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SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES (NBC, 9-11:30 p.m.). James Stewart and Kim Novak in Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo...
...shows had to go. And with one eye fixed on the ratings, network executives guillotined a number of old standbys. Mr. Ed has finally closed his trap. Jack Benny will have no regular show for the first time since he started on radio 33 years ago. Neither will Alfred Hitchcock, Jack Paar, Bing Crosby or Joey Bishop. Also missing will be the sophisticated Rogues, the historically interesting Profiles in Courage, and the always dramatically cogent Defenders. Among the whole haul of new shows, only one appears in concept to have any chance of duplicating the originality of that departed trio...
...fans as "the Fifth Beatle," and has been included in the Beatles' impending movie), he should know what's happening. His show for Sarge's Office of Economic Opportunity had almost as big a rating as the two opposing programs (Ben Casey and Alfred Hitchcock) combined. What next? How about a rumble, televised live...
...mistake." What Selznick did be lieve in was quality, talent and free-spending, and it turned out to be a formula that gave Hollywood some of its finest hours. Selznick's Bill of Divorcement introduced Katharine Hepburn to films; Freddy Bartholomew was discovered for David Copperfield; Alfred Hitchcock was imported to direct Rebecca...
...everywhere in Asia. They blink in neon from signs that share the skyline with Bangkok's temple spires and from plump helium balloons in the skies over Taipei. Billboards in Rangoon hymn a product called "Monkey Brain Tonic." In Thailand, such popular TV shows as Alfred Hitchcock and The Deputy are often interrupted by commercials that run up to 15 minutes, and many of the country's 80 commercial radio stations carry eight-minute plugs-partly because time sells for as little as $1 a minute...