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jAPPlf EASTER! — The lovely Miss in the midst o ihis assortment of Easter bunnies is Mary Tyler
leore, who |»l3ys Pick Van Dyke’s wife on “Ikt D ek Van D^ke ‘Show” seen Wetfn<*«d>*-s at 9 n K » VK.
Channel 11. On behalf cf the cast, Miss Moore extends good wishes for a happy Easter to viewers of
lie program.
1L-STAR LINE-UP ON BOB HOPE SPECIAL
Wabian and David Rose and
|ig orchestra will round out the
aD-star guest line-up for the
fourth “Bob Hope Show" com
edsy special of the stason Fri
day at 10 on KFAR-TV, Chan
el 2.
Hope’s other guests will include
miisical comedy headliner Ethel
Merman, Osfcar-nominee Piper Lau
rie and Oscar-winner Maximillian
Schell. The program will mark Miss
ierman’s first television appear
^ce in two years, and the first ex
|rsions into TV comedy by Miss
turie and Schell.
^Fabian, 19-year-old singing star
ao is idolized by multitudes of
en-agers, also has turned his tai
nts to acting. Although best known
such recordings as “Tiger" and
irn Me Loose,” each of which has
more than a million copies, he
ie a successful film debut in
aund Dog Man.”
Controversial Role
ie recently became a subject of
ament for his controversial guest
star role in TV's “Bus Stop’’ series.
He has a starring role in the feature
picture “Five Weeks in a Balloon,"
now being filmed at 20th Century
Fox studios.
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SATURDAY SPECIAL — Dinah
Shore features top talent from
Spain and Portugal on NBC’s
“Dinah Shore Show” this Satur
day at 10:25 on KFAR-TV, Chan
nel 2.
The full-hour comedy special fea
tures a timely monologue by Hope,
comedy sketches ranging from a
mixed-up Japanese romance to an
easy course in method acting, with
songs by Miss Merman and Fabian.
In a satiric sketch, “Call Me But
terfly,'’ celebrated American actress
Marsha Bellnote (Miss Merman)
calls on a rather unusual Japanese
potentate (Hope) with intentions of
renting his palatial home while she
is making a movie in Japan.
"Smile” Songs
Miss Merman returns to sing a
medley of “Smile” soings and
“There’s No Business Like Show
Business,” which she introduced in
the Broadway production of Irving
Berlin's “Annie Get Your Gun.”
Fabian gets some sage advice
about his new acting career and,
in a solo spot, sings “Kansas City."
Schell and Miss Laurie take some
light-hearted ribbing from Oscar
winning Hope about their “serious’
acting. Later, in a typical New York
actor’s laboratory setting, they ex
plore the “method.”
Beautiful Girl Journeys To i
Italy For 'Rome Adventure'
The determination of a beautiful young American librarian to
learn about love in Italy triggers the delightful romantic drama
of “Rome Adventure,” the Warner Bros. Technicolor presentation
opening today at the New Empress Theater. Troy Donahue, the
teenagers’ No. 1 boxoffice favorite, stars opposite Suzanne
f'lesnettc in the Uelmer Daves pro
duction which was filmed on loca
tion in Rome and throughout north
ern Italy.
Angie Dickinson and Rossano
Brazzi also star in the film which
was written, produced and directed
by Daves. “Rome Adventure" is the
fourth film in a row Daves has per
formed this triple assignment on.
The first was “A Summer Place,"
which brought Donahue to stardom,
and it was followed by “Parrish"
and “Susan Slade" which also
starred Donahue.
As the librarian. Miss Pleshette
encounters Brazzi on board ship
en route to Naples. Although they
become good friends, she is drawn
to the young American architect he
introduces her to in Rome.
Donahue, the architect, has been
involved in an affair with a wealthy,
beautiful and talent American ar
tist. Angie Dickinson, but she has
just left him. Soon, Troy and Su
zanne set off on a colorful motor
scooter tour of northern Italy.
