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Griffin Daily News
'Staying Within Bounds'Answer to Filmmakers'Malaise
By JOAN CROSBY
NEA Entertainment Editor
PARIS—(NEA)—You knew
it was Paris because all the
ladies smelled marvelous, a
waiter set a Coke on the
table before Rafer Johnson
saying, “Ici le vin Beaujolais
de Texas” and a one-day
strike of electrical workers
had plunged many parts of
the city into darkness.
But aside from small facts
like these, it could have been
any major capital of the
world.
A few years ago it could
only have been Hollywood,
because the business at hand
in Paris was motion pictures.
But today Hollywood is
merely a geographical desig
nation. The motion picture
industry is world-wide, and
knotty Christmas problems
can be unraveled with a little
help from your friends. The
friendly, expert Christmas
wrappers and all the festive
trimmings they have on hand, at / 91
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SRIFFIRrtA.
BAD CAI E 42 ACRES — 12 mi. S. of Griffin, 3 mi. off 4-lane bypass.
FIVIVIW FUR JAW paved frontage 3 acre site _ Nlce 3 BR> n bat h «-7 ACRES, 2 ml. W. of Griffin, property fronts on 2 roads 75 ACRES, 2 mi. W. of Griffin. Beautiful rolling land, 3-4 in ■
home with fireplace. Pay equity and assume 61% loan. w,ttl 1 - 150 ft ' frontage. 1 ml. from natural gas and pasture. All under fence. Building site overlooking lush past- ■
333,000.00 water. 36,700.00 “re of adjacent cattle farm. Small pond stocked for fishing. ■
141 SECOND AVE. — Neat block home located on large level * * ha !, wate r and
lot. 3 BR, bath, LR, DR and kitchen. Paved road, city water 21 ACRES- I 3 “ * S ll™"* Z « mode ‘ ed gj St I
and gas. $11,500.00 c0 “ a «« ! 3 BR’s bui t-ta kitchen and LR. Home has 60 ACRES, 18 ml. S. W. of Griffin. Long road frontage. 4-acre acre. * B% ■<«“ “ «"• s«® P« ■
ceramic bath, central heat and carpeting throughout. Beau- ’
1330 McARTHUR DR. — (Owner is being transferred) — tiful rolling land and excellent lake site. $29,500.00 k ‘ ke s te ‘ CuttaUe P** P w00 “- $250 per acre
Beautiful brick home on large corner lot. Home features 3 154 ACRES, BmLS. of Griffin. Good road frontage, beautiful ■
BR, 2 complete ceramic baths, large LR and DR combina- 1 ACRE -12mLE. of McDonough. Located on Fincher- slte - $250 per acre
tlon, nice den, built-in kitchen, enclosed double garage star- rood. 6 room frame house in excellent condition. $8,900.00 «. , ... „
age room and stone patio. Wall-to-wall carpet in LR, DR and 310 ACREi) , 40 mi. S. of Atlanta, 4 mi. from Alvaton, Ga.
BR’s. Pay equity and assume existing loan. $31,000.00 Property fronts 1 mi. on good sandy road. 150 acres open 300 acres, 16 mi, S. E. of Griffin, 10 mL to 1-75. Beautiful ■
50 ACRES — 5 mL N. of Griffin on Hwy. 92. Beautiful brick land. Lake site. $4,000 in pulpwood. 5 room frame house. 36- rolling land, some open land, some planted pines, plenty of
514 N Bth ST ■ Nice 5 room house with bath and front poreh- z borne with LR, DR, family room with fireplace, built-in kit- acre cotton allotment. Can be bought In 2 tracts. Only $250 water. Double road frontage. Can be sold in tracts. $159 per ■
Ut extends from N Bth to Moore St $8,000.00 chen, 2 baths, and 3 large BR, an abundance of closet space, per acre. acre.
