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RE: LOTW suggestion
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<P><FONT face="Book Antiqua" size=2><FONT size=3><FONT face=Garamond>andre
[<A
href="mailto:andre@monmouth.com"
target=_blank>mailto:andre@monmouth.com</A>]
submitted:<BR><FONT color=#800080>> ...and i would humbly submit, howza
bout
a loop o'the week for:<BR>> roddy mcdowall - actor, esp know for planet
of
the apes series<BR>><BR>> cleveland amory - animal rights activist,
esp
known for<BR>> protecting the apes of this
planet</FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT
color=#800080><FONT face=Garamond><BR></FONT></FONT><BR><FONT
face=Garamond
size=3>Ahem! :) You got some kind of ape thing, huh?
[wink]<BR><BR>Last
week's LOTW <EM>was</EM> dedicated to Roddy (though I misspelled his
name!
It's "McDowell"), and, having replaced it today, the dedication
text
follows:</FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff face=Georgia>Roddy McDowall
(1928-1998), who
you probably know passed October 3, at his Los Angeles home. He had been
diagnosed in April earlier with cancer. </FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff face=Georgia></FONT></FONT><FONT
size=2><FONT color=#0000ff face=Georgia>Born September 17, 1928, Roddy
McDowell's acting career began in England at age 8, in the film
"Murder in
the Family." In 1940, following the outbreak of WWII, he and his
mother
came to Hollywood (to escape the Blitz), and in 1941 he attained stardom
with a
leading role in "How Green Was My Valley," with Maureen O'Hara
and
Donald Crisp. In 1943 he starred in both "My Friend Flicka" and
"Lassie Come Home," the last of which co-starred Elizabeth
Taylor, who
had also emigrated to Hollywood to escape the war. The two became lifelong
friends. </FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff face=Georgia></FONT></FONT><FONT
size=2><FONT color=#0000ff face=Georgia>In 1950 Roddy temporarily retired
from
films, turning to stage and television; he recounted later that, while he
repeatedly was given "child" roles, he perceived the difference
between being a child actor and an adult one, and decided to become an
"adult actor." He returned to films in "The
Subterraneans"
(1960), "The Longest Day" (1962), and "Cleopatra"
(1963), in
which he was reunited with his old friend, who played the title role. He
also
appeared as Malcolm in Orson Welles' "MacBeth.''</FONT></FONT><FONT
color=#0000ff face=Georgia><FONT size=2> </FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT color=#0000ff face=Georgia><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT><FONT
size=2><FONT color=#0000ff face=Georgia>In 1967, he took on the role of
Cornelius in "Planet of the Apes", the beginning of a series of
films
(though he was contractually unable to be in the second), the last in
1973,
recreating the role for television in 1974. He appeared on an episode of
"Hotel" with Elizabeth Taylor, before returning to film in
"The
Poseidon Adventure" (1972), "Funny Lady" (1975), and
more.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff face=Georgia>Roddy McDowell's other
films,
more than 140 at the actor's count, include "Inside Daisy
Clover,"
"Bedknobs and Broomsticks," "The Legend of Hell
House,"
"Fright Night," and "It!" His television work, which
was the
majority of his work in the 1980s and 90's, includes "The Martian
Chronicles," "Alice in Wonderland," and "Around the
World in
80 Days."</FONT></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff face=Georgia><FONT size=2>
</FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT color=#0000ff face=Georgia><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT><FONT
size=2><FONT color=#0000ff face=Georgia>A longtime student of film, he
gathered
one of the largest private collections of classic movies, (though an FBI
raid
with mucho fanfare in 1975 depleted his collection completely) and was
prominent
in the film restoral movement to the last.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff face=Georgia></FONT></FONT><FONT
size=2><FONT color=#0000ff face=Georgia>His photography is well-known as
more
than a passion outside of Hollywood, spanning more than several magazines
and 40
years, including Elixabeth Taylor's nude layout for Playboy in 1963. His
photo
books (1966's "Double Exposure" for example) are still high
sellers,
and he was praised for his ability to allow the best in his subjects to
show
through in the work.. (This ability did not however translate to
directing, and
his sole effort in 1970 was less than successful.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff face=Georgia></FONT></FONT><FONT
size=2><FONT color=#0000ff face=Georgia>In 1985 McDowall and actress
Deborah
Kerr were honored at an American Cinema Awards banquet in Hollywood. Among
the
tributes to the two stars at the time are the following, which were only
echoed
immediately after his passing. President Reagan sent telegrammed that
"Deborah and Roddy are two of filmdom's brightest and most enduring
stars.
Each, in their own way, has brought a special magic to the movie screen.''
</FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff face=Georgia></FONT></FONT><FONT
size=2><FONT color=#0000ff face=Georgia>Elizabeth Taylor called Roddy
"a
genius at friendship,'' and said that her family chose the actor to inform
her
of the deaths of her former husband Richard Burton and good friend
"Monty''
Clift. "`They trusted his inherent wisdom and warmth,'' she said.
"They trusted him with my life to keep me together, and he did,'' she
told
the audience.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff face=Georgia></FONT></FONT><FONT
face=""
size=2><FONT color=#0000ff face=Georgia>Roddy himself added, ``Love,
affection,
strength and friendship, that is the mortar of one's survival. And my life
has
been blessed, inundated, by those extraordinary qualities from an army of
people."</FONT></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff face=Georgia></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Book Antiqua" size=2><FONT face=Garamond size=3>I just
replaced
it with one for <STRONG>Frankie Yankovic</STRONG>. Having been
impressed
enough with not only general public reaction to his life, but especially
his
wife's quote, which I put on the site. I should mention with respect
to
Cleveland Amory, whose comments many of us read weekly in TV Guide at
least,
that, as part of the Media (and especially the news industry), he's got
enough
of a crowd of people with superior access to media that have and will
eulogize
him. I try to find people who for the most part may <EM>not</EM> get
more
than a mention in the latter part of the NY Times Obit section, despite
their
accomplishments; someone you might not have heard of. Well, there
<EM>are
</EM>exceptions, in cases where they're people <EM>I</EM> particularly
like -
but I doubt greatly whether newspeople will ever make the LOTW. Even
the
venerable John Holliman from CNN didn't make it, for just that
reason.
Neither can I do it for anyone with a political career, since, again,
they've
already got lots of public mourners, dubious or not; I wanted to dedicate
one to
Barry Goldwater, a particularly misunderstood politician, but again could
not.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Book Antiqua" size=2><FONT face=Garamond
size=3></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Garamond>Sorry bout the long wind.
<EM><STRONG>Go Yankees!</STRONG></EM></FONT></P><FONT face="Book Antiqua"
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