The Kingston Whig-Standard from Kingston, Ontario, Canada (2024)

July 25, 1970

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The Kingston Whig-Standardi

Location:

Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Issue Date:

Saturday, July 25, 1970

Page:

19

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rr 1 pirai wliwwvwtowwtoqp-wm-w 0 rx- -nt w1 i fc 'w ir 1 t- THE KINGSTON WHIG-STANDARD SATURDAY JULY 25 1970 PAGE NINETEEN He was her MAN and she done him right i true'' Now hear this: The film version of Gore transsexual satire atarts off promisingly but alter a couple of reels plunges straight downhill under the weight of artless direction Meanwhile two other comedians both noted for their joke-stealing appeared together at a recent fair Mil-ton Berle and Hcnny Young-man were treated to two standing ovations after a three-hour epic during which Uncle Miltie even mingled with the audience Berle described Youngman affectionately as "so dumb he had to use cue cards on his honeymoon" Another example of the sex-film trend came out of the filming of Alex in Wonderland It seems then is one scene that features 250 setors and actresses in the nude Things wen going slowly and there was some embarrassment in evidence What to do? The director Paul Maxursky came up with the solution: He took off his clothea -to relax everyone The scene went off without a hitch of counc then wasn't much to hitch Actress Julie Ege haa been choaen "The Sex Symbol of the 1970a" in a movie contest The stunning blonde ia a former Mias Norway contest win- "The stars' names (The movie also features John Huston Raquel Welch Rex Reed and Jim Backus) and the book's notoriety will provide a atrong come-on to this X-rated release but it is strictly sexploitation novelty material of dubious taste" ner TEACEWIIDDPETHE PLANETS AND LOVE WKiSTBRYHE STARS By PETE FOWLED -City Editor Many mooni ago when Mae Weat waa in her prime ahe waa looking for a male co-star for her movie veraion of Dianumd Lil The film was titled She Done Him Wrong Mias West encountered difficulty because all of big name male stars were working in other films As she was walking across the studio lot one day' she noticed a strikingly handsome young man MYon don't want him" an executive told her "We only use him to make screen tests with new young ac- treiiai "If he can talk I'll take him" answered Miss West Thus a career was horn The in a name: Cary Grant Mae West returns to the screen in 20th Century Fox's controversial Myra Breckinridge She plays a lecherous female agent in her first screen role in 26 years Air CLOWNS AT TIIEIR BEST JACK BENNY Come (ly with him MAE WEST 20 years in wings The reaction of some of the top show business entertainers to the recent rash of X-rated or adult-only movies was perhaps best expnssed by Oscar winner Walter Matthau Passengers on a recent flight from Hollywood to Lake Tahoe had barely settled in their seals after takeoff when the plane captain announced: "Please fasten your seat belts again ladies and gentlemen Jack Benny is going to play his Comedian Jackie Vernon reports columnist -Earl Wilson had an interesting encounter with silent film star Charlie Chaplin Vernon had been a fan of the great Chaplin for many years and wrote him innumerable letters of admiration He never received an acknowledgement Success came to Jackie while playing at the Savoy in London Eng He saw Chaplin and approached him Chaplin" he said "we've never met but my name is Jackie Vernon" Chaplin answered: "Why did you quit writing?" though her part is very short ahe reportedly provides some funny moments Hen are a few excerpts from a review of in Variety: to paperbacks and pre-release advertising 'everything heard about Myra Breckinridge is Said the comedian after viewing the film: "I just feel dirty What do you tell people who ask you what your profession Is?" Thank goodness for the remnants of some decency in tinsel town FOR ENQUIRIES AND SPECIAL GROUP RATES (party must number over 25) call operator for toll free number-Zenith-4-2610 Ticket available all performances thh weekend For mnil nrden mnka certified cheque