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Bachelor Classic performance thursday movies MORNING 9:00 QD ★★★ “Titanic” (1953) Clif ton Webb, Barbara Stanwyck. The lives of passengers aboard the doomed vessel are seen both before and during the tragic sink ing. AFTERNOON 3:000 ★★★ “A Fine Madness" (1966) Sean Connery, Joanne Woodward. A poet becomes involved with domestic problems which result in the loss of his creativity. © ★★Vi “Down To The Sea In Ships” (1949) Richard Widmark, Lionel Barrymore. After a whaling captain who has taken his grand son to sea is killed, the boy regrets the wrongs he’s done to the older man. 12:25 0 ★★ "Detour To Terror” (1980) O.J. Simpson, Arte John son. Dune buggy hoodlums hijack a bus that is on its way to Las Vegas. (R) 12:300 ★★ “Echoes" (1978) Rich ard Alfieri, Mercedes McCam- bridge. An artist seeks the help of a psychic when his previous life begins to haunt him. (R) © ★★Vz “Where Were You When The Lights Went Out?” (1966) Doris Day, Patrick O’Neal. After finding her husband in bed with another woman, an actress runs away to their country home. 1:35© ★★Vz “The Brotherhood Of Satan" (1971) Strother Martin, L.Q. Jones. A coven is responsible for the abduction of 13 children and the brutal slaying of their par ents. By BONNIE LANGFORD Staff Writer ' “Something created out of nothing” is part of a line from Romeo and Juliet, and is the main theme for the theater art program’s version of this classic. The production will have a flavor of the period, but with a simple set and basic costumes, says Mary Anne Mitchell, who is directing the play. > “I want to make it more con temporary, to get the universal message of the play,” she says, “so it won’t have a period set or costumes, but period acting in- continued from page 12 ity of videos by monthly audi ence and retail market polls. New videotapes are first put into a light rotation schedule, then are shown more or less of ten depending on record sales and audience response. Controversy aside, the statis tics prove that MTV is here to stay. A February 1983 Neilsen poll of people aged 12 to 34 who had watched the channel found that these viewers, who rep resented 83 percent of an audi ence estimated at 14 million, watched the channel for at least an hour each day for an average four and a half days a week. They watched the channel for about an hour and a half a day on weekends. Predictably, the young viewers are MTV's great est support. MTV also has won numerous awards, including several of the prestigious CLIO awards for advertising. Many issues, such as censorship and the long-term consequences of watching stead. It will transcend the peri od.” The set is made up construc tion scaffolding, Mitchell says, emphasize the acting. Actual fencing will be done for the dualing scenes. Micky Stratton has been helping with that area, and several members of the fencing club have been cast in the play, she says. Many of the parts have been double cast, she says, since this is the last production of the sea son, _ , 1 ; MTV, seem to be ignored by channel officials; at least they won't discuss them. Nonethe less, MTV is the first cable chan nel to explore the frontier of rock video. Judged at first as a Playing the part of Romeo will be Patrick Barrett and Allen Rudolph; Juliet will be done by Kay Womack. Marc Gessner will play Paris; Alan Donahue will play Montague. Lady Mon tague will be done by Jennifer Berry and Joyce Hayes. The play will start April 10 and run through April 14. Tickets are $3.00 for students and $4.00 for non-students. Performances start at 8 p.m. ■ - i V -A—j'. “ - ; • L - ^ fleeting musical trend, rock 'n roll hung on with surprising te nacity, and MTV seems bound to prove its detractors wrong by doing the same. EVENING 8:00© ★★★★ “East Of Eden” (1955) James Dean, Julie Harris. Based on the novel by John Stein beck. Frustrated love creates con flicts between two boys and their father. 2:00© ★★★ “Titanic” (1953) Clif ton Webb, Barbara Stanwyck. The lives of passengers aboard the doomed vessel are seen both before and during the tragic sink ing. 3:15 © ★★Vi ’ Short Walk To Day light” (1972) James Brolin, Don Mitchell. A small group of people are trapped in a subway after an earthquake destroys New York City. thursday specials EVENING 7:00© TV AUCTION A bid-by phone extravaganza where any thing and everything will be auc tioned to the highest bidder. 9:00 O D 0 DIANA Michael Jack- son, the Jeffrey Ballet, Quincy Jones and Larry Hagman join Dia na Ross for a variety of music and dance numbers. (R) A clip from MTV’s exclusive documentary on the making of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” © AVz “Man On The Outside” (1975) Lome Greene, James Olsen. A police captain comes out of retirement to track down a gang of mobsters responsible for exe cuting his son and abducting his grandson. 11:00© ★★Vz "Death Of A Gun- fighter" (1969) Richard Widmark, Lena Horne. A small-town marshal stubbornly refuses to relinquish his position even though the town no longer needs him. 11:55© ★★ “Detour To Terror” (1980) O.J. Simpson, Arte John son. Dune buggy hoodlums hijack a bus that is on its way to Las Vegas. (R) 2:00© ★★ “The Winning Team" (1952) Doris Day, Ronald Reagan. Pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexan der becomes one of the greats of baseball.