PAGE 26, WEDNESDAY. DL-CEMBER 10, 1980, WHITBY FREE PRESS Whitby Free Presse...go ATTIIEMOVIES .... with Barry Murkcsr Mork will star in ebrt of Popeye the sailor man Believe it or not, Popeye is appearing in a full-ienghl movie and it's coming to the Oshawa Centre Cinema this Friday night. Popeye the sailor, "A am what I amn, and that's ail I amn", of coic strip fame has finally made the com- plete circle; comic strip, television cartoons and now the movies. Rerneber the deep, comical voice, singing, "I eats nie spinach and fights to the finish?" Well Popeye first made his appearance *CINEMASHOWCASE HELD OVER- Storrlnu M1)I TI17' 'w .W.., 17Kbl VIDA U NLDIE n~ ,i I Weekdays ' 7:05, 9:05 SAT./SUN. - 2.50,4.50,6:50,9-05 RECOMMENDED AS ADULT THOSE LIPS, THOSE EVES starring Franklin Lange lia (Restricted) Weekdays 7:00,9:10 Sat./Sun. 2:15, 4:25, 6:40,9:00 ORDINARY PEOPLE Mary Tyler Moore, and Donald Q Sutherland 0 09Žmngso.(aduit) wamin-somlanguage may b. offensive 0t Tho& Ires Br. Weekdays: 7:00. 9:10 e.1.,ci.n 2I5 A F4 fl 6:09:00I on the pages of' daily newspapers in American and Canada many years ago. His creator was the late E.C. Seegar. On this man's demise, another car- toonist took over, and for years comic strip fans en- joyed the antics of Popeye, his girl Olive Oyl, the Sea Hag, Sweet Pea and the character who was'always eating hamburgers (Wim- pey). Popeye at last is coming to the screen played by live ac- tors, and not from a carton- nist's or animator's pen. Robert Altman, the con- troversial director is behind Extra showiùng-- for WTC, An unusually heavy demand for tickets has caused the Whitby Theatre Company Youth Group to put on an additional perfor- mance of "A Christmas Carol." Bert Heaver, a spokesman of the company, said that the additional performance will be held on Sunday, Decem- ber 14 at 2 p.m. in the theatre of the Centennial Building on Centre Street South, Whitby. Tickets for the perfor- mance are $3 for aduits, $2 for children and are available either at the door or at middletons on Dundas Street West. YOU DON'fT PAY FOR YOUR MISTAKES cit " M.B.M. PHOTOGRAPHY When you bring in a roll of film to be prooessed, we charge you ONLY FOR THE PRINTS THAT COME OUT 1 Wel also be there to give you f riendly, professional advi ce (if you want it) and show you where you made your mistake. M.B.M. - The Friendly Pro fessionals MED,,MI PHOTOGRAPHY 131 BROCK STREET NORTH WHITBY 668-6111 QUAIMl BENJAM IN PtOCBINL.EJ F BMALA BORATORIES LTD Mon, I 'ri -b0SatJO - 5 this one, and those close to the movie scene feel he may just have done it again with this one. Popeye, the main charac- ter, is played by Robin Williams, and his girl friend Olive Oyl, is done by Shelley Duvaîl. If you recail Olive of the comic strip, you will remember that she was plain and with a stringbean figure; about as attractive as a pail of chopped worms. Well, Shelley was made for the part. As a kid in Houiston, she was dubbed Olive Qyl by her classmates. She is huge eyed and has a spindly figure, and the role is just one more the unor- thodox characterisations she has played in a weirdly off-beat career, which has been said to be unlike any other in Hollywood. Shelley at 30, has ap- peared in about 10 movies so far, playing singularly odd women. She has unfailingly attracted rave reviews despite the disquieting and doleful fact few of her films have been hits. She seldorn lands the part of the conventional leading lady. Rather, she plays females who are about a haîf niche off plub, wacky without intent, troubled without comprehension, yet ultimately believable. Shelley is surrounded by a sort of tragic comic aura, best illustrated by her role in Three Women, which won her the Cannes and Los Angeles Film Critics awards for best actress. Some felt she should also have had an Oscar. She dlaims she grew up surrounded by eccentrics. She says she couldn't help but absorb some of their quirks. Poor Shelley dreams of playing beautiful leading ladies in shimmering war- drobe and surrounded by handsome leading men. However, if past perfor mances are any indication, her prospects for the future are not too favourable, 0f her roles, she says that of Millie Lamereaux was the pretties character and Olive Oyl the weirdest. She feels Olive has been the most fun for her though, even though it meant getting up before dawn for five months, for make-up, hair and war- drobe. To get the feeling of the role, she had her producers let her sit through hours of old Popeye cartoons, to see how Olive danced and moved. It is predicted that Popeye film will be a hit with both young and old and the GO HA