Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 16, 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba A Winnipeg free priss monday. July 16, 1973 Robert i knit leaves legacy of by in Mius Cirami Lin Hollywood special tins lie arrived Laic for the co Klail parly in ins Honor and la stood snub Iru simply at its edges for Muile a while taking in the Matiie the vivid ambitions ladies and the air i Linin men with what seemed an amused affectionate detachment. I had lost his wife to cancer and he was himself under its sentence with no illusions about the Odds lie looked drawn and tired and he was thin rather than lean which is different. To net through a de moralizing personal loss and to defy his own Omin Ous pathology he had none on doing what he did Best and loved most acting. Earlier in the year he had finished a gruelling but immensely satisfying role in John Frankenheime s filmed version of the ice in a n cometh with Lee Marvin Fredric Marc h and a Superb supporting cast. He thought it might turn out to be one of the two or three things he was proudest of in a Long Ca reer. Now he was being Hon ored on the last Day s shooting of his 80th movie in under world drama ailed the outfit and there was a Man from the mayor s office to present a scroll. The party came under the promotion Bud get for the picture and the guest of Honor observed the rituals with the easy obliging Grace of an old pro who had been there a lot of times before. Eighty Rob Ert Ryan said with a doubt ing Grin. And 70 of them were dogs. 1 mean that was not quite right but it would at that be hard to think of another major . Actor who had so often Lent dignity and the Suren is of great Craft to inferior material. Ithan who lost the Battle with cancer on wednesday was so consistently and unas ser Lively Good that it was too easy to Lake him for granted lie did t slug photographers or throw Ash trays or stalk off in rages or whew the scenery. He did what he did with a car i n g self effacing professionalism w h i c h illuminated that character rather than his private persons and he did it so Well that the Art was in its Paradox ical Way invisible. There is a certain cruel accuracy in the one sen tence summation by Leslie Halliwell in his the film goer s companion. Ryan Hob Crl american leading actor who never seemed to get the roles he or. Halliwell wrote with his usual unsparing Candor. He got some but certainly fewer than he or we de wizardry served. Yet Ryan leaves us an unforgettable anthology of Fine performances Many of them for the great directors who had no Trou ble selecting his uncommon and powerful Talent. You think of his Battle a l i g u e d officer trying to dope out the Blind artist Charles Pickford and wife Juan Bennett in Jean Llyn or s steamy drama woman on the Beach. Or his crackling performance by Lucia Mouat Washington there arc increasing signs thai Many Young people in the United states Are turning from hard drugs to alcohol. To some parents the fact hat use of hard drugs among the Young appears to have leaked is cause for Salis fac Iun. However Lodr. Chafetz director of the National Institute of alcohol abuse and Al c o h o 1 i s m the switch in olved in the Choice of drugs docs not justify such however momentary. Robert Ryan Windsor hotel 187 Garry St. All this week to Mic of exotic dancer Gisela noon Casino draws Good losers Pembina Hwy coach four doming Irum f-1 . The Mink Lorenzo or. Music and Row trivia iof Corine Cyca if int f 12 by h us to oily d1von.xk, pc Cial Insi Deauville. Biarritz. C a n n c s Nice. E v i a n these arc the i1 r c n c h casinos whose names conjure up scenes of elegant Blase. Tomlian gamblers staking it All on the turn of the wheel or the drop of a card. Rarely is the name Divonne mentioned in such Classy company. Yet inc Divonne Casino is inc most lucrative in France last year it took in nearly million of the 575 million on stage Al the eli7aicth specks Dot Cong m Tudor room wet pants in i . Motic of Ancet cup cake Cassidy the cart restaurant tells Are ringing Savoy hotel Contr Hig Gifu a main Fujimi to in Carousel beverage room comme Cheros town n country cabaret featuring doily from s . To 2 . All this week a Marka s Stinsa Vional singing group cd Flat . Dinner show or Vihl each night plus the Lockport studio with Hector Bremner Nataly . Doing Happy hours to 317 Kennedy dinner reservations 942-5503 raked in by