Italian Filming
Tho exteriors for these scenes
were filmed in Italy during a six
weeks’ location jaunt that criss
crossed the country and ranged from
modern wonders to ancient glories.
Among the many scenic splendors
Daves used to background his story
are the funicular in Qrtizei near the
Swiss border, the post-card city of
Stresa on Lake Maggiore and the
Lake's Isola Bella, Carrara with its
world-famous marble quarries, Flor
ence and Michaelangelo’s David,
Pisa with its Leaning Tower, Siena
and its racing square, Verona and
legendary Juliet's balcony, Bomarzo
and its fascinating Villa of the Mon
sters. and, of course, Rome with its
magnificent fountains, piazzas and
ruins.
Unon their return to Rome, their
fast-developing romance is suddenly
complicated when Troy's former girl
friend attempts to revive their af
fair and the disconsolate Suzanne
turns to Brazzi.
Space Pilot Fails
To Heed Warning
On Twilight Zone
When a space pilot crash-lands in
a rock-walled canyon on a planet
millions of miles from Earth, he ig
nores the warning of his compan
ion about playing God to the unique
inhabitants of the strange panet in
“The Little People" on Rod Ser
ling's “The Twilight Zone," Friday
at 9:30 on KTVF. Channel Eleven.
Joe Maross stars as Peter Craig,
who seizes the opportunity to be
come the absolute ruler over a peo
ple he can’t really see and with
whom he communicates primarily
in the language of mathematics.
Claude Akins also stars as Wil
liam Fletcher, commander of the
space ship, who tries to persuade
Craig to leave when their space
ship is repaired.
Donahue Crashes
The location filming of the pic
ture was not without its hazards.
Taking his first lesson on the Vespa
which he drives in the film. Dona
hue crashed into the front of a paint
store in Ortizei and suffered deep
cuts on both shins and arm and
shoulder abrasions.
Composer Max Steiner wove the
background score for the film from
the theme of an Italian song which
won the San Remo Festival prize.
The song is “A1 Di La" and is sung
by one of Italy's most popular re
cording stars. Emilio Pericoli. "A1
Di La” translates to "Beyond.”
Director Daves was certain that
Miss Pleshette was the girl he was
looking for for “Rome Adventure”
the minute he saw her screen test
in the projection room. He can
celled all the other tests he had
scheduled and flew to Parisdo show
the footage to Jack L. Warner. Word
was cabled back "Sign Pleshette.”
The pretty New Yorker has
starred in several Broadway shows
including “The Miracle Worker”
and “Compulsion.” She had made
more than 70 round trips between
Hollywood and New York to appear
in over 200 television shows.
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Man Doomed To
Die Is killer On
‘Defenders’ Show
Arthur Hill, remembered for his
vivid performances in Tad Mosel's
Pulitzer Prize-winning play “All
the Way Home" and in Robert
Clean's “Come Again to Carthago”
on the “Westinghouse Presents”
series on the CBS Television Net
work, stars as a man doomed to
die in “The Last Six Months" on
“The Defenders” Saturday at 3 on
KTVF. Channel Eleven.
As Fred Braden, a businessman,
he is told by his physician that he
has leukemia and will die. In a
state of shock, Braden kills his
partner John Ames (George Gaynes)
when the partner refuses to sign a
statement pledging financial sup
port of Braden’s wife and children
after his death.
Louisa Horton plays Braden’s
wife, Elizabeth.
Series stars E. G. Marshall and
Robert Reed portray the attorneys
who defend Braden. A key point in
the legal fight is the law of slayer's
bounty, an ancient principal that
says no man may profit from the
crime which he commits.
Man Sells Money
Making Machines
Andrew Duggan, star of ABC
TV's “Room for One More,” guests
as Big Ed Murphy who lives in
luxury by selling machines that
manufacture money on “Maver
ick” Saturday at 7 on KFAR-TV,
Channel 2.