Word: hollywoodized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Died. James Edwards, 51, black actor who gained fame in Home of the Brave (1949), one of the first Hollywood productions to recognize and deal openly with the theme of American racism; of a heart attack; in San Diego. In the movie Edwards portrayed a black G.I. hospitalized by a wartime mental breakdown, examining his feelings toward the three whites-one hopelessly bigoted -who accompanied him on the traumatic mission in the Pacific. On Broadway he played in Deep Are the Roots and accumulated other notable credits for his screen roles in Bright Victory, Member of the Wedding, The Caine...
...come out again until Woroner paid him an extra $2,000 in cash. (Ali's original deal was $10,000, plus a piece of the action; Rocky got slightly more but no percentage.) The footage previewed by TIME looked realistic, and certainly more convincing than fights phonied by Hollywood stuntmen...
...beginning and ending a B picture with a quote from Euripides. His ability to integrate tough realistic directness with terrifying personal experience makes him one of the few living tragedians. But not one of the practicing tragedians; he can't find backers for any of his recent projects. The Hollywood studios think he's crazy...
...long ago, people went up to the attic to stow clutter away. Today they bring it down. Nostalgia and its bastard cousin, camp, have transformed debris into antiques, and trivia into gold. In the Hollywood attic, two losers have been moldering for over a year, waiting for a miracle that would render them profitable. The leftovers are Fearless Frank and Madigan's Millions, and the miracle is Midnight Cowboy, which reinforced the reputation of Dustin Hoffman and elevated Jon Voight from a cipher into a star with a six-figure salary. This month American International Pictures, with the calculation...
...Carol and Ted and Alice. A Hollywood comedy about Esalen-inspired liberation in California. The philosophical outlook is solidly middle-class, but the script (by Paul Mazursky and Larry Tucker) and the performances of Elliot Gould and Dyan Cannon are witty and sometimes surprisingly perceptive...