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Columbia
Pictures’
and the Preacher*'
comes
to movie screen»
across (he country, it w ill
emerge as an Innovstlve pro
duction tor several reasons.
F or one, It marks the firs t
time during their long and Il
lustrious careers that Sidney
P o ltler and H arry Helafonte
have a|ipeared together In a
movie picture. It also marks
the firs t time either of them
has ever made a film In M ex
ico, w lie re the entire produc
tion was shot. And It is the
first time P oltler h aseverd l-
rected a motion picture.
"B u ck
Set in the turbulent days fol
lowing die C ivil W ar, theE & R
Production Corporation and
Helafonte Enterprises, In c ,
film produced by Joel C lick-
man, stars Sidney P oltler as
Buck, a format Unloncavalry-
inan turned guide fo r ex
slaves planning to homestead
In the W e s t , h it who are
thwarted by whites oager to
keep the newly freed Blacks In
the South as a source of cheap
labor.
H arry Belalonte stars as a
phony p readier with some
thing less than the fear of God
motivating hla haphazard In
volvement with Buck. Co-
starring in the film are Ruby
I tee as Ruth, P o ltier’ s woman;
Cameron Mitchell as the lead-
e r of a band of white night rid
ers trying to force the Blacks
to return to the South; Denr.y
M ille r as s cruel k ille r and a
member of M itchell's band;
and Nlta Talbot as the rnadame
of a westeni bordello.
Anothei unusual aspect of
this praluctlon, and a highly
Important one as relates to the
o ver-all minority labor situa
tion In the motion picture In-
dustry. Is the fact that P o ltler
and Helafonte brought to tie
film six m inority trainees: Ja
son Starks, editorial; Esper
anza Vasquez, script supervi
sor; Sidney Baldw in camera;
Eddie T ru jillo , sound; K ris
Keiser, director; and Drake
W alker, who Is lea rnlng to be
come a film director and who
wrote the oi lgmal story on
which "Buck aivl the Preach
e r " Is based. T ru jillo Is an
American Indian, Vasquez Is
M exican -A m erican . Theotb-
ers are Black Am ericans.
In addition, there were four
regular, union mem be i s of the
crew w ho w erealso B lack(E r-
mon Session, men's wardrobe;
J u ii M o rris , assistant editor;
Harold M elvin, men's h a ir
dresser; and the film ’ s publi
cist, W alter B u rre ll). The
m a j o r i t y of these people
work« I with P o ltler on Co um-
bls’ s ‘ ‘ Brother John" and with
Belafonte on "Angel Levine."
"Buck and the P reacher" Is
• ve ry Important film for the
black community for two rea
sons. It Is the firs t tlm e P o i-
tle r has directed a film and it
Is the firs t time P o 111 e r and
Belafonte hsvecollaboratedon
a motion picture. T hefllm w as
co-produced by P e ltie r’ s E
Si R Production Corporation
and Belafonte Enterprises,
Inc. This is the first m ajor
film own«] by blacks, who w ill
receive the profits of the pro
duction. The film Is d is tri
buted by Columbia Pictures.
The film reverses the tradi
tional stereo-types. The only
significant white roles are
those of prostitutes, gun-
crazed kille rs and an impotent
white sheriff. Blacks shoot It
out with whites and win. It
demonstrates the special re
lationship that developed be
tween blacks and Indians, both
of which were persecuted by
the whites.
Actually, neither Smokey
noi the M iracles - who made
their professional debut 13
years ago at the Apollo wlien
processed hair and root suits
were In - are really retiring.
As a unit, now wearing
sm artly tailored Jump suits
and Afros, they liaverwomore
dates before the M iracles find
a new lead singer and M r.
Robinson, who Is a v lc e p re s l-
dent of Motown, the black en
tertainment
conglomerate,
goes on to "do othei things."
"O ther things" w ill prob
ably Include more writing -
he has written most of Lie
songs the group has recorded -
and more producing. O ver the
years, he has produced. In ad
dition to the M iracles,o ther
Motown groups. Including the
Supremas. Smokey not only
pruluced their lutest album,
"F lo y Jo y," but wrote the
songs as w ell.
Behind him, are such hits as
" Ie a rs of aClown,” forwhich
he wrote the lyrics andmedo-
dy (Stevie Wonder and Hank
Cosby put the notes to It),
which sold two mil I Ion records
In the U n lt«l States and one
m illion abroad.
other records that sold a
m illion or at least made the
Lop Ten that he wrote and
sang with the M iracles In
clude, " I Second That Emo
tion," "T h e Tracks of My
T e a r« ," and Motown's firs t
m illion-selling record, w rit
ten Jointly by Smokey and Mo
town’ s founder, B arry Goidy,
"Shop Around."
But when Smokey Robinson
leaves the M iracles, whatever
their future, an era w ill have
ended, an era m ark«) by sit-
new tv
ins, F reedom rides, school
:inMd C u lm i]
desegregation and P reedom
I nil Color
songs. Anil one In which thou
sands of students In the move
ment relaxed from protest ac
tivities by listening to what the
black historian Roscoe Brown
calls "popular soul,” pro
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key’ s.
