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Show IY WISEKLY IV AND AMUSEMENTS GUIDE MONDAY, FEBRUARY8,1971 ‘Stand Up ‘Men at Law’Pre miere Set Gerald S. O’Loughlin and Robert Foxworth star as a senior partner in a ‘arge law And Cheer’ Scheduled firm and his young associate, involved in a wide variety of true-to-life, premiere Tuesday, Feb. 9 at 9 p.m.in color on Channel5. Guest star rejes will be portrayed by major actors, with Sue Lyon, Jack Cassidy, Harry Guardino and David Wayne among those signed to appear in forthcoming episodes. David Arkin and Sheila Larken play roles as young lawyers active in the firm. Many sequences in the series will be filmed on location throughout the metropolitan Los Angeles area, as stories call for use of such locales. formance at the White House, the show opened at the Sahara Hotelin Las Vegas, Nev. “T feel very strongly aboutthis country of ours,” Mann ex- O’Loughlin, plained, ‘‘and am tired of hearing people putting it down. with the Johnny Mann Singers, in a Channel4 special which retraces the decades in America through its music. The one, airing Tucsday at 9 p.m. features guest star Henry ‘onda. Richard Basehart Will Narrate Lincoln Special church, where he and his group of 18 singers had been rehearsing, to audition the show. “Tt was a thrill to be signed to r at the Sahara, especially as the only act on the bill,” the conductor-arranger afable continued.“The show was called ‘So Proudly We Hail’ then, and have the doubters were legion. Trey “Qne can’t help but wonder how Abraham Lincoln would and were sure we'd be no comfared in the pre-packagedpolitics of today,” said stage, screen petition for the nude shows and television actor Richard Basehart. Basehart becameinterested in the Civil War President while high-priced talenton thestrip.” a , serving as narrator for ‘“‘They’ve Killed President Lincoln!” Before the point could be ing the David L. Wolper special re-creating events surround proved either way, Mrs. Richard assassination of Lincoln to be colorcast on Lincoln's birthday Nixon heard about the show and Friday, Feb. 12.at 6:30 p.m. on Channel2. ts this country invited Johnny and his —— to “He was certainly one of the strongest Presiden of Madison preview it at a special perhaseverhad,but he wasn’t exactly the polished product he would formance in the President’s whether Avenue,” Basehart continued. “It’s questionable home. even be elected an Illinois Congressman today.” The White House performance, which Mann on-camera as For the forthcoming special, Basehart serves described as the most gratifying narratoror “reporter” for a newsreel-like report on the last days of following Lincoln. Other actorsre-create the events preceding and the assassination at historic Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. and probably more difficult, than about Johnny and his idea. prominence as trial lawyer in the prestigious Century City (Los Angeles) law firm of Horton, Troy, McNeil, Carroll and Clark. The series will deal with cases brought to McNeil because of his noted legal GERALDS. O’LOUGHLIN (right) and Robert Foxworth star as a senior partner in a large law firm and his young reputation, and he will handle them in association with David Hansen (Robert Foxworth) who formerly devoted most of his time to poverty law as one of the “Storefront Lawyers.” MeNeil’s vast experience and influence in the profession are of great value to the firm and its clients. Hansen, though lacking which associate in the new drama series “Men at Law,” makesits debut Tuesday Feb. 9 at 9 p.m.in color on Channel 5. Alice Pardoe West Behind the Scenes McNeil’s experience, is treated Bill is an interesting person. HOLLYWOOD — The breaks He’s always saying somelittle are coming for likeable Bill thing that you don’t expect. He’s Bixby, star of the MGM-TV views and he’s series, “Courtship of Eddie’s definite in his little Brandon “crazy” about Father.” He recently made his Cruz whoplaysthe role of Eddie debut as a directorof “Gifts Are in the TV series with him. For Giving,” a segmentof the something special,” series, and is elated at the he“He’sjust said. “I’m in love with him.” outcome. Utah Resident “J don’t think directing harms a harder to keepthefeel, the mood “] was thrilled with the snow,” “Narration is different “Tt was truly wonderful