er money order payable te the Royal Alasandra Theatre Na cash pltafe and list alternate detec Ne mail order accepted ueleic accompanied by certified cheque er money order Sure enough down the aisle came Benny serenading the passengers He was followed by a friend with hat in hand seeking a collection Total donation: 88 cents TUESWED THUES EVENINS KnroMMNCtlWiS WED SUNOAV MATINEE FA IOAT AW I SHOWS satummY uwitvtn MATS Showing Sunday -Monday -Tuesday Perspectives and prejudices OMHUTRA TUCX-FSL UOpu TM UieiOMMN SAT luiMcmr iii 7 rows Am US pm LAST 4 rows Tolerance laced with paradox (yellow) UlllM ini S41CONV NO SEATS AVAIlASlf QMMTVBNrf mum NOTE: Through the summer there are 2 matinees Wednesday Shopperi Delight 230 pm Sunday Weekend Special 230 pm plus ROYAL ALEXANDRA THEATRE 260 King West Toronto Petty tolerance consists in easy approval of almost anything anyone docs providing of course that he doesn't tread on my toes while doing it It often results in the blunting of all distinctions between right and wrong It sometimes sees serious moral concern aa almost a GEORGE ROTH 1 iVtfiiaC Tho biiorro world you mot in "FI not Of Thu Apts" woa only tho beeinninf WHAT LIES IENEATH MAT IE THE END! essential lubricant in our kind of society This ia the kind of tolerance which enables Roman Catholics various kinds of Protestants Jews adherents of other religions persons of no religious affiliation or commitment to live together in the same society without striving to oppress or destroy one another This kind of tolerance in religion demands no compromise in fundamental conviction It is rather a matter of how we carry our religious convictions Religion has very often been an agency of intolerance but in our society today religion does despite conspicuous instances to the' contrary seem to nourish tolerance But much of the tolerance By REV A DAVIDSON of Sydenham Street Uaited Church We are very broad-minded and tolerant generation' Today to accuse a man of intolerance is nearly as insulting to him aa to aay that ho haa no aenae of humor or that he ia not a good driver But when we probe beneath the surface of today's tolerance we aee that it ia laced with paradox and ambiguity and that it takea more than one form Consider the tolerance which is necessary to democratic order This is the moral virtue- which enables persona id differing convictions and creeds and opinion! to live together in an effective degree of trust and concord This kind of tolerance ia an kEUTMUeOLM-DHTnttUMTOiaAUFUBto riumcncMB LAST TIMES TONIGHT Is (here not something grimly and arrogantly intolerant about the bright smooth fellow who tells with a superior smile about bis odious little immoralities and boasts of his emancipation from outworn moral conventions of which we are so proud is a quite different sort of thing(A rather petty kind of tolerance has become very fashionable among us This petty tolerance has certain superficial resemblances to the tolerance which must undergird democratic order but in reality it ia either simple indifference or a cloak for a sneaky form of 3LOR STARRING PETER COLOR STARRING PETER Adult Entertainment IN FONDA Adult Entertainment IN COLOR STARRING GEORGE FEPPARD SKYLARK! DRIVE-IN The genteel crook and he is legion nowadays shows a nasty intolerance aa he excuses his genteel crookedness and feels quite superior to the intolerantly honest people who do not approve his little games 11 is one of the ironical curiosities of the current scene that the advocates ot the various new moralities are often far more narrow-minded far Tourist business Most of Ontario maintaining level Todoy ot 1:00 5:20 7:30 9:35 Sundoy ot 1:30 3:04 5:10 7:20 9:30 SPECIAL MATINEE NEXT WEDNESDAT more dogmatic far more intolerant than are the defenders 'of the older moralities River report accommodations and sales much-improved this year ALL SEATS 50c GOT A TORONTO (CP) The lour- 1st industry appears to be main I tabling the level it reached last summer in Ontario except for the Lake SL Clair Kenora Sault Ste Marie and Niagara regions Officials of the department of tourism and Information blame publicity about