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THE VICTORIA ADVOCATE, ri liay 7, IXi-l'C ABC Unveils Fall Prime-Time Schedule li sahh paccij 1 si iult trjirr chiliiijils discounts i DONALD DUCKLING GANG Richard GiHiland stars as a mikJ-manaered TV weath-ermaa who uncorks a gUh, high-oving genie (played by T.K. Carter) who moves in with him. Bette Davis, the Academy Award-winning actress, will star in "Hotel," a dramatic series baaed on the best-selling novel by Arthur Bailey. Shell play the owner of the facility but won't be seen in every episode. James Brolin, former co-star of "Marcus Welby, will play the hotel's manager, and Connie Selieca, who was featured in "Greatest American Hero," win play By LEE MARCIUES HOlXYWOOD-ABCbid farewell tbit week to "Laven Shirley" after even years tod also canceled "Too Close for Comfort." "It Takes Two," -At Ease," Tales of tbe Cold Monkey" and it entire crop of spring tryout shows.

In their place aext faD win come eight new series, the network said, a drama featuring Betle Davis, a comedy ctarring Madeline Kahn, a comedy about a man who discovert a genie in a bottle, a medical drama, a show about people who become instant millionaires by winning a lottery and an action ihow in which an ex-judge and an ex-convict team up to fight crime. Besidei the two film actresses, the new ABC shows will feature a bevy of well-known television stars, Keith "Family Bta Murphy and Lou FerrLgno Incredible la becoming the first of the three commercial networks to announce its fail prime-time schedule, ABC said it would be returning only two first-year shows from this season: "Ripley's Believe It or Not" and "Matt Houston." Previously dropped by ABC this season were "Joanie Loves Chachi." "Star of the Quest," "Greatest American Hero" and "The New Odd Couple." Shows that got brief, runs in recent weeks but that failed to make the fall lineup were "Condo," "Amanda's," "Ryan's Four." "Baby Makes Five," "The Renegades" and "High Performance." In the prime-time season that Just ended. ABC fin- hiiai a dose second behind CBS. Its strongest senet were "Dynasty," Three's Company," "The Love Boat'' and The Fall Guy," and they win all be back in tbe (an. Despite the canceQatioa of "Laverne a Shirley." ABC did renew its companion show, "Happy Days," which will be returning for its 11th season.

However, in recognition of the beating "Happy Days" took during the second half of tbe season from NBC's new series "The A-Team," the show will be shifted from the I p.m. Tuesday berth it has occupied for so long. That time will be turned over to a new show, "Just Our Luck," with "Happy Days" moving into the "Laverne 4 Shirley" slot of 8:30 p.m. "Just Our Luck" is a comedy that is a cross between "Tbe Odd Couple" and "I Dream of Jeannie." ii i rt nwrn 1:15 SrfM 70 9:00 r.i I Jim the assistant manager. Madeline Kahn, who has starred in such movies as "Young Frankenstein," "Bluing Saddles" and "First Family," will star opposite James Sloyaa in a comedy series entitled "Yes, but I'm Married." They play a husband and wife who are bored with their marriage and are pursuing outside interests.

DGHTLY 7:00 i 00 SAT. I SUE MATINEE 00 V) wr wtwmi err noo I UT.aSUILIUTlRFIfcOO DISCOUNTS 1 BETTE DAVIS to star in "Hotel" including such former series leads as James Bro-lia Welby, Ken Howard White Brian I ALL SHOW TIMES FIRST SHOW AT 8:30 una DLUI ECSTASY Latfes and GentJanon, Friends and Lovers, Mothers, Brothers, High-Lifes and Lxjw-Ufes, tn4aws and THE DOCTOR WILL SEE YOU NOW! 'Valley GirV Director Wanted Film About Real Life, People DAN AYKROYDis, PLAYHOUSE 575-8224 NO PASSES HELD OVER 1 By LEE GRANT ttlMO.1 HOLLYWOOD Martha Coolidge was speaking of the Valley and the movie she directed called "Valley Girl" and that was for sure, for sure. "I hope Valley kids like it," the 36-year-old director said. "I don't mean to caricature them or put people down. I may be more of a Hollywood-type person.

