Cavett puzzled by ABCs new show format for year
New York veteran Dick Cavett contemplates ABCs plan to have him host one week a month while Jack Paar and other programs fill the rest. He weighs the loss of nightly continuity against the chance to focus on higher quality shows and personal style as he recalls influences from Groucho Marx to Bob Hope and Chaplin.
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Play It As It Lays and Cancel My Reservation Attack Hollywood
The author criticizes two extreme end of cinema the so called cinematic far left film Play It As It Lays praised by critics for its symbols and lack of real story and rattlesnake imagery and the far right Bob Hope comedy Cancel My Reservation for overstory and shallow characterization calling it TV time.
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NEA
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AMA backs TV doctors amid a sea of medical shows
AAMA news shift shows the AMA advising TV med series for accuracy and ethics as Marcus Welby and The Bold Ones lead a surge in medical dramas. The advisory PAC reviews scripts, while producers contend with increased workloads and the lure of professional involvement in story ideas.
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California wins over Texas for oil field film location
California becomes a filming site for Oklahoma Crude as Stanley Kramer chooses a San Joaquin Valley cattle ranch with rolling hills and wooden derricks. Columbia Pictures crews install 18 derricks including a dual gas explosion rig. The Stockton area cements its status as a versatile Hollywood locale.
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AP managing editors honor 57 newspapers for coverage cooperation
Kansas City AP report notes 57 newspapers and one broadcast station received citations for outstanding cooperation in AP news distribution. Signatures by Wendell C. Phillipps and Dallas D. Higbee accompanied the acknowledgments.
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