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Saturday Cinema Double Bill: Old Acquaintance

on BBC Two England

starring
Bette Davis
Miriam Hopkins Bette Davis is a 'serious' novelist respected by the literary establishment and Miriam Hopkins is her friend from childhood who becomes a successful pulp novelist. The two women's rivalry is played out over the years to a conclusion which surprises them both.
Screenplay by JOHN VAN DRUTEN and LENORE COFFEE from the play by JOHN VAN DRUTEN Produced by HENRY BLANKE
Directed by VINCENT SHERMAN and at 3.30
The Pleasure of His
Company starring
Fred Astaire
Debbie Reynolds Lilli Palmer Pogo Poole , a rich ageing playboy, arrives unexpectedly in San
Francisco for his daughter's wedding. His ex-wife and her new husband are less than pleased when he sweeps his daughter,
Jessica, off her feet with exciting talk of the European high-life - threatening her marriage to the local rancher.
Screenplay by SAMUEL TAYLOR Produced by WILLIAM PERLBERG Directed by GEORGE SEATON
• FILMS: page 19

Contributors

Unknown:
Bette Davis
Unknown:
Miriam Hopkins
Unknown:
Bette Davis
Unknown:
Miriam Hopkins
Unknown:
John van Druten
Unknown:
Lenore Coffee
Play By:
John van Druten
Produced By:
Henry Blanke
Directed By:
Vincent Sherman
Unknown:
Fred Astaire
Unknown:
Debbie Reynolds
Unknown:
Lilli Palmer
Unknown:
Pogo Poole
Unknown:
Samuel Taylor
Produced By:
William Perlberg
Directed By:
George Seaton
Katherine Marlowe:
Bette Davis
Millie Drake:
Miriam Hopkins
Rudd Kendall:
Gig Young
Preston Drake:
John Loder
Deirdre:
Dolores Moran
Lucian Grant:
Philip Reed
Belle Carter:
Anne Revere
Harriet:
Ester Dale
Mademoiselle:
Ann Codee
Biddeford Togo' Poole:
Fred Astaire
Jessica Poole:
Debbie Reynolds
Katherine Dougherty:
Lilli Palmer
Roger Henderson:
Tab Hunter
James Dougherty:
Gary Merrill
Mackenzie Savage:
Charles Ruggles
Toy HAROLD FONG Mrs Mooney:
Elvia Allman

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