Right now a guy in a TV commercial is kissing the box his breakfast cereal comes in. It is little wonder that one of the first things ever put on moving film was a kiss. No test, no reading, and he was, you know, perfect" (In her memoir "Swanson on Swanson" the actress made the point that Holden was 31, while the character Joe Gillis was 26, and it was maybe he not she who should be "re-aged" with makeup, but the chemistry worked nevertheless) One Wilder trademark has been to get once-in-a-career performances from actors-Gloria Swanson, Fred MacMurray, Ray Milland-but again the director emphasizes serendipity "It's because I know just how much was accidental Swanson was not the first choice for Norma Desmond. All the other allocations in that range, Butler said, have been taken by Mexican radio stations. Though his voice is light, he proved capable, in the lament from Luigi Rossi's "Orfeo" for instance, of singing with dramatic fervor. Too demoralized to work, O'Neill spent his days in his mountainside home near Danville, Calif, listening to the war news on the radio. I called him and said, 'If you want an expense account dinner call someone else.

But I don't know" After the gala screening at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences the other night of the CBS television movie "Passion Flower" in which he stars with Bruce Boxleitner and Barbara Hershey, Williamson found himself being wined and wooed by a battery of William Morris agents, telling him all those encouraging things that agents tell their new clients It's hardly surprising. By 1900 the grandiose statements of painters like Hill had fallen from fashion. In top form, the Beaux Arts Trio returned to Los Angeles Tuesday night. Wherever you are, and whatever you're doing, people in New York don't want to know When you're there, you exist Otherwise, you don't" she says.

The menudo and the tamales are Texas-style, and every table has, alongside the oregano shaker, a bottle of Louisiana-style hot sauce rather than a Mexican brand There are no corn chips and salsa lying around. (In the film, Parker plays timid Janey Glenn, who-with help from unconventional best friend Hunt-enters the dance contest of her dreams) Hunt, rather than being a platinum-haired Peck's bad girl, actually is ash-blond and poised beyond her 21 years. LA JOLLA — The public has discovered that, contrary to popular belief, it has a surprising appetite for what is different and new in the arts-at least when the new arts are presented in a context of excellence. The schedule of outdoor concerts at the amphitheater, summer home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, offers subscription orchestral concerts on four nights of the week, plus special events. "I worked out a two-part piece built around the cadences from two Scarlatti sonatas and subtitled it 'The Triumph of Reason' " Though "Return" may sound fairly complex, it isn't, Subotnick insisted.

Everyone won't make it in theater, Ann-Lewis reminds her students, "but I guarantee you'll learn about yourselves. Several years ago, Fitzpatrick was cut loose in a hot air balloon, landing 40 miles away in a field, and students have shown up to receive their diplomas in limousines, tow trucks and helicopters. "They exchange children to continue the process of the human species, and a mantle of some sort of authority is passed on when they leave the area. A C Nielsen Co. Her PR person denied it: "She (Debra) said she wouldn't dream of playing God.

Here are some places to indulge , guilt free: THE CAFE (Ritz Carlton Hotel, 33533 Shoreline Drive, Laguna Niguel (714) 240-2000. He doubles as Wotan and spends a lot of time sitting on the steps of a wooden platform. Music-especially Dream Academy's dreamy pop-rock-is clearly his passion, as necessary to him, he gushed, as breathing. In all the 20th Century-until this year-there have been only two known productions: in Vienna in 1921 and in Florence in 1968 Only one recording of the opera is listed in discographies. "Most of the people, probably 75% of the ticket sales, for Fender's shows come from Orange County. "For so long they have run programs that are so general and generic that they have neglected the interests of the local communities" he said.

Lazlo Rooth's anachronistically tonal "Impressions" could have been titled "Richard Strauss meets Arthur Pryor" but was certainly scored with skill. 11 performance will be the Korean soprano Young Mi Kim; Leona Mitchell, previously announced, will sing the role Oct 8 and 14. Scripts must be original, must not have been previously produced and must be received by Dec 1. David Wolper is honorary dinner chairman and Rene Auberjonois, Julie Harris and John Lithgow will provide entertainment. I planned it for 10 years and had to go through endless bureaucracies and ministries to get it approved.

"Of course there were emotional moments on that final night" Tomasson concedes, "but basically I wanted to stop. The Guthrie's touring company of "Great Expectations" will play the Norris Theater in Palos Verdes on Tuesday (213) 544-0403. In fact, they wondered why all these crazy tourists were taking pictures of it when Piccadilly Circus was within walking distance. But as an actor, writer and historian, McIntire has spent much of the last nine years bringing President John F.

Good old Tristan expressed the problem nicely in his delirium: "O dieser Sonne, sengender Strahl, wie brennt mir das Hirn seine gluehende Qual" Andrew Porter's excellent translation heart-renders it thus: "O cruel sunlight, searing my brain, for me no escape from the burning and pain"Porter, in case you haven't noticed, has a way with words. The reason is simple: "The state and city governments there give monies to encourage new works to be written. I want to do everything that I can to keep the associates, to keep Josine She's absolutely fantastic I don't want to lose them. His movies come in under budget, on time and consistently make money. is different and it is never going to work like that, but it is by no means dead" Silverman's sentiments were echoed by Howard Spector, who directs the L. A. Though he did not deny the stunt initially, the report got beyond being a rumor.

"I think if everyone got together and cut off all the films from that country, you would have integrated theaters. Was that the real Bob Kennedy in the long shot in Bedford-Stuyvesant, and on the Wabash Cannonball rolling across the Indiana prairie in the spring of 1968?. Luck prevailed again when the producer Larry Rosen saw her second White House gig on TV. It brought display, but no insights, to the etudes; it compromised the integrity of all four Ballades; it changed the Sonata from a poetic statement to one of showmanship. Too bad she hadn't been humming "Tennessee Waltz" "How Much Is That Doggie in the Window" "Mockin' Bird Hill" or any of her other major hits of yesteryear Heads would've turned then for certain You don't mistake that voice, even now. Many of 1985's biggest-selling albums were from heavy-metal bands, including Iron Maiden, Motley Crue, Ratt, Dio and the Scorpions. And: Michael Jackson's follow-up to "Thriller" is still due this year.

It was the band's 10th album since it began recording in 1974 All had been produced by Terry Brown Firing him was the first step out of that rut. A ninth-grade dropout, she was married at 15-to a teen-ager she'd been going with since she was 12 By 17, she was a divorced mother. She turns out to be the gorgeous Jennifer Beals, but is terrified of the Monster, so the Baron refuses to turn her over to him. Leviev, who describes Zhivkova as having been a close friend, says her cultural policies continue to dominate.