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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Though Scheider is a wry, sensitive actor, he soon gets lost in the vulgar theatrics. So does the subject of death. When Fosse attempts to put his heart on the table, he does so too literally. All That Jazz contains close-ups of open-heart sur gery, but few insights into Gideon's soul. What Fosse regards as self-analysis often comes out as egomaniacal self-congratulation: there's even a scene where Gideon cries at his own funeral. Still, Fosse is no fool, and at times he is his own best critic. All That Jazz is never...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Fan Dance | 12/31/1979 | See Source »

...BORN. To Actor Christopher (Superman) Reeve, 27; and his English fiancée Gae Exton, 28, an agent; a son; in London, where Reeve is shooting Superman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 31, 1979 | 12/31/1979 | See Source »

DIVORCED. Actress Candy Clark, 32, blond confection in American Graffiti; and Marjoe Gortner, 35, child evangelist turned actor; after 20 months of marriage, eleven of them spent apart; in Los Angeles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 31, 1979 | 12/31/1979 | See Source »

...past three years Bette has been living with Peter Riegert, 32, the actor who played Boon, the social chairman of Delta Tau Chi, in Animal House, and the hero's best friend in Head over Heels. Though they live in Los Angeles, they have rented a loft in Manhattan for their trips East. Calm and low-key, Riegert seems to be the grounding for Bette's electric charge, her steadying influence. On stage, says Midler, she is "a character without fear, who has no problem being vulgar or outrageous. But in my private life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Midler: Make Me a Legend! | 12/31/1979 | See Source »

DIED. Jon Hall, 66, he-man actor who "was swept to stardom in The Hurricane, a 1937 spectacular that also helped launch Dorothy Lamour; of gunshot wounds that apparently were self-inflicted; in Sher man Oaks, Calif. A champion swimmer who grew up in Tahiti, Hall was best known for portraying loincloth-clad is landers and bare-chested sheiks (Arabian Nights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 24, 1979 | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

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