High on a mountainside in the Cascade Range, not far from Glacier Park, a bearded writer clicked off his three-dee set and sat in the darkness of his mist-enshrouded chalet. For many minutes he simply sat and thought.
Then he snapped his fingers and his voice recorder came rolling out of its slot on smoothly oiled little trunions.
“Take a letter,” he said to the simple-minded robot and its red ON light winked with electrical pleasure. “No, make it a telegram. To Ron Gabriel. The ‘puter has his address in its memory. Dear Ron: Have plenty of room up here in the hills if you need to get away from the flak. Come on up. The air’s clean and the women are dirty. What more can I say? Signed, Herb. Make it collect.”
And in Bernard Finger’s home in the exclusive Watts section of Greater Los Angeles, doctors shuttled in and out, like substitute players for the Honolulu Pineapples, manfully struggling to save the mogul of Titanic Productions from what appeared to be—from the symptoms—the world’s first case of manic convulsive paranoid cardiac insufficiency, with lockjaw on the side.
BARD SPINS AS “STARCROSSED” DRAGS
Variety
NEW THREE-DEE TECHNIQUE IS ONLY SOLID FEATURE OF “STARCROSSED”
NY Times-Herald-Voice
CAPSULE REVIEW
By Gerrold Saul
“The Starcrossed,” which premiered last night on nationwide network three-dee, is undoubtedly the worst piece of alleged drama ever foisted on the viewers.
Despite the gorgeous good looks of Rita Yearling and the stubborn handsomeness of hockey star Frankie Dulake, the show has little to offer. Ron Gabriel’s script—even disguised under a whimsical penname—has all the life and bounce of the proverbial lead dirigible. While the sets were adequate and the costumes arresting, the story made no sense whatsoever. And the acting was nonexistent. Stalwart though he may be in the hockey rink, Dulaq’s idea of drama is to peer into the cameras and grimace.
The technical feat of producing really solid three-dimensional images was impressive. Titanic Productions’ new technique will probably be copied by all the other studios, because it makes everything else look pale and wan by comparison.
If only the script had been equal to the electronics!
LA Free Press-News-Times
TV GUIDE
America’s Oldest and Most Respected Television Magazine
Contents
“The Starcrossed:” Can a Science Fiction Show Succeed by Spoofing Science Fiction?
Technical Corner: New Three-Dee Projection Technique Heralds End of “Blinking Blues”
The New Lineups: Networks Unveil “Third Season” Shows, and Prepare for “Fourth Season” in Seven Weeks
A Psychologist Warns: Portraying Love in Three-Dee Could Confuse Teenagers
Nielsen Reports: “Mongo’s Mayhem” and “Shoot-Out” Still Lead in Popularity
MITCH WESTERLY, MYSTERY MAN OF TELEVISION
Playperson
WHY RITA YEARLING CRIED WHEN SHE FLEW TO TORONTO
TV Love Stars
DULAQ NOT SCORING, CANADIAN MAPLE STARS NOT WINNING
Sporting News
CAN A GAY PORTRAY A STRAIGHT ON TV? AND IF SO, WHY?
