THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
26-Friday, August 6, 1971
Kramer Tells of New Film
Barbra to Play Bernhardt
By HERBERT G. LUFT
(Copyright 1971, JTA, Inc.)
HOLLYWOOD-Stanley Kramer
asked your JTA columnist to at-
tend a prerelease screening of
his latest picture. "Bless the
Beats and the Children," before
taking the print to Russia for a
special Film Festival. This will
be Kramer's third trip to the
annual Soviet fete where espe-
cially his anti-Nazi pictures have
been highly welcomed.
Kramer is planning a film ac-
count of "The Trial of Lieutenant
Calley," based on the book by
John Sack (first serialized in Life
Magazine) which in turn is a con-
densation of 75 hours of pretrial
tape recording made voluntarily
by the defendant but not presented
at the court martial. Kramer tells
me that he is not editorializing
but lets the record speak alone
in strictly visual terms. To him,
Calley became the scapegoat for
the guilt of many. The massacre
is a chemical reaction to war in
general, says Kramer, adding
"There but for the grace of God
go I?," a philosophy we do not
endorse believing that it was the
duty of the individual to refuse
obeying inhuman orders.
* * *
Barbra Streisand confirms that
she will portray Sarah Bernhardt
in a production of her own com-
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Shelley Winters, a psychopathic
killer in the current thriller,
"What's the Matter With Helen?"
is now in England portraying the
proverbial wicked witch in "Gin-
gerbread House," a streamlined
modern version of the fairy tale,
"Hansel and Gretel," by the 19th
Century romantic story tellers Ja-
kob and Wilhelm Grimm. Mark
Lester (of Oliver fame) appears as
Hansel. Director Curtis Harrington
says that the ending "is sadly
ironical."
*
*
Ernest Lehman completes loca-
tion in New York City and in
Dorset, Vt., on filmization of
Philip, Roth's novel, "Portnoy's
Complaint." Richard Benjamin
stars as Alexander Portnoy, Karen
Black as "The Monkey;" and Lee
Grant and Jack Somack appear
as Mr. and Mrs. Portnoy. Inte-
riors will be photographed at War-
ners in Burbank.
* * *
Mel Shavelson, producer-direc-
tor of the Israel-made film, "Cast
a Giant Shadow," and author of
the subsequent book, "How to
Write a Jewish Movie," now goes
back into production with the non-
controversial picture, "The War
Between Men and Women" a con-
temporary human comedy based
on a group of James Thurber
sketches, with Jack Lemmon in
the lead.
Barbara Mandrell at Fair
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pany (First Artists) in conjunction
with British writer-director Ken
Russell (or "Women in Love" and
"The Devils").
Miss Streisand had told us pre-
viously (during a press interview
some three years ago) that an-
pearing on the screen as Sarah
Bernhardt would be the crowning
effort of her career, an achieve-
ment she then thought would take
ber almost a lifetime to accom-
plish. Yet, she now that the ar-
tistic and financial power to pro-
duce herself and plans to put the
picture before the cameras next
spring with locations in both
France and England, with a Na-
tional General Release.
Barbra currently is busy re-
hearsing for Warner Bros. the
comedy "What's Up, Doc?" co-
starring with Ryan O'Neal of "Love
Story" with whom she also has
been linked romantically. Photog-
raphy under director Peter Bog-
danovich starts next month in San
Francisco. Right afterwards, she
contemplates to begin filming of
"Up the Sandbox" for Chartoff-
Winkler Productions. Paul Zindel,
Pulitzer Prize winner for the stage
play, "The Effect of Gamma Rays
on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds," is
now writing the scenario tailor-
made for Miss Streisand.
Director Lee H. Katzin is nego-
tiating with Barbra for her to
play the lead in "Bent Jane," story
of a compulsive killer who happens
to be a woman. It is based on a
book by W. D. Richter who also
writes the screen play. Last, not
least, Barbra Streisand is working
towards the fulfillment of another
pet project; this one a whimsical
tale from the pen of Sholom
AleiChem entitled, "Yenti, the
Yeshiva Boy." Barbra will por-
tray a young girl who poses as a
boy in order to get into the ye-
shiva and study to become a rabbi.
She hopes to do this film in East-
ern Europe next summer, after
completion of the Sarah Bernhardt
project.
* * *
li-
Barbara Mandrell, one of the
top female vocalists in country mu-
sic, will perform in a Country
Show of Stars at the 1971 Michigan
State Fair Aug. 29, Fair Manager
Danny Raskinci
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Jason Robarts in
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Dr. Jack R. Greenberg, Balfour
' erred in last, week's column.
WARREN SPINNER, son of Concert_ chairman, announces that
Marvin and Betty Spinner, has re- the annual Balfour workers' kick-
located himself in the furniture off brunch will be held 11 a.m.
Sunday, in the garden, around the
, field down New Orleans way . .
finding it "not too bad" . . . War- pool, at the home of Dr. and Mrs.
ren is single, and 40 per cent of Sidney Z. Leib on Martha Wash-
the residents in the complex where ington Dr., Southfield.
Dr. Joel I. Hamburger, presi-
I he lives are airline stewardesses
. . . They're great at southern cook- dent of the Zionist Organization
ing, but Warren still counts the of Detroit, sponsor of the con-
cert, will report on the ZOD mis-
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USE FRIENDSHIP as a draw- during July. Dr. Hamburger will
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IN THE RUSSIAN Army,
Boris Griedorf escaped 26 years
ago and came to America . . .
By HAIM SHACHTER
In June 1971, his mother and
The meaning of the Hebrew
brother suddenly received exit
visas to leave Russia and go to word kibutz is group, but in Is-
Israel . . . They called Boris rael it has come to mean a very
special kind of group-one of the
in Detroit from Moscow . . .
and a week later, he left with voluntary collective settlements
wife Mary to meet them in Is- which have typified the develop-
ment of the country before and
rael . . . The last time Boris
since the emergence of the state.
had seen them was in 1940-31
years ago-his brother was only
The Israel kibutz movement
nine . . . good reason for Boris comprises some 90,000 people in
not recognizing him . . . With about 250 settlements, and it is
tears in their eyes, his mother,
almost impossible to conceive the
brother and wife and two chil- drama of the state without taking
dren met Boris and Mary at the into account the important role
Tel-Aviv Airport on June 25 . . . played by the kibutz in the strug-
in an unbelievable "movie" gle for independence and the shap-
story that turned out to be a ing of the country's social and
very wonderful 47th birthday
economic character.
celebration for Boris!
Although the kibutzim constitute
SCHEDULED date for 59th an- approximately 4 per cent of the
niversary champagne dinner-dance country's Jewish population, they
by Detroit Businessmen's Group, account for about 22 per cent of
City of Hope, has been set for Nov. the wage earners engaged in ag-
7 . .
riculture and supply some 20 per
A HOUSEWIFE at an Oak Park cent of the country's total agricul-
super market bought two cartons tural produce.
of cigarettes, three record albums,
The kibutzim have gone in for
a case of pop and two pairs of industrial production in recent
clippers . . . When she looked at years and now account for 5-6 per
the bill, the woman exclaimed, cent of the country's total indus-
"My, my. Food prices are cer- trial product and contribute 12 per
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School Named `Eshkol'
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA)-The
governor of Guanabara' State_ has
informed Israeli Ambassador Itz-
hak Harkavi that Rio's newest
municipal school will be named
in honor of the late Permier Lev
Eshkol of Israel, who visited this
city shortly before his death thret.
years ago. The school will be
known as "Escola Levi Eshkol."
Two other public schools in Rio
are named "Estado de Israel" and
.