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Among the menaced: Stewardess Karen Black, who squawks through the pilot's radio to Airline Biggie-and her lover of six years-Charlton Heston, as he tries to effect a mid-air rescue; Medical Problem Linda Blair, who is supposed to have a kidney in need of a transplant but seems to suffer more acutely from an Ipana smile and a crinkly nose; and Singing Nun Helen Reddy, who croons a tune that goes "I'm a best friend to myself." To know who finally saves the day you have only to check who gets top billing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Crash Landing | 11/4/1974 | See Source »

Paris Correspondent George Taber has interviewed French President Giscard three times in the past fifteen months-including one mid-air talk on Giscard's campaign plane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Oct. 28, 1974 | 10/28/1974 | See Source »

...together at a show to demonstrate how a chemist will link molecules together to make fibers for, say, Du Pont. Sometimes I float my wife in the air to emphasize the lightness of a fabric." Conjurer Milbourne Christopher, historian of the art, has floated a cake of soap in mid-air for Procter & Gamble, and produced a sales manager out of an empty box for American Motors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Magic Boom: New Sorcery | 7/22/1974 | See Source »

...Gardner, which scission will be offered complete with enormous loudspeakers installed in the theater to ensure a seat-shaking rumble for the audience. Universal will also release Airport 1975, a sequel to its earlier high-and-mightily profitable Airport. In this terminal picture, Earthquake Survivor Heston attempts a mid-air transfer from a helicopter to aid Stewardess Karen Black in landing a disabled and pilotless 747. Later the studio will re-create the burning of the Hindenburg, with George C. Scott and a specially built 60-ft. demidirigible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: A Preview of Coming Afflictions | 6/10/1974 | See Source »

...ensues a battle which erases any doubt that Undershaft might not be "an infernal old rascal." As the single act draws to a close and Ellen Anderman unconvincingly projects Major Barbara's breakdown, the lingering image of the triumphant Undershaft provides a good conclusion for a play left in mid-air...

Author: By James Cramer, | Title: Bringing in the Sheaves | 5/10/1974 | See Source »

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