'Rooster Cogburn': shine, movie mediocre By LEAH ROZEN Collegian Staff Writer John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn, two of the most distinctive and different screen personalities Hollywood has ever made into legends, get together in “Rooster Cogbum,” an almost ordinary film transformed into better than average fare by their presence. The actual film, plot and script are rather pedestrian, but the scenes in which the two great veterans get to play off each other spark and glow. Wayne, wearing that God awful hairpiece movie review he seems to think improves his appearance, plays the Rooster Cogburn character for which he won an Academy Award in “True Grit " He’s a hard-drinking, one-eyed marshall who would sooner shoot a man than book him. Katharine Hepburn, of the cultured voice and . refined mannerisms, plays Eula Goodnight, a preacher’s daughter who has Biblical quotations to every occasion. The two are thrown together when Wayne is assigned to ride after the killers of Hep burn’s preacher father. She goes along with Wayne. East Halls 10th Annual Winter Arts Festival Exhibit December 10,11,12 Findlay Union Building Categories: drawing, painting photography, sculpture Prizes will be awarded for each category, $lO first prize, $5 second prize. Entrance fee $.25 per category. Entrance forms available at: ERA Office 124 Findlay, ARHS Office 20 A HUB, 102 Visual Arts Bldg.. 269 Chambers. Entry forms must be turned in by Dec. 5, artwork must be turned in by Dec. 8. Any questions call ERA Office 863-0522 after 4 p.m. CLOTHING 60-40 SHELLS 15% off all WHITE STAGE, ALPINE DESIGNS and Mtn. 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Does it all sound a bit like Hepburn and Bogart in “African Queen?” We.., wait till the scene where Wayne and Hepburn ride a raft down the river rapids. The first 20 minutes of the movie are awful. Before Hepburn turns up, Wayne mugs outrageously and acts like a buffoon. But something almost magical happens when he has to act opposite Hepburn. Wayne really starts acting. Oh, he’s still larger than life and all, but at least he’s in character rather than just doing a parody of himself. Hepburn does well and seems to have been enjoying herself immensely. There is one lovely scene in which Wayne is drunkenly shooting at his food supply. “Rooster Cogburn” is a movie you go to to watch the stars. You certainly aren’t going for Martin Julien’s serviceable script or Stuart Miller’s routine direction. Wayne and Hepburn don’t threaten Tracy and Hepburn, but you take what you can get. And Wayne and Hepburn sure beat Redford and Newman as a romantic team. appalachian ouioorhouse DECLARATION OF OUR FIRST YEAR’S SUCCE I •rm • #1 stars (THANKS 10-20-30-40% MEI: Mountain Equipment %off before f Shasta 20% 75.00 \ Lyell 20% 47.00 r Guide 20% 40.00 J Diablo 20% 20.00 X Nokov 20% 50.00 ALPINE DESIGNS Backpacker 30% MILLET rucksack arts Women composers featured in Schwab concert tonight Daria Semegen’s “Poeme ler, Dans la Nuit” will be performed at 8:30 tonight in Schwab in a concert featuring the works of ten women composers. The concert, planned as' part of the International Women’s Year, will mark the world premiere of Semegen’s composition. Semegan is a teacher at the Columbia- Princeton Electronic Music Center and the State University of New York at Stoney Brook. Written in 1967, the work will be performed by Robert PACKS SLEEPING BAGS ■ » ** ♦ »♦ i and members of the Penn State University Symphony Orchestra under the direction of D. Douglas Miller, associate professor of music. Other works on the program include Clara Schumann’s “Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann;” Christine Berl’s “Elegy;” Marion Bauer’s “Sonata for Viola and Piano,” and Ursula Mamlock’s “Variations for Solo and Flute.” Composers included in the program are Louise Talma, Ruth Shaw Wylie, Yvonne TO YOU) off everything!! NOW 60.00 37.60 32.00 18.00 40.00 32.90 47.00 20.00 25.00 before NOW 65.00 50.00 79.50 57.50 45.00 35.00 55.00 46.00 [( Y Warren and Claire Polin. Performers taking part in the concert include Phyllis Triolo, piano; Raymond Page, viola; Diane Gold, flute; the Atherton String Quartet; the Claremont Woodwind Quintet; Karen Scott, soprano; James Carroll; contrabass; Musica da Camera; and members of the Alard String Quartet. Admission to the concert is free. Tickets are available from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at the University Auditorium box office. 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