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Page 2B - THE CHARLOTTE POST - Thursday, January 25, 1979 Hepburn To Star In “The Corn Is Green” Katharine Hepburn, under the direction of George Cukor, will star in 'The Corn Is Green," adapted from the stage play by Emlyn Will iams. to be broadcast as a special presentation Monday, January 29 at 9 on WBTV, Channel 3. In the production, filmed on location in North Wales and in London, Miss Hepburn is join ed by a cast of gifted British and Welsh actors, including tin alphabetical order) Bill Fraser. Patricia Hayes, Anna Massey, Artro Morris, Ian Saynor and Toyah Wilcox. This is the tenth film in which Miss Hepburn has been directed by Mr. Cukor."A Bill of Divorcement", made in 1932. was their first motion picture.They made eight other films together, many of them classics (“Little Women," “The Philadelphia Story,” "Sylvia Scariett," "Holiday,” "Keeper of the Flame,” “A dam’s Rib” and “Pat and Mike;”, and for television, “Love Among the Ruins." “The Corn is Green," set in Wales at the turn of the century, chronicles an Eng lish-woman's gallant struggle to educate youthful Welsh coal minorc At tho aiHcaI tkn nn rival of Miss Moffat (Miss Hepburn) in an impoverished ^ mining village is met with wariness by the illiterate townspeople, as well as by those who have had the benefit of education. Among the latter are the spinster Miss Ron berry (Anna Massey) and Mr. Jones (Artro Morris), a law clerk. The initial skepticism, how ever, soon leads to deep affect ion for the spirited and singu larly-minded Miss Moffat. Miss Ronberry and Jones are , quickly recruited as teachers in Moffat's makeshift school house. And as more and more young miners yield lo Miss Moffat's determination to rid them of ignorance and free them from the slavery of the I mines, it becomes apparent that one student, Morgan E- * vans (Ian Saynor), is except ionally gifted. Miss Moffat becomes con vinced that Evans’ extraor dinary intelligence should be exposed to a far higher edu cation.Under her intensive tu torage-and the sponsorship of* the village squire, (Bill Fras-' er)t-Evans succeeds in com peting for a scholarship at Oxford. All efforts, however, appear threatened by a .relationship Evans had earlier developed with Bessie (Toyah Wilcox), the daughter of Mrs. Watty (Patricia Hayes), the Moffat housekeeper. Miss Moffat’s re solution of the alliance pro vides the moving conclusion to the drama. In a distinguished stage and screen career, Katharine Hep burn has won international ac claim. The recipient of three Academy Awards (“Morning Glory,” “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,” “The Lion in Winter”), Miss Hepburn made her first appearance on the professional stage in “The Czarina," in 1928.Sub6equent plays include, among others, ueam rases a Holiday," “The Warrior’s Husband,” “The Lake,” “The Philadelph ia Story,” “The Million airess,” “As You Like It,” “Coco” (a musical) and “A Matter of Gravity. "Among her numerous films, other than those directed by Mr. Cukor, are:“Alice Adams,” “Stage Door,” “Bringing Up Baby,” “State of the Union,” “The African Queen,” “Sum mertime,” “The Madwoman of Chaillot” and “Long Day’s Journey Into Night. “On tele vision, Miss Hepburn starred in “The Glass Menagerie.” George Cukor began his directing career on Broadway and, when films began to talk in the thirties, he ventured West.He was to remain' in motion pictures, emerging as one of Hollywood's masters of high comedy and literate scr een material. You Miming Some Of Happenings In Town? You Can Read About Them In The Exciting New Charlotte Poet The Charlotte Pont Let l* Mail You Each Week °nt> $13.52 , Per Year I * '• < « •#»•# * • •• « •• * ’ # t * * » ***>%'#!> Sherral Brown .Personnel specialist Sherral Brown Named Director Of Personnel ORANGEBURG,—Sherral Y. Brown, formerly personnel specialist in the office of per sonnel at South Carolina State College, has been named di rector of personnel.She suc ceeds Alpha 0. Josie who retired Jan. 5. Ms. Brown holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the College of Charleston in Charleston and a master’s degree in public administration from the Uni versity of South Carolina in Columbia Sha nttonHuH Sacred Heart Academy in Honolulu, Hawaii before transferring to Peninsula .Ca tholic High School in Newport News, Va., where she was graduated. While interning at the uni versity she participated in a study of public personnel ad ministration involving re search in collecting inform ation in areas such as perfor mance, evaluation techniques, reduction in force policies and collective bargaining.She also prepared quarterly af firmative action reports and participated in the state’s sal ary survey to determine the state’s competitive position in the labor market. v year's subscription is only : 'Kl. __ Brown Named Top New Male Artist TK Records' Peter Brown has been named Top New Male Album Artist of 1978 by Billboard magazine. But this was not the only accolade the Chicago native received in the trade maga zines’ year end pollsBrown was named the top artist in six separate categones-a rare e vent for'a singer-composer-in strumentalist with only one album to his credit^ashbox named Browi^ the Longest Charted Disco to Black Cross over Artist of theYear, the Top Black Male Crossover Artist in the pop singles category, Longest-Charted Artist in the New Male Vocalist Black Sin gles category and the High est-Debuting Artist in the Dis co to Black Crossover Singles category.And Record World I named Brown Disco's Top Male Vocalist of the year. Peter Brown is currently finishing his second album at Miafni’s Studio Center. Post Ads Bring Quick Results Lauch Henry helped find the missing ingredient to educate minority engineers. Money. L cKChiarxf Henry ,s a rcxl** And a scientist And an engineer He s gen 'inne/y concerned about Other people And he has expressed some of that Hxvem n he, participation nth the National Fund for Minority Engineering StuHnts Fhe fund is a non profit organize •«x> attempting to increase the number ' jl BlO^S ftiertn Rr.ans rhx-xnm Mexican Americans and American I'rtans enrolled in engineering schools These under represented minorities constitute a rich untapped resource to help hU the growing need lor engineers a need that is expected to continue thnxx/h the mid 1980 s IBM s social leave f xrx/ran i enabled Dr Henry to take a year s leave to assist the turrl Arxl IBM continued to fiay JjaS hxn his full salary The National Fund lex Minority Errfneennq Students IS a very worth- S while program lthink so Lauchland Henry thinks SO But rrrtst important of all lots of minority enq>neennq students fifl er rolled at colleges and or wersities wB I atlas mbits patira On Sunday January 28, 1979 at 3:00 P. M. at the Char '?“e Coliseum in the Mid-Atlantic Title Match, the “Black Atlas Tony Atlas, takes on Ken Patera. Also in one of three Big Mam Events, Ric Flair meets Ricky Steamboat in their long-awaited U.S. Title Match. In the third main N. W. A. TV Title Match, Paul Jones meets Paul OrndortT. Four other big matches round out the card. ^_ _' rud vnwImim 1 ■ ni'imnin trIt .... ,,,, , ... .
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