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Show Monday. September!!). 1984 THE HERALD. Provo. Utah. Angela Lansbury Dives Info Weekly TV Series - AcHOLLYWOOD (UPI) knowledging that "television is no longer the questionable word it was," stage and screen actress Angela Lansbury has plunged into a weekly series on the eve of her 59th birthday. Miss Lansbury will play a dowager detective in Murder, She CBS entry Wrote, an hour-lon- g this fall. d As Jessica Fletcher, the actress plays a middle-age- d g widow who writes a mystery novel and discovers her bent for solving real life mysteries. "She travels a great deal," Miss Lansbury said in her impeccable native British accent. "She writes a new mystery every year and hits the talk show circuit. Wherever she goes there is an interesting murder near at hand. "Jessica solves murders by devious and clever means, using her womanly intuition. She is a wide-ope- easy to turn out TV shows by formula like packaged cheese. I wanted to sidestep that, and I have. "There is no violence in our episodes. Jessica finds herself in physical jeopardy but not confronted by physical combat. One never sees the murder committed, only the aftermath. There are no car chases either. much-honore- best-sellin- n, broad-minde- intelligent d, woman of the 80s, not an eccentric. "I chose this show carefully because I wanted to be associated with a quality production. It's "This is a closed-en- d mystery show. Viewers don't know who the murderer is until Jessica does. It's mystery in the good sense. A game viewers can play." Murder, She Wrote will bring to mind the misadventures of Miss Marple, Agatha Christie's marvelous female detective, a role Miss Lansbury portrayed in The Mirror Crack d several years ago. She cheerfully admits the movie may have inspired the TV series but says the only similarity that Jessica and Miss Marple pen to be middle-agemystery solvers. is hap- women d Miss Lansbury is the only actress to win four Tony Awards, Broadway's highest accolade i for Mame, Dear World, Gypsy and Sweeney Todd and captured three best supporting actress Oscar nominations. One would suspect her fame, wealth and years might forestall the arduous demands of a weekly drama series. Indeed, Miss Lansbury finds herself exhausted after completing only three episodes, working hours at day at Universal Studios five days a week. Because she is the only regular member of the cast, she finds herself in almost every scene with precious few free days. She has rented a home in Brentwood and has time only to work, eat, sleep and study her lines. "It's a monstrous work load," she said with a tired smile. "The hardest work I've ever done, including long touring companies in musical productions. Both demand discipline, energy and a sense of never letting go. "When I said I wanted to do this series people asked if I were crazy. I didn't know what they were talking about. Now I do. "As the saying goes, you've got to be in it to win it. And I want to win it." 12-1- 4 S- - f - ft We 9 v 4 n Movie Tells Gypsy's Story - MOVIE: 'Fighting Coast Guard' O World War a Coast Guard commander is joined by top Washington journalists analyzing the week s news. Dur- a hardened Calrfornian into a fine man. Bnan Donlevy, Ella Raines, Forrest Tucker. 1951. O - MOVIE: St. John, Richard Come. 1967. - Puttin' on the Hits O- - MOVIE: 'Threesome' A man, recently separated from his wife, tries to put his life back together by taking on New York City's singles scene. Stephen Collins. Deborah 'Roots' Part 5 6:00 P.M. - - MOVIE: 'Tony Rome' A private eye Q searches for stolen jewels Frank Sinatra, Jill O 2:30 P.M. O O - News O - Wheel of Fortune O - Dr. Who O - MacNeilLehrer News hour QD 8:00 P.M. II, uses pressure to turn Raf-fi- Joel Higgms. 1984. O - WeatherHail 8:30P.M. O - Mercur To Be Announced 6:30 P.M. 9:00 P.M. - Oil Kingdoms 'The Petrodollar Coast.' Tonight's program looks at the countries, the cities and the societies that have CD Paul Duke journalists ana- joined by top Washington the week's news. QD - NBC Major League Baseball: JIP lyzing 7:00 P.M. O - America Staying Alive - Benson Benson and the governor help O Denise deliver her stuck when emerged in tiie Persian Gulf after the rapid input of petrodollars. (R) (60 mm.) Closed Captioned QD - Gunsmoke 10:00 P.M. OOQ - News Rabbit in an elevator at the hospital. (R) Closed Cap- - Crusader Q CD - O QD they get tioned - Saturday's the Place This program previews the Fall children's lineup which will premiere on September 15. - Wall Street Week Louis Rukeyser analyzes the '80s with a weekly review of economic and investment matters. CD - MOVIE: 'Doll Face' Setting her sights on becoming a 'legitimate' star, a stripper writes a book about her life in burlesque that launches her toward the Great White Way. Vivian Blaine. Dennis O'Keefe, Perry Como. 1946. O Webster gets caught O - Webster battle betwnen his his Uncle Phillip. Q.-Bu- gs (R) up in a godparents and Closed Captioned Bunny Mystery peeiai Q - VVasTiln'gWn'Week'rteview Patrol . PVufCuke 11:30P.M. O - Alice O - Fantasy Island 12:00 A.M. O - Friday Night Videos - MOVIE: 'Hustle' A Los Angeles police Q detective falls in love with a call and tries Ask your local lumber in which sne lives. Burt Heynolds, Catherine Deneuve. 1976. O - Thicks 12:30 A.M. Allred Builders of the Night Aspen Nursery Burdick Lumber 1:30 A.M. Q - Rock 'n America O - Faces 2:15A.M. O - CNN Headline News Q- 2:30 A.M. Tonight Green Bay Packers: The Grandstand Franchise The history and the early struggles of the Green Bay Packers football team 4:30 A.M. O O - Hawaii Fhe-' Ernst Home Center Grand Central Green Acres Nursery Kolob Lumber Peck Builders Money's Home Center Nephi Lumber Skaggs Drug Standard Builders Stringham Hardware Utah Service Watts Lumber M. D. GOODWILL TV Prompt Service Shop or Home SCORES OF Discounts to Senior Citizens 11:00 P.M. - Carol Burnett and I products 3:00 A.M. - Marcus Welby. Q CEMENT Music Magazine O - MOVIE: 'My Buddy' -- Cubco 2:00 A.M. Tonight Show Tonight's guest is George Burns, with guest host Joan Rivers. (60 min.) O - Entertainment O M'ASH - Dr. Who Q CD - or garden supply dealer to save her from the corrupt world 10:30 P.M. O lesque house to the stage of a legitimate theatre. Based on the career of Gypsy Rose Lee. George Segal, Eva Marie Saint, Sterling Hayden. 1970. QD - MOVIE: 'Cheyenne Autumn' The Cheyenne Indians return to their native grounds in a struggle that arouses the entire American nation. Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, James Stewart. 1964. - are examined. (60 min.) 7:30 P.M. custody Nightly Business Report - CHiPs 11. The film tells the story of the of a stripper from a bur- rise him financial independence. girl O - Program JIP O - Austin City Limits Q -- PM Magazine O Family Feud O - Prime Access - Washington WeekReview O is baby musical-co- Friday 12:00 P.M. ing Vivian Blaine and Dennis O'Keefe star in the 1946 medy, Doll Face, Friday Channel at 7 p.m. on KBYU-T- Friends 0 ff2 - MdftE:'ovfnqf A freelance artist arranges a business deal which would bring LF 225-755- 790 $. 0 State, Orem u JOBS MADE EASY JM |
