Film to raise money for King's behalf
This poster advertises the film to be shown Mareh 24 to raise money to carry on the works of the late Dr. Martin Luther King. The film is expected to attract one million people at theaters throughout the country
Poet former leader at KU conference
Edsel Ford, 41, poet who died of a brain tumor in a Little Rock hospital Feb. 19, was poetry leader at the University of Kansas Writers' Conference four times: 1961, 1962, 1963 and 1966. Ford, who lived in Fort Smith, Ark., was buried Feb. 23.
His last volume of verse, "Looking for Shiloh," in 1968 received the Devins Memorial Award, the major annual prize of the Kansas City Poetry Contests, which receive entries from all over the nation. Ford was the first Middle Westerner to take the Devin's Award. The prize was the book's publication by University of Missouri Press, in both hard covers and paperback, the sixth title in its Literary Frontiers series.
Ford's other collected poems
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appeared under these titles:
"Manchild From Sunday Creek," Kaleidograph Press, 1956; "A Thicket of Sky," Homestead Press of Fort Smith, Ark., 1961; "Love Is the House It Lives In," Homestead Press, 1965. Innumerable poems by him appeared in top literary periodicals, popular magazines, and newspapers including the Kansas City Star, Christian Science Monitor, New York Times and Little Rock Gazette.
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From the Poetry Society of America he took two of its major prizes before winning the $3,500 di Castagnola Award in 1960.
The poet, who was in late years often called "The Robert Frost of the Ozarks," was in wide demand for literary lectures at which he talked about writing poetry or read his own verse. In 1965 he recorded selections from his work for the Library of Congress.
He served in the U.S. Army in Germany in 1952-54. He was honored as a distinguished alumnus of the University of Arkansas, and in 1966 the Edsel Ford Scholarship Fund was established for journalism students there in his honor.
On March 24, the most extraordinary movie "theatre party" ever to take place will be attended in more than 300 cities (including Kansas City and Lawrence) simultaneously by one million persons.
The single showing of the film they will see is expected to raise $5,000,000 to help support organizations dedicated to carrying on the work and teachings of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. More significantly, perhaps, this motion picture will document the civil rights movement in the U.S. during its more important and revolutionary period. As such, it will serve a great educational function in schools and universities for many years to come.
Entitled "King: A Filmed Record . . Montgomery to Memphis," the full-length two and one-half hour motion picture traces the work of Dr. King from
1955 until his death in 1968 and includes special performances by such stars as Harry Belafonte, Paul Newman, Charlton Heston, Anthony Quinn, Burt Lancaster, Sidney Poitier, Sammy Davis Jr., Ben Gazzara, James Earl Jones, Walter Matthau, Darren McGavin, Leslie Uggams, Clarence Williams III, and Diahann Carroll.
Ely Landau, the man who conceived and organized the event and produced the motion picture that will be shown that evening, quickly won active and enthusiastic support from prominent executives, creative people and top-ranking organizations. In addition, groups representing the three major religions agreed to lend their support to the massive job of selling tickets for the filmed tribute to the slain civil rights leader.
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In commenting on the overall project, Mr. Landau said, "The unique concept of a single-evening, nationwide showing of the film will not only produce maximum revenues to help carry on the life work of the late Dr. King but, with the held of the hundreds of individuals and organi-
izations that are contributing their time, talent and energies, will also serve as a dramatic tribute to Dr. King's Memory. We hope that in some small way this event will be worthy of, and do justice to, the cause to which Dr. King devoted his life."
An even longer version of the film, running over four hours will also be available for educational purposes following the March 24 event.
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