FREE PARKING
" I f I had known thatSmokey
COMPLETE DINING a
was going to be at the Apollo
BEVERAGE FACILITIES
for tlie last time, I would have
NO SUNDAY RACING
come up Ju«t for the show,"
(Sorr,. Hieing Commi»»lon prohibit»
oam itaion of chiMtpn undbt t i )
said State Julian Bond of G eor-
gia, who was active In the Stu
dent Non-Violent Coordinating
Committee In Its h«yday.
" I ’ ve always sakj, if | could
2NO a ) ro iotm * 11 re a * i -,
only sing like Smokey . . ."
M r . Bond, who at 33 Is two
years older than Smokey anil
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SIDNEY
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a poet, recalled it « singer’ s
popularity with the "M ove
ment people."
"W e'd close up the student
office (In Atlanta) on one sale
of town and go all the way
act oss town to this little place
where they had a Juke box and
sit for houis talking about the
Movenwnt and I Istening to Ray
Charles and Smokey Robinson
and the M iracles.
COLUMBIA PICTURES
HARRY
BELAFONTE
Prevenís
The fight was
against the raiders-
but the feud
w as betw een
them selves!
/
"R ay gave us soul ami
Smokey gave us soul and
poetry, too. He was kind of the
romantic poet of my genera
tion."
In the South, M r . Robinson
said tl« re were times “ when
we were lucky to come out
alive. We’d stop at a filling
station - If they'd let us stop,
and people would pull guns on
us just because we wanted to
go to the bathroom. They had
signs that said. Men, Women
and Colored."
But Smokey feels that ex
periences like this are re
sponsible for the group's en
durance, Its longevity. " It
was like they hit you in the face
ami said, "T ak e tills ami see if
you can get backup.* "Sm iling
al this, M r . Robinson, soft-
spoken ami ra il-th in , lean«!
back in his chair, and con
tinued:
"W l«n you work for it, and
you grind out those m iles and
those hard times. It makes you
realize, 'Hey, man. You just
another cat. And because you
sing ami In show business does
not make you any better than
the grocer, ’cause his son’ s
got 10 of your records and if
he didn’ t have ’em , you
wouldn’ t be nothing."
Another advantage of the
perspective
of years, as
Smokey sees It, is the Insight
It gives on the business end.
In 1958, B arry Gordy decided
to start his own company lie-
cause he and the people like
Smokey with whom he was
working "w eren’ t getting ac
curate counts of the records
we were selling."
"W e did two fa irly good
records for one company, and
after the writing, producing
and singing for both of them,
tl«y sent us a check - B arry
and us - for $3.19."
From the teg Inning, M r.
Robinson
and M r . Gordy
worked closely, trying new
formulas In music and busi
ness. And what started out as
a fam ily a ffa ir has blossom«!
Into one of the largestcompan
les in the music Industry.
When asked about Motown's
assets,
perform er Smokey
puts on his other hat, his voice
gets lieaviei and businessman
Smokey replies:
"Just 9ay millions."
Thursday,
TED AND PATS
RESTAURANT
Students and fo rm er stu
I he PCC Radio and T elev i
dents of Portland Community
sion Broadcasting program Is
College’ s Radio aid T elevi
a tw o-year associate degree
sion Broadcasting program
program consisting of a firs t
have found the Job m arket
year basic program with three
more generous than most col
second year options: Radio
lege graduates these days. As
Broadcasting for those who
Indicated by the following list,
are Interested In announcing,
many PCC students are now
production,
or advertising
working with the m « lla In tf«
sales fo r radio; Television
local area: Ken C ro c ke t,K V -
P reduction for those who want
DO Ch 3, Salem - camera op
to have the same responsibili
erator, switching trainee, and
ties In television; and Radio-
booth announcer; Phil Mu
Television License Prepara
ch« rsbaugh, K PA M -P M , P o rt
tion fo r those who want to con
land - part time d.J. arxl tra f
centrate on preparing for the
fic; Harold Johnson, K PTVC h
F irs t Class Radio-Telephone
12, Portland - sportscaster
foperator’s License test.
arxl booth announcer; G erry
The new Communications
Durham, free - lance produc
tulldlng
at Sylvania, to be
tion for Portland area radio
ready for occupancy F all term
stations; Joel M ille r , K Q IV-
of 1972, w ill offer tf« most up-
F M , Lake Oswego - chief en
to-date studio training fac ili
gineer; Dwight S m ith -K O A P -
ties for students wishing to
FM ,
Portland - announcer;
work 1« media. F o r more In
Modestos Rios, KPTV Ch 12 -
formation about the Radio-
production of minority pro
Lelevlslon Broadcasting pro
gram (M exican-A m erican);
gram , call Portland Commu
Rick H lllg aertn er,K S LM -A M ,
nity College, 244-6111.
