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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1969
Page
3
Milan R. Bass is noted as on vacation in a light entertainment piece by The Eagle’s assistant entertainment editor, signaling a temporary shift in byline and a glimpse of local cultural coverage.
A freshman friend boasts a unique trait equal to Spock’s ears in a humorous anecdote about unusually large size 11 feet and quadruple width. The narrator jokes about acceptance, deodorant, and growing curls, ending with a playful realization that the tale was all a prank.
In Hollywood, actor Bobby Bennett mocks rehearsal mallet discipline and a director. A sprawling long piece explores the comical world of oversized shoes, size 11 and up, across Boston and Pittsfield with anecdotes about shops, society, and weddings. The column blends film world chatter with humorous foot size obsessions.
The 1969 season spans Sept 14 to 29 with NBC leading a staggered premiere. ABC CBS schedule 39 programs including new dramas comedies and movies. NBC plans Cosby show and Thurber inspired series while CBS adds The Governor and J.J Medical Center and Jim Nabors Show amid race for Sunday and Saturday morning viewers.
Capitol shows Daddy's Gone A Hunting at 2 00 7 00 and 9 00 Little Cinema features Salesman at 3 40 Palace screens The Bridge at Remagen at 1 30 4 55 8 20 and The 1000 Plane Raid at 3 25 6 50 Showcases Staircase at 7 00 and 9 0 Matinees Wed Sat Sun 2 00 Paris presents Oliver! at 8 00 with Wed Sat Sun matinees Sunset Drive-In prevails dusk with An Angel in My Pocket Love Bug at 9 45 Berkshire Drive-In presents Deadlier Than the Male dusk Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe 9 43 Pittsfield Drive-In Tom Tones dusk The Graduate 9 50 Courys Drive-In North Adams open weekends only Hoosac Drive-In Adams open weekends only West Springfield Cinema 1 Castle Keep 2 00 4 00 6 00 9 00 10 00 Cinema 2 Midnight Cowboy 1 90 9 25 5 20 7 30 Ian Cinema 3 Oliver! 2 00 2 00
Barbara Dodd, an actress in Rabbit, Run, and Joan Aldrin wife of Buzz Aldrin, were Rutgers drama school classmates. Months before the moon walk, Mrs Aldrin learned of Dodd’s casting and cheered the film career while noting Houston stage work.
The American Shakespeare Festival in Stratford will hold a memorial service for Will Steven Armstrong in New York City on September 10. Armstrong, 39, died August 12 and is noted for work with the Shakespeare Festival and on Broadway, including sets for Ring Round the Moon at Williamstown.
A total of 14 554 persons attended the two Boston Pops concerts at Tanglewood over the weekend with Arthur Fiedler conducting. Saturday night drew 7 518 and Sunday 7 338. Guest pianist Sunday was Anthony Paratore, a graduate of Boston University and Juilliard, playing Gershwin's Concerto in F. Saturday's performer was Horacio Gutierrez, 41, a Cuba native and Juilliard graduate, playing Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto. Both were well received.
Lincoln Center Repertory Theatre in New York will present four plays in the coming season. Works listed are Operation Sidewinder by Sam Shepard The Time of Your Life by William Saroyan Camino Real by Tennessee Williams and Beggar on Horseback by George Kaufman and Mare Kaufman
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