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Ever willing to clutch at straws, movie people have been more than anxious to clutch at the hairy hide of the wonderfully exploitable gorilla who is not only house-high but has a soul as well. Ever since production was announced, King Kong had the potential to be what the industry annually requires, a "big bopper." as they say in the trade. A genuine big bopper is something on the order of The Godfather, The Exorcist, The Sting or, to name the film most like Kong, Jaws. It should generate domestic grosses of $50 million to $100 million and, almost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HERE COMES KING KONG | 10/25/1976 | See Source »

Base-hit bleeders, bad hops in the infield, and rare errors by Joe Morgan and Dave Conception paved a yellow brick basepath early for the Yankees. However, the best the Bronx Bombers could manage were two scattered runs in the first and fifth innings on clutch hits by Chris Chambliss and Thurman Munson...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Seeing Red(S) | 10/22/1976 | See Source »

...just a beautiful, clutch shot in a desperate spot," Radcliffe captain Ann Dupuis said yesterday. Along with the goal she notched in the first half, the winning effort left Mleczko with 10 of the 17 tallies the team has totalled this season...

Author: By David Clarke, | Title: Stickwomen Edge Big Green, 3-2 | 10/18/1976 | See Source »

...Hollywood's reigning young liberal Stanley Kramer. Now, his pictures and career faded, all he does is apologize and explain with a slight tremble. Trumbo's pictures were no better than Dmytryk's for the most part (his dialogue stank) but he had his integrity and his anger to clutch to, and it kept him a man to the end. Alvah Bessie never got another script job again--he stage managed the Hungry in San Francisco for $80.00 a week; still he had his anger. Albert Maltz speaks in the film with broad gestures and soft strength. Dmytryk trembles...

Author: By Peter Kaplan, | Title: Lots of singing... Not much dancing | 10/14/1976 | See Source »

First Base--Tony Perez hit only .260 and had an off year for the Reds, and Richie "Crash" Allen struggled with a shoulder injury all season. On a hunch that Crash will come through in the clutch for the first time in his career, a slight edge here to the Phils...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: PLAY BALL! The Pennant Fights Begin | 10/9/1976 | See Source »

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