Waltons Fire Set On TV Shows Brave Safe Illusion
Hollywood reports on the CBS Waltons episode in which a house fire was staged for the show. Art director Ed Graves supervised controlled exterior and interior blazes with asbestos lining and gas jets. Cast and crew stayed safe as flames were kept simulated for future episodes.
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Adams Chronicles comes to public TV at last on ETV
Public television fans finally get the full scale Adams Chronicles drama arriving Tuesday January 20 at 9 on Vermont ETV. The 13 hour series covers 150 years from John Adams as a Boston lawyer to Charles Francis Adams II at the century’s end, with famed Adams family figures and major events drawn from The Adams Papers. Production involved nine playwrights and six directors with 1,100 actors, filmed in New York studios and on location in Newport, Washington and Charleston, backed by 4 million from NEH Mellon Foundation and Atlantic Richfield Company. Repeats Sundays at 7 with captions for the hearing impaired.
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Wonder Woman without a cape premieres on ABC January 14
UPI reports Jaime Sommers the bionic Woman returns in a new ABC series premiering January 14 at 9 p.m. Eastern. Lindsay Wagner stars as the amnesic hero teaching Air Force students in Ojai California while taking on secret government missions, with a second half airing the next Wednesday. Also discussed is Theater in America on PBS starting January 14 with O Neill's Beyond the Horizon, a Princeton McCarter production filmed in New London.
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Dear Piaf revue at Mama Gail's SoHo theater
Walter Logan reviews a new English language Piaf revue at Mama Gail's in SoHo. The show features translations by Lucia Victor of songs by Piaf, Moustaki, and Theodorakis about the French working class, performed by five actors. Performances are spirited but uneven and the piano accompaniment by Norman Carey shines.
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Wayne Rogers shifts from M A S H to City of Angels as private eye
Hollywood star Wayne Rogers leaves M A S H to headline City of Angels with Jake Axminster, a 1934 Los Angeles private eye. He aims for a nuanced, humorous antihero, rejecting punchy chase scenes, while juggling scripts, guest stars, and multiple projects including Matilda. Rogers notes the show hinges on strong storytelling and his own performance.
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