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Alterns O PP Denes ojjers needed choice for Columbia By CHUCK CROMER Entertainment Editor With the Classic Cinema Series hptfinnino itc 1A.u(nnlr *??? IVW *V VT VVU lU'ililll 1 UII tomorrow at Jefferson Square Theatre, some important questions should be raised. Is there a need for an alternate cinema in Columbia? What purpose will it serve? Alternate, by definition, is a situation or proposition offering a choice between two or more things. The series offers some of the finest movies ever made, vintage and contemporary, American or foreign. Its competition is the normal hodgepodge of mediocre commercial films that dominate the Columbia market. IN ESSENCE, do we wish to substitute quality for mediocrity? Columbia, as well as all of South Carolina outside USC, is a wasteland for quality film programming. It survives in gnoranee and until now has made little effort to rise above that level. Movies brought to the state are usually for entertainment only, not intellectual stimulation or visual admiration. USC i? fnrhinato tV?of if VMIIMVV tllOV It possesses one of the more highlyregarded college film programs in the country. But this program is normally only available to the average student for four years. After that, the choice of pictures is incredibly restricted if the person remains in the state. South Carolina has no true alternate cinema. In Charleston and Greenville there are theaters that occasionally show more obscure critically-acclaimed films, but commercial films make up the schedules for the most part. A FULL-TIME alternate cinema can make available films that are entertaining, educational and obscure. Film is an important educational device Fine art By CHUCK CROMER Entertainment Editor Fine arts will be plentiful in the coi The Columbia Museum of Art, loc? strppts will hrict Q Hicnlatf nf .. mmm nu.n u UIOJ/IUJT \Jl LCI Ct 111II Professor Geff Heid through Oct. ! invited to attend a special recepti from 3-5 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 17. Heed has been the assistant profei USC Department of Art since 1972 includes 100 pieces ranging from co^ galzed casserole dishes. All display ] for purchase. AN EXHIBITION and sale of origi presented from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. t at the Columbia museum. Marson Ltd. of Baltimore, Md., sp< art. The exhibition will total about 5( ite cinema mmrrr * mht?MgPr Jaf v ^JK llfBiB^nfl^^E^^Kay&ffp, ?iW -4*jfe*<. 8R? B? 8%X Htt?*, _,_WSlj?yg>r - -> -?* |A "JtEpv^HjjjBH^VgHilMt .0 ~3M?^ffir.TXi3k dflfifefe .JS'Robin Hood9 to be shown "The Adventures of Robin Hood", startir 15 at the Jefferson Square Theatre, is th film in the Classic Cinema Series. Ticket because its universal ac- THE cessibility can stimulate the alleviate mind to make it more receptive frustratk to the problems of mankind. America whether personal, international, (Humph political or environmental. Maltese If it survives its infancy, the Sleep") ; series could set a desired Wyler's" precedent for the rest of the state. first-run However, its failure would un- Europe's doubtedly establish a more director! damaging precedent, causing Bergman businesses to hesitate, possibly Wertmull for years, before risking money and Luis in alternate cinemas. of Libert; :s dominate I rung weeks. ated at Senate and Bull China, India, Tibet, ;P0t^ry pie^CS by-^lC The old^t prints 31. TTie public will be centuries. They wil on honoring the artist minature paintings, Hiroshige, Kunijoshi ssor of ceramics at the mu ^ His The modern pieces /ere'd jaVAo deiicaTely ^ ts: f c^"f' ? pieces will be available eated by Saito, f K company represent questions about the \ inal Oriental art will be tf^hmf'lles e"'P">yed nmnrrnw anH SaturHnv ioiios. The Arts Journal, icializes in the Oriental that encourages new tists, is accepting p< Competition. M) pieces from Japan, The competition is i : how wil t ^m ^?KH H :m? L .3 iA ig Oct. are $2.50 for adults and e first Thirteen films will be show prices weeks. SERIES could help The vehi ? film ?"' ?'? - vicwcia viewing is a\ >ns. It offers classic be interestii in films by actors will be willi rey Bogart in "The Falcon", and "The Big S and directors (William The Letter") along with i foreign films by 3 most respected s, including Ingmar Km 's "Face to Face", Una Bra |j ler's "Seven Beauties" 1 H Bunuel's "The Phantom I y." v 1 9 r\ "WAT* B ^ C YVCCK ? I ?ocus Nepal and Thailand. will date back to the 18th and 19th I include Chinese woodcuts, Indian manuscripts and master works hv and Junisada. will consist of a large group of original ithographs, serigraphs and mezzotints ^zechi, Mori Katsuda and Maki. A ative will be present to answer vork, artists and the various graphic I. Prints will be shown in open port a tax-exempt, non-profit organization r forms of communication among ar;>etry for its annual National Poetry open to all poets in the continental U.S. 1 it fill < K Hi gdftffii s "| t: 7 j j . ; s - ' : s H t] w $2.00 for students. i??!_ a?. . n u uunng me next 10 w cle to better film W( /ailable at last. It will m lg to see if students se ng to support it. su The Garni itertaii UaRnHMMBMaHMMUaHNKaBMnnnHMH activil 25 prizes, including a $100 1 entries will be judged by | Entry fee for the Comp< checks payable to the Art; of entries may be submit! Each poem must be tyi sheets with a limit of 32 In and previously unsubmitte entries must be postmarki the property of the Arts J< Winners will be notified 1 receive a tree copy of the J containing the 25 winning THE CONTEMPORARY performed at 8:15 p.m. Oct singers and dancers will novative and controversi Broadway in the late 191 American tribal love-rock n d *e? Season ticket ales ended; esponse poor ? Jy CATHERINE THRIFT isst. News Editor The sale of season tickets to he Classic Cinema Series at rvin-Fuller Theaters has been liscontinued because of poor esponse. Bob Jones, Columbia citv nanager, said the sales were ^ liscontinued after requests for eason tickets stopped coming tito the Irvin-Fuller Co. Jones said he did not know ow many tickets were sold, ut it was a small proportion of he 1,000 that were printed. Terry Dugas, manager of efferson Square Theater, said eason ticket sales were topped on Oct. 5 and refunds to lose who had ordered them O rere mailed Tuesday. Along with the refund, Jones aid those who ordered tickets 'ill receive passes to the leaters "to thank them for leir interest." The season tickets were eing sold for $15, which would ntitle the bearer to see 13 lovies in 10 weeks for an nlimited number of times. The 13 movies will still be lown, beginning tomorrow ith "The Adventures of Robin ood," starring Errol Flynn, hich will run a week. "Some of the big movies will in a week," he said. "Others ill run about four days." "I don't know why the sales u ..? * ? ? - - erwn i gooa, uugas said. "It ay be just the concept of a ason ticket or that it was for ch a short period of time." ecock nment hi /\ n 11C? irst prize, will be awarded. The x>et John Beecher. itition will be $1 per poem with s Journal. An unlimited number ted. >ed and submitted on separate les per poem. Only unpublished id material may be entered. All id bv Nov. 15. and th*?v ^ - - , ?V..WJ MWX/11IC mrnal and will not be returned. 3y Dec. 15, and each entrant will anuary issue of the Arts Journal poems. ^ { rock musical "Hair" will be 18-24 at Drayton Hall. Some 30 recreate, semi-nude, the inn 1 " 1 ?i tiiuuuiHiun mat opened on SOs. One critic called it "The musical See FOCUS, Page 13 1