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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Douglas
Named Best Supporting Actor by L A Fil m Critics
Lurr
By HERBERT G.
films. He made his scree n
manner and tongue-in-
Inc.)
debut as a suave leadin g
cheek humor earned him an
HOLLYWOOD — Melvi n man in "Tonight or Neve
r" international reputation.
Douglas has been name d with Gloria Swanson i n
Douglas, throughout the
"Best Supporting Actor" fo ✓ 1931 and a year later w
as
1940s, appeared in a great
two current films, "Th e seen opposite Greta Garb o
number of leading roles op-
Seduction of Joe Tynan
in "As You Desire Me"
posite
Jean
Arthur,
and "Being There,"-by th e one of the three films i n
Rosalind
Russell, Con-
Los Angeles Film Criti cs which he co-starred wit
h stance Bennett and Ann
s
Association. The award Garbo. He received a n
Sothern, and with such
presentation takes place o n Oscar in 1963 for "Hud" an d male performers as Spencer
the Mery Griffin televisio n an Academy Award nomi
Tracy, Cary Grant and Gre-
show where the critica 1 nation in 1970 for "I Neve ✓ gory Peck.
evaluation of the Critic s Sang for my Father."
In 1951, he returned to
In 1933, he . appeare
Association membershi p
d New York appearing in
will be read.
with John Barrymore i n "Time Out for Ginger," "The
Douglas renders tw o the movie version o f Waltz of the Toreodors" and
entirely different char _ "Counselor-at-Law." H e received the Tony Award for
acterizations in the films
went back to Broadway Gore Vidal's "The Best
released last year. In "The
to star in A.E. Thomas
Man." He was given rave
Seduction of Joe Tynan" he
"No More Ladies" and di
reviews for his work in two
delineates the self-
rected two stage prod- plays by Jerome Lawrence
righteous, rather pompous
uctions —"Moor Born," a and Robert E. Lee, "Inherit
personality of a once power-
drama about the Bronte the Wind" and "The Gang's
ful U.S. Senator who cannot
sisters, starring Miss All Here."
reconcile himself with the
Gahagan; and Sean
Ten years later, he
changing times and his own
O'Casey's "Within the went back to Hollywood
mental decay.
Gates," starring Lillian — now as a seasoned
Gish.
In "Being There," Doug-
character actor — with
las is an industrialist of
In 1934, Douglas re- "Billy Budd," opposite
immense wealth and power,
turned to Hollywood when Peter Ustinov and Ter-
one who doesn't take him-
Miss Gahagan was signed to
ence Stamp; "Hud," with
self seriously and kids
star in "She," while he went Paul Newman; "The
around with authority and
into leading roles opposite Americanization of
even mocks his approaching
Joan Crawford, Irene Emily," with Julie An-
death.
Dunne, Norma Shearer, drews; "The Candidate,"
In real life Douglas had
Myrna Loy, Barbara Stan- with Robert Redford;
had a long-time commit-
wyck and the late Joan "The Tenant," with Shel-
ment to civil libertarian
Blondell. His debonair ley Winters and Roman
causes and everything he
Polanski; and foremost,
has been doing is antitheti- Elon Moreh Site
cal to the two autocratic Is Evacuated
UJA National
characters he now reflects
Shabat in Feb.
TEL AVIV (JTA) — The
on the screen.
evacuation of Elon Moreh
NEW YORK — The
Douglas'
political
fourth annual United
commitment goes back to began Tuesday, more than
three months after the Sup-
Jewish
Appeal National
1937 — during a trip to
reme Court declared the
Shabat will be observed in
Europe with his wife, the
Gush
Emunim
settlement
synagogues throughout the
actress Helen Gahagan.
on the West Bank illegal
country on Feb. 15-16.
Shocked by the extent of
and
ordered
its
removal
During the national
violence and racial prej-
within 30•days.
shabat weekend, congrega-
udice, they both joined
The
first
families
were
tions in most American
upon return the Anti-
settled Tuesday night in
cities will focus on the con-
Nazi Committee.
new, more spacious houses
cept of "tzedaka" and the
Their act of conscience
built for them by the gov-
work of UJA's overseas
was exploited during the
ernment at Djebil Kebir.
agencies as well as local
McCarthy hearings of the Four families refused to
federations
in supporting
early 1950s. Ms. Gahagan
was badly hurt when she budge from Elon Moreh, but and strengthening Jewish
indicated that they would
life at home and abroad.
ran for a Senatorial seat co- not resist evacuation by
veted by the then-newcomer force.
Agudath Opposes
Richard Nixon.
The new site at Djebil
Drafting Women
Douglas was born in Kebir is six miles from
NEW YORK — Agudath
Georgia on April 5, 1901, Elon Moreh, but closer to Israel of America has
the son of concert pianist Nablus, the largest Arab warned the Carter Ad-
Edouard Hesselberg. After town on the West Bank. ministration not to include
serving in the U.S. Army Benny Katzover, secre-
women in the proposed re-
Medical Corps as a teenager tary of Elon Moreh, said
newal of the selective serv-
in World War I, he tried his
he was satisfied with the
ice system.
hand at writing and finally new settlement on which
In a telegram to the
joined an experimental the-
the government repor-
President, Agudath Israel
ater group in Chicago that tedly spent more than $1
registered the strong objec-
was frequented by Carl
million to house 17 tions of the Orthodox
Sandburg and Ben Hecht.
families.
Jewish community "to any
The veteran actor has
He said he still hopes that attempts to uproot the
spent 48 years of his life be-
the abandoned site at Elon Jewish daughter from her
fore the cameras and ap-
Moreh would eventually be
parents' home, which is cen-
peared in more than 60
resettled by Jews.
tral to her upbringing."
(Copyright 1880, JTA,
Silver Jubilee for B ar-Ilan
RAMAT GAN — Bar-Ilan
University is celebrating its
.?5th anniversary with a
;eries of events around the
vorld. The University,
vhich opened in 1955 with
'0 students, today has
1,000, including 1,000 from
broad.
The university's silver
ubilee is being marked by a
eries of events by friends
ind supportefs and by spe-
ial academic and other
neetings on campus and off
ri Israel. The celebration
will open in February with a
session of the board of trus-
tees to be addressed by the
Minister of Education,
Zevulun Hammer.
This will be followed by
the dedication of the Gradel
Center erected with the
support of the Gradel Fam-
ily of Manchester, England.
The President of Israel,
Yitzhak Navon, will
attend a special evening
in the Mann Auditorium,
Tel Aviv, at which honor-
ary doctorates will be
conferred on Chief Rabbi
Shlomo Goren, Lord
Rothschild of England,
Mrs. Jane Stern and Prof.
Dov Sadan.
Bar-Ilan was established
as an institute of higher
learning designed to impart
knowledge and to encour-
age research in the liberal
arts and sciences. In addi-
tion, Bar-Ilan has set, as one
of its primary goals, the
integration of secular
knowledge with the
spiritual traditions of the
Jewish people.
.
"I Never Sang for my
Father," opposite Gene
Hackman, for which he
won his Best Actor nomi-
nation. Unreleased to
date is "The Changeling,"
in which Douglas por-
.
trays a key role opposite
George C. Scott.
Douglas has appeared in
numerous television
dramatizations and won an
Emmy nomination for "In-
herit the Wind" and an
Emmy for "Do Not Go
Gently Into that Good-
night." In 1977, he was
awarded a Doctorate of
Humane Letters from
Dartmouth College,
Hanover, New Hampshire.
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