Lot extends irom in. »tn to moore st. ♦». carport and patio. Good frontage on Hwy. 92 and excellent
329 MAIN ST.: Nice duplex already rented - $70.00. Good In- lake site. $55,000.00
vestaent. Pay equity and assume enisling loan. $8,00040 10 ACRES, 7 ml. S. of Griffin, nice site to build a home. Ex> I
. A o A ■ m 40 ACRES, 10 mi. W. of Griffin. Just off Hwy. 16, this tract cellent road frontage. $5 006
ACREAGE FOR SALE of land Is located in Spalding Co. with a road on 2 sides. Also
has excellent lake site. S6OO per acre
LOTS FOR SALE 145 ACRES — 30 ml. SW of Griffin. All wooded, rolling land, 52 Acres — M ML S. of Griffin, 2 ML from 4-lane by-pass,
nice stream Good investment at Sl5O ner acre Mostly wooded. Good pond site. $250 per acre I
PINELEA ROAD — Wooded lot — 120x300. $2,700.60 investment at $l5O per acre. 250 ACRES, 7 Mi. W. of Griffin, less than % ml. from William-
M™ M son Clty Lta,ts - Property is located in Spalding and Pike Co.,
WESLEY DRIVE - Beautiful lot - 100x200. $3,700.00 49 ACRES 6 mi. S. of Griffin - This is perfect for small 100 acres in open land balance in timber. Plenty of water. | NVESTMENT PROPERTY
GRANTLAND ROAD - Wooded lot - 148x300. $5,800.00 cattle farm. Completely fencedi, 3-4 in pasture, stream Owner will finance this property at 7% interest $325 per acre
. v.* ... «sonM meandering through property and long paved road frontage. 106 ACRES —3B mi. E. of Atlanta (property fronts on State
I BROOK LANE: Exclusive lot —ll $ , SSOO p ej> acre Hwy. near intersection of State Hwy. 36.) Good road front-
50 ACRES, 9 mi. W. of Griffin, excellent road frontage, open age. Property extends to rear of Jackson Lake front lots.
ACPFS 19 mi qw nf Griffin eomnletelv fenced 90% and wooded land. Lake site and old frame bouse. 7% flnanc- Tract is all wooded with pine timber varying from 40 acres of I
SUBURBAN HOMES 46 ACRES -12 mi. S. W. of Griffta-.completely fenced, 90% 9 year old planted pines to saw timber. Over 1 mi. of double ■
3UPUKPAIX fIUMW open ta permanent pasture. Pond site. Just off paved road tog- 8350 per acre on
. , c W ’A h T* r:V rO^ ge - 4 room te divide tat « smaM tracts - 2 streams with lake site
FIRST TIME OFFERED - Extra nice farm, 18 ml. S. of strip. Located 1 mi. from new country club. 20% down and cross property. This property is located near proposed air-
Griffin, 50 A. of land, 30 A. open. Beautiful 21 A. lake. Good balance for 10 years. $18,400.00 32 acres, 16 mi. S. of Griffin. Open and wooded. Nice port slte - Owner will finance with 29% (town. Good buy at
timber value. Completely remodeled home on inside — stream, paved road frontage. $9,250 $39,500.00
■ presently receiving W»per year soU bank income. 571 ACRES — 5 ml. S. of Griffin (Spalding Co.) — Mostly FA RM ETTES
I wooded toad, good pond site, gwd growu, o< pines. »«.*» FARMETTES
«!.. Connie Kttotog and atofeg to dtp - sen 6 ml. N. E. .1 Crttlln 7 ml. to 1-7 S. Pdme tor “J** Alttt Stow." £
’ ’ 40 ACRES - 8 mi. W. of Griffin with 4 room frame house, development. Has 10 acre lake well stocked. Heavy timber dfering thfe to tracts as small as 2 acres, up to 21 acres. This
. ~ , . J , n, <’ e stream through property. Mostly wooded land. $15,500.00 aroun< ’ lake - $36,000.00 b beautiful rolling land, featuring streams, woods, lush past-
41 ACRES —ll ml. W. of Griffin, just off Hwy. 16. Located in ures M() paved rood. Ulis property is restricted to home only.
Spalding Co Beautiful country home overlooking 81 acre MJ s of Griff|n
— 10 acre wooded tracts with good road
I 2 p‘^ e h frontage—lß tracts to select from. Only $350 per acre. 90 ACRES -10 miles west of Griffin. 1,300 ft. paved road
breakfast room LR with fireplace, large den wUh stoneflre frontage, 3 road f e M Mres
place, sun porch aho has stone patio and c «P<> rt - S site and lay of land perfect for 2,000 ft. strip. Owner will ... .. nnnn . BTV
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frontage. 6 tracts to select from. $400.00 per acre
Sce A l2^7^ ,^ A i^X r S? 8 ACRES 10Cated lUSt 4 ,ane by ‘ PaSS ' ta
■ll ACRES — 5 mi. S. of Griffin. 3BR brick home. LR, kitchen, 20 Acres —I6MLE. of McDonough. Land is completely at 7%. <49 999 elude good building and drilled well. Good location for Mobile
I ceramic bath. $9,500.00 fenced. Long road frontage. $10,000.06 ’ Home Park or Restaurant. $12,000.00 I
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Thursday, Dec. 11, 1969
DIMITRI DE GRUNWALD: 'Rationality, logic and streamlining/
F
.yA jilt
it’s not overly well.
