ENTERTAINMENT LEO MERTZ'S KOSHER CAFE KATON 547-3581 23055 COOLIDGE • Oak Park WE ARE KOSHER Roll 'Em NOT KOSHER-STYLE!!! Continued from preceding page DA I RY TRAY • 5 CREAM CHEESE • LOX • EGGS • SMOKED FISH RELISHES • SABLE 7 $ per person • BAGELS, BREAD • VEGETABLES AND ROLLS • COTTAGE CHEESE to person minimum r 11011 /6 OF TWITH THIS COUPONT1 DAIRY TRAY Expires 10-23-87 Under The Supervision of the Council of Orthodox Rabbis T coupoNT arms Fine Dining OFF 50% SECOND DINNER WHEN DINNER OF EQUAL OR GREATER VALUE IS PURCHASED • Dining Room Only • Expires 10-29-87 Daily Dining Room Hours: TUES.-THURS. 5 p.m.-10 p.m. FRI. & SAT. 5:30 p.m-10:30 p.m., SUN. 5 p.m.-9:30 p.m. 20097 W 12 MILE ROAD, SW. CORNER EVERGREEN For Res: 353-5121 COUNTRY VILLAGE CENTER JN Southfield ,„sra:tagaie , 68 FRIDAY, OCT. 16, 1987 husband, businessman Stanley, for 34 years. She and Conn get work in two ways — by submitting bids or by coming up with their own ideas and soliciting for funds. Sue Marx Films, Inc. got the job to produce three Ses- quicentennial spots after be- ing asked to apply for the work. One of the spots con- tains original songs by Conn as well as an original by the legendary songwriter Irving Berlin. He gave Marx permis- sion to use his I Want to Go Back to Michigan song in one of the spots and he isn't charging her any royalty fees, something almost unheard of. What does making a film actually mean? It often means working seven days a week, 50-60 hours a week for months. For one of the Ses- quicentennial films, it meant, first, doing the writing and creative planning in her of- fice, making dozens of phone calls, for example, to line up the freelance camera crew and the people to be in the film. It meant setting up a "real" picnic for shots of peo- ple toasting marshmallows, climbing trees, and among other things, having a wonderful time. It also meant hoping for good weather on the day of the shoot. Then the next step — the editing — begins. "We have our own equipment in our of- fice and use a freelance editor from Ann Arbor," Marx said. "We make our films on a reel- to-reel machine versus video because we believe the results are prettier, softer and we can get more beautiful scenes. Reel-to-reel is slower and more expensive, but it's worth it," added the member of such organizations as the Detroit Producers Association, the National Academy of Televi- sion Arts and Sciences, the Greater Detroit Chamber of Commerce, the National Council of Jewish Women and the American Jewish Committee. Once a film is completed, it can be copied on video and then released. Marx and Conn are responsible for the sales of the films, too. One way they encourage sales is by entering their films in festivals. This method of promotion certainly paid off recently for Marx, Her latest film, Young at Heart, was selected for the prestigious 'Telluride Film Festival in Telluride, Cola, over the Labor Day weekend. It also was chosen as one of nine U.S. entries for the il- lustrious New York Film Festival, which ran from Sept. 25 through Oct. 11. Marx's Sue Marx takes an active role in film projects undertaken by her firm. entry was shown at Alice Tul- ly Hall at Lincoln Center on Oct. 8. "I hope the movie will be picked up for national distribution after this," added Marx, who enjoys cooking, entertaining and playing. tennis. Young at Heart is one of Marx's favorites for a few good reasons. It's had good reception. Her sister, Vivian Leberman, who also is a regular in the film business, helped her make- it, and the film is about two very special people in Marx's life. The oc- togenarians starring in it are her father, Louis Gothelf, and his new wife, Reva Schwayder. "We decided to film my dad and Reva's story because it was so wonderful. It is about two people in their 80s who met on a flight while going on a painting trip to England in 1984. She moved into his room the second night on the trip. We began filming in the winter of 1984 and stopped when they got married in the summer of 1986," said Marx. The purpose of the film, she explained, was to present a positive portrait of older peo- ple in general as well as the story about two older lovers. Marx received major funding for Young at Heart from Sinai Hospital and from several other organizations. Marx isn't one to hang her hat and call it quits on her most recent success. A woman who has a visual love for life, she has many visual goals including the making of big- ger and better movies. "I hope to do a feature film in Detroit where there is so much talent. I'd also like to do a multi-image show about Detroit that would be shown continuously in Cobo Hall. We have a hell of a story in Detroit to tell," she said. Until then, she'll continue sitting at her desk in her two- room office, making her mark on the local, statewide and national film industry. ❑ Women To See "Young At Heart" An opportunity to see the nationally acclaimed film Young at Heart awaits members of the Jewish Welfare Federation Business and Professional Women's Division, 6 p.m. Oct. 26 at the new Radisson Plaza at Town Center in Southfield. Young at Heart is a tribute to the vitality and romance of octogenarian artists Reva Shwayder and Louis Gothelf — as seen through the eyes of Gothelf's daughter, five-time Emmy Award-winner Sue Marx. Marx, • Shwayder and Gothelf will be on hand to answer questions. Maida Portnoy is B and P Women's Division program chairman, with the assistance of Judy Frankel, associate chairman; and Judge Susan Moiseev, ad- viser. Florine Mark is divi- sion chairman. Barbara Goldman is associate chair- man and Linda Klein, ad- viser. Sharon Hart is Women's Division president, and Edie Mittenthal is vice president. Reservations are necessary, and dinner is included in the price of admission. For more information, call Shelley Milin at Federation, 965-3939. .