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...role for Merle Haggard. On March 25, over ABC, he will make his dramatic debut in a TV movie of Mark Twain's classic. He will play Duke, the sweet-talking con man. His country music fans may be disappointed. "I wouldn't want to mix singin' in with the actin'," explains Merle. "That way, if I mess up, I can at least salvage something for my career...
...stops performing. On the set, directing one of his own gags, he crumples to the floor and lies there clutching his sides with laughter. Between takes he lurches into an imaginary swordfight with one of his actors. Minutes later he is airily winging it through Gene Kelly's Singin 'in the Rain dance sequence, crying at top volume, "Fellini and Dick Lester are great directors, but are they tops in taps...
...Singin' in the Rain. Friday and Saturday...
...Singin' in the Rain...
...that are smart, funny and piquant. Because Donen's films are usually so polished, there is a tendency to think of him as a specialist in after-dinner-mint amusements, but that designation does him an injustice. It ignores the abounding vitality and brassiness of On the Town, Singin' in the Rain and It's Always Fair Weather -all co-directed with Gene Kelly, and each among the greatest of film musicals. The Little Prince is the work of a master of the musical form...