Contents
COVER:
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
FEATURES :
Musical GREASE - They had hoods in those days; they wore taps, pegged pants, and they bullied the girls. The movie of GREASE brings it back with song and dance (Pix include John Travolta, Stockard Channing, Jamie Donnelly, Dinah Manoff, Olivia Newton-John, director Randal Kleiser, choreographer Patricia Birch).
MGM. The Lion Finds New Game - Production at the famous studio is on the rise, and there's a Las Vegas connection (Pix include Mark Hamill, Genevieve Bujold, Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Greta Garbo, Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, William Powell, Mryna Loy, Porter Hall).
Good Morning, Lanesville - From Lanesville, New York, the people with portapaks bring you Harriet, a docufantasy, and Harold's Bar Mitzvah, Audience, maybe three hundred. But why is this important? (Pix include Joel Gold, Bart Friedman, Shigeko Kubota).
ROBERT ASHLEY - Studs Terkel of the Avant Garde.
Dialogue on Film: GEORGE CUKOR discusses the fine art of dealing with stars - males, females and couples (Pix include Judy Garland, Katharine Hepburn, Greta Garbo, Florence Nash, Phyllis Povah, Rosalind Russell, Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer, Paulette Goddard, Mary Boland, Joan Fontaine, Audrey Hepburn, Mitzi Gaynor, Kay Kendall, Taina Elg, Judy Halliday, Robert Taylor, John Barrymore, Rex Harrison, Cary Grant, Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Broderick Crawford, Spencer Tracy, Melvyn Douglas, Aldo Ray, Ruth Hussey, James Stewart, Cicely Tyson, Elizabeth Taylor).
My Criticism, My Politics (by Andrew Sarris) - The noted critic examines the war inside himself.
About Television: Music and the Medium.
The Noble Hours of Brazilian Television (Pix include Isabel Ribeiro, Elza Gomes, Bete Faria, Carlos Poyart, Christiane Torloni, Francisco Cuoco, Laura Soveral).
Letter From a Small Island (by Elsa Barnuow) - What happens when a television miniseries disembarks its cast and crew on an out-of-the-way island?
Festival Report: New York - Lincoln Center's annual film festival has become a cultural obligation (Pix include Bruno Ganz, Angela Molina).
Inner Circles: A Look at the Laurels - Top screenwriters are honored by their peers.
Explorations: The Spaced-Out World of DOUGLAS TRUMBULL.