All the country s casinos. Divonne is a business Man s says one frequent natron. Cannes May be More elegant and Deauville More fashion ii Necious. But the people conic Here not to gawk or show Oft their jewels. They come strictly to Gamble. When Sophia Loren dropped by after the birth of her last baby in Geneva hardly anybody looked up from the tables. She was just another Divonne owes its popu Larity to its proximity to Geneva a drive by fast car on the Auto route front the Swiss City. Our Best says a Casino official arc visitors to Geneva checking on their investments. After spending All Day with their Bankers they want a Little action at night and come Over to try their Luck Here. These businessmen spend a lot of Money at the tables a n d they arc Good this year s Best loser according to a Casino official was an iranian Oil Man who dropped Mil lion in five nights at the tables. Our biggest a d d s the official Are arabs from the Middle East who come to Geneva to see their Bankers or who live Here. The greeks Loo. Arc heavy players. So arc the israelis. A u r i n j the six Day War. We bad Arab and israeli players who continued to play at the same War or no last year Divonne played Host to some guests from More than 100 countries a t the Casino tables. Officials estimate that Only about 10 per cent of the Trade comes from Geneva or Lussane and of these Only 30 per cent is Swiss. One reason for Divonne s Success is that it is open round 24 hours a Day while casinos like Deau Ville and Cannes tend to be seasonal. The Divonne Casino is tamales that it makes More Money on its tables than mimic Carlo whose figures arc not published. The Casino has increased its Lake each year since it was opened in years ago. The cily Lias also built a Lake a race track and a Golf course along with a hold Complex at the Edge of the Jura mountains. And it has changed ils n e o Divonne Les Hains in emphasize ils re Orl Aspell . Youths switch from drugs to alcohol Pride by whatever Standard we v e i g h the drunk situation lumbers of users abusers availability. Dollar value e a t h disease destruction altered lives alcohol is in Ortuna Cly number or. Chafetz told the House subcommittee on special studies Dur in hearings on drug abuse re Cully. Statistics on the number of Young people who have serious 1 r i n k i n g problems Are sex Rumely hard to come by. How Var virtually everyone in the alcohol prevention and treat ment Field willingly confirms he trend. Recent Parent teacher Asso Pat estimates have t that 75 per cent of High school youth now drink and hat More than half of these a v c serious alcohol prob c in s the organizationally Oose knit alcoholics anon 10 us a estimates that bout 10 per cent More thai of its membership now is under 31. Experts agree the Starling age is definitely younger. Recently one 10-year-old celebrated his first anniversary with a capping a drink free year. Currently. To watchers notice an especially heavy bar rage of ads for pop wines usually against a background of Kii itar music and promises of Good limes ahead. Sales of these wines arc up from three million Gallons in to .13 million Gallons in 1973. Buyers arc primarily if not exclusively Young people. Or. Chafetz. Who says every study he has seen suggests that children tend to emulate i their parents in he extent to j which they drink concedes 11 h a t television advertising lends to come on Strong. How 1 Ever explaining his unwillingness As yet to endorse a ban on alcoholic advertising he Points to the National association of broadcasters code which keeps hard liquor ads off the air and to inc Public service advertising everyone should which some manufacturers of alcoholic beverages have been induced to Lake on. Among the extensive educational and efforts which the Institute has under Way is a suggestion to writers and producers of movies and to programs that when characters get in a they do Media discussion planned not automatically reach for a drink while icy grapple with a solution. Focus of the operations subcommittee hear Ings was on the adequacy of Federal efforts to control drug men and that nationally Mere 10 per cent of those with alcoholic problems who arc in abuse of All Chat Coz who Tremley kinds and painted an or. Picture of the scope and seriousness of the alcohol problem came in for rough questioning from the few congressmen and staff members present. Specifically