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...cats in her Paris suburb, writes daily letters to herself, lives in a mansion and worries equally about her 9-ft. feather boa and the loss, many years past, of her only lover. She would seem to be easy prey for a cartel of international shysters (Yul Brynner, Paul Henreid,* Charles Boyer, Donald Pleasence and Oscar Homolka among them) who have discovered oil under the old lady's property. But she will not be moved, and she wins the aid of some colorful companions-a ragpicker (Danny Kaye), a waitress (Nanette Newman) and a young student activist (Richard Chamberlain...
Prominent among the innumerable faults of this lumpish production is some of the most embarrassing acting of the year. Pleasence and, surprisingly, Brynner are both amusing, but Danny Kaye performs as if he were addressing a fund-raising rally for UNICEF. As for Katharine Hepburn, she has long since shrouded herself in her mannerisms. If anyone parodied her as outrageously as she parodies herself, she could easily sue for libel...
WEDNESDAY NIGHT MOVIE (ABC, 8:30-11:05 p.m.). Deborah Kerr, as Governess Anna Leonowens, squares off against Yul Brynner in his Oscar-winning performance as Siam's petulant but engaging monarch in Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King...
Eugene Paul Getty, son of Oil Billionaire J. Paul Getty, also lives in Marrakesh. Regular Moroccan visitors include Queen Fabiola of Belgium, Baron Guy de Rothschild, Barbara Hutton, Yul Brynner, David! Rockefeller, Lee Radziwill, Fiat Boss Gianni Agnelli and Author Truman Capote, who advises anyone contemplating a Moroccan trip to "have yourself vaccinated against typhoid, liquidate your bank account, and say goodbye to your friends. God knows when you will see them again...
SUNDAY NIGHT MOVIE (ABC, 9-11:30 p.m.). The King and I (1956). Film adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway musical, starring Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr...