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Hobbit Bilbo Baggins has a thing for rings—whelher they turn up
magically ina tunnel (top) or are blown by the master of wizardry
Gandall (below) in 'THE HOBBIT." Orson Bean is Bilbo’s voice and
John Huston speaks for Gandall in this animated version of J.A.R.
Tolkein’s classic Sunday, Nov. 27 on NBC-TV.

THE HOBBIT

‘The Hobbit,’ the first dramatization
for TV of any work by J.R.A. Tolkien,
witl be presentad on NBC-TV Sunday:
Nov, 27,

Balladeer Glenn Yarbrough will
sing the.theme song 'The Greatest
Adventure,’ one of 13 songs to be
featured in the animated film. The

me enlire score was composed,
fa arranged and conducted by Maury
f Laws. Several lyrics were written and
Ae addapted by Jules Bass and Tolkien's
m words serve as lyrics for other tunes.
q §€«Voices for principal characters are
provided by John Huslon, Orson
Bean (the voice of Bilbo Baggins, in
photo), Richard Boone, Otto
Preminger, Cyril Ritchard, Hans
Conreid and Brother Theodore.

The story concerns the little people
who live in the magical world of
Middle-earth, and tells of the epic
baltle between the gentle habbils and
fhe evil dragons and goblins who
(hreaten them,

. t Hoe Ue o ‘The Hobbit’ has been
——, a : . _ . recammended for viewing by the
“ ; . National Education Association.

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John Wayne's distinguished career in motion pictures—and his starrin

srEit

roles in
many of the great war lilms, including ‘The Longest Day’ (r)—are a part of ‘OSCAR
PAESENTS THE WAR MOVIES AND JOHN WAYNE,’ a special presentation of
Hollywood's view of WW Il, Sunday, Nov. 27 on ABC-TV.

MORNING

6:00
@) UNIVERSITY OF THE AIR,
6:30 :
©) NATIONAL FILM BOARD
6:45
&} SACRED HEART
7:00
FAITH FORTODAY
©} CROSSROADS
7:30
8. EUCHARIST FOR SHUT-
IN|
3) REX HUMBARD
8:00
ILIKE MYSELF
8:30

PLEASANT JOURNEYS
SPECIAL GREY CUP
HIGHLIGHTS

@) GREY CUP HIGHLIGHTS
The show highlights all the
activity and excitement that
makes Grey Cup week a col-
ourful enjoyable, national
avant. | ;

8:00
GAADENING WITH ED
HUME
@) SESAME STREET

8:30

NFL ‘77 :
GREY CUP FORECAST ‘77

10:00

NFL FOOTBALL

THE GREY CUP GAMES
THE GREY CUP GAME
SESAME STREET

11:00
@) SESAME STREET

AFTERNOON

12:00 :
@ THE AMERICAN HOUSE
12:30

© MAINSTREAMING THE
EXCEPTIONAL CHILD
1:00

@ MOVIE
@ WASHINGTON WEEK IN
REVIEW

1:30
WALLSTREEY WEEK

WILO KINGDOM
ARE YOU BEING SERVED
@ BEST OF FAMILIES

2:30
WHEREVER WE LODGE
(TIS WRITTEN
MOVIE "Pursuit" 1972 Ben
Gazzara, E.G, Marshall, Ex-
otremist steals deadly nerve
gas and plots to destroy a ma-
jor U.S. elty. '

3:00
@ JEARY FALWELL
@ THEATAEIN AMERICA

Cn eee CO ee

(Sunday))

3:30
3 CORAL JUNGLE
4:00

SALVATION ARMY
@ HORST KOEHLER SHOW
4:30

@3 DECKTHEHALLS _
€) COUNTRY CANADA
@) QUESTION PERIOD
§:00
MEET THE PRESS
HYMN SING
@3) UNTAMED FRONTIER
“Eskimo Point"
© BLACK PERSPECTIVE ON
THE NEWS

5:30
@@ NEWS
@) REACH FOR THE TOP
©) CAPITOL COMMENT
@ SOCCER MADE IN GER-
MANY

EVENING
. Bi
@ SURVIVAL
@} WONDERFUL WORLD OF
DISNEY "Tne Castaway

Cowboy” Shanghaled aboard
a sailing vessel, Texas
cowboy jumps ship and is
dragged from the surf by a12-
year-old bay, The boy's
widowed mother persuades
the Texan to turn her potato

farm Into a cattle ranch. Stara: .

James Garner, Vera Miles,
Robert Culp. (Part)
@ NEws

6:30

@ HOW COME?

GR PROVINCIALLOTTERY |
©} ALASKA OIL: AMERICA'S
PIPE OREAM?

7:00
THE WONDERFUL,
WORLO OF DISNEY
©) SEACHCOMBERS "Fira in
the Hole" Against Nick's bet-
ter Judgement, Jasse
dynamites a lag to dislodge it.
He sets in motion a chain of
events which resuits In Nick
and Jesse both being pinned
below logs, with no one but
little Sara to help,

HARDY SOYS-NANCY
DREW MYSTERIES A deaf girl
\lp reads an extortion plat to
bomb Las Vegas casinos, and
herlife depends on Frank and
doe solving the case in time.
(80 min.)

9] COUSTEAU ar rssey

@) RHODA
8:00
@ THE BIG EVENT

@ KING OF KENSINGTON
"The Move" Cathy is fed up
with Gladys’ Interfering in her
marriage and walks out of the
house and into a new apart-
ment, inviting Larry to join

her,

@ THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR

MAN Steve's honeymoon

with a beautiful woman is the

bait to trap a mysterious

group that has penetrated OSI

security in search of an A-

bomb. (60 min.)

G) EVENING AT SYMPHONY
8:30

ALL INTHE FAMILY

9:00
SIDESTREET “With This
Ring” An iKegal immigrant,
about to racelve an award
from the federal government
for research he has done dur-
ing his eighteen yearg in this
country, flaes from immigra-
tion authoritles and marries a
woman who specializes in
‘quickie’ immigration § mar-
rlages.

@ KOJAK
o MASTERPIECE THEATRE

& DOONESBURY SPECIAL
10:00

@ MISS WORLD BEAUTY
PAGEANT
@ MARKETPLACE

: 10:30
@ OMBUDSMAN = Host:
Robert Cooper.

11:00

@ NEWS

GB NATION'S BUSINESS
MW:

@ @ News

11:45

a MOVIE ‘
MOVIE “Witch Without A
Broom" 1966 Jeff Hunter,
Marla Parschy. A beautiful
46th century witet falls In lova
with a 20th century history
professor.

12:00 .
@ MOVIE (JOINED IN PRO-
GRESS)

12:10

@ MOVIE "Change of ihe

Light Brigade” 1969 Trevor
Howard, Vanessa Redgrave.
ts

@ MOVIE
"Gazebo" 1960

MOVIE
o Ford, Debble
Reynolds.
NEWS
oe 4:66
GB IRONSIDE