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When "Lady" passed on unexpectedly, followed by Marshall's wife, "he was devastated," Van Dyke said. Only after an extensive recovery program at the local strip joints did he regain his vigor. "I said, 'I heard you're in love again. Who is it?'" Van Dyke says. "He said, 'Go to the drugstore and pick up this month's Playboy...
Three seventyish friends in the oil business were having lunch at the Petroleum Club one day when the Smith case came up in conversation. Gold digging is a hazard of success, they said. But that never stopped Marshall, said Gene Van Dyke, who owns millions of acres of drilling rights off the west coast of Africa. "I knew his previous mistress, 'Lady' Diane Baker. He met her in a titty bar too, and was madly in love. When you've got that kind of money, blowing $15 million or $20 million on some nimbo bimbo is nothing. His wife...
...would anyone risk it--above all, conservative CBS, where the preserved head of Dick Van Dyke will be solving murders into the 22nd century? Because these programs garnered a third to half of the total audience in Europe. "You can't argue with that kind of success," says Moonves, who hopes they'll hit big in summer, as Who Wants to Be a Millionaire...
...Dyke thinks he can boost revenues by further developing the BBC's filmmaking potential, among other things. The BBC has already successfully released Mrs. Brown, which starred Judi Dench as Queen Victoria. The film earned her an Oscar nomination and the BBC $15 million worldwide. There are plans to seek joint ventures for other films, probably with U.S. studios and distributors...
...billion a year is spent on making TV programs that in turn earn some $700 million in export revenues. Says media expert Davis: "In the BBC, Britain probably has one of the most powerful, dynamic and aggressive public-sector businesses anywhere in Europe and maybe in the world." Dyke plans to make the venerable institution leaner, meaner and much more dynamic...