Spoon River teleplay faces sponsor hurdle in CBS plan
NEW YORK UP I reports CBS finally backed the Spoon River anthology teleplay. Charles Aidman adapts Masters poetry with original songs and staged production. Cast includes Jason Robards Naomi Hirshhorn Hal Lynch Joyce Van Patten and Jennifer West while Robards joins as star. The program debuts Monday night amid prior sponsor resistance.
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Indiana University
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Aldman
Broadway
Naomi Carol Hirshhorn
Hal Lynch
Joyce van Patten
Robards
Jennifer West
Theelevision
Opposites in Television Theater Time for Monday
TV listings for Iowa and New York theaters show multiple screenings across venues including Paramount Marion Collins Drive-In and Times Plaza. Notable items include Uncle Tom's Pocket and The African Queen with varied showtimes and a Bell System presentation on NBC TV examining American society in 1960.
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Nbc-Tv
Bell System
Jeight
Broadway Gossip and Celebrity Notes Roundup
Leonard Lyons surveys Manhattan nightlife and arts with sharp, gossip laden blurbs. Entries include Zubint Mehta’s Oak Room dress controversy, Sandburg recordings echoed by Joe Julian, political fund raising by Martin Peretz, and anecdotes about Lily Gleason, Dionne Warwick, Pola Negri, and other figures.
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Carl Sandburg
Joe Julian
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Martin Peretz
SDA
Eugene McCarthy
Broadway Tony Awards Highlight The Great White Hope And 1776
The twenty third Tony Awards honored The Great White Hope as best play and 1776 as best musical. James Earl Jones and Julie Marrs won lead acting honors while Angela Lansbury and Jerry Orbach were recognized in supporting musical roles. Special tributes went to Laurence Olivier Rex Harrison Leonard Bernstein and Carol Burnett.
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Jack Johnson
Peter Stone
Sherman ‘Edwards
the Great
White
Hope
Julie Marrs
Sir Laurence Olivier
National Theater of Great Britain
Rex Harrison
Leonard Bernstein
al Pacino
Jane Alexander
Zorba
20th Century Fox to Film Iving Wallace Novel 7 Minutes
Hollywood rights for Iving Wallace's new novel 7 Minutes have been acquired by 20th Century Fox. Richard Fleischer will produce and direct. The galley form is the basis for publication early this summer. The story centers on an obscenity trial and debates pornography and censorship. Filming is planned for Hollywood Boston and Washington DC.
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Richard Fleischer
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