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DICK CLARK'S LIVE
iSDAY Guests: 8uzanne
Somers, Barry Manllow, Natalie
Cole, Melissa Gilbert and Edgar
Bergen. Magician Steve Baker
will attempt to outdo Houdlnl'a
famous underwater escape. (60
mlns.)
BO EIGHT ENOUGH
innle's professional debut as
an actress becomes a bit
tersweet conflict of Interest for
Tom, torn between his role as
proud parent and his unexpected
assignment as theatre critic. (60
mlns.)
O THE JEFFERSONS Allan
Willis, the 'white sheep' of the
raclally-mlxed Willis family,
arrives In town after a several
year absence and finds things
fust as he left them, hostile. (Ft I.
of a two-part episode)
(023 GREAT PERFORMANCES
The Berlin Philharmonic with
Herbert Von Karajan accompany
cellist Mstlslav Rostropovlch In a
classic performance. (60 mlns.)
CS TIC TAC DOUGH
7:30 Q MOVIE -(MUSICAL)"'
'Tunny Face" 1957 Audrey
Hepburn, Fred Astalre. A fashion
photographer makes a drab
woman Into a glamorous model.
(2hrs.)
O IN THE BEGINNING
GO JOKER'S WILD
8:00 O O WEDNE80AY NIGHT AT
THE MOVIES 'Zuma Beach'
Stars: Suzanne Somers, Mark
Wheeler. A once-popular singer
becomes Involved with the
problems of a group of teenagers
when she goes to the beach to
unwind and forget about her
faltering career. (2 hrs.)
O O CHARLIE'S ANGELS Kelly
falls In love with the handsome
stunt-flying grandson of a
notorious crime figure whose
enemies Intend to see that the
young man doesn't live to Inherit
the family fortune. (60 mlns.)
O MOVIE -(MYSTERY-DRAMA)
HilldnlgM Man" 1941 Burt
Lancaster, Susan Clark. Mystery
drama set against the
background of a small college
town. (2 hrs.)
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ZUMA BEACH
Suzanne Somers of 'Three's Com
pany' stars as a once-popular singer
who goes to the beach to unwind and
forget about her faltering career only
to become involved in the problems
of a group of young people, in 'Zuma
Beach,' a world premiere movie to be
presented on 'NBC Wednesday Night
at the Movies,' Sept. 27.
At the beach. Bonnie (Somers,
pictured) becomes the object of
admiration by a group of teenage
boys who make a point to get
acquainted with her even though
she's an "older woman." For her
part, Bonnie is amused by it ali and
finds herself forgetting her problems
as she becomes involved with those
of the teenage boys and girls she
becomes friendly with during the
Labor Day outing.
Also starring are Michael Biehn,
P.J. Soles, Steven Keats, Kimberly
Beck, Biff Warren and Ben Marley.
'Zuma Beach.' filmed at Malibu
Beach, Calif., and on location in
Hollywood, was written by William
Schwartz and directed by Lee H.
Katzin.
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movie rhree Days Of The
Condor' Stars: Robert Redford,
Faye Dunaway. A government
researcher for the CIA becomes
Involved In international
espionage when his co-workers
are massacred (2 hrs., 25 mlns.)
09 THE CANDIDATES'. LT.
GOVERNOR
9:00 O Q VEGAS A woman Is killed
and Dan discovers It was a case
of mistaken identity, which leads
him into the lives of three at
tractive Beverly Hills' socialites
who go to Las Vegas for fun and
adventure away from their
husbands. (60 mlns.)
Q3 80UTHIE This program
gives a unique view of back-to-school
time In an Irish-American
community of South Boston. (60
mins.)
1:30 0 NEWS
10:00 fl LOVE EXPERTS
CJOOOO NEWS
83 DICK CAVETT SHOW Is
English a Dying Language?' Part
II. Guests: Edwin Newman; John
Kenneth Galbralth; Agnes
DeMiiie; and John Simon.
10:25 GD NEWS
ED LOVE EXPERTS
10:30 fl GONG SHOW
fj O THE TONIGHT SHOW
Guest host: Don Rlckles. (90
mins.)
O POLICEWOMAN
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Police Woman-' Bloody Nose'
Pepper becomes Involved with a
paranoic priest and his wife,
resulting in her cover being
broken. (R) S W A T. - Dealers In
Death' Hondo sends Doma Luca
and T.J. on special assignment to
track down the supplier of
sophisticated automatic weapons
being used in a series of crimes.
(2 hrs., 15 mlns.)
10:55
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Ellen Cunningham (Pamela Bellwood) is a tree-spirited, hardworking young woman
who has risen in the high-pressure, high-powered world of netowkr telem.on , to be
come head of Special Event Programming for Trans Atlantic Broadcasting, m
W.E.B.,' Thursday, Sept. 28. on NBC TV.
