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SMU SCHOOL OF LAW
Dallas, Texas
Linda Zenar Bux, Assistant Director of Admissions,
will be on campus ....
FRIDAY, SEPT. 19
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to talk to students about admis
sions and financial assistance. All interested students
should contact the Career Planning and Placement
Center, Nebraska Union 230, sign-up for interviews.
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By.'
Dave
Meile
This week's theme: the long, grisly
list of scandal and tragedy in Holly
wood. The shame! The despair! Oh, the
decadence! But first a man who is
neither shameful nor decadent the
King, Elvins Presley.
Thursday 1 1:45 p.m. WTBS (chan
nel 4) . .
"Blue Hawaii "(1961) Elvis Pres
ley, Angela Lansbury
See Elvis attempt to start a dance
craze known as "slicin' sand." Gently
chuckle as he teases an overweight
native with the tune "Ito Eats." Des
pite the fact that there are absolutely
no pilgrims in this film, WTBS showed
this on Thanksgiving last year.
12:15 The Movie Channel (chan
nel 28)
"Ticket to I lolly, rood" (1980) 1
hour special narrated by Jackie
Cooper.
An uneven look at Hollywood in the
'UOs. The focus is on old serials, racism,
sexploitation and other scandals. It's
not great, but there are some neat
trailers and newsreels along with short
interviews with Hal Roach (Our Gang,
Laurel & Hardy) and Roger Corman.
Friday, Sept 19th, 4:50 a.m.
VVOVVT (Channel 6)
' Hw Spider Woman Strikes Back "
(1946) Gale Sondergaard, Rondo
Hatton
In 1936, Gale Sondergaard won the
best supporting actress Oscar for her
performance in "Anthony Adverse."
Considered to be one of Hollywood's
classiest villains during the '40s, she
won lasting fame among horror and
mystery fans when she played Sherlock
Holmes' arch enemy in the 1944 film
"The Spider Woman." Then in 1947, the
Red Scare hit the movie industry. The
House UnAmerican Activities Commit
tee (HUAC) was set up in Congress to
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Independent study
purge the film business of commie
pinkos. Anyone caught being a leftist
or thinking unAmerican thoughts was
run out of town. A group of writers and
directors, known as the Hollywood Ten,
refused to comply with the investiga
tions of HUAC, and were convicted of
contempt of Congress. They were thrown
in jail. Ms. Sondergaard's husband,
producer-director Herbert Biberman was
one of the ten. Many celebrities snitched
on fellow actors and the mere mention
of a person's name was enough to ruin
their career. Gale Sondergaard's name
was mentioned and after 1949 she did
no films until 1969. She died last year
at the age of 85.
Rondo Hat ton was reportedly a hand
some chap until he contracted acrome
galy, a disease which enlarges the
bones of the lace. He found small parts
in films in the early ':50s and then
moved on to I'niversal and Monogram
Studios as a spine-snapping murderer
known as "The Creeper." In the Sher
lock Holmes film "Pearl of Death"
(1944), Basil Rathbone describes Rondo.
"He's a monster with the chest of a
buffalo and the arms of a gorilla!"
Gee thanks, Basil.
Usually Rondo had the thankless
task of delivering lines like "Shut up"
or "Stop screaming." Universal exploi
ted Rondo's misfortune and billed him
as "the monster without make-up" and
"the ugliest man in pictures." His co
stars said he was an extremely nice
fellow. Most of us horror and mystery
fans are sort of protective of Rondo so
don't be making any snide comments.
My friend has a Rondo Hatton mask
that cost $40. Now that's devotion.
In this film, which is not a sequel to
"The Spider Woman," Gale Sonder
gaard owns a ranch where she kills
hired hands and drains their blood to
give to her carnivorous plant. Rondo
sneers and leers as her servant, "Mario,
the Monster Man."
Saturday, Sept. 20th, Midnight,
WOVVT (channel 6)
"House of Dracula" (1945) Lon
Chancy, Jr., John Carradine
The Universal horror films of the '30s
& '40s are some of the all time best.
This is your all-star monsterama. John
Carradine is the skinniest Dracula
ever. Lon Chaney shows up, falls for a
hunch-backed nurse, and becomes wolty
a connle of limes. A luincji backej
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call:
472-1926 for information.
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Oilier si ulT: this weekend:
Room Scrrice ( 19,)$) Mar.r Bros.
Hollow Triu m ph (1948) Pa it I Heti-
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Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
Gregory Peck
House 'of Wax (1953) Vincent
IYice
Mister Rock ' ' Roll (1957) Alan
Freed, Quick Berry
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