• • ormon..4msiiirts.-; ,,.....,„ "Mem Medi Si'1971--39 IV IDE Hollys4oirTer'sonalities_ By HERBERT G. Lurr in 1938. He was 'followed • year later by Mike (Michael) and his brother, and by the mother in 1941. Mike's father- died -in New York when the boy was 12 and the family was near starvation throughout World War II. After a while, as a post office truck driv- er, Mike became assistant to a costume jeweler. While studying acting with Lee Strasberg, he made his money as disc jockey, soap opera performer on radio and equestrian coach for rich ladies. Switching to pre-med study at the University of Chicago, he met through friends his nightclub -partner of the future, Elaine May, who had made herself a name as actress and author of sketches. Together they founded, with other aspiring thespians, the Play- wrights Theater Club, which evolv- ed into the Compass Players, an improvisational theater that in turn became the famed "Second City" revue. The first program contained such names as Alan Arkin, Shelley Berman, Barbara Harris and Zohra Lampert, in addi- tion to Nichols & May. The couple surfaced as a comedy team when a well-intentioned sponsor tried to move the Compass Players to New York. The deal collapsed. The "Second City" show was joined by Paul Mazursky and Larry Tucker (later to become well-known as the director-producer-writer team of "Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice".) C * C Otto Preminger has scheduled "Genesis 1948" to follow his pro- duction of Lois Gould's "Such Good Friends" and a musical fantasy based on the French novel "Tistou of the Green Thumbs." Ingo Prem- inger, the producer-d ire ctor 's agent-brother, most recently made his spectacular start with the comedy "M*A*S*H." Theii- musical star, makes his screen debut in "A Fan's Notes," from Fred Exley's prize-winning novel about a man who, struggling to cope with his environment and himself, discovers that he is never a participant in life but merely a fan. Filming of the whimsical tale has begun on location in Toronto, with Eric Till directing and Martin Davidson producing. (Copyright 1511, JTA, lute.) Mike Nichols, Broadway's now- 38-year-old boy-wonder, who zoom. Mi. & Greenfield Rd. ed to the top of the ladder in less FOX Mil Woodward—WO 144114 AMERKJU1A 4444476 ' 11544f24 than five years as the director of half a dozen hit shows in a row "SONG OF NORWAY" "THE WIZARD OF GORE" Reserved Seat Engagement! A. iftnnidd OMI/KWIC& and who made himself a name in Matinee perfornsances WED. & SAT. plus at 2A0, SUN. at. 110. Evening per the cinema with the controversial "MACEGUN akCAor MON. thru WED. 111:15 & "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" SUN. at 5:11 A 0:15. and the multiple-award winner Evease1011111SDAIX11411, Deg Plyinetilil Rd., VE 5.0430 "The Graduate," returns to his Late PRODAY SATURDAY • • • ATLAS Ow 1 bike. W. of Greenfield forte, the Intimate drama-comedy, irrhennathin Paul•Newmen Jeanne Woodward in — CM WO 1-7!17 - Mark Ryden, who guided two of after having failed with the 820,- "W. U.S.A." the most successful films of recent WK. NIGHTS 1:40 only. SAT., SUN. 511I 000,000 anti-war epic, "Catch 22," years, Raymond Stross' production and LID now on,the screens. in the capitals Robert Redford, Michael J. Pollard In of Europe and none-too-successful of "The Fox" and Steve McQueen's . "UTILE FADS & MG HALSEY" Oo in London. "The Reivers," is set to direct for WK. NIGHTS MI; 14e3S.JIAT. & SUN. Sydney Pollack's company, "Cow- "Carnal Knowledge" also returns 7:15, 111:55 boys," a filmization of William Nichols to the fold of 'Joseph E. Dale Jennings' forthcoming novel.- BERKLEY 12 Mile-Coolidge, U 24730 Levine's Avco-Embassy Pictures, It a period Western concerning a . . arilliently Done, Devastatingly for which he made the box-office Funny!" mammoth cattle drive across the smash "The Graduate" and to Held over 2nd big week Western and midwestern United which he sold his own company "JOE" (R) States. FRL & WEEK NIGHTS open 5:45 shown for a reported $4,500,000. "Car- 11:40 only. SAT.-4 SUN. no-open 4:45 nal Knowledge," a screen original • . shown 7:00, 10:30. by Jules Feiffer, author of "Little ' Plus Israel currently has three differ. Murders," reflects the personal "TELL THEM WILLIE BOY IS HERE" ent motion picture units working: FRI. & WK. NIGHTS 710, lgall. SAT. relationship of two young men the native Hebrew production of & SUN. S:5$ only. and their aspirations, sex desires "The Highway Queen" of Tel SAT. & SUN. Kiddie Matinee open 110 BliaglargobellUsigawa. starts 1:20, over 3:40. 'TREASURE IS- and jealousy about girls they Aviv's Noah Films, headed by LAND" and "3 STOOGE COMEDIES & share, and takes the protagonist, "Sallah's" Menahem Golan; Hol CARTOONS." Art Garfunkel (the singing and BANQUETS! lywood's El Sol Production's "Love Woodward at Maple lyricist. half of Simon & Garfun- i Birmingham M Is an Hour Glass," with James F. kel), and Jack Nicholson (of "Easy .