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starring
Dennis O'Keefe Helen Walker
June Havoc.
Monty Brewster has just inherited eight million dollars. The condition is that he must spend exactly one million in two months or forfeit the entire estate ...
Screenplay by SIEGFRIED HERSIG .
CHARLES ROGERS , WILKIE MAHONEY Based on the novel by GEORGE BARR MCCUTCHEON and the play by WINCHELL SMITH and BYRON ONGLEY
Produced by EDWARD SMALL Directed by ALLAN DWAN
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Contributors

Unknown:
Dennis O'Keefe
Unknown:
Helen Walker
Unknown:
Monty Brewster
Play By:
Siegfried Hersig
Unknown:
Charles Rogers
Unknown:
Wilkie Mahoney
Novel By:
George Barr McCutcheon
Play By:
Winchell Smith
Play By:
Byron Ongley
Produced By:
Edward Small
Directed By:
Allan Dwan
Monty Brewster:
Dennis O'Keefe
Peggy Gray:
Helen Walker
Jackson:
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Trixie Summers:
June Havoc
Barbara Drew:
Gail Patrick
Michael Michaelovich:
Mishca Auer
Hacky Smith:
Joe Sawyer

Introduced by David Icke. Sporting Choice - 1988
Your chance to pick the sporting highlights of the past 12 months.
There's a lot to choose from: Seve's final round at Lytham, Sandy's victory at the Masters perhaps; maybe Wimbledon's triumphs at Wembley; there's Steffi's 'Grand Slam' and Celtic's 'double'. It's been a great year for Steve Davis , too.
And what about the medal-winning performances from the Olympics?
Write in advance of the programme to:
Sport on Friday, BBCtv, London W12 8QT
Producer MARK SCHOFIELD including at
3.00pm News and Weather
3.50-4.00pm
News and Weather
Regional News and Weather

Contributors

Introduced By:
David Icke.
Unknown:
Steve Davis
Producer:
Mark Schofield

in a comedy double bill. Come Clean
Stan's innocent desire for ice-cream results in an undesirable attachment when Ollie fishes a drowning waif from the river.
Directed by JAMES w. HORNE and at 4.20pm
Bohemian Girl
Stan and Ollie, a pair of gypsy scoundrels, unwittingly become the guardians of the kidnapped daughter of Count Arnheim in this delightful comic operetta.
Directed by JAMES W . HORNE and CHARLES ROGERS
Produced by HAL ROACH
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Contributors

Directed By:
James W Horne
Directed By:
Charles Rogers
Produced By:
Hal Roach
Stan Laurel:
Himself
Oliver Hardy:
Himself
Gypsy queen's daughter:
Thelma Todd
Devilshoof:
Antonio Moreno Arline (adult) Jacqueline Wells/julie Bishop
Mrs Hardy:
Mae Busch
Captain Finn:
James Finlayson
Foppish nobleman:
Eddie Borden
Gypsy queen:
Zeffie Tilbury

VIII Paralympic Games
The 1988 Olympic Games has been dubbed 'the greatest games of modern times', while the Paralympics, which also took place in Seoul, have been called 'the greatest disabled Olympics ever'. Just a fortnight after the Olympic Games ended,
242 British athletes joined 3,000 competitors from 60 countries for this celebration of achievement. The team returned home with no less than 182 medals, including 62 gold.
Cliff Morgan was in Korea to meet the athletes and hear their stories. Among them, 16-year-old Simon Jackson from Rochdale has a tale to tell and a tune to play, in spite of being almost blind. His sporting exploits in judo are legendary, while in music, Simon has written and played the signature tune for this programme. Cameraman IAN KENNEDY Sound JULIAN BALDWIN
Film editor TIM CAWSTON Producer JEFF GODDARD

Contributors

Unknown:
Cliff Morgan
Unknown:
Simon Jackson
Unknown:
Ian Kennedy
Unknown:
Sound Julian Baldwin

