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frr Shooting Begins On 'The Abdication' PI cr ft -t -i ft Pi tf jU BY DALE PERRY 6 3 Cu OQ to to" HOLLYWOOD "The Abdication," starring Peter Finch and Liv Ullmann, Warner dramatic film story of the abdication of Queen Christina of Sweden in the 17th century and her conversion to Catholicism, has commenced shooting in London under director Anthony Harvey. The picture, which is produced by Robert Fryer from a screenplay by Ruth Wolff based on her successful play, has already filmed winter scenes earlier this year in Sweden and will now shoot studio footage in London to be supplemented by mm I SHOWS 2-5 8 I COLONY EASLEY 859-9397 I TO A FULL PARTNER Blythe Danner stars in "Adam's Rib," a romantic comedy to premiere this fall on ABC. In the series, she is a full partner in a law firm while her husband is an assistant district attorney. THOREAU JOB Producer-director Donald B. Hyatt has selected actor Christopher Walken to portray Henry David Thoreau as a young man in a segment for the third special in NBC-TV's "The American Experience" series.

The special, "The Faith of Our Fathers," will be presented during the 1973-74 season. locations in Italy during the fall. During the four-month lay-off since shooting began, Liv Ullmann was in Hollywood where she starred with Gene Hack-man in Warner Bros. film, "Zandy's Bride." TELEPHONE 2 55-9010 TODAY'S PROGRAM NOW EVERYONE CAN SEE. "Tongs by Col Stevens! SOME PEOPLE SEE IT EVERY DAY! 2:1 SPRIMGTIMF far mitifr WW Brooks' 'IMF Lir rrr)4, $1.00 SANTANA AL tTFWART' CAHNCD HKAT T.

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Much of "Fortune And Men's Eyes," which, incidentally, has excellent music, is so mechanical that at times the film looks like a tragedy done with puppets. Perhaps that was the intention of its producers since the atmosphere of prisons would seem to be rather robot-like, but this does nothing to help get the message across that all is not well is this free society. One point the film deserves to be commended on is its clever use of Shakespeare adapted to music. It's just a shame the m'essage of "Fortune And Men's Eyes" is not as Shakespearean as its music. FORMERLY FENDER Herbie Faye, creative consultant on next fall's "NBC Follies," played Corporal Fender in TV's "Sgt.

Bilko" series. ENDS THURS. i Little Indian shows' at 9:18 Child' $1.00 It's noble to pick up the plight of men behind prison walls and put it on movie screens, provided the story is done with insight, truth and feeling. "Fortune And Men's Eyes" attempts to pick up this plight, but its weakness is that it fails to capture the real story behind prison walls. It has little insight, not much truth and no feeling.

What is so unfortunate is that obviously a lots of time and money were spent to convey this contrived story and little will be reaped in bringing the problems of prisons to those outside. It seems to me that, after all, makers of a movie of this nature would be concerned about causes of prison riots and try to result in something that would help the cause. In all fairness it must be said that "Fortune And Men's Eyes" did make a noble effort, but the film missed out when it took an all too shallow look at the injustices behind prison bars. Smitty is the central figure who has been picked up in the free world on a marijuana charge. He is thrown into an eight-by-eight brick cell where three other prisoners exist, and from there on it is rather ob- FROM IHI GRAVEI THf DEVIl IN THE HOIEI GHOST Of THE YOUNO BRICK TfSVTV FILMED IN THE SOUTHl WHERE IT HAPPENS! KM mj no un niw Ml II ntii Quit Th Sam Ivr Again.

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