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10, ENTERTAINMENT, THE HERALD, Wed. Jan: 26, 1977 ©

Jessica Lange,

a Handful Even for Kong.

Since its release in
1933, King Kong has
become an epitome of
- the Hollywood Epic. The
great ape has heen
idolised in everything
from cartgons to ad-
campaigns. People who
have never seen the
original movie know the
plot,
Special effects lie at
the heart of the movie's
appeal - people are
curious how Hollywood
eould take on a forty
foot ape and make him
seem real. Members of
the loyal cult that grew
up round the original
film, can hardly resist

the latest bid to make
Kong come to life, with
all the latest in special-
effects techniques.
Possibly the most
remarkable piece of
Kong-craft is: the giant
hydraulically operated
arms employed mainly
to pick up and caress
Jessica Lange, who
plays Kong's reluctant
sweetheart. ;
Playing a romantic
leading lady opposite
King Kong may not be
everybody’s dream, yet
when Kong died in New
York after taking the
plunge off the World
Trade Centre, Jessica

Lange
sad. Certainly, Kong has
greater charm than he
‘did 43 years ago. He no
longer gnaws distracted-
ly on human beings as
he did when he got anx-

found herself

ious in the original
screen play. One of his
most solicitous mo-
ments occurs when
Lange, trying to escape
him, falls in a mud pud-
die. Tenderly he picks
her up and carries her
to a waterfall. dunks her
in the pool below, then
still cupping her in his

paws, blows her dry
with several mighty.
breaths.

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Bob Warner stars
as “Hank” |

ON CBC-TV’S FOR THE
RECORD

What do you do if you’ve
spent years building a
modestly successful
business and.you suddenly
discover everything you've
worked for threatened by
Big Business and . Big

* _ Labor? :

bal! you're Hank, you fight

ck,

Hank is the title character
in a hard-hitting journalistic
drama to be telecast on
CBC’s For The Record
series Sunday, January 30 at
9 p.m. The original tereplay
by Don Bailey and Ralph L.
Thomas is directed by Don
Haldane and stars Bob
Warner, Florence Paterson
and Richard Donat.

Hank is an average

‘ middle-aged guy who works
hard at the fresh produce
wholesale business he's

built up over 35 years. To -

relax he likes to visit a local

ub with his wife, sit in with

is banjo in a few dixieland
sets, and enjoy a beer with
some of the long-time pals
among his employees. He’s
reached the stage where he
can afford a new car every
two years or so and spend a

' couple of winter weeks with

his wife holidaying in
Florida. -

But his credit rating at the
bank will only allow him to
modernize his outdated
facilities at the plant over a

period of time, so it’s rough |

going competing with large-
scale competitors and
trying to match their union-
negotiated salaries.

Hank’s real troubles begin
when a large international
wholesale operation ad-
jacent to his decides to
expand its facilities and
begins to sell at a loss
temporarily. to lure Hank’s
customers away and force

- him to sell out. To add to his

problems, a short-sighted
union official who wants to
organize his employees
persuades them to demand
that Hank immediately
match his competitor's
wages.

When the bank turas down
his request for a bigger loan
to replace outdated
equipment, Hank is forced
to mortgage his home just to
keep the business geing. But
Big Business and Big Labor
finally join forces to achieve
their mutual goals. Hank’s -
workers walk off the job to
form picket lines, and
violence flares up. A
desperate Hank finds
himself caught in an ever-
tightening squeeze that
jeopardizes his life’s work.

Versatile Bob Warner,
who plays the title role in
Hank, has appeared in °
numerous television and
theatrical productions and
became a familiar face to
millions of Canadians for his
continuing rote as the cop in
CBC-TV’s long-running
game show, This Is the Law.
Florence Paterson, who
plays Hank’s understanding
wife, drew critical acclaim
for her work in such
relatively recent CBC-TV
dramas as Freedom of the
City, and Of the Fields,
Lately. .
Series producer of For the
Record is Ralph L. Thomas.

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