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scene of "Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia”,
Sam Peckinpah’s latest.
That’s Entertainment
Judy Garland Dances "Get Happy”
From "Summer Stock”, Featured In
Entertainer Of The Month
"That’s Entertainment!”
If you missed the In
ternational Film Festi
val in Atlanta last
month, you can still see
a picture that’s a festi
val in itself.
If all that sounds like too
much for you to handle,
there’s one current movie
that’s a festival in itself.
It’s “That’s Entertain
ment!” a collection of high
lights from 30 years of M-
G-Musicals, America’s
primary source of es
capism in the 30s, 40s and
50s.
The emphasis is more
on dancing than singing,
with Fred Astaire, Gene
Kelly, Eleanor Powell, Ann
Miller and others going
through their paces, and
the ever - smiling Esther
Williams executing Busby
Berkeley’s routines over
and under the water .
You hear plenty of Judy
Garland, Frank Sinatra and
Bing Crosby, and too-brief
snatches of Mario Lanza,
Kathryn Grayson, Howard
Keel and Jane Powell.
There are hundreds of
other faces, voices and
feet, and interesting trivia
as well as a restatement of
obvious facts. Everyone’s
favorite scenes are includ
ed, as are some rare, for
gotten moments.
Sure, they couldn’t get
it all in; there’s enough
left over for 10 sequels,
almost as good as this
one. And I hope they all
get made.
“That’s Entertainment!”
goes beyond nostalgia - -
it’s timeless and it’s great!
ELIZABETH THEN AND NOW
years old, talented ana ueduiuui,
Taylor, in 1945, played her first starring role in the Metro-
Gold wyn-Mayer film classic, National Velvet. Today, the
still beautiful and talented Academy Award-winning actress
stars in That’s Entertainment!, MGM’s 50th Anniversary
spectacular which highlights the most memorable moments
of Hollywood’s musical heyday. However, on Sunday,
September 8, you can see both Miss Taylor and National
Velvet on television as a special presentation of the MUM
Family Network. Please check your local TV listing for
tjmc and chanpel.
It is no wonder that Wal
ter Lena, pianist at the
Venture Inn in Ft. Lauder
dale, is one of the most ac
complished musicians - he
has been fingering the key
board ever since the age of
three when he could barely
reach the keys.
Originally from Cuba, he
studied privately for about
three years before coming
to the states where he has
kept up his studies. He 1
served in the U.S. Army
during the Cuban crisis.
Would you believe the In
fantry? After being dis
charged from the service,
his real big break came
when a lady in the New York
Council of Immigrees heard
him play and offered him a
scholarship at Juliard. He
continued his studies by en
rolling in the New York
College of Music where he
received his BA degree.
Walter Lena
Pianist At The Venture Inn
He has since appeared on
numerous radio and televi
sion stations in the Miami
area, doing mostly Spanish
music. In addition, he has
played in the night club cir -
cuit including the famous
Remos restaurant in Miami
and Robinson’s at Daytona
Beach, returning to Miami.
Walter has travelled the
east coast extensively en
tertaining in well known
motel lounges. In 1973 he
decided to return to the
Miami - Ft. Lauderdale
area, ending up at the fabu
lous. Venture Inn, where he
is now appearing nightly and
packing in the crowd.
Walter is a Taurus, and
in addition to his first love,
music, he is interested in.
opera and astrology. “To,
become famous without
paying the price of fame”,
is his greatest ambition.
If you have ever heard his
versatile talents on the
keyboard, and the applause
he receives from the au
dience, you would believe
the price has already been
paid for him - he is a rising
star.
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COMING SOON!
An Interview With
PHYLLIS KILLER
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