Barefoot in the Park feature film, starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda, directed by Gene Saks. A television series based on the play began on ABC in September 1970. It was an African-American situation comedy which ran for twelve weeks. The show featured Scoey Mitchell and Tracy Reed as a "young middle-class couple living in a New York City apartment and struggling through the first years of marriage." This was one of two television series based on Neil Simon plays to debut on the network that month, the other being "The Odd Couple". A production of "Barefoot in the Park" ran at the Moore
Richard Dyer 1994); and is therefore contributing to whiteness studies, film studies, and gender/sexuality studies. "Stars" (1979) was Dyer's first full-length book. In it he develops the idea that viewers' experience of a film is heavily influenced by the perception of its stars. Dyer analyzes critics' writing, magazines, advertising and films to explore the significance of stardom, with particular reference to Marlon Brando, Bette Davis, Marlene Dietrich, Jane Fonda, Greta Garbo, Marilyn Monroe, Robert Redford, Joan Crawford and John Wayne. "Heavenly Bodies: Film Stars and Society" (1986) continues Dyer's extensive contribution to star studies. Judy Garland, Paul Robeson, and Marilyn Monroe are