Retired film stars adjust to TV life under glare of cameras
Executive producer Michael Filerman recalls persuading Loretta Young to return for NBC Christmas Eve and notes how actresses like Jane Wyman Lana Turner and Ava Gardner face tougher schedules on current TV. He says stars unaccustomed to 12 hour days and heavy daily pages misjudge modern production pressures.
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Filerman and Young discuss NBC project after Christmas Eve
Filerman says he pitched Christmas Eve to Young who accepted. They praise her professionalism and plan a second NBC movie set in the fashion magazine world with Donna Mills as the veteran star. He prefers older actresses, criticising today’s younger stars as self indulgent. Filerman notes networks create monsters.
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Young
NBC
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Donna Mills
Knots Landing
Anne Baxter
Capitol Ends After Five Years in CBS Daytime Lineup
The daytime serial Capitol will air its final episode on March 20 ending the McCandless and Clegg family feud storyline. Catherine Hickland and Ed Nelson star in Capitol which CBS plans to replace with The Bold and the Beautiful in the next daytime lineup announced in January.
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TV notes on Matlock cast and specials for NBC CBS PBS
Former actress Batiuk and Shamray Gale Kobe is producer. Craig Claiborne will appear as author of a best selling cookbook on Matlock. Michael Edwards dies after sampling sauce on Victoria Edwards show. Laura Magnum episode with Frank Sinatra airs February 4. Johnny Carson hosts Jimmy Stewart salute on PBS in March with Hepburn Mat Thur Dreyfuss Kelly Remick and the Reagans.
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TV Highlights and Holiday Movie Picks Listings
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