mercury pollu- Chip Roffotry Sybil Thorndike ELVIS PRESLEY MARYTYLER MOORE OF HABIT' mmmm Plus 2nd BIG Hit Youths hurt in car crash PRINCESS ODEONJsl Ajyj smash musical now the most exciting movie in years! irr-iwflegjgia SWEET i GHRRiiy siWErmchnim Senior Toronto police officers get IS raises Petty tolerance is becoming dry rot in our society We seem to be losing both the capacity and the courage for calling moral spade a moral spade And we care how shallow our minds become as long as they are fashionably broad As someone hai put it "Quite often when a man thinks his mind ia becoming broader it ia only his conscience In his biography of Bernard Shaw St John Irvine made this- observation: these Umes of absurd tolerance we have almost forgotten thst there are certain things which ought not to be tolerated" Yes indeed there is tolerance and there ia tolerance tion for drastic losses at Kenora fishing camps Boating rentals are down and one lodge in the area closed even though the department says only about three of 50000 lakes in the area are polluted Floods in the Sault Ste Marie area early last month resulted in a large number of reservation cancellations but retail business seems to be picking up the department said Mercury pollution in Lake St Clair also' appears to have scared anglers away Officials said the drop in business at Niagara is inexplicable London and Kitchener areas report a am all increase in business while business is "excellent" in Metropolitan Toronto Tourism is booming in the Huntsville area with campsite reservations higher than last year officials aay But at Waa-aga Beach business baa declined sharply after a successful winter trade STARTS SUNDAY The relationship between sensual people is limited: TWEED Two youths remain in "fair" condition today at Belleville General Hospital suffering from head injuries sustained Thursday night in a car-truck accident at Fox boro 11 miles south-west of here Brian Holdgate 18 of Can-neiton and Damon Richardson 19 of Foxboro sustained the injuries in a 11 pm crash on Highway 14 which iso involved a truck driven by Langdon Gardner of 1 1 I- They must find 4a new way TORONTO (CP) Senior Metropolitan Toronto police offi- cers were granted 15-pcr-cent I pay increases at Thursday's lice commission meeting it was announced Friday The raises follow several weeks of negotiations and mean 5 a $2000 annual increase to 62 inspectors An sal-ary after four years in the rank will be $18184 up from a for-I mer maximum of $14123 The three staff superintend- ents will earn $17701 and 11 au-perintendents $19219 after serv- ing two years kingston symphony association IARRYKRAMER ad MARTIN ROSEN pu KEN RUSSQTS lad LAWRENCE'S "WOMEN IN LOVE" United Artists COLOR by Deluxe While merchants around Ottawa report retail sales much lower this year than last communities siong the SL Lawrence taau am a THE WIND QUINTET Evenings at: 7:00 and 9:10 Saturday and Sunday Matinees: 2:35 4:50 fARU-'LANCH The audiance who lovid ''Dirty Oaztn" will find Kelly's Haroes" squally to their likings Donald Sutherland ft hilarieisly freaky I -Cua a beautiful maniacs beautiful baby suddenly something aHaler out of her peat returned to haunt her there would bo a price to pay the lifa of her baby Daddyfe Gone A-Hunting Grand Theatre SUNDAY JULY 26 Winner of 4 Academy Award tejnnost terrifying7iewwchill 8:30 pm Paul Newman in Beethoven "BUTCH CASSIDY and the SUNDANCE KID" Quintet for Wind Op 71 Jacques Ibert TrOfi Piece! Breves Samuel Barber "Summer Muiic" Op 31 Brion Chcmey CAROL WHITE PAUL BURKE On tha Sama Program KREMLIN ADULT ENTERTAINMENT Interlude and Variation for Wind Quintet Antonio Vivaldi Carl Nielsen COMING SOON Trio in Minor Quintet Op 43 Clint Eastwood felfySavalas 6 and fi damn near won a war lwleadl I quyij ivJ'u mill 1 EM loi Office Openi at 7:30 TK Shew Sterti at Deik Children Under 12 Free Ployfreund An Tickets eveilebls at Grand $150 BOX OFFICE OPENS l-PM This concert wee advertised ia direr for July 14 CORRECT DATS AS SHOWN ABOVE iMmm Sfe 1 i 1 i I -1 -r r- ltl -wrx jc 7 njvfcPrw'vw-T-fis-'-.

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