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when his pieces were played.
Laredo recalled that the per-
formance of one of his corn-
positions, which Prokofiev
wrote for his graduation,
caused quite a scandal.
"People were throwing
things and booing and calling
him the devil," Laredo said.
"No one had ever written
anything like it before."
Laredo's recordings include
not only Prokofiev but Ravel,
Scriabin, Debussy, Tchaikov-
sky, Chopin and Beethoven.
And she is the first performer
to have recorded
Rachmaninoffs complete solo
piano works.
has
also
She
Rachmaninoff s autograph,
framed on her wall in her
New York apartment.
Her affection for the Rus-
sian composer seems fitting
enough considering that the
first piano recital Laredo
heard was Vladimir Horowitz
playing Rachmaninoff in the
Masonic Auditorium in
Detroit.
"Imagine my ecstasy at the
sheer presence of the great
pianist, who sat a mere five
feet away from my Buster
Brown shoes," Laredo wrote
in a recent piece for the 100th
anniversary of
Rachmaninoff's birth. It was
an unforgettable concert.
And, of course, those earth-
shattering encores! The world
stood on its head when I
heard this man play."

Cancer Fund
Benefit Planned

The American Cancer
Society Young Professionals
will have a "creative" black
tie party on July 28 at 7:30
p.m. at the Radisson Plaza
Hotel in Southfield.
Hors d'oeuvres and a cash
bar will be available. A silent
auction will take palce.
At 8:30 p.m., Norma Jean
Bell and the All-Stars will
entertain. Mark Ridley of the
Comedy Castle will take the
stage between sets. There is a
charge. Proceeds will benefit
the American Cancer Society,
557-5353.

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JOEY'S ON JEFFERSON
7909 E. Jefferson, Detroit,
New York-style light show,
Top 40 hits, dancing,
331-5450.

SKYLIGHTS
Griffs Grill, second floor,
49 N. Saginaw, Pontiac,
Chisel Brothers, today and
Saturday, admission.
DUFFY'S ON THE LAKE
8635 Cooley Lake Rd.,
Union Lake, Bob Posch
Comedy Show, through
July, admission. 363-9469.

FAMILIES

DETROIT HISTORICAL
MUSEUM
5401 Woodward, "Go
Outside and Play," toys
from the past 100 years,
Wednesdays through
Sundays, now through
October. 833-1805.

HILBERRY THEATER
Detroit, "The Arkansaw
Bear," today, Monday
through July 22, admission.
577-2972.

FARMINGTON
COMMUNITY CENTER
24705 Farmington Rd.,
Farmington Hills, Skate
Mobile, Wednesday.
477-8404.

Burns Takes Youth
Angle In New Movie

HERBERT G. LUFT

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n his new picture, "18
Again!" George Burns,
92, portrays an 81-year-
old man who during an acci-
dent is thrown into the body
of his 18-year-old grandson,
thus fulfilling his wishes to
be young again for a while.
It's a little confusing to the
audience, especially since we
view on the screen the
countenance of youthful
Charlie Schlatter who only
sporadically speaks with the
voice of Burns. No one in the
movie, except Red Buttons as
the old man's life-long pal,
knows of the change of per-
sonalities; few of those in the
audience can fathom the
switch of character.
The film, cooked up by Josh
Goldstein and Jonathan
Prince, is not everybody's cup
of tea. The yarn gains
momentum only when the oc-
togenarian at the finish gets
rid of the opportunistic dame
who has taken advantage of
him while he was still his own
self, after having given
herself away when he return-
ed in the disguise of an
18-year-old.
"18 Again!" is basically car-
ried by the whimsical charm
of Burns.
The veteran comedian
relays his own recollections of
being 18. "I couldn't get a
job," he recalls. "I was a small-
time vaudevillian, worked
with a seal and a dog and did
a skating act. I had to change

my name every week, because
I couldn't get a job twice with
the same name." Yet, when
Burns celebrated his 80th
year in show business in
1983, he achieved a record of
acclaim unmatched by any
living performer.
The ninth of 12 children,
George was born Nathan
Birnbaum on New York's
Lower East Side. He quit
school in the fourth grade.
At 14, he was a dance
teacher and vaudeville enter-
tainer, and he made his movie
debut in 1929 opposite his
wife and partner, Gracie
Allen. They substituted for
ailing Fred Allen in a one-reel
situation comedy. Subse-
quently, Burns and Allen
starred in 14 shorts and were
featured in a dozen full-
length films, with the last of
them, "Honolulu," made in
1939.
They went on network radio
in 1932 and stayed on the air
til 1950. Five years later, they
turned to television. When
Gracie retired, George con-
tinued alone, and he also pro-
duced several TV shows. He
became a recording artist and
nightclub entertainer in Las
Vegas and Reno.
It was in 1970 that Burns'
career received a boost after
the death of Jack Benny, who
was set to star on th screen in
Neil Simon's "The Sunshine
Boys." Burns took over as a
tribute to his old friend, and
at the age of 74 became an in-
stant movie star.

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