11:00
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ffi) CBS LATE MOVIE Hawaii
Flve-O: The Fllpslde Is Death' A
daring bank robbery Is carried
out under the cover of a mock
military emergency squad. (R)
'Koak. Sister Maria' Stars: Telly
Savalas, Kevin Dobson. (R)
0) STAR TREK 'The Alternative
Factor (65 mins.)
8 F.B.I.
CBS LATE MOVIE 'Hawaii
Five-O: Tne tiuu.uuu nickbi
Victor Buono guest stars as an
International thief who enlists the
aid of a sleight-of-hand expert to
steal a nickel valued at $100,000.
'Kojak: Requiem For A Cop'
Stars: Telly Savalas, Kevin
Dobson. (R)
11:30 OPTL PROGRAM
Sm ABC CArTIUrltU News
NEWS
fj O TOMORROW Host: Tom
Snyder. Guests: Kitty Kelly,
author of 'Jackie Oh!', Lester
David, author of 'The Lonely Lady
Of San Clements (60 mins.)
GROUCHO
NEWS
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MOVIE -(DRAMA-
MYSTERY) "Berlin Affair" 1970
Darren McGavin, Frltt weaver, a
sophisticated, international
murder-for-hire syndicate pits
best friend against best friend.
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MANCE)"" "Queen
Christina" 1933 Greta Garbo,
John Gilbert.
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Lincoln
Captain & Tennille, Sept. 29, presented by Lincoln
General Hospital Auxiliary Benefit Fashion Show, Per
shing Auditorium.
Willie Nelson, Oct. 17, Pershing Auditorium.
Omaha
Frankie Valli -cancelled
Thin LizzyaAC-DC The Dictators, Sept. 24, Music Hall.
EmotionsBrothers Johnson, Sept. 30, Civic Auditorium.
Victor Borge, Oct. 2, Orpheum.
Leo Kottke, Oct. 14, Orpheum.
Billy Joel, Oct. 22, Civic Auditorium.
Commodores, Oct. 28, Civic Auditorium.
Bob Dylan, Nov. 4, Civic Auditorium.
Kansas City
Thin Lizzy, Sept. 23, The Uptown.
Yes, Sept. 27, Kemper Arena.
Steve Martin, Sept. 30, Kemper Arena.
Head East, Sept. 29-30, The Uptown.
Todd Rundgren, Oct. 17-18, One Block West.
St. Paul Minnesota Civic Auditorium
Steve Martin, Oct. 1.
Bill Gaither Trio, Oct. 7.
Aerosmith, Oct. 14.
Neil Young, Oct. 15.
Billy Joel, Oct. 16.
Bob Dylan, Oct. 31.
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The Metropolitan Opera's Peabody Award-winning
'Live From the Met' series will premiere its 1978-79 season
on PBS on Monday, Sept. 25, with a performance of
OTELLO, Verdi's masterpiece of jealousy and love. Funding
is made possible by a grant from Texaco Inc.
Verdi, after sixteen years of retirement, was lured back
to music by some of his close friends and associates. His
love for Shakespeare plus a collaboration with the noted
composer and poet Arngo Boito led to the production and
?rand premiere of OTELLO at La Scala, Milan, on Feb. 5,
887.
Singing the principal roles will be soprano Renata
Scotto as Desdemona, tenor Jon Vickers (pictured) as
Otello end baritone Cornell MacNeil as lago. Other
members of the cast are Jean Kraft as Emilia, Raymond
Gibbs as Cassio, Andrea Velis as Roderigo and James
Morris as Lodovico. The opera will be conducted by James
Levine, Music Director of the Metropolitan Opera.
Adapted from Shakespeare's masterpiece 'Othello.'
Verdi's opera is set in Cyprus around the 16th century.
It is the tragic story of a Moorish general caught between
the love for his gentle wife Desdemona and the
uncontrollable jealous rage which consumes him. His
ensign lago plots his own advancement by preying on
Otello's suspicion of Desdemona's infidelity. Otello. easily
conquered by lago's evil fabrication, strangles Des -emona,
then stabs himself upon learning of lago's treachery.
OTELLO is certainly a tragic love story but its richness
of characterization moves it beyond a tale of ill-fated
lovers.
If it is primarily a love story, then why is it not titled
(by Shakespeare or Verdi) OTHELLO and DESDEMONA?
While we see a man at the mercy of another's conniving,
we also see a man at the mercy of himself. Simple and
overwhelming as it seems, lago's horrible plan could not
have worked if Otello's jealousy had not been so quick to
catch fire. Like that of other tragic characters. Otello's flaw
is an emotion gone out of control, undermining every shred
of his self -trust.
To ask why and how he comes to this end is to find
a deeper understanding of the story and perhaps, of
ourselves.