The meeting was for mem
bers of Dimitri de Grun
wald’s International Film
Consortium. The members
represented some 50 coun
tries which release films
made by De Grunwald’s Lon
don screenplays.
Five films are ready for
release, “The McMasters”
with Burl Ives and Brock
Peters; “Connecting Rooms”
with Bette Davis and Michael
Redgrave; “The Last Gre
nade” with Stanley Baker,
Honor Blackman, Richard
Attenborough and Rafer
Johnson; “The Virgin and
the Gypsy” with Joanna
Shimkus and Franco Nero,
and “Perfect Friday” with
Stanley Baker and Ursula
Andress.
Eight more films, to be
shot in such varied locations
as Houston, Texas, Canada
and the West Indies, and in
cluding Huxley’s “Brave
New World,” will be filmed
next year.
It’s a fairly revolutionary
concept that De Grunwald
devised, and so that he can
keep personally involved with
each film, he doesn’t under
take production of too many
per year and he has only a
small staff to run things.
Stanley Baker, a producer
as well as actor, says much
of the blame for the indus
try’s malaise lies with the
distributor.
“It’s really in his hands.
Part of the producer’s job,
as filmmaker, is to convince
the distributor to spend more
money in advertising the
product. I find the distribu
tors are less brave. They
want to be assured of a re
turn before they spend. A
filmmaker, if he is worth his
salt, will risk his money. He
puts a part of his life in
every film he makes.”
STANLEY BAKER: 'A part of his life in every film.'
Baker believes that most
studio heads don’t know
enough about the business,
and don’t have the courage
to clamp down on “artists.”
“Every picture one reads
about today costs $lO million
or S2O million. That’s no
good. The studio heads ap
prove a budget and unless
something drastic goes
wrong, the film should be
able to be made for that bud
get. Studio heads seem to
feel that if you hand in
money someplace you even
tually get film back.
“If you analyze De Grun
wald’s efforts, you find he is
wise and clever enough to
employ filmmakers who can
stay within bounds. ‘The
Last Grenade,’ for instance,
at $lO million is not an at
tractive prospect. But at
$2Vz million—if that’s what
it cost—it is very attractive.
The cost is assured back. If
it hits and becomes a suc
cess, everyone benefits.
“There is no time for
waste in the industry today.
It’s soul-destroying and bad
for film. There are directors
who don’t shoot because a
cloud is formed wrong. That
was all right in the late
thirties but not today.
“If something like that
went on in the motor car in
dustry, someone would lose
his head.
“Directors in many cases
have come from TV and
when they get to films they
become so self-indulgent.
‘l’m in the movies now
watch me spend,’ they seem
to say.
“Directors like Mike
Nichols and John Franken
heimer can get anything they
ask because they have had
successes and ‘can do no
wrong.’ Os course they can
do wrong.”
De Grunwald says the
most important thing in film-
making is to spot trends.
Right now he feels the trend
is to “rationality, logic and
streamlining.”
Peter Hall, the brilliant
young director of the Royal
Shakespeare Company and
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the director of “Perfect Fri
day.” goes further. He feels
in five years the industry
will be totally revolutionized
by devices which will allow
you to play tapes through
your TV sets.
“Right now the recording
companies don’t know
whether or not to go into
pictures, the TV networks
are confused and the movie
people are hoping that, if
they keep quiet, everything
will go away.”
Hall says it will not only
not go away, but also people
will build their own film
libraries, to say nothing of
rentrng films for an evening
at home.
It could be the end of the
film industry as we know it
today.
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SHE GETS BY with a little help from her friends. A
broken leg doesn’t keep 4-year-old Dede Heikes out of
the game. The Bowie, Md., youngster seems “cast” in
the role of punter rather than running back.