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Actor pleas BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) :?i- ? i- i lTiicuavi was aiuudiu^iy puitu^up ' about winning a Golden Globe Award fc role of the boozing, bitter professc "Educating Rita." The outspoken Englishman said the time he had won an award was for " promising newcomer." "I was beginning to feel I'd let the p< who gave it to me down," said Caii direct, uncomplicated man who is ab adaDt himself to anv role without th trospection of method-style actors. CHOSEN BY the Hollywood Fo Press last month, Caine said in a recei terview:"It's true, I've won nothing ? e a couple of Academy (Award) nomina ('Alfie' and 'Sleuth'). Those are the Play Continued from page 10 duty" and served hot coffee from behinc at intermission, this point is cheerfully ALL OF this may seem trifling, but i in relaxing the audience ? and such a m overlook some of the typical amateur p Attempts at British accents here ra pitiful, while certain characters' costi (especially Greta and Helen Clegg) betr; frame of mid-1950s. Alan Reese's set is simnle hut nlf eminently functional throughout. Act I featuri ft u Public I I T-""" Th' Compare our quality / I land price. We cannot be ( beat! v v I YOU CHOOSE THE DIAMOf W.CoJa. use | m it mcrrt II * ' I * ' ed with Golden i ? things that have happened to me in hical between." >r his But before becoming a "promising >r in newcomer," his career had the usual pitfalls. Hp wac nnrp KrnVp onH niit r\f u/nrlf anrl ! last auditioned for the part of Bill Sikes in the most musical, "Oliver."He didn't get it. For Caine, who still bares traces of his eople cockney past, it was a big disappointment, le, a "If Icouldn'tget a role as a tough cockney, le to what could I get?" e in- Now he is churning out movies as fast as would-be actors get turned down at auditions. reign it in- NEXT COMES "Blame It on Rio," which xcept 20th Century-Fox released this month. He itions plays a businessman who takes his daughter only on a Brazilian vacation and is seduced by the i a modest picnic table added lights for the stage thrust driven home. little more in the face of such s t appeared to succeed Performances are neither am ood makes it easier to good. There are a few excepti it falls on stage. creative and fun portrayal of McKenzie. Brazil is also the on nge from erratic to speech pattern. umes and hairstyles ay the supposed time SHERYL WOOD lends g character of Romaine, and M rasant, and remains suited for the part of prosecut still could use some adopted some interesting habit JVE a. the SPUR Friday February 24 Two Shows Only: 9:00 & 11:00 SC Students with I.D. $4.00 with Student Sponsor $5.00 f j Miller Pitchers $2.00 V ^ J Spur and Russell House Lobbv X. S I ,p^ ^ \ Metze A Columbia's most ^ i?^exclusive diamond C^Coiumbia, S C. y dealer. ^MOND SALE! y. 20% to 50% OFF ENTIRE STOCK! LET US HELP GET ppg^ VD SHE CHOOSES THE MOUNTING 10% Student Discount * Charge Accounts C vnnri H * ~ * unpoi i (iniiiii nupair Lay-a-way :k J Globe award fi teen-age daughter of his best friend. The drea seducer, played by lovely Michelle Johnson, "Be; appears semi-nude in scenes with Caine. "Th "I told my wife to stay close to me at all Mar times," the actor remarked. Suit< He was recentlv in "Bevond the I,imit." fafhi and has an unreleased film, "Jigsaw," about Stati defecting British spies. Caine has two more H movies to shoot over the year: "Water," a becc far-out farce by George Harrison's Hand belie Made Films; and "The Pirate," a comedy and that RomanPoianski will make in Tunisia. *\ Between his emergence as a star in "Alfie" my i in 1966, and his recognition for "Educating Rita," much has happened to the Londoner who was born Maurice Micklewhite 49 years tryii ago. ovei coui HE HAS earned millions. He's made some don , however; Joe Futral could do his subtlety in the rol carcity. a bit. Basically, the pro loyingly poor nor refreshingly script that's somewf ons, led by Caroline Brazil's shocking scene, le Scottish housekeeper, Janet ly performer with an accurate This reviewer wou of Agatha Christie a a harmless and enio> ood stage presence to the look down their nos< ike Elliott is physically well- "Witness for the P or Myers. Doug Williams has performances at 8 p s for Sir Wilfrid Robarts and office at 796-7550. ! JAMMERS j CIRCLE 3 vegetables I tea or coffee | %BjL BETWEEN 3croissa o_ oc coKjk it If Your choice of an ' ; just 10* w/purch sandwich crc F'i ^exp. 3/9/84 or 'Rita' dful films, such as "X, Y, and Zee," yond the Posiedon Adventure" and e Hand," and some good ones: "The i Who Would Be King," "California :" and "Deathtrao." He also married. ered a daughter and moved to the United es. e said he came here "because I wanted to ime a name in American films; because I ;ve it's healthy to shake up one's life now then. At the age of 18, I was serving in the arin Korea," he said. 1 went through 11 years of abject poverty ig to be an actor and became a millionaremight. Then I changed my home and ntry. If that isn't shaking up one's life, I 't know what it is." e is appealing, but his muddy accent hurts duction is a somewhat dry version of a lat dry, and rather long, until the final Id argue, however, that the combination nd unpretentious presentation makes for /able evening escape for folks who don't is at community theaters. 'rosecution" runs through Saturday, with .m. For ticket information, call the box ?? -| Buy one i BUFFET I at regular price j $3.65 J 2nd BUFFET | at half price } -8 pm I nt y CTOkie fc>r ase of any ; ; >issant. 1 ! WfW 2nd Floor Russell House