Summary

HOLLYWOOD ON THE LINE - RODDY McDOWALL

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Title: HOLLYWOOD ON THE LINE - RODDY McDOWALL
File Number: GL-27 16mm Beta SP
Color: B W
Type: Television
Year: 01/01/1950
Description: B W 1950s Episode of an early television program, in which the host, Bob LeMond, interviews celebrities in their homes over the telephone. This edition features an interview with a young Roddy McDowall, years before his landmark performance in "Planet of the Apes." Roddy answers the telephone in a bathrobe, then hides in embarrassment (the program maintains the fiction that the stars are being viewed through a special "televiewer") he re-emerges fully dressed, and continues the interview while sitting in a book-lined study. He shows us his stamp collection and collection of ship models, and introduces his parents and sister. 00:19:28:00 B W 1950s ecu Miniature model of a human skull, a novelty item finger touches its jawbone, which swivels voice on soundtrack (Roddy McDowell) says "Alas, poor Yorick."
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