FLASHES

"The Sound of Music"

“An Ecstatic Soul Musical”, Soul to Soul, featuring Ike and Tina Turner, Wilson Pickett and Santana is being shown internationally by the same company who produced Trojan Women and Richard Burton’s The Assasination of Trotsky.

The Nashville Sound, a country-western number includes performances by Ray Acuff, Johnny Cash, Skeeter Davis, Charley Pride, Dolly Parton, Hank Snow and many many more. The movie contains a slight storyline and is evidently being handled through statesrighters.

Frank Sinatra is to sing the lead in Paramount Pictures’ film version of Saint-Exupery’s bestseller The Little Prince. It is rumored, though, that because of his retirement, Gene Hackman may get the part instead. Dubious.

The familiar lovely voice of Little Lulu, Olive Oyl and Casper the Friendly Ghost, brought to you by Mae Questel, will now take on Betty Boop. 100 of the 1930’s skits have been “colorized” for TV syndication.

Ali McGraw, Love Story’s tragic heroine, is starring with Steve McQueen in The Getaway directed by Sam Peckinpah, noted for Straw Dogs and Wild Bunch. They were guests at the filmmaker’s recent Juarez, Mexico wedding.