THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Princess' Is Called Objective By HERBERT G. LUFT (Copyright 1980, JTA, Inc.) "DEATH OF A PRIN- CESS," the thought- provoking two-hour documentary-drama that caused a storm of protest by the government of Saudi Arabia when first presented on British television and subsequently shown throughout the United States via the Public Broad- casting System (PBS), was recently viewed by the embers of the Hollywood reign Press at KCET, the s Angeles PBS outlet. Appraising the motion picture in the privacy of a --projection room, without in- terruptions of any kind, on a large screen in perfect colors, we found it to be a work of lyrical beauty and in the main fascinating entertainment except for some overlong, -tedious re- staged interviews of eye- witness reports. We don't know whether all the de- tails are accurate, although the joint scenario by British executive producer David Fanning and director An- tony Thomas makes a point that "Death of a Princess" is a faithful reconstruction of it the events from transcripts of revelations of those on the scene. "Death of a Princess" pre- sented the Arab people in a fair light. There were no cartoon characterizations. Yet, the film implied that not all is well in a country with too much money, too much land and a rather small population of unedu- cated, backwards citizens who have no part in the gov- ernment and in the riches of the very few. "THE JAZZ SINGER" has been completed at the Goldwyn Studios and now is in its final stage of editing and scoring. Excerpts were shown with enthusiastic re- sponse at the Cannes Film Festival. The title role, in the early talkies created by Al Jolson, is now portrayed by Neil Diamond, who on the screen shortens his name from Yussal Rabinovitch to Jess Robin much to his father's dismay. The elder Rabinovitch, a cantor who survived the Holocaust, is essayed by Sir Laurence Olivier (in a part originally played by Warner Oland). May McAvoy appeared opposite Jolson; now Lucie Arnaz is his manager and love interest. Eugenie Bes- serer's role as Jolson's mother has been written out and Diamond's mother sup- posedly died in a concentra- tion camp. The story of a son who tries to break away from tradition is as valid today as it was in the mid-1920s when George Jessel created the character of "The Jazz Singer" on the Broadway stage. One song has re- mained from the Jolson film, "Kol Nidre," intonated by five generations of can- tors of the Rabinovitch clan on Yom Kippur. 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