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...Carol & Ted & Alice: "She has this strange sexuality, which has the slightest edge of being funky, and this humor." She is the exact opposite of a gently provocative Diane Keaton, much more like a latter-day Judy Holliday (but brassier). Cannon downright dares to be vulgar. Says Buck Henry, co-director (with Beatty) of Heaven Can Wait: "She's successful because she's not afraid to make a fool of herself...
...Wait. The new film's script has been updated and altered a bit. For example, the story's hero has been changed from a prizefighter to a quarterback. Heaven Can Wait is clearly a vehicle for Beatty in more ways than one. He is billed as the co-writer, co-director, and naturally, the star. He apparently wanted to cash in on the success of his last effort, Shampoo, by bringing back two of his co-stars in that film, Julie Christie and Jack Warden...
Beatty is not only the star of Heaven Can Wait but the co-writer (with Elaine May), co-director (with Buck Henry) and producer. Having already produced two smash hits in his only previous tries, Bonnie and Clyde (1967) and Shampoo (1975), Beatty must now be regarded as a major film maker as well as a star. "He is really a perfect producer," says Arthur Penn, who directed Bonnie and Clyde. "He makes everyone demand the best of themselves. Warren stays with a picture through editing, mixing and scoring; he plain works harder than anyone else I have ever seen...
...minute did Beatty decide to try directing for the first time. "I asked Mike [Nichols] and Arthur [Penn], but they were busy," he says. "Then I thought the next best thing would be to do it myself." But Beatty, who becomes deadly serious when working, decided he needed a co-director to keep the movie from becoming ponderous. Buck Henry got the job, as well as the on-screen role of Mr. Jordan's celestial assistant. It was not an easy experience. "We had plenty of disagreements, but they weren't violent," says Henry. "When Warren wants to do something...
Muriel Snowden '38, co-director of Freedom House, Inc., a community service organization in Roxbury, and a member of the Board of Overseers, delivered the keynote address for the convention. C. Clyde Ferguson, professor of Law and acting director of the Du Bois Institute, spoke about the institute's activities...