People

By Guy D. Garcia

The famous writer-director looked serious and nervous as he faced the Senate hearing in Washington last week. "Let us just say," began Woody Allen, "that a very rich man has purchased all the films ever made in Hollywood." An outtake from The Front? Nope, an inset of Allen making a rare public appearance to voice his concern about the controversial practice of "colorizing" black-and-white movies. Joined by fellow Directors Milos & Forman and Sydney Pollack, Allen protested the computerized coloring of such classics as It's a Wonderful Life and Casablanca, calling the result "cheesy, artificial symbols of one society's greed." Allen was equally plainspoken about how he felt on becoming a father for the first time. The auteur, 51, said that his longtime girlfriend Mia Farrow, 42, had become pregnant "by accident" and that he has no plans to marry or move in with the actress, who already has eight children of her own. "I think I'll be profoundly wise and generous, liberal, understanding," he deadpanned. "I'd be surprised if I'd be less than perfect as a father." Or less than colorful.