Verdi Life TV Drama Sowing Global Partnerships
Italian TV begins a seven part Verdi biopic budgeted at 4 million. British actor Ronald Pickup to play Verdi after Italy failed to cast a native. Co produced by Antenne 2 BBC Bavaria TV and Soviet TV with RAI. Filming to cover Verdi from birth to 1901 funeral and feature 27 operas. Carlo Fracci to play Verdi's second wife.
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Rome
Giuseppe Verdi
Verdi
Italy
Renato Castellani
Leonardo da Vinci
Ronald Pickup
Castellani
Igor Stravinsky
Herbert Ross
Nijinsky
Antenne 2
British Broadcasting Corp
West Germany
Bavaria TV
RAI
Public Broadcasting Service
U.S
Busseto
Parma
Milan
Carlo Fracci
Billboard's Hot Records Top Ten This Week
The Associated Press lists Billboard’s top ten for the week ending August 2 in next week’s Billboard. Leads include Bad Girls by Donna Summer Casablanca and Good Times by Chic Atlantic. Main Event Fight by Barbra Streisand Columbia. My Sharona by The Knack Capitol. Gold by John Stewart RSO. When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman by Dr. Hook.
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Associated Press
Billboard
Billboard Magazine
Chic
Atlantic
Barbera Streisand
Columbia
Sharona
the Knack
Capitol
John Stewart
RSO
Dr. Hook
Verdi biopic to shoot in Rome and Milan locations
Philippe Leroy will cameo as Giuseppe Mazzini in the Verdi biopic with Castellani directing. Casting selected Pickup for Verdi after eye matching. most filming at Cinecitta Rome with La Scala locations during mid August holidays. Soviet television requests La Forza del Destino scenes in Leningrad to mirror 1862 premiere.
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Philippe Leroy
Leonardo
Giuseppe Mazzini
Verdi
Castellani
Alan Bates
RAI
Cinecitta
Rome
la Scala
Milan
Leningrad
St. Petersburg
M A S H Going On In TV's Splendid Little War
An AP review from Los Angeles on Studio 9 at 20th Century Fox, praising M A S H as a durable, high quality series despite cast changes. The piece notes the eighth season may be the last, depending on star Alan Alda and producers, with Jim Mulligan and John Rappaport bringing energy and radar’s replacement storylines.
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Los Angeles
20Th Century-Fox
Mary Tyler Moore
Burt Metcalfe
Alan
Alda
Farrell
Jim Mulligan
John Rappaport
Thad Mumford
Dan Wilcox
Mereie
Gary Burghoff
Radar O'Reilly
Radar
Cpl. Klinger
Jamie Farr
Breaking Away Review Highlights Small Town Summer Dream
This piece surveys Breaking Away a sunny tale of four Indiana youths facing snobbish university students. It notes the bicycle race climax, director Peter Yates energy, and a strong cast led by Dennis Christopher and Paul Dooley. It mentions a modest PG rating.
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Indiana University
Peter Yates
Steve Tesich
Dennis Christopher
Paul Dooley
Television Schedule Fragment
The listing shows a mixed TV lineup including Name That Tune Family Feud and various shows across times from 7:30 PM to 12:30 AM. Programs include San Francisco night blocks such as M A S H NBC Monday Night Movie and The Rockford Files, with multiple talk shows and specials noted.
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Family Feud
Maryland
Carol Burnett and Friends
Hee Haw Honeys
MacNeil-Lehrer Report
Sanford and Son
Dick Cavett
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M-A-S-H
By Peter J. Boyer
B.J. Honeycutt
Nielsen
CBS
Darling
Winchester Evening Star
Villa Alegre
CBS Evening News
ABC News
NBC News
Jack van Impe
CBS News
Wilburn Brothers
McHales Navy
Lilias
James Michener
Cincinnati
Poldark
Benny Hill
Lucy Show
Harry Chapin
Perry Mason
PTL Club
Showtime
Beetle Bailey
Andy Capp
Blondie
Peanuts
Snuffy Smith
Doonesbury
Rex Morgan, M.D
Roy
Police Headquarters
Kay
Palomar
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