Film loses comic edge in Stepford Wives adaptation
New York Times reviewer Vincent Canby critiques William Goldman and Bryan Forbes film of Ira Levin novel as lacking humor. Joanna Stacy Ross plays a photographer wife who suspects sinister truths in Stepford Connecticut, while suburban wives appear to be idealized housewives.
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Vincent Canby
New York Times
NEW York
William Goldman
Ira Levin
Bryan
Forbes
Levin
Rosemary
Joanna
Katharine Ross
Stepford
Connecticut
Bobby
Paula Prentiss
Charmaine
Tina Louise
Miss Prentiss
Peter Masterson
Miss Ross
Ray Bradbury
Theaters Showcase Classic Films and a Satire Review
The snippet lists showtimes for SACO Portland Paris cinemas featuring The Longest Yard The Night Porter The Towering Inferno Lenny A Woman Under the Influence Murder on the Orient Express Earthquake Alice Doesn t Live Here Anymore Behind the Green Door and a long critique of The Stepford Wives noting Paula Prentiss Charmaine and Peter Masterson in a satire that riffs on suburbia and feminism.
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Lenny
Paris
Broadcasters Fight ACA Intervening in License Renewals
The Senate bill to create an Agency for Consumer Advocacy could allow ACA to intervene in FCC license renewal cases if consumer interests are substantial. NAB opposes any broadened ACA powers while Government Operations Committee members note the intervention would be limited to marketplace transactions.
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Federal Communications Commission
Federal ‘Agency
Senate
FCC
ACA
National Association of Broadcasters
Senate Government Operations Committee
Dick Wegman
Portland String Quartet Set for Saco Concert
The Portland Symphony String Quartet will perform April 15 at 3 p.m. in York Institute Museum gallery, under the Saco Sweetser Series. Proceeds go to the Saco Provident Association. the event caps the current series and plans for 1975-76 are underway.
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Saco Sweetser
Portland Symphony String Quartet
York Institute Museum
Main St. Sace
Virginia Moore
City of Saco Sweetser Provident Lecture Fund
Portland Quartet
Stephen Keeskemethy
Portland
Ronald Lantz
Julia Moseley
Paul Ross
Moore
Saco Provident Association
Cornelius Sweetser
Harriet Fogg
William Farrington
Madeline Hadiaris
Barbara Couch
Mina Bragdon
Lowell Innes
Yvonne Fidalgo
Barbara Bond
Vera Warner
Robert Fenderson
Joseph Fletcher
Sylvia Searle
Elvira Lord
Priscilla Morse
TV Guide Night Schedule Highlights 1975
A dense listing of evening programs across networks with plans for The Dick Van Dyke Show Star Trek Hawaii Five-O and many specials. It notes episodes titles and air times along with guests such as Tennessee Ernie Ford Gabe Kaplan Helen Reddy and David Brenner, and mentions films and documentaries including Gate of Hell and The Best of Las Vegas specials.
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Bob Cran
Ellie
Bob
Karen
Green Acres
Karen Angelo
Dinah
Victor Borge
G Mac Davis
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Gabe Kaplan
Helen Reddy
Streets OF
San Francisco
Target-Red
Mike Stone
Steve Keller
Perry Como
Olivia Newton-John
Pat Boone
Bob Newhart
Gate of Hell
Teinosuke Kinugasa
Japan
Dick van Dyke
Lucille Bates
George Baldwin
Lewis Baldwin
Harry O
Harry Orwell
Samantha Eggar
Bradford Dillman
Richard Widmark
Lauren Bacall
Perry Mason
ABC News
Groucho
David Brenner
Casey
CBS
Charles Bronson
Anthony Perkins
Geraldo Rivera
America
John F. Kennedy
Ralph Yarborough
U.S
Arlen Spector
Warren Commission
Mark Lane
Hollywood 962
Tuesday Weld
Richard Beymer
Las Vegas
Snyder
Tom
Las Vegas Sun
Hank Greenspun
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Barney
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