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...phenomenon is not peculiar to those people who have never been interested in sports in general. It also encompasses those who read Leigh Montville daily and entertain themselves frequently by playing catch. The number-of fans who remain faithful to professional baseball has dropped alarmingly...

Author: By Andy Doctoroff, | Title: Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio? | 4/8/1983 | See Source »

Gags, puns and impersonations of celebrities from Vivien Leigh to Rodney Dangerfield abound throughout the show, occasionally detracting from the seriousness of the parables when they get out of hand. As Jesus tells his disciples that if a man takes their shirts, they should give him their coats, one character chimes in with. "Give 'em your tired, give 'em your poor," while another is shushed by his friend when he adds, "Give 'em hell." One particularly moving exchange is Christ's response to a character's complaint that she is an only child, "So am I," he says...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: All for the Best | 2/12/1983 | See Source »

Laurence Olivier talks about life, acting and Vivien Leigh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Confessions of a Real Actor | 11/15/1982 | See Source »

...Spicoli (Sean Penn) is a premature beach bum with a glutinous Valley Boy drawl; he believes that "surfing is a way of life, man-a way of looking at a wave and saying, 'Hey, let's party.' " Linda (Phoebe Cates) and Stacy (Jennifer Jason Leigh) are sweet-faced sexual adventurers on the prowl for men and finding only boys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: School Daze | 9/13/1982 | See Source »

...Norman Bates is back. It is 22 years since the friendly motelkeeper played by Anthony Perkins, 50, was led away to a California mental institution after his classic bathroom murder of Janet Leigh, 55, in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. Middle-aged and pronounced cured, Norman has returned to town and wants to revamp his sagging hostelry. Directed by Richard Franklin, 34, who worked with Hitchcock as a student, Psycho II picks up the few surviving characters from the master's original. Vera Miles, 51, returns as Leigh's sister, "and Mom is definitely six feet under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Aug. 16, 1982 | 8/16/1982 | See Source »

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