Miss Illinois crowned Miss America
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) -
Miss Illinois, Marjorie Judith Vin
cent, a pianist of Haitian descent
who wants to practice international
law, was crowned Miss America
1991 early Sunday.
Vincent broke into tears and
smiled brightly as she was given a
surprise serenade of “There She
Is” by Bert Parks, who returned to
the pageant 10 years after he was
fired as Master of Ceremonies.
‘ ‘I couldn't believe it,” she said
afterward. “I was just so happy
that I was in the Top 10.1 sti 11 don ’ t
believe it.”
Asked what she would do next,
Vincent said, “I have no idea. I
just want to see my family.”
First runner-up was Miss South
Carolina Mary Waddell Gainey,
24, of Hartsville.
Following her as second run
ner-up was Miss Tennessee Dana
Brown, 25, of Memphis. Miss Texas
Suzanne Lawrence, 21, of Humble
was third runner-up. And Miss
Louisiana Linnea Marie Fayard,
22, of Shreveport took fifth place.
Earlier in the pageant, the 75
year-old Parks serenaded 29 for
mer Miss Americas with a lip-syn
ched ‘‘There She Is” that wasn’t
quite synched. A standing ovation
greeted Parks, who neglected to
mention at least a dozen of the
former beauty queens he was to
introduce.
Vincent, 25, of Oak Park, is a
third-year law student at Duke
University who graduated from
DePaul University in 1988 with a
degree in music.
She played Chopin’s “Fantasy
Impromptu — Opus 66” with dra
matic flourishes and a light touch
during the talent portion of the
competition.
Tne 5-foot-6, 110-pound Vin
cent performed in a rust satin
embroidered coat detailed in gold
cracked ice over a black sheath
petticoat dress.
Vincent, who came to the United
States from Haiti when she was 3
years old, has said she wants to
study international law and help in
the economic development of the
impoverished Caribbean nation. She
speaks French and Creole.
Vincent comes from a modest
family. Her father is a doorman
and a check cashier and her mother
is a seamstress.
She said in a pre-pageant inter
view that she wants to speak out on
the plight of battered women.
Vincent was the only black
contestant among the 50 this year.
Last year’s Miss America, Debbye
Turner, also was black.
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OMAHA (AP) - Producers seek
ing a location for Sean Penn’s new
movie, “The Indian Runner,’’ knew
they wanted a Midwestern town near
a major river.
The film’s location scout, produc
tion designer and production man
ager visited Kansas, Missouri, Iowa
and Minnesota.
Then they discovered Plattsmouth.
“Sean had drawn a picture of the
town he envisioned, and Plattsmouth
was exactly what his vision was,’’
said Don Phillips, the movie’s co
producer.
Filming for “The Indian Runner”
will continue in Omaha, Council Bluffs
and Plattsmouth and such surround
ing towns as Arlington through the
end of October.
An avenue in Council Bluffs was
blocked off late Friday to accommo
date all-night filming at the Theodore
Fitch home.
The movie is being produced for
about $10 million and is tentatively
scheduled for release through Uni
versal Studios in the fall of 1991. It
will be Penn’s first effort as a director
and writer. He will not act in the film.
Thom Mount, executive producer,
described the film, set in 1968, as a
“very intense family drama’’ that
focuses on the relationship between
two brothers.
Phillips said Joe, the older brother,
is a deputy sheriff. Frank, the younger
brother, has returned from Vietnam
after three tours of duty. Phillips
described the brothers as a kind of
Cain and Abel.
Although Frank served in Viet
nam, Mount said, “This is not a re
turning veteran’s story.’’
Phillips said the screenplay is based
on the song “Highway Patrolman’’
from Bruce Springsteen’s “Nebraska”
album, released in 1982.
Also in the cast are Charles Bron
son, Hastings native Sandy Dennis,
Viggo Mortensen, David Morse,
Valeria Golino, Patricia Arquette,
Dennis Hopper and Cathy Moriarty.
Phillips sent Mount the original
script for “The Indian Runner” and
told him it had been written by a
prison inmate. Mount’s company has
produced such films as “Tequila
Sunrise,” “Bull Durham” and
“Frantic.”
Mount liked the script and learned
only later that Penn wrote it.
“Don had hoodwinked me because
I had to read it without prejudice --
because Scan and I arc friends, and
Don and Scan are friends, and we’ve
all known each other and worked
together for a long time,” Mount
said.
Penn had used the same ruse in
sending the script to Phillips. The two
had worked together on “Fast Times
at Ridgemont High” in 1982.
Besides the suitability of the Ne
braska locations, Mount said, the film
crew also was drawn to the Omaha
area because of the friendliness and
genuineness of area residents.
“In a very good way, Nebraska
has not had a chance to become so
phisticated yet. I mean that in the
most positive sense. And that’s ex
tremely important to the story, be
cause it influences the kind of extras
and small parts that we cast and the
look and feel of things,” Mount said.
“If one lives in California, one
believes that no one out there drives
American cars anymore. Thai’s not
the case here. It’s great.”
The crew of * ‘The Indian Runner’ ’
is using the old Omaha police station
and jail as a self-contained studio.
Mount said it contains production
offices, carpentry and metal shops,
electrical and gnp departments, ward
robe and costume shops, makeup and
hair departments and accounting of
fices. It also houses an editing facility
and a screen room for viewing the
film footage shot each day.
Having such a facility is “very
unusual and a pleasant surprise,”
Mount said. It came about because
the crew found out about the vacant
building, which is owned by the
O’Keefe Elevator Co.
The making of “The Indian Run
ner” will bring about S4 million to
the economies of Omaha and sur
rounding communities, Mount said.
He said the slate and city govern
ments have been very cooperative,
especially Omaha Mayor P.J. Mor
gan and Janet Traub of the Nebraska
Film Office.
“There couldn’t be better work
ing conditions, from our point of view,”
he said.
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