Civilisation films head to Manchester Sunday showings beginning Sept 27
Kenneth Clark’s 13 color films are set to screen at Manchester Cinema every Sunday at 3 p.m. from Sept 27 to Nov 8. The BBC series, described as masterful, follows a grand tour across Western civilization with stunning interiors and scholarly narration by Lord Clark of Saltwood. Tickets are $10, limited to 250, available from Southern Vermont Art Center in Manchester.
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Washington
Boston
Europe
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Saltwood
Southern Vermont Artists, Inc
Time-Life Films
Southern Vermont Art Center
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Historic Organs and New Recordings in 1960s Classical Pop
Delos Smith surveys organ recordings from Ebersmunster and Marmoutier with Biggs and Handel’s works, plus John Robertson trumpet concertos and Norma on tape. Laffler profiles rising male vocalists Lon Ritchie and Des O Connor, with notes on singles, tapes, and cassettes from multiple labels and performers.
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Delos Smith
New York
UPI
Ebersmunster
Alsace
E. Power Biggs
Marmoutier
Columbia
Handel
Simon Preston
Great Packington
Warwickshire
Preston
Yehudi Menuhin
London
John Robertson
Sydney
Australia
Raymond Hanson
William Lovelock
Robertson
Rodgers Career Pace Shows Broadway Milestone in 50th Year
Richard Rodgers nears his 50th year in theater with his 37th Broadway score for Two by Two at the Imperial Theater opening Oct 29. He has earned more money than any stage composer, a record rivaled only by Jerome Kern and Austria’s Robert Stolz, with a career defined by collaboration with lyricist Oscar Hammerstein and earlier partner Lorenz Hart.
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UPI
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Imperial Theater
Rodgers
Irving Berlin
Jerome Kern
Austria
Robert Stolz
Lehar
Herbert
Kalmann
Porter
Youmans
Romberg
Berlin
Friml
Gershwin
Oscar Hammerstein
S.o.b
Hammerstein
Lorenz Hart
Rodgers and Hart
London
Hart
Jupiter
Syracuse
MGM Matinee Series Receives Praise From MGM Chief
New York Man Jack Valenti president of the Motion Picture Association of America praised Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's new Children's Matinee series. He commended two never before released titles to neighborhood theaters for Saturday and Sunday matinees.
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N.Y
Jack Valenti
Motion Picture Association of America
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Valenti
Television bans cigarette ads trigger shift in networks
The piece discusses January 2 as the date cigarette commercials disappear from TV, with networks scrambling for new sponsors like insurance and travel firms. It notes ad revenue shifts, print media disruption, and a push by anti smoking groups while predicting challenges to public health campaigns.
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Best Sellers list from an unclear catalog
A mixed readout of book titles and authors appears, listing romance, fiction, nonfiction, and reference titles. Notable authors include Segal, Dickey, Fowles, Welty, and Townsend, with subjects spanning relationships, history, business, psychology, and politics.
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Erich Segal
Mary Stewart
James Dickey
John Fowles
Lion OF God
Taylor Caldwell
Secret Woman
Victoria Host
Joan Didion
Calico
Gwen Bristow
Lois Gould
Eudora Welty
Mexico Comprehensive Tour for 509 Dollars
A 21 day escorted Mexico tour runs from Yucatan to Acapulco including Mexico City Guadalajara and Vera Cruz visits to Mayan ruins and scenic sites. Deluxe bus to Tampa Pan Am to Merida then return by air from Mexico City. Tours depart January 15 February 12 and March 12 1971. SHANLY TRAVEL SUITE 416 290 Main Street Buffalo New York 14202.
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Yucatan
Acapulco
Mexico City
Guadalajara
Vera Cruz
Cuernavaca
Taxco
Tampa
Pan Am
Econo
Merida
Shanly Travel
Main Street
Buffalo
New York
Nearings Good Life Model for Vermont Communes
Republished 1954 book Living the Good Life by Helen and Scott Nearing reviewed in New Republic. The Nearings, famed organic gardeners, lived on Taylor Hill Road in Winhall and later Maine, exemplifying self sufficiency with a 12 point plan, use economy, maple sugaring, stone houses, and garden yields. The piece contrasts their thrift and rational planning with the New Age commune movement and notes enduring lessons on tolerance and communal living.
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Helen
Scott Nearing
Schocken Press
New Republic Magazine
Maine
Nearings
Jeter
New Republic
Vermont
Griffin Hall concert series at Williams College opens with Hill recital
Griffin Hall at Williams College begins a four concert series in Griffin Hall Room 3 at 8:30 p.m. all free. Sept 26 27 features Victor Hill in a solo harpsichord program of 16th to 18th century composers. Nov 13 15 pairs Hill with Daniel O Connor baritone for German Lieder by Schumann and Strauss. March 6 7 the Williamstown Baroque Consort performs Haydn trios with Miriam Piper Nancy Hirsche and O Connor. Final concerts April 24 25 spotlight Bach and Scarlatti.
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Mass
Griffin Hall
Williams College
Victor Hill
Hill
Daniel O’connor
Schumann
Strauss
Williamstown Baroque Consort
Haydn
Miriam Piper
Nancy Hirsche
O’connor
Bach
Scarlatti
Television notes and casting changes from NBC and CBS
New regulars Mitch Vogel and Lou Frizzell join Bonanza on September 20. Ace Trucking Company acts sign for This Is Tom Jones on ABC. Carroll Carroll’s None of Your Business reviews radio comedy. Harlem Globetrotters sign NBC deal for one special yearly from January 1971. September 20 marks CBS NFL coverage 15th year with 82 games and 4 postseasons. Robert Finch to appear as himself on The Name of the Game about teen drug abuse. Jose Ferrer to play Angel of the Lord in Gideon Hallmark Hall of Fame. Tisha Sterling to play twin sisters on Im mortal with Christopher George. Alain Delon to have a bit part in Diamond Bikini after visiting Italy for Mireille Darc.
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NBC
Peter Ustinov
Paddy Chayefsky
Gideon
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Jose Ferrer
Angel of the Lord
Ustinov
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