Spoon River on TV Turns Controversial Poetry Into Drama
New York telecast spotlights Charles Aidman adaptation of Edgar Lee Masters 1915 Spoon River Anthology with Jason Robards and Joyce Van Patten. Aidman directs and stars in a staged video version noted for its bold, revelatory portrayal of small town secrets and contemporary folk songs.
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UPI
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CBS
Aidman
Edgar Lee Masters
Spoon
Jason Robards
ABC
Naomi Carol Hirshhorn
Hal Lynch
Joyce van Patten
Opposites in Television: Bell System Specials on NBC TV
In one week NBC TV will air two Bell System specials. Tuesday’s 90 minute White Paper The Ordeal of the American City examines urban crisis and the San Francisco State University events. Saturday’s A Look at the Light Side celebrates Americans at play as Bell System cameras track spring festivities nationwide.
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Bell System
Nbc-Tv
San Francisco State University
Hollywood Blacklist Writer Wins Guild Laurel Award
Carl Foreman who fled to England amid blacklisting in Hollywood wins the Screenwriters Guild Laurel Award. Zubin Mehta date at Oak Room described as wearing an extremely sheer dress. she refused to cover nudity.Osaka Fair staff and officials must speak Japanese. LBJ aide Joe Califano helped prepare a speech. Pola Negri, Nosmo King tale, and other fashion and theater anecdotes populate this Washington society column.
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England
Hollywood
Screenwriters Guild
Scribner's Will
Uta Ranke-Heinemann
Germany
New York
Zubin Mehta
Oak Room
Carl Sandburg
Joe Julian
Lyons
Harvard
Martin Peretz
SDA
Eugene McCarthy
Jack White
18 Club
Jackie Gleason
52Nd Street
Joe Bryan III
Cornelius Ryan
Normandy
Eisenhower
U.S
Osaka Fair
Howard Chernoff
Denton Cooley
DeBakey
Dionne Warwick
Cathleen Nesbitt
Nosmo King
Theater showtimes for area venues this week
Monday listings include PARAMOUNT and IOWA with titles Uncle Tom's Pocket and Support Your Local Sheriff plus Hamlet matinee on Tuesday. World and Plaza feature Where Eagles Dare and Funny Girl, while Collins and Twixt Town present Bul litt, A Man and a Woman, The African Queen, and more showings.
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Iowa
Broadway Tony Awards Highlight The Great White Hope And 1776
The 23rd annual Tony Awards honored The Great White Hope as best play, based on Jack Johnson, and 1776 as best musical about the Declaration of Independence. James Earl Jones and Julie Harris led acting winners, with Angela Lansbury and Jerry Orbach among honored stars. Olivier, Burnett, Bernstein, and the Negro Ensemble Company received special citations as the telecast aired on NBC hosted by Alan King and Diahann Carroll.
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New York
UPI
Howard Sackler
Jack Johnson
Peter Stone
Sherman Edwards
Hope
Julie Harris
Angela Lansbury
Mark Hellinger
Alan King
Diahann Carroll
NBC
Sh Theater
James Earl Jones
Jerry Orbach
20th Century-Fox to film Irving Wallace novel 7 Minutes
Hollywood gains movie rights to Irving Wallace's novel 7 Minutes about an obscenity trial. Richard Fleischer will produce and direct. Filming set in Hollywood Boston and Washington D C. The work, acquired in galley form, will be published early this summer.
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Irving Wallace
20Th Century-Fox
Richard Fleischer
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Washington, D.C
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