PAGE 18, I'Y SDx' AY 27, 1981, WHITBY FREE PRESS 0 "e "ThiLs is Elvis99is another attempt to keep the Ki*ng's legend alive Sportscar of the yer DATSUN IOI9 *CINEMASHOWASE A DOUBLE FEATURE THE STORY 0F O AND MELODY IN LOVE- Warning - Some scenes may be se-uatly offensive Ont. Theatre Br. Weekdays - One Compete Show at 7:05 A short ime ago, a group of movie columnists gathered in Memphis, to review the new Elvis P.resley movie feature, "This Is Elvis." They visited Graceland, the mansion Elvis lived in when he was alive. It is sad to see this beautiful home falling into decay, they write. The place is unkept, some of the paint peeling off the walls, and the once beautiful grounds now ragged. A sister of Elvis' mother, Delta Mae, age,80, is the only one living in the big house now, and she rarely ventures out. Across the street there is a tacky set-up of stands where some persons hawk cheap souvenirs such as mugs, flags, pins and pictures, al containing the name and photo of Elvis. Several of the people who worked with and hung around Elvis are stili on the scene. Jerry Schilling for example, who regrets that he did flot get Elvis off the pilîs. He says that Elvis always thought of* drugs as something you bought on a street corner, flot somnething prescribed by your doctor. He still gets a little angry at the thought of Elvis dying. When he first heard the news he broke his hand by driving his fist into the wall of the home that Elvis had given him. In his lîfetime, Elvis gave away over 1,000 cars. If he got angry with one of bis staff, he usually fired them on the spot, then within a few days, rehired them and made them a gift of a new automobile. Joe Espositio was another who spent 20 years with Elvis. He feels that Elvis died because he could not find love, and does flot agree with the theory that pilîs to go to sleep with, and pilîs to wake up with, eventually bloated and destroyed the man idolized by millions. And, of course, in the group still at Memphis are lawyers and accountants who look after the Presley Estate. Actually, Elvis is bigger business dead than he was alive. The new movie splices some rare footage with some long-forgotten home movies f ound in the Presley basement. The sequences are connected with acting by three Elvis look-alikes, David Scott, Boensch and John Warren. The film BEFORE shows how Elvis gradually sank, suicide in slow motion, before the eyes of gun- dressed muscle and bone who stood between Elvis and the real world. Sam Phillips, owner of Sam Studioes was the first (o record Elvis. He sold the contrat to RCA for $35,M00, thinking it was so much money no one would be fool enough to take it. He feels that if Elvis had been given some good, hard advice things mights have been dif- ferent. But, Elvis neyer got it. Fans still come to Graceland to place flowers, teddy bears and hound dogs on his grave. He may be gone, but he's certainly not forgotten. Fist appearing iin Uxbridge with Zenolith The Uxbridge Library Building Fund will get a strong shot in the arm when the popular A&M recording artists FIST appear in con- cert at the Uxbridge Arena, this Saturday, May 30. FIST are Ron Chenier, guitar, Bob Patterson, drums, Yvan Tessier, keyboards and Jef f Nystrom, drums. The Ottawa-based band are expecting to release their second album later on in the year after the initial success of their first recor- ding "Hot Spikes". FIST will be appearing with local favorites Zenolith. Tickets for the 8 p.m. con- cer t are available at the door and cost $5 each. AUl proceeds from the con- cert wîlI go to the Uxbridge Library Building Fund. "I've tried every method that ever came on the market but none worked for me like the Professional Weight Control Program. It is like a dream come true. Throughout the program, l've feit great. Believe me, 1 could not have done it alone, thanks to the nurses, nutritionists and staff of the clinfic. t.e Lose up ta 3 ta 5 Ibs. per week. *No dangerous drugs, strenuous exercise or binding contracts. *Stabilization and maintenance. *Individualized care tram welI trained prafessianals. *First visit is free with no obligation. oUpna 8~~~~~io a&r 1 7p mMODA 1FRDA HELD OVER 3RDWEEK HAPPY BIRTH DAY TO ME Weekdays - 7:00,9:05 Sat. & Sun. 2:30.,4:40,6:50,9:00 MASTER CHARGE/VISA PROFESSIONAL y WEIGHT Protessonai Wesght Control - A Canadian comnpany. 's not assoctieid with any otet vve.gflI loss clinic on the greatet Torontîo atea 2 Si mcoe St., C.I.B.C. Building second f loor Oshawa Tel.: 571-3300 "NO PROMISES, JUST RESULTS" How I losi 173 Ibs. AFTER By: Marjorie Thialer J mmmmý 683 1968 - 1 A Ã