Cowboys Aims at Oscars and Hidden Ambitions in Hollywood
Hollywood notes Bruce Dern eyes supporting and possibly star nominations for The Cowboys and Silent Running. Mark Rydell recalls casting Wayne and shaping the film while Vincent Price pursues a Poe one man show. Others like Borgnine Andrews Steiger Graves seek roles or directing gigs but face rejection.
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Dick Kleiner
Hollywood
NEA
Trange
John Wayne
Wayne
Bruce Dern
Dern
The
Cowboys
Mark Rydell
Fox
the Reivers
Rydell
Duke
Vincent Price
Price
Dr. Phibes
Edgar Allan Poe
American International
Ken Johnson Productions
Poe
Amontillado
Ernest Borgnine
Julie Andrews
Public tires of critics quotes in Hollywood ads
Advertisers lessen use of rave reviews after audiences spurned films like John Cassavetes Husbands. Public distrusts critics applause, prompting ad agencies to pull back on branded quotes and rely less on high tone reviews to sell movies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
John Cassavetes
Pink Drink Invented by Rob Reiner Sparks Side Glances
Rob Reiner created a pink drink mixing tomato juice and buttermilk and drinks it constantly. Phil Mishkin teases him that it’s just because of its pink color, while Rob insists he genuinely enjoys it. Gill Fox notes the pop culture moment and warns against trying it when hung over due to color clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O.K
Rob Reiner
Carl
CBS
Rob
Phil Mishkin
Monkey Dilemmas and Oceanic Epic Planets in Jacobs Films
Hollywood producer Arthur P. Jacobs entertains a persistent problem for his ape heavy film series. He envisions Journey of the Oceanauts walking underwater from Los Angeles to Japan in the 1990s and considers how to place a monkey in that scene. He has drawn 1,100 concept drawings and foresees artificial gills as part of the setup. The article notes the ongoing expansion of the Planet of the Apes franchise and hints at a potential TV spinoff after the films conclude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
NEA
Arthur P. Jacobs
Paul Newman
Doctor Dolittle
Rex Harrison
Chairman
Mr. Chips
Jacobs
Pacific
Los Angeles
Japan
Festivals Shape fortunes and headaches for American film makers
Hollywood filmmakers face festivals as international marketplaces where profit, propaganda, and prestige mingle. Stanley Kramer recalls Berlin and Moscow showings for Bless the Beast and the Children, noting Berlin’s youth energy versus Moscow’s restrained reaction and cultural shifts among young audiences.
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Bob Thomas
Associated Press
Hollywood
Stanley Kramer
Berlin
Moscow
Bit of Fantasy In Light Novel Goes Nowhere
Alvin Greenberg presents a mildly comic short novel about Arthur Hoppe, an amputee physicist who roams the eastern seaboard for ten years seeking identity. A flying saucer scheme by disillusioned professors backfires as Arthur wanders with a possible sister figure, seeking meaning amid satire of modern life.
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Arthur Hoppe
Seaboard
Professor Melville
Poughkeepsie Institute
Arthur
Earth
Outer Space
Festival festival talk and festival circuit notes breeze through 1971 prose
A long excerpt surveys film festival culture from Cannes to Prague and other sites, with producers discussing festival value and quotas. It notes stars and audiences reacting to screenings and awards while tracing festival prestige and global gears of the industry.
TV Schedule Highlights for Thursday on KMOM Channel 9
A digest of the channel lineup lists daytime soap All My Children and General Hospital followed by game shows Then Newlywed Game and Dating Game. Evening programming features Bewitched Laramie and classic Westerns plus the Permian Basin Thursday Night Movie Circle of Deception.
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Jack la Lanne
Central Park
Permian Basin
Mary Tyler Moore Show shines in second season prep
In a CBS S FV studio Mary Tyler Moore leads a rehearsal break with Valerie Harper Cloris Leachman and Ed Asner as cast and writers anticipate a strong second season. The show earned Emmy nods and wins while Moore misses the acting prize, prompting a trade ad noting its reliance on Moore.
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Cynthia Lowry
Hollywood
Mary Tyler Moore
CBS
San Fernando Valley
Valerie Harper
Cloris Leachman
Edward Asner
Mary
Asher
Miss Harper
Plains
Asner
Golden-age group to be represented on NBC comedy
NBC's The Funny Side will feature Burt Mustin 87 and Queenie Smith as co stars in a five couple revue aimed at a broad audience. The program plans to include seniors along with a rich couple a black couple a working class couple and a teen pair with themes from birth to death and taxes to women's lib. Mustin retired at 67 after sales work in the East and has steady acting credits. Smith has been a performer since age 12.
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Cynthia Lowry
Hollywood
Burt Mustin
Queenie Smith
NBC
Rence Welk
ABC
Neilsen
Burt
Queenie
Mustin
Miss Smith
TV Guide Style Daily Schedule for KMID Channel 2
A listing of programs from 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM including Today, Dinah's Place, Concentration, Sale of the Century, Hollywood Squares, Jeopardy, Who What Where, Galloping Gourmet, Days of Our Lives, The Doctors, Another World, Bright Promise, Somerset, Timmie and Lassie, Sea Hunt, Komic Karnival, Leave it to Beaver, NBC Nightly News, News Sports Weather, Birds Eye View, NBC Baseball Game, Tonight Show, NBC Action Playhouse, Ironside, Adam 12, and Vic Damone Summer Show with times and sequence.
NBC Channel 10 Schedule Highlights and Movie Teasers
The listing shows a full day schedule across CBS and local programming including Morning News with John Hart, County Agent Report, soap operas, CBS Midday News, Southeastern New Mexico Today, The Guiding Light, Secret Storm, Edge of Night, Merv Griffin Show, Death Valley Days, Walter Cronkite News, The 5 O Clock Report, a Thursday night movie Kid Rodello, 9 oclock and 10 oclock News, Ruidoso Racing, and a Big Ten Movie With A Song In My Heart.
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Gomer Pyle
Walter Cronkite
John Hart
Nmsu County
New Mexico
Merv Griffin
CBS News
Lancer
CBS
Kid Rodello
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NLA
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Charles Laughton
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Ray Henderson
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Laughton
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
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Sians
Kramer
Spain
Joan Collins
London
England
Malaga
Mediterranean
Alvin Greenberg
Simon & Schuster
Miles A. Smith
KOSA
Kid Rochello
Texas Today
Cannes
San Sebastian
Brazil
Sydney
Locarno
Cartagena
Cork
Crakow
Trieste
Barcelona
Annecy
France
San Francisco
Lincoln Center
New York
Atlanta
United States
Channel 9
Continental Transmission Corporation
Cable TV
KMID
KBIM
Cnara
General A Electric
Television Lab
Century Fou
GEORGE KARL BeSCOTT / MALDEN
Patton
Robert Redford Ross
Butch Cassidy and the
Panavision
James Garner
Suzanne Pleshette
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