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Family Plot
Alfred Hitchcock's latest film "Family
Plot,” is an amusing, and suspenseful
story about a fake spiritualist and her
boyfriend trying to find the missing heir
to a million dollar fortune.
Barbara Harris, who played Albequr
qee in "Nashville,” is excellent as the girl
who, along with Bruce hern, unwittingly
become the target of two jewel thieves,
Karen Blark and William Devane.
There are two stories going on, slowly
they start coming together. This is where
Hitchcock builds his suspense. As the
two sets of characters' inevitable meeting
comes closer, the audience starts getting
jumpy. Hitchcock lets you imagine what
will happen.
In the “Family Plot" there is a grave
that seems to be one body short. For the
audience, the mystery was solved early,
but Bern and Harris remain confused,
and this is what gets them in trouble. If
only they knew what they were getting
into, things would be okay.
But Hitchcock won't let that happen.
So, the viewer has to witness a few close
scrapes with death before everything is
cleared up.
Things Snd places generally thought of
as being friendly and harmless get pretty
scarey in Hitchcock films. In "North by
E D G RAD Y
Grady heads
housekeeping
Ed Grady haa b»Vn named director of
housekeeping at Emanuel Hospital by
Red Top, In co rp o rated , professional
housekeeping service.
Grady comes to Emanuel from Hergan
M ercy H o sp ital, Omaha, Nebraska,
where he served as department director.
His prior positions with Ked Top include
department manager at Missouri Pacific
Railroad Hospital. St. Ixiuis, Missouri,
and assistant manager at Hebrew Re
habilitat'on Hospital, Roslindale, Mas
sachusettes.
The new director began working for
Red Top. Incorporated, in 1969 as a
janitor.
A native of Boston, Massachusettes,
Grady and his wife, Dorothy, have two
children.
Northwest" it was a cornfield miles from
nowhere. In “Torn Curtain,” it was a
farmers kitchen. Here it's a little cafe on
a country road, and a church.
The film also contains the standard
Hitchcock improbabilities, without which
the suspense would be diminished. 1 he
criminals do things in grand style, which
in reality would probably have them in
jail in ten minutes. Hut these are the
things people go for in the movies, and
Hitchcock makes the most of them.
The film contains very little violence,
and only a few drops of blood. The only
violent crime in the story has taken place
26 years earlier.
The acting, particularly by Harris, is
great. The four protagonists are all a bit
on the dumb side. Indeed, it is Bern's and
Harris' ignorance of the facts and their
inability to figure out how much trouble
they're getting into that makes them so
amusing.
After the encounters they
have, most people would have sense
enough to get out, quick, but they never
think ahead.
“Family Plot" is Hitchcock's most light
hearted movie in years. It resembles
“Uptown Saturday Night" more than it
does his previous film “Frenzy." The
movie is fun and entertaining, but before
the end comes, you have to sweat a little.
There is a new stage production based
on the achievements of D r. M artin
Luther King, Jr., as a civil rights leader,
and starring Billy Dee Williams in the
title role,
"I Have A Dream ” is the title of the
production.
The play premiered at
Ford's Theatre in Washington April 4th,
the eighth anniversary of Dr. King’s
assassination in Memphis, Tennessee.
Producers of “I Have A Dream," the
title of Dr. King's famed March on
Washington address, say this is the first
time since Dr. King’s death that Mrs.
King has agreed to be a part of a
theatrical project about her husband's
life. The play centers on D r. King's
achievements from the late 1950's to his
death in 1968.
Robert Greenwald conceived the dra
ma and will be its director. His credits
include direction of Broadway's "M e and
Bessie." Josh Greenfield, an Academy
Award nominee for his screenplay of
"Harry and Tonto," has done the stage
adaption of "I Have A Dream,”
A multimedia approach of sound tracks
and songs from the civil rights movement
will be utilized in the drama. Two other
leading roles are to he announced soon.
Black filmgoers have appluaded Billy
Dee Williams for some time, but his
popularity reached new heights when he
starred as Chicago Bears football hero
Gayle Sayers in "Brian's Song," the
touching story of the friendship of a Blark
and a white professional athlete.
William's popularity soared further
when he and Diana Ross co starred in
I,ady Sings the Blues" and again in the
current hit, "Mahogany.” Williams’ latest
effort has him starring with James Earl
Jones in “Bingo Long Traveling All Stars
and Motar King.”
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Richardson sings
JoAnn Richardson will be presented in
a piano recital by the Music Department
of the Vancouver Avenue First Baptist
Church, 3138 N. Vancouver, on Sunday,
April 25, 1976 at 2:45 p.m.
Miss Richardson, a 1972 graduate of
Rex Putnam High School, will graduate
Magna Cum I^iude from Pacific Lutheran
University in May. Her activities and
honors have included, accompany Uni
versity Chorale, and Choir of the West
(for which she completed a 400 mile tour
in Jaunary), Vice president and Chaplain
of the local Mu Phi Epsilon International
Music Sorority. In 1972, she was chosen
to perform at the "Outstanding Fresh
man Recital." Most recently she was se
lected as "Who's Who Among American
Colleges and Universities," and awarded
the “Outstanding Senior Achievement"
honor of her local Mu Phi Epsilon
Chapter.
Miss Richardson has performed on
several local television shows and the
Oregon Suite Fair Ttle-ni Show. She has
also performed extensively in the Tacoma
area as both a recitalist and accompanist.
In February she presented a program on
the Saint Martins College Fine Arts
Series in Olympia. Washington.
The recital, which will include works
by Bach, Beethoven, Ravel and Chopin, is
free to the public.
Would like the persons
that robbed a toy store on N.
lom bard, 4/15 to please put
papers in a mail box.
for State
Treasurer.
1 9 5 5 . Irvin M ann's
vision iod to the lust
Industrial Develop
m ent Revonue Bond
Act for the benefit of
O regon com m unities
T O D A Y . Mann wants
elected officials -
not appointees —
responsible for
state lands and land
use planning
A strong hand
tor Oregon.
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Local artists
show works
On the 25th of April, the Albina A rt
Center opens its doors to exhibit the
workds of two local artists. Isaac Nommo
and Charles Tatum. The exhibit will run
for two weeks, featuring wood and metal
by Tatum and paper and canvas by
Nommo. Nommo noted that this is the
first time the two artists have worked
together, which is really the best way to
expand ideas ana show the kinds of talent
that is available in the community. Tatum
added that he is looking forward to the
two man show and some interesting and
lasting concepts that will pay an impor
tant part in changing attitudes about art
in the community.
Nommo has taught at Portland State
University and at Reed College.
His
work has been exhibited locally and in
other west coast cities. His techniques
and application of color and unique and
interesting in conjunction with the sub
ject matter, making the canvas very
inviting to the eye.
Tatum studied at the Compton Com
municative Arts Academy in Compton.
California, where he was a staff member
for two years. A t the Academy, a street
school, Tatum worked towards total
community involvement in the arts. Ta
turn's work has been shown locally, and
very extensively in the Los Angeles area.
The show will open Sunday the 25th at
5:00 with a reception for the artist. The
show will run daily from 9:00 to 8:00, and
on Mondays and Fridays, 9:00 to 5:00.
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Stage play features King’s achievements
by Brad Small
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Thursday, April 22. 1976
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