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McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 29 Jul 1983, p. 38

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PAOiM FMOAY, AUGUST 5 7:00PM SOdOM. '§f ttoszord Poky qoH 111# opportvn- fty to b« a NASCAR driver but Boss Hogg wonti in on Her controct. (R) (60 O Powifi of Mfltthfw Star ApS WaH's science idem de- > - -» J. - * - « ml,, A* . J vtiops Q nwy fOW rnQITnCW OT ', •; hit unique po*ors.'(R) <60' nfcfl . I O MO Parade John Vernon. 1973 O O) ® ® WNk/ttyimr Paul Duke k joined by top Washington journalhts analyz­ ing the week's newt. Q Countdown to 'M flB Cable Health Woridffapwt 0 MOVMfc 'TWngi are Tough Al OMf 0 MOVIE: 'Arthur' @3 The AudMon Tape* © (8> CtmpMlo Ths Toiwoito^ ̂ Q (9 A® I" Ih* tamtfy CB MOV*: 'Ten Ta« Men'This ad- venture concerns ten Foreign Legion* \̂ 7v ~ new 'Loving' is a winner By Connie Pataalacqua After a month on the air, the results are in and TV's newest soap opera -- ABC's "Loving" -- is a winner. It's one classy production. It's conceiv­ able that "Loving" may one day evolve into the best soap On TV. Daytime's foremost talents, Agnes Nixon (co- creator), Douglas Marland (co-creator and headwriter) and Joe $tuart (producer), have demon­ strated again Th4 kind of quality they have become respected for from their work on other soaps Including "One Life to Llve,'r "All My Children," "Guiding Light" * apd "Another World." - Ahhdst all the elements needed to attract a large aNd engrossed audience are ' here -- believable characters with well-woven relationships, a credible story and supreme produc­ tion values. They all make for fr marvelously produced show. The serial, set in the fic­ tional college town of Corinth, revolves around the doings of three families -- the Vocheks (P6lish- Americans), Dondvans (rpiSh^Americans)" aiSd AWertt <WA9Ps)l Wthe first1 soap in many years, ceding around fc 't&lege P'ilol ic ; -tlBJVX ! uOy Qn,-" ' - ten - jjo'i.tjfrir,'. - Eight teenog* boy* invade an all-girl prep school. \ O (S) O (9 Wal Street Wook Louis Rukeyser analyzes the '801 with a weekly review pf economic and investment matters. O THo Self Help Show 9 MOVIE: The Mis I tees' Clfr Qfl Memories Patricia Kaiember 'nsniD campus. Thisi story line cleverly reflects the great interest in soap operas shown by real-life college students. While it is still too early to pass judgment on all of the show's actors, there are already some clear stand­ outs. Patricia Kalember, as the beautifully understated newswoman, Merrill Vochek, is a major daytime find. Star quality is also writ­ ten all over the Bran- doesque James Kiberd, who plays out-of-work policeman Mike Donovan. Patricia Blair, who plays Rita Mae Brisfow, is a delight, the funniest soap opera character since Loretta Haggers in "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman." @1963 Compulog By J, Norman Bates has returned as proprietor of the Bates Motel, the pleasant, out-of-the- way place with a fine Gothic house just in the back. It's a little run down, as Norman's been sent away for close to 20 years Sure, he's committed a few murders, but that's aH in his past. Would you spend a night at Bates Motel? To this day there are people who get shivers down the spine when taking a shower in a motel room. It's all due to Hitchcock's genius, with a great assist from actor Tony Perkins, now re-creating a role that is movie legend. "I really wasn't looking to do a Pyscho II." says Perkins, "but as I read this script I felt it had many of the ingredients of the first ptcture -- things that made the first picture enter­ taining and noteworthy, such as a good plot and respect for the characters." Little did Hitchcock or the rest of the company realize in 1960 that they were making a masterpiece of horror, but one tempered with comedy. "Hitch was very lightheaded about the film. He only wanted to see if a feature could be made with a TV crew and equipment on a modest budg­ et. We never felt we were cre­ ating a masterpiece. Hitch was so relieved not to have to go on location, not to have to work with a big crew and the »V ' f) T. YURKO general bulk ot a production, that he had a good time with the film. And it may have made the film better as he didn't have to worry about effects, he could concentrate on his story and subjects." Perkins was picked for the original "Psycho" by Hitch­ cock after seeing him in the film "Fear Strikes Out" about basebaH player Jimmy Pier sail's nervous breakdown. "Someone asked me if Hitchcock would have liked this sequel, and It's really an unanswerable question, one that should be given to a licensed gypsy or medium. It was made in a Way that digni­ fies and perpetuates the 'Psycho' myth. We could easily have made an exploitation film which had the house and the mother and made a successful slice-and-splatter movie." The sequel to "Psycho" contains moments of humor, much like the original. Says Perkins: "It's remarkable how audiences react to the original film. There are whole passages now that are obliterated by laughter from the audience." Nobody laughs during the notorious shower sequence, however, and when asked what it was like to film that great moment of cinema histo­ ry, Perkins replied. "I don't know, I wasn't there. That-was a'doqble." @1M3Computog ,u |jfT,OU9d 7:30PM O Fandango O 0 0 Too Olid I* Bo True noire* and their escapodes as they undertake to stop- a Riff attack on Tarfa. Burt Lancaster, Gflbert Roland, Jody Lawrence. 1951. 10 MOVIE: 'Advise and Consent' The President names a controversial liberal as Secretary of State. Charles Laughton, Dan Murray, Walter Pidg- eon, Peter Lowford. 1962.

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