes In acting at Inner C l t y Gwenn had decided that she
Institute,
Joining
such
artists
as
would one day, too, direct her
came her first theatre of com
munlcatlou. Following college, Godfrey Cambridge, Donald own film .
Gossett,
s h e studied (lance with Serge M c K a y le , L o u
Miss Mitchell Is, astrologl-
Oukralnsky a n d drama with M argaret Bonds and Marlon cally, a Cancer, bom on July
"Two days older than
C r a ig
Noel at the Old Globe Palfl who provide Instruction 6th.
Theatre In San Illego,api>eartng and inspiration for students at Richard Roundtree; would you
Inner
C
l
ty
Repertory
Theatre
in numerous productions there
believe?"
Richard Roundtree
Com|jany*s offlcal school.
as well.
plays the title role of the black
Beah
professes
that
her
most
F irst Role
private detective, John Shaft, In
Lorraine Han sherry's p rize- rewarding s t a g e experience her current film .
of
winning play, A Kslsln In the Sun came with the discovery
Her measurements are 3 4 /
of
provided her f i r s t Broadway Frank Silvers’ * Theatre
23/34-1 2. She weighs 111 lbs.,
Being
and
her
role
as
S
t
s
t
e
r
vehicle as standby forth« roleof
M argaret in Its production of and Is 5’3 -1 /Z ” ta ll. And on
Mama a part she later reprised
doctor’ s orders, to maintain her
The Amen Corner.
In Inner City Repertory Theatre
She created the role here in energy and weight, she must
Company's definitive I9<58 pro­
"I
L o s «Angeles and also starred eat tour meals a day,
duction. In New York,
Beah
love It,” says Gwenn.
In
the
New
York
production.
played featured roles In
The
With th ep rem lereof her own
M iracle W orker, and in Mike
play, Due to A Crowd, chances
Nichols’ a ll-s ta r production of
are that more rewarding e x ­
T h e Little Foxes, a t Lincoln
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