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^LUME XLIX number 12
MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA
FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1975
for
the
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W. C. Fields, 80 Proof
//
"W. C. FIELDS, 80
^isoof," a one man
show in the tradition
"Mark Twain To
night" and "Will
Edgars' U.S.A." will
performed at Mars
^ill College Thursday
^arch 13. To be pre
sented in the col
lege's Moore Auditor-
the production
'^ill have an 8 PM
^brtain call and will
^e admission free.
Written by Field's
Standson, Ronald
fields, the perfor-
tt'ance is authentic
fields drawn from his
^eudeville acts, mo
tion pictures, radio
®hows unp\iblished
Scripts, and personal
r^otes and letters.The
®how includes much of
^e classic material
^et established
^elds' international
^^Putation including
gold and pool
®hooting routines,
"Temperence Lec
ture ".
(ie
and Fields'
scription of the
ijiie he actually
a glass of
Water.
William Claude
.^®lds (nee
Wnkenfield) was born
° poor parents in
SQo, the first of
children. He
®tt home at 11, fol-
j'^Witg a serious
Jelling out with his
3 Ob
er. He supported
Self with odd
U:
'S, poolroom hust-
^9 and petty thefta
never went past
third grade in
the
^'^hool, but gave him-
^ an. excellent e-
- ^^tion through his
c ^®nsive reading and
^Veiling, Inspired
a circus act when
was 13, Fields
to become a
^,^^91er and began
^,^^ing profession-
as one in 1897.
^ new career led to
in vaudeville^
iater circled the
Palace Theatre in
performing in
Sq ^on and was per-
invited by
Edward VII to
h^^^tain at Bucking-
Palace with Sarah
. During
Same period, he
starred with Maurice
Chevalier in the
Follies-Bergere.
’* From 1915 to 1921,
Fields starred in the
Ziegfield Follies and
then continued as a
star comedian in the
George White Scandles.
In 1922, he opened in
a Broadway play,
"Poppy," which he
later was to put on
film. His first film
"The Pool Sharks,"
was made when he was
35, and in the next
31 years he would
make 33 feature films
and several shorts.
His roles ranged from
standard classicals,
.in such as "David
Cooperfield," to the
movies which Fields
principally wrote and
which have become al
most monologues for
modern comedians.
These included "Bank
Dick," "My Little
Chickadee," and "Nev
er Giva a Sucker an
Even Break."
Fields will be por
trayed by Richard
Paul, an actor whose
career embraces a
wide variety of
classical and contem
porary stage charac
ters. In addition,
Paul is a doctoral
candidate in clinical
psychology. His roles
have included the
voices of Fatherroger
and Normal Boynklin
in Phil Austin's
"Roller Maidens from
Outer Space" and the
two robots Manny
Grossero and Short
Stop in David Ossmanfe
"How Time Flies,"
both produced on the
Feresign Theatre.
Currently his versa
tile voice will be
heard as Bob Cratchet
in the "Sammy David
Christmas Special,"
as several characters
in the Saturday morn
ing cartoon show
"Emergency Plus 4,"
and as Cowgirl in
Ralph Bakshi's new
feature length adult
cartton entitled
"Coonskin."
On stage, Paul has
appeared in diverse
character roles in
cluding Arnolphe in
Versatile actor Richard Paul will star in new stage
presentation - W. C. Fields^ 80 Proof!
"The Amorous Flea,"
Doolittle in "My Fair
Lady," and Shakes
pearian roles includ
ing Falstaff, Toby
Belch, Friar Lawrence
and Bottom.
Making an entire
week of Fieldsian
celebration, the col
lege has scheduled
eight of the funny
man 's films. The
films will all be
shown in Belk Audi
torium, adjacent to
Wren College Union.
They will be shown
twice a day at 3 and
7 PM and are admis
sion freed. Showing
Monday, March 10,will
be "Pool Sharks,"
"Golf Specialist,"
and "The Dentist."
On Tuesday, March 11,
"The Barbershop,"
"The Pharmacist,"
"The Fatal Glass of
Beer," and "City
Slicker" will be
featured. "The Bank
Dick" will be shown
on Wednesday, March
12.
Praising Involves Choir
by Susan George
The Mars Hill Col
lege Touring Choir
will embark on its
Spring tour, Saturday
March 8. This year
the choir will attend
Praising '75 in Nash
ville, Tennessee from
March 9-12. Praising
is a festival of
Church Music sponso
red by the Southern
Baptist Sunday School
Board with special em
phasis given to the
Premiere of the new
Baptist Hymnal. Some
600 voices from col
lege, university, and
seminary choirs thr
oughout the Southeast
are expected to at
tend, as well as var
ious nationally-known
personalities inclu
ding George Beverly
Shea, Jeannie C. Ri
ley, Jerry Glower,
Myrtle Hall, and the
Speer Family.
The choir will be
participating in sev
eral interesting fes
tival events during
their stay in Music
City, U.S.A. Tuesday
night. Mars Hill's
choir members will
combine with 600
other voices for the
premiere performance
of Cecil Effinger's
oratorio This We Be
lieve . This work,sc
ored for massed chor
us and orchestra, so
prano and baritone•
soloists, and narra
tor, is based on.^Scr-
S66
Praising pg.3