• EXCLUSIVE AREA SHOWING MEETINGS! Collier directing and Canad's Les Michael terrain, 'Barbara Hershey In Rider" fame) through a period of Films Heroux's "Adam and Eve." "THE PURSIAT OF HAPPINESS" (GP) a quarter of a century. PARTIES ! Tokyo Film Production is add- ' MON. THRU FRI. 7:30 and 9:20 This coluninist met Nichols first ing to the busy schedule 10 one- SAT. IL SUN. 2:00 and 3:55, 5:45, 7:35 • and f:30 in February 1967.on presenting the hour television films with a com- young man with a Golden Globe plete Japanese crew integrated • • BLOOMFIELD`vw M l. 2 blks. S. 15 MI. award nomination from the Holly- into the Tel Aviv studios. Exclusive Engagement Nominated for 4 academy-awards IncL wood Foreign Press Association best actress Sara Mlles, best supporting for his very first motion picture, In NORTHWOOD INN actor John MP's, "Virginia Woolf," starring Eliza- David Lean's beth Taylor and Richard Burton. wOCC,..APC. AT ••,.I "RYAN'S DAUGHTER" Two months later, Mike commit. Matinee SAT. & WED. 2 p.m. Evenings LI ; 2577 JO 4-6688 at S p.m. SUN at 3:00 & 7:00. All ted a slight error in making a other evenings at 0:00. long acceptance speech before the Not recommended for children. Tickets for "Ryan's Daughter" may be august Screen Directors Guild on purchased In advance. Group sales avail- receiving a "nomination" he had able. regarded as the much coveted at Miller Road award finally presented to Fred CAMELOTw. Warren 51114040 _ -Michael Sarazxln, Barbara Hreshey In Zinnemann for "A Man for All "THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS" (GP) Seasons." SAT. & WK. NIGHTS 4:00. 1:00, 10:00 Joel Glickman, Columbia Pic- Nichols, a twice-divorced man- SUN. 5:00. 7:00, 9:30 SUN. Special Kiddie Matinee at 12:00 about-town, is the son of a Rus- tures producer in Hollywood, an- and 2n)0 sian-born doctor, Igor Peschkow- nounced that he was teaming, for the first time in their careers, Sid- MAIN, ROYAL OAK mai n Wilsehul. sky, who fled Nazi Germany ney Poitier and Harry Belafonte, "THEY SHOOT HORSES, for the filming of "Buck and DON'T THEY?" the Preacher," with Joseph Sar- RUSSELL SCHREIBER ASSOCIATES plus gent directing the Ernest Kinoy AGENCY OF THE SHOW WORLD "FOOLS" screenplay. The original movie • Orchestras • Entertuinerent SAT. & SUN. Kiddie Matinee, 75c story by Drake Walker is set • Speakers • Concerts Plymouth Rd. against a post-Civil War back- at Farmington Rd. Downtown Detroit - 962-8000 MM KM ground, with Poitier as a former KE 44400 Union cavalryman turned guide "THE DOCTOR'S WIVES" (R) MON. Hwy FRI. 6•25, 0:15, 10:00. SAT. for ex-slaves- who -plan to settle in A STUNNING A SUN. 2:00, 3:45, 4:00, 11:00. 10:011. the West. Belafonte, most recent- WED. LADIES DAY AT 111, ONLY 51 EXPERIENCE , ly a dark "Jewish" angel in "The Royal Oak. Mich. WASHINGTON Angel Levine," (opposite Zero Mus- LI 140112 A Mike Nichols Film ues., March 9,9:00 p.m. tel and Ida Kaminska), now passes Alan Arkin & RIchard Benlamln In aawaw- as a "preacher" who reluctantly Ford Auditorium "CATCH-2V (R) gets involved. The filming reunites FRI. II:50 only. SAT. & SUN. EVE 5:00 TICKETS $7.50, 54.00. $5.00 Poitier and producer Glickman, and 14:50. MON:THURS. 5135 only. and $3.00 available at us who had teamed earlier this year HUDSON'S, GRINNELL'S Clint Eastwood, Shirley MacLain In for "Brother John," scheduled for and FORD AUDITORIUM "2 MULES FOR SISTER SARA" 1971 release. Mail (fried accompanied with check FRI. 7:05, 10:55. SAT. & SUN. 715, 10:55. IF/IE -0 c • MON:THURS. 4:45 and 1015 for full amount acceARIy WIZARD SAT. & SUN. SPEC. CHILDREN'S MAT. ONGREGATION BETH ACHIM doors open 11:.”, all seats 75c. Robert Walter Seltzer, Charlton Heston's OF GORE 21111 West Twelve Ilea Reed Lewis Stepleenscwen immortal classic long-time associate, is producing 241711 'ITREASURE ISLAND" 12:00 and 310, Illebigas MOT; — 111 and Boris Sagal is directing also Jerry Lewis In "HOOK, LINE a COLuwa•PCTLMES SINKER' 1:30 only. "I Am Legend," dealing with P••••• piss-- Melvyn Douglas, winner for the survivors of worldwide bio- -best- supporting actor- in 1963 in logical warfare. The Warner Bros. tr.A ■ "Had," has been nominated as picture, currently before the cam- is antastic best actor of the 1371 Academy eras in Burbank, co-stars Anthony Awards for his role hi "I Never Zerbe, who made a strong imprint god =fabulous in William Wyler's "The Libera- Sang for My Father." TECHNICOLOR . TECHNNICOPIr tion of L. B. Jones," in which he • TELEGRAPH AT portrayed a ruthless Southern cop. Detroit Sportanien's Show SCHOOLCRAFT S . 30 0 PARKING 1 ttit (is Ravotion Valoga) Jerry Orbach, Broadway's latest t9 OPen at' FaIPoundt: The Detroit Sportamen'aand Va- • 2600 ELIZABETH LANE RD. cation Show ifkbigan State (seer Pontiac Mall) Produced and Directed by Henry L Martin Fairgrounds '