Portrait: Legend in Granite honors Lombardi with Borgnine portrayal
Ernest Borgnine discusses accepting the role to play Vince Lombardi in ABC's Portrait special airing Friday December 14. He recalls the pressure of honoring a living legend, the script by Jerry McNeely, producer David Victor, and Lombardi's lasting impact on players like Kramer and Hornung.
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Ernest Borgnine
Vince Lombardi
Green Bay Packers
ABC
Borgnine
Lombardi
David Victor
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Pope John
Raymond Burr
Jerry McNeely
McNeely
Jerry Kramer
Paul Hornung
Top Records of the Week from Cash Box Survey
Cash Box Magazine lists the week’s top recordings nationwide. Elton John’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road leads, followed by Carpenters Top of the World and Chicago’s Just You and Me with other hits from Todd Rundgren Helen Reddy Ringo Starr Jim Croce Billy Preston Charlie Rich Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes.
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Cash Box Magazine
Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
Carpenters
You
Chicago
Todd Rundgren
Helen Reddy
Ringo Starr
Jim Croce
Billy Preston
Charlie Rich
Harold Melvin
The
Blue Notes
Bob Hope Special on NBC Holiday Show With Lucille Ball
Bob Hope hosts a Christmas themed NBC special featuring Lucille Ball Shirley Jones and Marie Osmond. The show includes a plot about hiding a diamond bracelet with Lucy mistaken for an admirer and a White House yuletide sketch. Maria Osmond performs Paper Roses and joins Bob on Silver Bells with Les Brown and the Band.
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Bob Hope
NBC
Bob
Lucille Ball
Shirley Jones
Marie Osmond
Associated Press
Dolores
Lucy
White House
Shirley
Cahill Western Opens at Sterling Theatre
John Wayne leads the Durango shot western Cahill at Sterling Theatre in Technicolor and Panavision with George Kennedy Gary Grimes and Neville Brand. Batjac Production for Warner Bros directed by Andrew V McLaglen.
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Cahill
John Wayne
Sterling Theatre
Warner Bros
George Kennedy
Gary Grimes
Neville Brand
Andrew V. McLaglen
High Desert
Durango
Mexico
Borrowers Hallmark Hall of Fame on NBC Friday
Eddie Albert plays Pod the Borrower in a colorcast Hallmark Hall of Fame drama to be shown on NBC. The interview covers the show's tiny world, Imagematt technology, and Albert's view on villains and heroes, plus his career reflections and playful makeup table banter.
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Eddie Albert
NBC
Albert
Judith Anderson
Imagematt
Pod
Homily
Tammy Grimes
Annetty
Karen Pearson
Sophy
Judith
Crampfurl
Beatrice Straight
Mary Norton
Bing Edwards
Brother Rat
Perry Como Winter Show Promises Jolly Holiday Cheer
Perry Como hosts a holiday variety hour on CBS December 10 featuring Burns and Schreiber The Establishment and Sally Struthers. The program includes traditional and special music, dance numbers and comedy sketches.
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Perry Como
CBS
Como
Burns and
Schreiber
Sally Struthers
Exorcists Haunted Flat on The Odd Couple Airing Friday
Felix believes Oscar and he share a haunted apartment with Phineas Kirby's ghost after Phineas' obituary spurs a seance. They seek help from Dr Clive, a dentist and ghost breaker, as Oscar remains skeptical. Tony Randall and Jack Lemmon star with Victor Buono guesting.
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Felix
Oscar
ABC
Phineas Kirby
Phineas
Clive
Tony Randall
Felix Unger
Jack Lugman
Oscar Madison
Victor Buono
Paramount Presents Double Feature Little Big Man A Man Called Horse
Two major films headline a Paramount Theatre return engagement starting today. Dustin Hoffman stars in Little Big Man as the lone survivor of Custer's Last Stand and a multi role figure. Richard Harris plays an English lord captured by Sioux, undergoing harsh ordeal to prove manhood.
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Paramount Theatre
Dustin Hoffman
Richard Harris
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