European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 19, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse A walk on the Wilder Side february 1978 the stars and stripes Page 9 to by Jeanclaude Bouis associated press he tendency for most directors who direct themselves is to spend too Little time on them says Gene who stare in and directed the world11 greatest when you can finally you Wai la that enough of lets get on Frith because its More fun to direct the other Acton limit is to direct Wilder also wrote and produced the with that much does everything always come out the Jray urns planned when i look at the film with an and i look up at the i is what i 1 Dent have the frustration of they what a fool they must think i didst mean it if i have reservations or it would Only be in what t know now that i didst know then which would affect i would intend something different now about one or iwo two to three but that Normal that will always happen with every otherwise youd be piece of you but As far am i Wing what id hoped id see the answer Wilder plays Rudy a bakery worker la Milwaukee in Imit to changes us Lari to Val Entine and Heads for Hollywood Etta Bis naive wife Carol Kane la enter Talent March run by Morrie Mogul own delt St for the worlds greatest a rival to Rudolph rudys acting career is hampered by some handicaps Wilder frosting on the great Lover when he is tense he Etter Geti his words loses us voice or Sticks his Tongue which leads to his being died from the Wilder sets the Lone and Pace of the film with a classic scene in which Rudy Falls on a conveyor is frosted along with the other cakes and boxed and tied with a the scene is a tribute to Chaplin in modern said i was Dang something that was basically mime and with no but i knew that i wanted sound of and knew t was going to under Crank and i wanted it to be and i wanted All the things that they wanted from the old movies Keaton and wanted to say i dont think that i invented this in telling Jcu i loved those who used an instant replay videotape system to help him direct says the 70socond com prised of 40 Short was a special there was never a master shot you could look at in the Monitor born Jerry St Bermin in got his Oral acting break in 1961 with a Small part in the Ameri can premiere of Arnold meskers Rood he appeared later with Anne Bancroft in Bertold breads Mother courage on Bancroft Mel cast Wilder As the accountant Leo Bloom in the a role that led to welders nomination for the Oscar As Best supporting Wilder also appeared As the nervous undertaker in Boit tit and and co starred in Allens to try thing you Alayat wanted to know about where be played a Man in Tove with a most recently Wilder had the leading role in silk to Streak along with Richard Pryor and Jill he also directed and starred in the adventure Sherlock smarter Wilder played the Waco kid in Brooks blazing saddles and co starred with Peter Boyle and Marty Feldman in Young which be co wrote with Wilder Speaks of his close relationship with Brooks and their plans for Mure film i am my in when he can be theres m seed for so Long As the main Char Acter is someone that be would like to out hell ask but in silent or High theres need for so Long As he wants tit act the Kabu role and can fulfil theres to for my to Call to Gene he says Brooks pushed him into he explained that anyone who wrote film who had a background in acting and directing in the who was a potential would inevitably want to direct their own scripts because the chances of your doing it at least As Well As someone else Are Wilder says Brooks gave me the Chuppah to standup on a chair and shout out i dont know what the answer b somebody help and when you can do that people usually love you for to and Rush in to but if you 1 t t they All big if he let him let him trip and and then see How much he asked whether he would rather be remembered As an or Wilder youre catching me at a strange Point in my i would always have said an in not so that Guy who docs those i guess i would like 1 suppose that implies writing and but that Guy who does those that would be Good enough for Hemingway a hard act to for his brother by join Platho associated press brother Leicester papa was very its a Tough act to said Leicester a writer whose efforts Are overshadowed by the accomplishments of his older full of enthusiasm and the 62yearold leg continues to submerge himself in writing which brought Ernest world the author of six the younger Hemingway is currently working on a new project which he wont i ghost writes in Miami Beach for other journal publishes a Small tabloid on fishing in the nearby Bimini islands and is a husband and the Only thing Ive Ever lacked was laughs the big Man who resembles his older brother but has none of the crusty traits that made Ernest a although he patiently responds to questions about his who he refers to As he Doest commercialize on the magic of the Hemingway eighteen years younger than the Nobel prizewinning heir paths Seldom crossed for Long periods of Les papa was very Tierce and Stem with he said of his Brothers attitude toward he once told if i help youll be but be did help me bom in Oak the youngest of six Les Beean his journalistic career on his High school newspaper As a Young he wrote for the Chicago daily Neva the Philadelphia inquirer and the new York times scale among during world War he was employed by the government in England for a involved with foreign he also served As a newsman and photographer with stars and stripes attached to the 4th infantry although he was a world traveler for Many the last 30 have been spent in his oldest is studying ecology at the University of and is in High his wife of 22 is an editor at the University of the Hemingway live in an old two Story House on the Point of san Marino one of several Small islands separating Miami Beach from the main the House is cluttered Frith magazines and Small wooden boats made from scratch by who carries on the Hemingway love for the less favorite place in the world it toe Bimini is a Small two Island group that up part l at every he can be found in by minis where he is known to everyone from the native fishermen to those who ply the Gulf Stream in Large air conditioned yachts in search of big game his Small the Bimini out Island Nam is called the new York times of and under the Mas Thead All the fishing news that pit to for a one is almost assured a photo in the next Issue or the recounting of a fishing As he walks along Queen bikinis main be is greeted cordially by Les stops to Chat with every with the talk is usually about for the he diffs his altered Straw hat and addresses old and Young As your Ladyship much to their
