Plimpton Faces Fear Across Three TV Gimmicks
Hollywood personality George Plimpton discusses his fear of heights and nerves as he prepares three ABC programs. He describes parachute stunts and trapeze acts as compensation for fear, and previews forthcoming roles as pro football quarterback, African photographer, and auto racer.
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Names Fail to Drive TV Hits Says 1960s Note
The season showed star power does not guarantee audience. Jimmy Stewart Anthony Quinn and Shirley MacLaine failed to attract big crowds. Viewers favor characters over actors, and next season will likely feature mostly new shows without famous names.
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Anthony Quinn
Shirley MacLaine
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Television Schedule Collage with Demography Note
A historic TV guide page lists weekday daytime and prime time lineups from KMOM KMID and local notes. It ends with a definition: demography is the statistical study of population and a demographer is one who does research on the subject.
CBS and NBC survive with two magazine style shows
AP reviewer notes CBS 60 Minutes and NBC Chronolog remain the only regular actuality programs. 60 Minutes returns with automotive scam segment and Connally interview while Chronolog lingers on Pakistan refugees and a psychology prison experiment. ABC counters with Earth II, a science fiction space thriller with impressive effects. Saratoga Center attendance hits 403,779 in 1971.
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Film director admits husband helped her successful career
French writer director Nadine Trintignant says her husband Jean-Louis aided her rise in cinema. She recalls he convinced her to return to film after motherhood and notes many women directors receive support from male partners. Trintignant, 37, started as an editor and worked with Jean-Luc Godard, shaping her early work.
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AP Newsfeatures
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Jean-Louis Trintignant
America
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Christian Marquand
Jean-Luc Godard
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It Only Happens to Others stars Deneuve and Mastroianni
The film based on the Trintignants' baby's death during filming is discussed. Catherine Deneuve defends the project saying it is not sad but hopeful, praising Mastroianni and her own performance and noting Lelouch as producer. Deneuve refuses to discuss the film's truthfulness or personal impact.
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TV Schedule Highlights For A Monday To Friday Lineup
Local schedule lists CBS Morning News and Lucy at morning slots followed by afternoon soap operas The Guiding Light and The Secret Storm. Evening lineup features Merv Griffin Show, CBS Midday News, children’s programs, Walter Cronkite News, and classic cartoons Bugs bunny Scooby Doo Tom and Jerry Groovie Goolies Untamed World.
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Gomer Pyle
Walter Cronkite
John Hart
New Mexico
Merv Griffin
KBIM
Doc
Man Compares Drinking to Driving After Bier Purchase
A joking remark suggests a man who spends a day drinking beer may end up with a case of bier from a drive. The line frames a humorous parallel between drinking and acquiring beer.
Kenyan filmmaker Monte Ruben stars in The African Elephant
Nairobi native Monte Ruben, in Beverly Hills, discusses his first film The African Elephant. He recounts 14 months of shooting, challenges with shots and narration, and his plan for tighter control in future projects after criticizing the final narration and ending song.
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Monte Ruben
Nairobi
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Hatari
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Trevor
David Wayne
Around Town Filmex Los Angeles Opens With Gala Last Picture Show
The first Filmex exposition in Los Angeles opened with a gala showing of The Last Picture Show directed by Peter Bogdanovich. The event drew a mixed crowd, including underground filmmakers and industry figures, amid sharp critique of Hollywood’s state. Fiddler on the Roof opened with premieres and parties, while Norman Jewison touted Fiddler’s record advance sales of about three million dollars in tickets nationwide.
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Filmex
Los Angeles
Peter Bogdanovich
Texas
Peyton Place
Hollywood
Norman Jewison
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Japanese Violinist Akira Endo Named Principal Conductor
Akira Endo, 32, of Japan, named principal conductor of the American Ballet Theater Endo. An accomplished violinist, he has led the Long Beach Symphony as music director and conducted the Westside Symphony in Los Angeles after winning the Dimitri Mitropoulos Competition for Young Conductors in 1969. David Gilbert, 35, also named conductor, is a flutist who has taught at Yale and Illinois and served as assistant conductor of the New York Philharmonic.
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