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April 25, 1985
San Antonio Register
TiSedb
The movies
AM 14 80
Vanessa Kenon
MASK /
A HKART PIERCING
DRAMA
\s one walks into the
theater knot ing the
•torv of Rock* Den-
• •
nil' tragic life, the
thought of teeing this
film makes the viewer
slightly reluctant ami a
little sad. Hut at the
film starts to mil, that
feeling is slowly lifted,
smiles appear, ami the
realism within this
story makes life seem
oh so precious to the
viewer.
"Mask" is lite true
•loo of a teenager
named Rock) Dennis,
portraved b* Eric
Stoltx, who has been
horribl) disfigured bv
an incurable disease)
and written off for
dead by doctors since
bifancv. Rock* man-
aged to conquer death
continual!) and bved
to the age of sixteen.
F.«n though the
story baa a mj sad
bflM$ "Mggtp-
at
Rockj s face is dfaffc-
ured and vou start to
tsj<M life with him.
This kid did not spend
much time feeling
sorry for himself.
Rocky was intsHgrat,
slick and quite east to
The story centers
around the difficult
life Rocky bad as a
teen dealing with his
affliction and bis drag
abusive mother Rusty,
_» I t -iM - «j- L,
p»*\ni onuanin u\
Cher. Rocky and Rus-
ty
to •
new school for Rock*
and starting all over
again at Irving to be
accepted by his
This is • lough tbue
in Rocky's life aa he
of girts and himself.
On the other hand, he
has to deal with bis un-
of drugs. There fa no
time for him to feel
sorry for himself.
In addition to his bus*
life, Rocky has set his
mind on touring Eur-
ope on motorbike
after hearing stories
about it from Gar, his
mother's lover and fri-
end. Gar, played b*
Sam Elliott, is the onl*
person Rock* looks u|^
to in his life.
The turning point in
Rockv's life begins
when he meets ana
falls in love with a
beautiful blind Kirl.
She helps Kocky to see
a another side of life,
and his true self.
Don't let the sad
storyline of "Mask"*
keep tou an ay,
"Mask" is an enjoyable
film throughout, rend-
ering smiles, laughter
and tears. But the
most regarding aspect
of this film is the le*
son that is there to he
learned. "Mask" is
rated PG-13.
the natural of are era.
Here is a special record
first, as we ia\ in Tev
as, my pardner II. 13.
(Boblty Bland) ha*
loaded his musical six-
shooters for a real
blast. "Call Oil Me",
a suitable title for i.
smash album in one oi
the country's most ver-
satile talents.
liohby Bland need*
no introduction to the
man* "Blue liul'fs"
who have seeui him ir
person and bought his
other records, for w itl:
them, this guy rates op
top 2 supjtose 1 cotilii
rave oil and on about
how great the tiobb*
Bland organization is,
about every member
of his great show
Band, the talentec
Bland- Dolls...But in
stead, I sa*: "Gall On
Me" if I'm wrong, for
here's The Greatest-
Here's The Man^llere
Here's The Maru.Herei
Bobby Bland.
BOBBY BLAND
my difficult to cope
with life.
Cher gives her sil in
this performance as
Rusty Dennis and tears
at the viewer's heart.
Rock*', ful yount
life fa centered wound
irfasnl. where he fa at
the top of his class,
As Bobfa* Bland wou-
ld say at anytime, if
you want my heart,
"Gall on Me," If at
first he fa turnet
you will hear him go
into, "That's The Wa>
Love Is**. If there ever
was a singer of the tru-
th, here fa <
the drive, the
ft and control to t
ly caress the
ry. Iter sflNvfl^A
lady In The Street,"
showcases her talents
as the song writer ana
exciting song stress
ehefe
A show business
veteran, she has often
been compared to Mil-
lie Jackson and Gandi
Straton bscause of
outstanding deliver)
Miss La Salle began
her singing career in
of Bek
fL Her
first contract was with
Tarpon Records. She
has continually devel-
oped her ringing ant.
writing sbilities over
the years. Ne of her
earlier tunas, "A Love
anal notable hit,
"asarried But Not To
Each Other" recorded
by Barbara MandrdL
Daring a writing
assignment for ZX
Hill, Miss La Salle ex-
pressed an interest fa
of being a lost artist
veracit*
"A lad* I. T|pe
owner iff Club Reflections, fa the Register Bachelor of the
week...Bill, who fa graduate of Wheatley High School, was in the T-shirt
business before venturing into the limousine service; the owner of
Southern Comfort Limousines. Greer, who can be seen sporting his
custom made Seville, enjoys promoting music, tennis and fancy cars.
