TV & VIDEO - March 31, 1988
“L.A. Law’s” resident heartthrob Harry Hamlin is set to reprise the role of an exploited movie star originated by Jack Palance when “American Playhouse” remakes the 1955 sizzler “The Big Knife,” originally a Clifford Odets play. Also reported to be seriously considering the role of Hamlin’s wife, played by Ida Lupino in director Robert Aldrich’s film: Theresa Russell. The new “Knife” is scheduled to hurry into production in April in London under the direction of John Jacobs and is scheduled to air on PBS in June.
For the record:
12:00 a.m. April 1, 1988 MORNING REPORT AMPLIFICATIONS By DEBORAH CAULFIELD, Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation’s press
Los Angeles Times Friday April 1, 1988 Home Edition Calendar Part 6 Page 2 Column 2 Entertainment Desk 2 inches; 65 words Type of Material: Column; Brief; Correction
Harry Hamlin will not star in a London production of “The Big Knife,” as reported Thursday. According to Hamlin’s publicist, Hamlin was forced to drop out of the production to do additional work on “L.A. Law,” left scrambling for scripts because of the writers’ strike. “He would have loved to, but he just couldn’t,” she said. Hamlin will star as a senator in “Favorite Son,” an NBC mini-series set to air prior to the presidential elections in November.
--DEBORAH CAULFIELD
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