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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1986
Page
11
Abby counsels readers to check records before selecting a nursing home amid reports of theft and abuse. The writer recalls researching abuses while filming Amos and describes widespread mistreatment, facing industry pushback and heartfelt survivor letters.
Letter discusses a 11 year embezzlement totaling $173000 from 32 elderly servicemen at U S Soldiers and Airmen's Home Washington DC and urges public inspection reports and ombudsman help. Calls for National Elder Abuse Awareness Week year round and thanks Abby for shedding light on the issue.
Walter Matthau will play Whoopi Goldberg s husband in Born Yesterday set for shooting by Cannon early next year. In the 1950 film the couple were not married. Judy Holliday played the innocent ex chorus girl mistress of Broderick Crawford and William Holden was the tutor. The Yeager project progresses with producer Jack Schwartzman saying they are making a World War II Top Gun style film about the early life of Chuck Yeager before breaking the sound barrier.
The project dates moved from an October start to late winter as Schwartzman plans extensive European flying sequences. He seeks a young actor in his 20s to portray Yeager who will also serve as technical adviser and help source WWII fighter planes. Yeager will assist with stunt flying in the film. Timothy Hutton, William Hurt, and Stockard Channing join Alive’s Destiny to shoot in Yugoslavia next month.
Theater listings show multiple screens with titles including Top Gun Psycho III Back to School The Karate Kid II Under the Cherry Moon The Great Mouse Detective Running Scared Legal Eagles My Little Pony Big Trouble in Little China Club Paradise and Westdale Mall venues feature varied showings throughout the day.
Twin Drive-In presents Ferris Bueller and Ruthless People with screenings at 1:30 3:35 and 5:45 7:50 9:50. E T and Back to the Future at Twin Drive-In Screen with second feature. Karate Kid II and Goonies on Screen II. Garden Marion hosts My Little Pony shows at 1 and 3 with Short Circuit at 5 7:15 9:15. Mount Vernon Odeum features The Manhattan Project at 7.
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