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14 Courier-Journal — Friday, July 12, 1968 As 1 See it TV - - jUst Too Many Beautiful People By PAT COSTA It rained a lot last week so I pulled out my ironing board, turned on the televi- sion and settled down to get acquainted with the new Dick Cavett Show and reacquainted with some table cloths that had been in the basket since spring. Cavett's talk marathon proved little different from the more familiar efforts of Messrs. Carson, Douglas, Bish- op and Griffin. There was, however, one thing that did take me aback just a bit. Midway through the second day of watching, I saw quite an unusual sight —for television at least. Rarer (on TV) than talking dogs, inarticulate politicians or inhibited starlets, the un- usual occurrence was the ap- pearance of a homely woman. Her name: Margaret Hamil- ton, a talented and versatile actress probably best known and remembered for her role as the wicked witch of the North in the 30's Hollywood production of \The Wizard of Oz.\ In her role of guest she wore no peaked hat, no un- usual makeup, no flowing robes and her voice was pitched at a warm, captivating if not mellifluous level. She was dressed attractive- ly and her hair carefully coifed. But, if anyone ever called her pretty besides her mother, then it must have been out of some misguided sense of kindness. For Miss Hamilton is not pretty. Enchanting, full of character, refreshing, yes. All of those things and a lot more. But, pretty, no. I took one look as she came from behind the curtain to the row of .chairs where Cavett's guests sit and never took my eyes from her again as long as the camera focused on her. There was this magnificent nose, too big for a woman by almost any standard, dominat- ing her whole face; her jaw, her forehead, her craggy con- tours, all resplendent in their rock-bound quality. I breathed deeply, re freshed and intrigued, savor- ing the absolute loveliness of her. She was a sight to behold ' in the distorted world of TV cameras where evenness of features is a prime requisite coming before a|l other tal- ents or abilities. In this per- haps TV has out-Hollywooded Hollywood. In an effort to captivate and titillate us the viewing audience, television has erad- icated the unbeautiful except when it is functional to a script and then, never con- tent to do anything by halves, the unlovely becomes the bizarre and the horrendous. Obesity, with maybe the ex- ception of Jackie Gleason and Buddy Hackett, has been abol- ished. Baldness has been ban- ished. Caps cover the teeth, contact lenses replace glasses, and there is surgery for sag- ging jowls and noses \less than Greek.\ . This TV insistence upon a \beautiful\ world peopled by \beautiful\ creatures has in- filtrated the industry at every point. At least two of our national newscasters possess pulchri- tude enough to star opposite Doris Day. Quiz show contestants are chosen for their beaming, white smiles and super-struc- tured bodies. Emcees for these same shows are cut from a rigidly engineered if boringly cher- ubic mold. , Young male singers who get the breaks in front of the cameras without exception bear the countenances of pink cheeked choir boys. Their female counterparts work hard and successfully at achieving a sultry vacuity. There is one vague chan<< that the tide may turn a litth; in favor of the homely face in the street. Madison Avenue, always a forerunner, has for the last couple of years been featui- ing \common\ men in its commercials, letting the car- eras dwell on the weak chin, protruding ears and bulging waistline. Just possibly the TV indus- try 1 may latch on' to the fad, but don't bet on it. 'Green Berets': War of Its Own When John Wayne tells you to go, you'd better. A scene from \The Green Berets.\ Catholic Press Features Hollywood — If you're a critic and you don't like John Wayne's \The Green Berets,\ is it because Wayne made a bad movie or is it because Wayne is a \•hawk\ and you're a dove? If you're a critic and you - praise \The Green Berets,\ Is it because—well, you get the point The point is, any movie- goer who goes to see \The Green Berets\ will not be able to check his politics at the door. For, based on a number of reviews on the film, viewers favoring U.S. involvement in Vietnam will find \The Green Berets\ any- thing from a- good, typical John Wayne shoot-em-up to definite proof that the U.S. should be in Vietnam. Those opposing U.S. policy in Viek nam will do anything from laugh at the \wrong\ times to picketing the theater. Indicative of the two ex- treme positions possible are excerpts from a review In \The Sign,\ national Catho- lic monthly, by its film critic, Jerry Cotter, and from i \New York Times\ review by Its critic, Renata Adler. \Sign\: \The very vocal minority which insists that we should not be fighting communism In Vietnam or anywhere else will not be happy about The Green -Berets.' The war, which has been persistently, ignored by Hollywood to date, finally comes into focus with John Wayne's dramatization of the Robin Moore bestseller. \The gung-ho branch of the United States Special Forces has checkmated the Vietcong on many occasions, and the record Is vividly-depicted in this spectacular action yarn. The film bras a special value, aside from its view of war's bitter and grim hours. Per- haps more Importantly, it focuses on the human tragedy as well, the terrified villagers, the bewildered youngsters, the human exhibits of man's Inhumanity. In this respect, Vietnam is not a whit differ- ent from a hundred previous wars nor those to come. The balance between melodrama and documentary-like study Is excellently main- tained here, properly under- scored, and staged most ef- fectively.\ \New York Times\: \ The Green Berets\ Is a ftlm so rri\\T Movie X VI Ratings Friday, July 72 - Thursday, July 18 Ratings are those given by the former Legion of Decency, now tho National Catholic Office for Notion Pictures, when films were originally shown. A-l: morally unobjectionable for general patron- age; A-2: morally unobjectionable for adulta and adolescents; A-S: morally unobjectionable for adults; A-4: morally unobjectionable for adults, with reservations; B: morally objectionable In part for all; C: condemned. No Rating: film has not been reviewed by the National Catholic Office for Motion Pictures (formerly the Legion of Decency). N.B. Before A-3 classification was established, A-2 Indicated morally unobjectionable for adults. Movie listings supplied through the courtesy of TV Guide Magazine Tine 4:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. ir:35 p.m. 11:45 p.m. 2:00 p-m. 2:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 11:15 p.m. 11:15 p.m. 11:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 5:35 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 11:15 p.m. 11:15 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 11:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 11:30 p.m. 4:00 pjn. 9:00 p.m. 11:30 p.m, Friday, July 12 Channel Movie 8 Black Arrow 10 The Tender Trap 13 One Desire 10 Father Is a Bachelor Rattig A-2 B A-2 A-2 10 13 10 8 8 13 10 Saturday, July 13 Terror of Rome Against Son of Hercules A-l Isle of Fury A-2 Man From Laramie A-l The Errand Boy A-l Three Brave Men A-l The Perfect Furlough Paratrooper Sunday, July 8 Storm Warning 13 Summer Love 10 The Scarlet Claw 13 Dear Brlgitte 10 South Sea Sinner 13 Blackwell's Island No Rating Available No Rating Available J 14 A-2 A-l No Rating Available A-l B A-2 Monday, July 15 8 Reprisal ' 13 Operation Petticoat 13 Lawless Range Tuesday, July 16 8 Barricade 8 Man's Favorite Sport 13 Damn Citizen! Wednesday, July 17 A-2 A-3 A-l B A-3 A-l 8 7th Cavalry 13 Flaming Star 13 Carry On, Teacher A-l A-l No Rating Available Thursday, July 18 8 Crime Wave No Rating Available 10 Where the Spies Are A-3 13 Once Upon a Horse A-2 unspeakable, so stupid, so rot- ten and false in every detail that it passes through being fun, through being funny, through being camp, through everything and becomes an invitation to grieve, not for our soldiers or for Vietnam —the films could not be more false or do a greater disser- vice to them — but for what has-happened to the fantasy- making apparatus in this country. Simplicities of The right, simplicities of the left, but this one, is beyond the possible. It is vile and insane. 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