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<META content='"MSHTML 4.72.3510.1400"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY> <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" size=2><FONT face=Garamond size=3> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Georgia size=2>Stephen Goodman - It's... The Loop Of The Week (Frankie Yankovic)!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Georgia size=2>EarthLight Studios - <A href="http://www.earthlight.net/Studios">http://www.earthlight.net/Studios</A></FONT></DIV></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML> </html>