THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS eMoviola'-Wolper's Latest Project By HERBERT G. LUFT (Copyright 1980, JTA, Inc.) HOLLYWOOD — David L. Wolper talked about a television series based on Garson Kanin's latest book, "Moviola," when the Hol- lywood foreign press corps attended a reception at his Bel Air home to meet cast and directors of his two suc- cessful TV ventures, "Roots" and "Roots: The Next Generations." Wolper lifted three episodes from Kanin's ac- count of Hollywood's past for the six-hour mini-series produced by him with Stan Margulies in association with Warner Bros. to be presented on the NBC net- work. The first segment deals with the arrival of Greta Garbo in 1925 and her sign- ing by Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg as a "favor" to Swedish film director Mauritz Stiller. Her picture "Flesh and the Devil" in which she co-starred with John Gilbert, began with the first on-screen kiss, ig- nited a romance that lasted until Gilbert died in 1933. Kristina Wayborn, another Swedish beauty, portrays Garbo with Barry Bostwick as Gilbert. The screen play is by Robert J. Shaw. The next episode, transposed to the screen by William Hanley, tells us of producer David 0. Selznick's efforts in 1937 to find his Scarlett O'Hara for "Gone with the Wind." Garson Kanin, who was just beginning his Hollywood years, re- members the period of The Scarlett O'Hara Wars" in every detail and conjured up the real par- ticipants, such as Joan Crawford, Paulette God- dard, Tallulah Ban- khead, Bette Davis and Carole Lombard, whose likenesses are presented by a group of young ac- tresses. Tony Curtis stars as Selznick; Clive Revill as Charlie Chaplin; and Harold Gould as Louis B. Mayer. Morgan Brittany is Vivian Leigh, the British actress winning the battle. The third sequence com- pletes the circle of 25 years and is set in 1949 revealing the relationship between agent Johnny Hyde and budding newcomer Norma Jean Baker — a chemistry that produced the name and personality of Marilyn Monroe. James Lee wrote the scenario to "This Year's Blonde" with Constance Forslund as Monroe and Lloyd Bridges as Hyde. Wolper himself looks back at 30 years of film making both for television and the theatrical screen, documentary, educational pictures and entertainment features. With his epic pictures, "Devil's Brigade" and "The Bridge at Rema- gen" he delved into World War II and the ef- forts of the Americans to defeat the might of the Nazis in Europe. Filmiza- tion of William Shirer's "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" sees the struggle in same documentary terms. Turning other non- fiction bestsellers into movies he produced The Making of the President" from Theodore H. White's Pulitzer-prize-winning book, and "A Nation of Immigrants," written by John F. Kennedy. Wolper was born in New York City, Jan. 11, 1928. He attended Drake University and the University of Southern California at Los Angeles. As early as 1948, he formed his first movie distribution company and, between studies at college, sold films to the developing company and, between studies at college, sold films to the developing TV indus- try. After discovering 6,000 feet of film footage of the Russian space program in 1958, he created his first documentary and garnered promptly • his first Oscar nomination. He has done pictures about pro football, the World Series, Hol- lywood and D Day. He has also produced fea- ture 'films such as If It's Tuesday, It Must Be Bel- gium"; "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" (Gene Wilder), and the first star-studded drama about Israel's rescue action in Uganda, "Victory at Entebbe" (starring Richard Dreyfus, Elizabeth Taylor and Kirk Douglas). He is active in many charitable organizations, is on the board of Cedars-Sinai Hos- pital and the L.A. Heart In- stitute. Wolper has shown him- self a good Jew who will fight for issues. When the news came over the wire service that Vanessa Red- grave was signed for the part of Fenia Fenelon in "Playing for Time," he was the first producer to protest to CBS, putting the network on notice that he wouldn't release any of his pictures through them if they main- tained their capricious choice of casting. Friday, April 11, 1980 13 5 lbs. of MATZO, If I can't Beat Your Best Deal Margolis Household Furniture 6 Mile, 1 BIk. W. of Schaefer ARNOLD MARGOLIS INTERIOR DECORATOR SERVICE OUR 34th YEAR SHARPENING the PENCIL On All Name Brands Furniture and Bedding •SCHOOLFIELD 'SELIG 'SIMMONS •SEALY •SERTA 'SPRING AIR •LA-Z- BOY •STIFFEL LAMPS •KROEHLER •AMERICAN 'BURLINGTON •BASSETT •BARCALOUNGER 'LANE 'UNIQUE 13703 W. McNichols 342-5351 Hrs. 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