Lauren Bacall , widow and co-star of screen legend
Humphrey Bogart , hosts this celebration of the man and his films with the help of friends and colleagues, including
Katharine Hepburn , John Huston
Van Johnson , Alistair Cooke and Ingrid Bergman.
Illustrated with clips from his numerous films, rarely seen out-takes and home movie footage, this new documentary attempts to explain the popularity of an unlikely superstar.
Directed by DAVID HEALEY Written by JOHN L. MILLER Produced by DAVID HEALEY and JOAN KRAMER
A TURNER PRODUCTION
(A season of Humphrey Bogart films starts on Boxing Day with 'The Maltese Falcon at 00pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Lauren Bacall
Unknown:
Humphrey Bogart
Unknown:
Katharine Hepburn
Unknown:
John Huston
Unknown:
Van Johnson
Unknown:
Alistair Cooke
Unknown:
Ingrid Bergman.
Directed By:
David Healey
Written By:
John L. Miller
Produced By:
David Healey
Produced By:
Joan Kramer

Last of the series.
Introduced by Jonathan King. New York
JK requests the pleasure of your company as a guest at Tony and Tina's Wedding. An off-Broadway audience participation show depicting a lower-class Italian wedding, this has become the hit of the season. The first half takes place in the church then everyone wanders round to Vinnies for the reception.
JK also looks at chat shows in New York, from the appallingly outrageous Morton Downey to the rather nice Regis Philbin. He meets Joan Rivers , recently fired from her own show, and New York resident and sometime Rolling Stone Keith Richards.
Film editor NINA TIMPERI
Videotape editor ROGER MARTIN Produced and directed by GORDON ELSBURY

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jonathan King. New York
Unknown:
Morton Downey
Unknown:
Regis Philbin.
Unknown:
Joan Rivers
Unknown:
Keith Richards.
Editor:
Roger Martin
Directed By:
Gordon Elsbury

The Unforgettable Nat King Cole
When Nat King Cole died in 1965, the world lost its greatest ballad singer. Last year, 22 years after his death, When I Fall in Love reached number 4 in the British charts.
This portrait traces the singer's life from his birthplace in Alabama through his early career as a brilliant young jazz pianist in Chicago to world famous vocalist.
Tonight's programme includes vintage film of Cole talking and performing his best loved songs with contributions from his wife Maria, and his daughter
Natalie, and from friends and colleagues including Harry Belafonte , Ella Fitzgerald ,
Quincy Jones , Buddy Greco , Eartha Kitt , Oscar Peterson and Frank Sinatra who says: 'I just wanted to sound as good as Nat - I don't know if! made it'.
Film editor COLIN KNUFF Producer JO LUSTIG
Director ALAN LEWENS
Series editors ANTHONY WALL and NIGEL FINCH
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Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Belafonte
Unknown:
Ella Fitzgerald
Unknown:
Quincy Jones
Unknown:
Buddy Greco
Unknown:
Eartha Kitt
Unknown:
Oscar Peterson
Unknown:
Frank Sinatra
Editor:
Colin Knuff
Producer:
Jo Lustig
Director:
Alan Lewens

starring Gene Kelly Leslie Caron.
Jerry, an American painter living in Paris, is loved by the rich and beautiful Milo.
Perversely he falls in love with a poor orphan who is engaged to somebody else ... This classic musical with a score by George and Ira
Gershwin introduced Leslie Caron to the screen as the ideal dancing partner to the incomparable Gene Kelly.
Screenplay and story by ALAN JAY LERNER
Produced by ARTHUR FREED
Directed by VINCENTE MINNELLI
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Contributors

Unknown:
Gene Kelly
Unknown:
Leslie Caron.
Unknown:
Leslie Caron
Unknown:
Gene Kelly.
Story By:
Alan Jay Lerner
Produced By:
Arthur Freed
Directed By:
Vincente Minnelli
Jerry Mulligan:
Gene Kelly
Lise Bourvier:
Leslie Caron
Adam Cook:
Oscar Levant
Henri:
Georges Guetary

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