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Black Movies, TV News Briefs "Oilier uros. nas picked up the Ed Lewis, Lee Savin pro .duction of the film • Bro thers,'' starring Bernie Casey, Vonetta McGee, Ron O'Neal! Jennie Roker, Dwan Smith ana"Sni "Gilljam: This is~ffitr • film based on the romance between black militants George Jackson and Angela Davis and was shot on location at a prison in Bismark, North Dakota and in the Los Angeles area. Soul Train To Present Singer Johnny Bristol :■ This weekend s Soul Train show packages the creative sounds of the Ohio Players and the multi-talented singer, Johnny Bristol. The Ohio Players, seven musicians whose recordings turn gold in record time, perform three of their latest nits, “Who'd She Coo," "Bi centennial" and "Feel the feeat.” .- Known for such successes as "Skin Tight,” "Fire” and **‘Lov? Rollercoaster,’' this versatile group brings toge ther the diverse talents of Clarence Satchell, tenor and baritone saxophones, flute; Marshall Jones, bass guitar; Ralph Middlebrooks, trum pet; Billy, Beck, acoustic and electric pianos, organ, clari net, synthesizers; Marvin Pierce, trumpet, flugelhorn; Leroy Bonner, lead guitar; and Jimmy Williams, drums, percussion. Johnny "Hang On In There, Baby" Bristol, now concentra ting on his career as a perfor mer, thrills Soul Train fans with “Do It To My Mind” and “You Turn Me On." Formerly associated with Motown where he wrote and produced numerous hits for Gladys Knight and the Pips, Stevie Wonder, Jimmy Ruffin, the Marvelletes, Marvin Gay and Tammi Terrell, and others, Bristol turned performer in 1974. _ Read the Charlotte Post each week. \ ¥ In just two years, "Big Blue Marble” has helped promote international understanding among youth by showing children how others live a round the world. The ITT spon sored'senes , now distri buted to 40 countries and areas, isbeing translated into five languages. While the Ger man-speaking world tunes in on "Die Grosse Blaue Mur mel," the Hispanic population watches “La Gran Esfera A zul." You better hurry if you wish to catch Linda Hopkins' “Me and Bessie" Broadway run. It closes Dec. 5 after 453 perfor mances at the Edison Theatre. There’s heavy promotion for "An Evening with Melba Moore at The Met" which is being presented Dec. 12 by Danny 0'J}onovan in associa tion with ”'Big“Blue Marble." Melba was even plugging the show out Los Angeles way on the Tommy Hawkins Show on KHJ-TV. She’s on Mike Dou glas Dec. 6, has upcoming interviews on “Rlarli Npu/s" and "Positively Black" and feature stories in all the daily, weekly and trade newspapers. "Short Eye,” the film Curtis Mayfield and his Curton Re cords is producing has been budgeted for $600,000 an al most unheard of figure these days. The entire film will be shot in New York City's Tombs, since the Chicago go vernment-^vould not cooperate with the-Qiicago-based record company. The movie is adopt ed from the play of the same name by Miguel Pinero which won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. The Houston Opera Co. hat only four blacks in its orches tra for its current production of "Porgy and Bess.” In ill production of “Treemonisha last season, the opera aboul black life by Scott Joplin, the orchestra boasted three blacks out of 35 musicians The president of the opera company stated in a letter tc the NYC Commission on Hu man Rights that there is a scarcity of available and qua lified black musicians. Actor producer-director Ossie Davis called that explanation ridicu lous and implausible. Mary Abe* (left) is comforted by Albert Hall after ber husband has left her In Betty Patrick’s “Monkey in the Middle," an original television drama about a black family which has risen in social prominance. The play is one of two which comprise "Scenes from the Middle Class," on VISIONS, Dec. 18 at 10 p.m. on Channel 42 over PBS. Channel42 lo Present 66 Middle Class Scenes” Under the title Scenes From The Middle Class,” VI SIONS presents two one-hour. plays - one about a black family that has reached some social position, the other about a white family on the way down the economic ladder - Saturday, December 18 at 10 p.m. on Channel 42 over PBS. In the first play, Betty Pat rick’s “Monkey in the Mid dle," a fortyish black woman (Mary Alice) initially tries to save her marriage to a suc cessful physician (Thalmus Rasulala) who has moved the family into an ostentatious new home. When she finds out that her husband is having an affair with a vulgar, silly white woman (Lane Brad bury) the wife leaves him and goes back to work as a teacher. The husband is awed to discover that his wife refus es to compromise anymore. “Monkey in the Middle,” Mrs. Patrick’s first full-length original drama for television, is based, in part, on her own experiences of growing up in Detroit. She has written over 100 episodes of a black soap opera for radio, "Sound of the City."