1. M* Girl Loves Me
2. Let Me Know
3. We Are The World
4. In My House
5 Back In Stride
6. Rainbow
i Feel So Real
8. Can't Stop
9 You Gi*r GimmI Love
10. Sanctified I ad*
Shaiamar
Jeffrey Osborne
ISA For Africal
Mary JaneGirlsf
Maze [
Eugene Wilde
Steve Arringtou
Rick James
Whitney Houston
Marvin Gave
DENISE LA SALLE
Visiting Sar. Antonio
this past week-eno
from Houston, Tx. was
Miss Tina Bcaslev,
Tina is a member of | ^ ^
Tota Phi, Tambdc
Soroity, and the Nat-
ional Black Mures
Assoc. She was visit-
It 1 would like to share
with the family the
loss of Bro. Rul'us Lot!
who passed away on
A precious one from
us is gone.
A voice we love fa still.
A place fa vacant in
ing here in the Alamo I,Hir home' whlc,, nevn
csn be filled.
Your memory
City, looking to refc>
cate and esablish her
own business in the
San Antonio, and Aue
tin area.
Gaylonn Marie
Dsierxanowski
"Dances Away"
Marie
J14' »
at St. Cersrd
Regional High School
has been selected as a
of the Inter-
"The Strutters'* of
Southwest Texaa State
University hi San Mar
cos. She fa the daugh-
ter of Anthony and
Lou as Dsierxanowski
of 304 Leonides m
San Antonio.
"I am really excited
and so happy at mak-
ing the team," says
Gaylonn, "I love to
dance and being a
member of "1W Strut-
ters" will enable me to
refine my dancing
skills snd talents. I
really look upon this
as a great honor. As a
of "The Str-
is a
keepsake which will
never part.
(khI has you in his
keeping, but we have
*ou in our heart.
The funeral services
will be held at Jacob
Chapel Saturday, II
Sons dance program
In her first year at St.
Gerard Regional High
School she was a
member of the Pep
Squad and then served
as a Varsity Cheerlead-
er for three years,
including s stint as
Assistant Head Cheer-
leader her Senior year.
As President of the
school's chapter of the
National Honor Socie-
ty, Gaylonn has a 4.0
grade point average
and hss been selected
as the Salutatorian
"I hope to someday
return to St. Gerard as
a teacher and put
[into
succeed," say Gay-
lonn. "I want to go to
Southwest to expert
ence life on my own,
for the first. time, anu
yet not be too far
awav front home to
%
seek my parent's ad-
vice and help when I
need it."
We' Are Tlie Work;
Goes Big
The album. We Are
The World' went gold
less than 48 hours af-
ter it hit record stores
across the country.
at least 500,000. The
single, written b*
Michael Jackson and
Lionel RicMe, and fea-
turing more than 40
top superstars, was re-
cently certified multi-
platinum w ith sales of
4 million. Proceeds
from the LP and single
will go towards helping,
the famine victims in
Africa.
The song wss recent-
ly simultaneously
broadcast bv hundreds
J*'
of radio stations wor-
ldwide. Spokesmen
for the effort said it
was to "stir emotions
and bring to light the
ion that
to f^d glkT with sales of
Ethiopia and the L'.S.'
1
8
including how to deve- <
lop my character, per* <
sooality, grace and <
poise to their fullest '
potential"
St. Gerard's Develop-
asent Director, Dennis
M. DuPriest comment-
ed, "We are very proud
of Gaylonn and her
IN BEAUTIFUL ST. PALL SQIARE
ELEVEN HUNDRED BLOCK OF E. COMMERCE
It is Fiesta Time
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On Friday the ftrat 76 ladies ire free and free drinks
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Ml. 11 p MM ...
KSJl Live on Friday nights
THIS THURSDAY A BENEFIT FOR LITTLE
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