' - Entertainment Pe ol WIA os NEWYORK (Reuter) th Poe to tall a dying e to pull-a gz year did ex-actress out from under a giant pile of books, newspapers and ress ¢lippings datin back 25 years that ha collapsed on her. The pile shad fallen on p of Eleanor Barry as she lay: in “her: bedroom and police said the weight of the papers muffled her cries of help. ¢ Miss Barry, a retired New’ York City actress, died shortly after being rescued last Sunday. Police said they had to use an axe to smash the goor of the bedroom because the collapsed pile blocked their entry. They. added that ‘the house, Which she shared with her sister, was filled with - towers of books, newspapers, shoppin bags and assorte pers. In the kitchen, fing of food dating back 25 Lif years were discovered. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When Stretch Armstrong and G.I. Joe have gone the way of the Evel Knievel doll, there'll still be room under the Christmas tree for Tedd Bear, says stuffed- animal king Harold Ni- zamian. Already, he = says, parents are turning awa rom heavily advertised, gaudily packaged dolls and toys in favor of huggab! e, squeezable bears, dogs, cats and other animals in all sizes and textures. “Parents want to get back to the basics,” says Nizamian, president of R. Dakin, the world’s largest maker of stuffed animals. “They would rather have a well-made teddy bear they know is rfectly safe and doesn’t ve.a lot of television pressure behing Jt, a Tomprrows briefs. . “Even the kids are turning away from more realistic toys and back to fantasy’ forms, he adds. TORONTO (CP) — Edward Heath, Con- servative prime minister of Britain from 1970 to 1974, says it is not un- dignified for a former prime minister tocome to Canada in order to sell books he has written. “If we write a book, 1 see no reason why we shouldn't sell our product, like ‘any in- dustrialist or manufacturer,” Heath said in an inteview Wednesday. Heath is here for two days in order to promote copies of his two books— Carols: The Joy of Christmas, and Travels: People and Places in My @. He has written two other books dealing with Sailing and music. When asked if he needed the money, Heath replied that it helps. . Heath, who engineered Britain’s -entry into the Euro Common pean Market and is now a Conservative member of Parliament, led 300 carollers at a department store Wetinesday mor- ng. At an afternoon lun- cheon of the Canadian Authors Association, Heath said in a speech that he is a struggling writer and is proud of the books he has written. After the luncheon, Brian Schilder, who plays Santa Claus at the hotel where he made his speech, asked Heath what he wanted for tmas. “Peace in the Middle East,” Heath answered. a going eee Li an be aed cet LOS ANGELES (AP) — One of the bright new stars of the holiday movie season is named Elliot. He's a dragon, the crea- tion of a bearded, 43-year Disney veteran named Ken Anderson. Anderson doesn’t look it but he’s a great- grandfather—“‘and wasn’t even so good as a grandfather,” he quips. He was ready to retire from Disney Productions @ year or so ago when executive producer Ron Miller tossed a challenge at him: help put a full- sized dragon on the screen and make him perform. with human ac- tors. “Why not?” Anderson agreed, After all, he had been fielding challenges for Disney since 1934, when he joined the swelling group of artists Walt was collecting to make Snow White and other features. Newly married and in- spired by the imagery of the Silly Symphonies, Anderson thought the studio might be an in- teresting place..to. work, + ed help.” - 7 Anderson had been an. Walt: Disney~ learn architect and assigned him to devise new ways to hotograph cartoons. ince then he has been dazzling with his ver- satility, creating every- uth Wp uN rip % 26 “ee thing from cartoon characters to Disneyland attractions. “Tt had finished doing the characters for another feature, Catfish Bend, and was about ready to retire,” said Anderson. ‘Then Ron gave me an original story that he said Wait had been interested in. DREAMED OF DRAGON “It was about a boy and his dragon but the dragon never appeared to anyone, The village had to keep making up ex- cuses for all the damage that happened—a freak storm or something. The dragon came into t story only in the boy’s dream and then he was just a storybook dragon with no intimation of personality. “T was really on a spot. I felt I shouldn't be critical of something both Walt and Ron had believed in. I could have drawn a Gragon out of any book but I decided to operate on the ploy that Elliot appears to those who are-in need of his Anderson drew a series of sketches for his con- cept of the star of Pete’s Dragon. Ron Miller and co-producer Jerome Courtland saw the result and were charmed. memories begin with, them? If you wish your children could know the kind of (): childhood memories of Christmas, who can forget Christmas you remember, or always dreamed of knowing, join Billy Graham; members of his family and special friends on Christmas Eve. You'll go caroling. Billy Graham will read the story of the birth of Christ to his family and yours, Johnny Cash will tell a very different Christmas story. You'll treasure this warm hour rich in the things Christmas memories are made of. Saturday, December 24 1977 7:00 p.m. CFIK-TV CH3 amaz’ READ BILLY GRAHAM'S BOOK ‘HOW TO BE BORN AGAIN’ ial "AVAILABLE AT BOOK AND DEPT. STORES he. said, “The Dragon creator dazzling Miller convinced An- derson to stay on and direct the youn, aa elliot to fall fr ty , fire- breathing life. It wasn't easy. Elliot was to appear throughout the movie, doing scenes with Helen Reddy, Mickey Rooney, Red Buttons, Shelley Winters and Jim Dale. The scale had to be diminished so Elliot's face would not seem too huge in his many scenes with young Sean Marshall, who plays Pete. ‘The schedule for animation was back- breaking,”’ Anderson icture had been set with the Radio City Music Hall for this Christmas and it had to be delivered in time. Fortunately, Don Bluth, one of the oung animators, came aboar as director and he did a tremendous job. By JERRY BUCK LOS ANGELES (AP) '— Marla Gibbs says she works from her memory bank when she plays Florence the maid on The Jeffersons. “The lines just come up,’ said Miss Gibbs. “Til suggest them and dhe writers put them into the script.” “When I was young, people didn’t curse. ey’d say ‘blip.’ Like, ‘Girl, ain’t that a blip.’ Florence’s dialogue is fed right out of my memory bank.” OnThe Jeffersons, seen Saturday night on CBS, Florence is the great leveler. When George Jeffersen’s pretensions and schemes get out of hand, she is the one who pricks the balloon and rings him down to earth. The show, which grew out of All in the Family, concerns a black family that suddenly finds success and moves up the social and. financial ladder—dragging along its previous values. “Florence is really a combination of my grandmother and an aunt in Chicago,” Miss Gibbs said. ‘She’s like the people I few up with. ou’) find one in every black church. You'll find a Florence all over.” Most black people identify with the ex- pressions immediately, she says. “It doesn’t matter whether it's Chicago or Philadelphia. Most heard their grandmothers say the same things.” PART OF AMERICANA Miss Gibbs, who moved THE HERALO, Friday, December 23, 1977, PAGE 7 -. Florance doesn’t curse to Los Angeles at the end of the 1960s, said: “I see her as part of the black heritage of this country. All blacks began in a servant capacity. There's not a black person who didn’t come from that heritage. “The fact that she’s not educated doesn’t mean she's not intelligent. She has mother wit, as we used to say in Chicago. She gets right to the int, without all the ancy words." Miss Gibbs was on the first show of The Jef- fersons in January, 1975, She came back twice more during that first season, then was given a contract as a regular performer, . She had been a professional actress for only a short time before landing the part of Flor- ence. She was a telephone reservations clerk at United Air Lines for 12 ears and only gave up er job last June. Florence was her first comedy role. She belonged to several theatre groups in Los An- geles and was in several movies. 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