Salem - program director,
also programming station In
Albuquerque, New Mexico;
Judy Schnlder, K A T U -T V Ch
2, Portland - receptionist;
Maralyn Smith (Smltty), KISN-
AM, Portland - receptionist;
Etleme Lamm e. salesman;
Mike Ervine, public relations;
Mike Mlchalowski. KBOO-
F M , Portland; Edwin Wolfe,
promotions director for Moy
e r Theaters; M ark Rossman,
representative
for George
Carson, Inc., booking agency
in Port!and; M ike E llio tt, pro
duction assistant lo r TV sta
tion in Chicago; Jim Wilson,
regional representative for
ABC tape sales and service In
Portland; Andrew Thomas,
K O iN -T V Ch 6, P o rtlan d -
staff announcer; Chuck Rog
ers. KPTV Ch 12 - engineer;
Hunt Decker, president of TV
production company in P o rt
land; M arta Wleskopf, repre
sentative for George Carson.
Inc.
Last do-wah played
by Smokey Robinson
W illiam (Smokey) Robinson,
whose soft, high-pitched oo-
oo-oohs and do-wahs with
strings created a new sound
and set a special mood In
"sou l" music lot y iu n g ,p ii-
m srlly
b la c k
audiences
throughout the sixties, has
oohed his last do-wsh with his
group, "T he M ira c le s " at the
Apollo.
As a farewell to fans who,
like Smokey, fit a t went to the
Apollo as teen-agora and, now
brought thelrchlldren, he sang
what they told him to.
"Bed G ir l," they shout«!.
And Smokey crooned: "She's
not a bad gii I be-cause . . . she
wants to be fre e ."
"Shop Around," theyshout-
«1. And Smokey walled: "Just
because
you’ve become a
young man, now . . .
" I here's still somethings
that you don’t understand,
now . .
"Baby, Baby," they shout
ed. And Smokey barely whls-
peted:
"(lo-or^oo, b ab y,
baby . . .’*
And tl« M iracles - (ourof
them were right In there, as
tliey had been as classmates of
Smokey's at Junior high school
in D etroit. Sweet. Quiet. H ar
monious.
Portland/O b«erver
.. "BUCK «mi The PREACHERv
RUBY DEE - CAMERON MITCHELL ’ ERNEST KINOY
Story by
Music by
Produced by
Deeded by
ERNEST KINOY and DRAKE WALKER • BENNY CARTER • JOEL GLICKMAN • SIDNEY
An E A R BE I P R O D U C T IO N
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Co-Feature
starrin g
Music by
Anderson Tapes
Sean Cannery
Quincy Jones
O p e n - W eeknights 7:15p.m.
-Sunday 1:45p.m.
Black poets read
Local black poets w ill read
their works at tho Albina A rt
Center on July 9that 7 :0 0 p jii.
Those participating a re Ocum ,
Flooney, Ophelia, D. Chinn,
A l H a rris and M rs . O. J.
Gates.
Music
w ill Include hand
drumming ami piano. An art
display w ill feature the works
o f Tom Hardy and AI Golds-
by.
PORKAMO'S FINEST
The public is invited and
(here is no charge.
A showing of the works of
local black artists opened on
July 4th.
Painters whose
works are In the show include
Sylvia Gates, F ra n A lle n ,E a rl
Lehman, Lionel C utllff and
Byrd Pettis. Photographs by
Robert M itchell w ill be dis
played.
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Workshops planned
A series of Intensive one-
week workshops Is planned for
this summer, to Include book
binding, stained glass, raku
pottery,
weaving, gourmet
c o o k e ry ,
leathersmithlng,
calligraphy,
dance, photo
graphy, painting, sculpture,
typography, dollmaking, mac
ramé, printed textiles and
patchwork.
Instructors include w ell-
known local craftsmen and a r -
tlsts, and several outstanding
experts coming from the East
coast, California and Wash
ington. All-day workshops In
clude home-made lunches ami
teas (several also Include oth
e r meals). The format pro
vides participants with ample
opportunity to exchange kleas
with o«e another and with guest
artists arxl scholars who w ill
arrange slide lectures ami
discussions, these Informal
2125 N. V a n c o u v e r Ave.
interchanges are supplemen
tal to the concentrated in
structional program.
Of the five sessions sche
duled, two w ill beat Hillside
Center In Portland, one on the
Kycrsft farm near C orvallis,
one In M t. Hood National F o r
est. and one at Cascade Head
Ranch on the Oregon Coast.
Fees vary according to loca
tion, and camping facilities
are available except at H ill
side Center. Both beginners
and advanc«l students w ill
profit from working alongside
experienced craftsmen.
Registration Is limited to
ten students per workshop.
F o r further Information con
tact Bridget Berle at 228-
2555, or w rite SummerW ork-
shops Northwest, 651 N.W.
Culpepper T errac e, Portland,
Oregon.
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