Lemmon Back on TV In O Neill Drama And Mary Phagan Miniseries
Jack Lemmon returns to television in Eugene O Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night on Showtime. He also prepares to star in The Ballad of Mary Phagan NBC miniseries about Leo Frank set in 1913 Georgia with Lemmon as Gov Slaten who commuted Frank's sentence.
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Lemmon defends miniseries quality amid TV shift
The piece notes Lemmon’s defense of high quality writing in a miniseries while recalling the Frank lynching case and later confessing an enduring TV career. It covers his praise for George Stevens and his view that film work funds more ambitious projects for lasting substance.
TVQandA on Delilah Sampson and Anne TV roles
TVQ and A session covers Delilah in Sampson and Delilah with Victor Mature, Anne of Green Gables on PBS, Tom Mix Buck Jones deaths, Margaret Rutherford Miss Marple films, Lemmon TV series hopes, and Lemmon film memories.
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Snoopy Faces Nightmarish Arctic Sled Dogs in Peanuts
Snoopy dreams he is a sled dog in an Arctic sequence of the Peanuts cartoon. The canine leads a team of huskies as Charlie Brown’s dog tale shifts to a chilly misadventure.
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Critic’s Choices and Newhart Contrasts in Weekend Tales
Two TV pieces unfold quiet domestic tensions. Critic’s Choices features a miscarriage and a breakup as a critic withdraws and a partner seeks solace elsewhere. Newhart follows Michael Scolari’s restless mood during a lonely long weekend with only George Poston for company. American Play House presents Part 2 of The Story of a Marriage with Matthew Broderick joining a family feud over Elizabeth’s elopement amid a wealthy father’s displeasure.
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