_ The second play in the two hour VISIONS is ‘‘Winter Tour" by David Trainer. In this, Trainer’s first play for television, a young girl (Jean Rasey) finds that she must depend on her own resources when her father loses his executive position. While the father (WayneTippet) reacts to the family’s circumstances with lassitude, the wife (Pa tricia “Barry) insists fKaT keeping up a front will some how restore them to their former prosperity. The family spends the winter at their summer home at the shore to conserve their dwindling fi nances, and the daughter goes through the painful process of having suddenly to grow up. She is forced to acknowledge that she cannot count on her parents for either emotional orfinancial_suggort;^iMi^_^< Check the ads in the Char lotte Post each week for the best bargains in town. T"1 ■ MOTION INC. Invites you to inspect these housing alternatives | for families with low and moderate incomes j! , 1 Located at the corner of Cates & Clarkson Streets ’ • Air Conditioned, Refrigerator and Stove From $96 up : 1,2, & 3 bedrooms PARKER HEIGHTS Located at 1505 Parker Drive (Section 8 Available ) Refrigerator and Stove From $50 up ; I 1,2, & 3 bedrooms WINGATE I Located at the corner of ~7~7 I Wingate and Old Steele Creek Road t . Lovely Spacious 2 Bedroom Ap artments : From *86 CALL TODAY 332-1078 j “Better Management Because We Care” iimisuds LTtmiutrr z, Johnson C. Smith Juniors Seek Talent For New Play By Deborah Gates Post Staff Writer The Junior Class of Johnson C. Smith University, in associ ation with Front Page Produc tions, is looking for talented actors and actresses to audi tion for a part in the play "Simply Heavenly." The audi tion, which will be scheduled on Saturday and Sunday, De cember 4th and 5th, from 2 to 4 p.m. in Biddle Auditorium on the campus of J.C. Smith, has openings for nine actors and nine actresses. "Simply Heavenly,” a co medy with music by Langston Hughes, is scheduled for pre sentation next February 17, 18, and 19 on the campus. • Front Page Productions is an experimental newly form ed theatrical company which consists of professional people from the community who have a love for the theatre. “Front Page Productions was origi nated with the concept that top quality classic and contempo rary theatrics can be present ed by a group of people who have a genuine love and ap preciation for the art of dra ma,” said Clyde MacMillian, acting director of the com v lrginia Massey I o Star In TV Special Channel 42’s "Expressions in Black" will feature Ms. Virginia Massey, a Charlotte native, in “After Dark” on Monday, December 6, at 7:30 p.m. Ms. Massey, the daughter ol Mrs. Seledia Massey of 4S>< Benjamin Street, will perform on the 30 minute show with the 100 Percent Pure Poisor Band. Her repertoire will in elude such favorites as “Yes terday,” “Feel Like Making Love,” “Jesus Said The Trutl Shall Make You Free,” “Bes Thing That Ever Happened T< Me” and "Daddy Coul< Swear.” - A vocational counselor e City Manpower Departmer for seven years, Ms. Massey i a 1969 graduate of A&T Co lege, where she majored 1 music, with a concentration i voice, and minored in educj tion. Ms. Massey said that she now practicing * with a ne band, “Spirit Feel,” whic will appear publicly at t> • beginning of next year. r-.— — - — pany. “It is believed that if there is a love of and an appreciation for the theatre, that previous training and-or experience is not necessarily a prerequisite for a quality per formance," MacMillian add ed. According to MacMillian, it is the company’s intent to bring drama to the people, with the stage being the rest home, the hospital, the prison, and even the streets. “Our goals will be accomplished when we have brought a smile to someone's face," he added. Front Page Productions was successful in presenting the play "Purlie Victorious" by Ossie Davis, which was pre sented in August at the Uni versity of N.C. at Charlotte, with a special feature of the play filmed by WSOC-TV. Proceeds from “Simply Heavenly” will go to the Ju nior Class at J.C. Smith. James Bishop, the Junior Class advisor may be contact ■ F ed at 372-2370 ext. 240 if any information is needed about the play. REV. IKE “Your Power Of Self-Motivation” The 98 children from the Carrie Steele Pitts Children's Home in Atlanta. Georgia, adopt Rev. Ike as their Godfather to show their appreciation for the many ways that he has brought the Joy of Livingjnto the'r - v"ves _J VIRGINIA MASSCV - IN CONC6RT UUITH PUfl€ PCHSON BAND AN 6XPA6SSIONS IN BLACK f SPCCIAL . ^ ” AFTCR DARK: VIRGINIA MASSCV • MONDAV AT 7=30 PM S CHANN6L 42 UUTVI ACHARLOTTE ART®’ SPX CINEMA mmS W123 W. TRADE ST*37W720'J» PM SUNDAY • * THESE DAYS, RADIO STATIONS ARE GETTING HARD TO CLASSIFY. WE GUESS YOU COULD CALL US A COMTEMPORARY BLACK STATION, OR MAYBE A BLACK ROCK STATION, OR A BASIC BLACK STATION, - OR A 360° MUSIC STATION, OR A DISCO STATION, OR AN INFORMATION MUSIC RADIO STATION. WE CALL OURSELVES "CHARLOTTE'S ORIGINAL MUSIC" RADIO STATION, ! BECAUSE THE WGIV COMMUNICATORS ARE INTO YOUR MUSIC, I t j AND WE KNOW HOW TO MIX IT TO FIT YOUR MOOD, GIVE US A LISTEN SOON. i I I WE'RE ON THE RIGHT END OF YOUR AM RADIO DIAL, j WGIV - 1600 AM - CHARLOTTE'S ORIGINAL MUSIC RADIO STATION.
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