the and the special warmth of he said, “because I was born in role, I acting,” Basehart said. “As an actor performing a But as a way we were received in Las human relationships which I’ve San Francisco and had never impersonate a person andin a sense I became thatperson. Vegas last October,’’ Mann been told makes this series so reflected. “‘After the third day, successful.” we were sellout for the rest of There are rumorsthat he soon Basehart, most familiar to television audiences perhaps as the our two-week run.” (The group will be directing another star of the “Voyage to the Bottorn of the Sea” series, began his completed a return engagement segment. acting career on the stage and said thestagestili fascinates hirn. at the Sahara in January.) This newfieldin which Bill has In the ABC special,film clips venturedis notall this is giving When he wasn’t actually in front of the cameras for the Lincoln narration, he spent much ofhis time at Ford’s Theatre watching a and photographicstills augment the talented actor impetus in his — production company rehearsing “Arsenic and Old the music. And Fonda and Miss career. He also is planning a na Bailey are the stellar added special about a star on tour, “But the theatre is dying, isn’t it? How many good plays do they attractions. Fonda delivers a titled “So You Want to Be put on in a season in New York? Just six or seven.It’s a shame, but dramatic reading: honoring Famous.” This will show the it’s happening to the theatre all over the country,” Basehart Abraham Lincoln and Martin other side of fame in a career. Luther King, while Miss Bailey Besides that, he is talking with commented. on “Beonomics are a factor, of course. But the major problem is talks to seven small children ‘Movies of the whatthey think of America in an producer of that we just don’t have good plays today, and precious few go Week,” Aaron Spelling, about playwrights. And the play’s the thing today, just as it was in unusual question and answer doing onefor him. session. Lincoln’s time,” he concluded. very difficult narrator one has to be himself, and that’s always a thing for an actor.” to Michael McNeil, a man of ghetto origins who has risen to myrole as Eddie s father in the Bill lived in Logan,Utah, for magazine to spread the word series,” he says, “I try all the while when he was quite young. of his career, prompted Time familiar audiences for several years for his performances as a “heavy,” undertakes a sympathetic role in “Men at Law” as Devlin Sure, it’s not perfect, but it is JOHNNY MANN (FRONT)stars in “Stand Up And Cheer,” and series which will have its There’s a rags-to-riches story behind Johray Mann’s “Stand Up and Cheer,” Channel 4 special featuring the Johnny Mann Singers and special guest stars Henry Fonda and Pearl Bailey, airing Tuesday at 9 p.m. Mann’s musical show saluting America hadits start at a small church in North Hollywood, Calif. The big time was next. Following a preview per- still the greatest country in the world.” It wasn’t that agents and producers disagreed with Johnny Mann’s patriotic feelings, but convincing them that such a musical review would work was a problem. Johnny finally got the entertainment director of the Sahara Hotel to visit the little topical sometimes controversial cases, in ‘Men at Law,” new drama seen snow until we moved to Logan. The Morton people there were greatfor sleighs and skating. I was a rotten skater, but we had a regular ice rink right in our own backyard.” His interest in children came a through when he said that small town wasa better place to raise children. “fn San Francisco we kids had to go to public parks to see open spaces and greenery,” he said, “but in Logan, parks were all around us because every place youlooked, it was green.” (Continued on Page 2) as virtually his equal. The developing relationship between the two attorneys form a continuing pattern in the series. “Men at Law’ will be equipped to handle a wide variety of cases. It may defend an upper middle class woman or a Las Vegas billionaire, both accused of crimes calling for the death penalty. At the same time, the series will not lose sight of the ‘‘storefront” devoted to handling the legal problems of the impoverished, and some cases will be involved with that aspect ofthe firm’s activities. aase a TheBaily? Herald |