they wanted to know Why he was t pushing harder for a bigger budget. Subcommittee staff member Joseph Lunan pointed to the contrast Between the Federal trial mint Effort in Bard drugs which has almost reached the avowed goal of treatment for every heroin addict and or. Chafitz s own admission that the Institute has a budget for treat the Institute itself which grew out of the 1870 comprehensive alcohol abuse and Alco hol pc Vinsion treatment and rehabilitation act is Chafez s description by or. A Cata Lyst in the Field and works with All Levels of government and private Enterprise to tackle the problem. The director noted for in stance that 150 corporations now have important alcohol programs for their employees. In his View the most Success Ful treatment Agency has been alcoholics Anonymous however which estimates its Volun tary attendance at about copyright 1973 the Christian science Monitor publishing society As Earl in Fritz Long s clash by night trom the Clifford Odets play. Or t h e aging middleweight facing his last fight in a shoddy corrupt world of boxing in Ito cart Wise s the Sel up. Or As the per Sonjii cation of evil As Clag Gart the master at arms in Peter Ustinov a version of Meville s Billy Budd. Or As the cd pow seeking re Venge on a betrayer Van 11 e f 1 i n in Fred Zill Mcmann s act of violence. Or As one of the town Vil Lains posed against one armed Spencer Tracy in had Day at Black Rock John Sturgis classic mod Ern Western. Or As a Man with a gun in the professionals the wild Bunch and two dozen lesser West erns. Or As the murdering bigot in Edward Mytryk s Early racial melodrama crossfire. If Ryan left his Mark on the movies he was also one of the architects of a new Day ill theatre for los Angeles. He was perhaps the Starriett of the Holly Wood names in the creation of the theatre group at the music Centre under Gordon Davidson and an important creative Force in drama nationally. No Small part of Ryan s legacy is that he helped break Down the Barrier of fear which had kept Holly Wood actors especially those who had not like Kyan begun on stage from trying their Luck in the theatre. Rock Hudson moving with verve and Charm through i do i do becomes if Only indirectly some part of Robert Ryan s gift. Ryan during a break at the rehearsals of iceman cometh was enthusing like a n e w c o in e r Over the wonder of the o Neill lines and the dedication of Lee Marvin and the rest of the cast. This is one i la want to be remembered he said. It will be that. And beyond it a tribute to in demonstrative courage in the toughest private role a Man Ever plays. The kind of women All men want. But should t have r h-17-11 thief who 5 came to dinner Ryan o nil Jacque line Bittel 7 9 . Color Malur. I hmm Towne Cinema 801 Serwit 774-6641 ends tonight. A Mcgraw Ryan o Neilt Storia Amore love Story in italian mature tomorrow thu sat the female response Fanny Mil meets at saturday t sunday pen Iron 2 m free forking air conditioned Odeon Morton theatres limited children Golden age a performances e Ian Fleming s i live and be top on the verge vein on the Umof i ii "10vinb and Lauchin 40 Folly licensed dining dancing 2 dance cruises night it one on sunday Canada s largest River cruise 8oth ships available Roh group charter 1 lower fort Garry historic Cruis 50 mile daily cruise m 10430pm thrust Andrews to includes lit or tour o Iowla f or. Gar i adults 75, children 75 of buy licensed ships Toronto plans were announced Friday to Brill politicians Media Perls and celebrities from across the continent to a con Ference Here next month. Nol abcs such As parti quebecois Leader Rene lives que and former prime minister John Diefenbaker arc scheduled to attend the Canadian speech association conference aug. 22-24 at Seneca College of applied arts and technology. Speakers at the conference entitled integrity in com j noun cation. Include in Lorna i lion ally known scan licit or. I. Hayakawa of Berkeley Calif. Jesuit pacifist Rev. Daniel Kerrigan author and defence analyst Herman Kahn and communications scholar Marshall Mcluhan. Among the panellists will be Harry Boyle vice chairman of the Canadian radio television commission Nicholas Johnson commissioner of the United slates Federal communications commission former stale Secretary july and several Jouamai Isle and Baniad calling personal Hies. 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