Being more worldly, the characteristics of tbe Valley seem limiting to me. But the suburban dream is tbe American dream. I grew up in suburbia (near New Haven, Conn. and it has its dangers." "Valley Girl" is about a teen-age boy (Nicolas Cage, who is, incidentally, Francis Coppola's nephew) from Hollywood and a teenage girl (Deborah Foreman) from the San Fernando Valley, north of Los Angeles. Their relationship shocks her friends.

"You can kiss all the bitchin' Val dudes goodby," they tell her. It's a story of peer pressure; parents and parties and music. The new-wave rock score includes "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?" by Culture Club, "Love My Way" by the Psychedelic Furs and "Lies of a Stranger" by the Payolas. There are appearances by bands like the CHUCK NORMS NO ONE EVER ESCAPES FROM YOU CAN ALWAYS SMELL THE EXCITEMENT IN THE AIR. SNAKE CANYON PRISON.

Plimsouls Million Miles and Josie Cotton Are You Coolidge brings her own stamp to the film, which was made for less than $1 million. There is a charm to it, a respect for kids and their parents. It resembles "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," also directed by a woman (Amy Heckerling), more than it does the raunchy "Porky's." The Valley does, however, take a beating. It is depicted as a den of indulgence: rich, spoiled kids running rampant at the mall with Mommy's credit cards. There are the immaculately landscaped suburban backyards, the sterility, insulation, arrogance and narrowness of a life style, oversexed housewives propositioning delivery boys.

Frederic Forrest (Bette Midler's chauffeur in "The plays Foreman's father as a 1960s hippie running a health-food store. He greets his daughter's suitors with an overly hip handshake. And, of course, there is tbe vocabulary "gag me with a spoon," "for sure," "grody to' the max," "awesome." "Tbe movie is about adolescence," Coolidge said, "what group you're in and what group you're not in. That's important to kids. It's where they get their identity.

I was trying for a joyful picture of teen-age life, the pain leading to positive solutions. I don't believe in being candy-coated or talking down to kids." Some of the movie takes place in Hollywood's rock nightclubs, a milieu Coolidge knows well. She spent nearly three years at Francis Coppola's Zoetrope Studios putting together a project called "Photoplay," about a young woman who falls in love with a famous rock star. The movie never got made, running aground in the wake of "One From the Heart" and other trou- bled Zoetrope projects like "Hammett" and "The Escape Artist." Tbe other day, Coolidge was harried, sitting amid unpacked boxes in her new apartment, battling the flu and her taxes. "This is like the worst day of my life," she said.

She had come to "Valley Girl" after a film called "Anne and Joey" (the title's been changed to "City about a woman photographer and her fantasy life, a project begun in Canada that ran out of money and was rescued by producer-director Peter Bogdanovich. Coolidge had moved to Toronto after her frustrating stint at Zoetrope. "I decided to go somewhere where I could work," she said. "I was disillu-. sioned, disappointed, frustrated with Hollywood and the business.

I sold my house, my furniture and got out lock, stock and barrel. There are opportunities in Canada and less competition." Tbe idea behind "Valley Girl" came from producers-writers Wayne Crawford and Andrew Lane. Coolidge and Lane were friends and one evening over dinner, "He told me, 'We were thinking, maybe you should consider doing It was their script and their idea, but I brought a lot to the picture, a feel, casting ideas, the music and most of the crew." Meanwhile, attorneys for Frank Zappa, the esoteric rock performer who composed the hit song "Valley Girl," filed an application for a preliminary injunction to halt the producers from using "Valley Girl" as the title. The application was turned down. Coolidge came close to not doing the movie, she said.

"I had been directing and editing 'Anne and writing a screenplay with (actress) Colleen Camp, and I was tired. But I read the script and thought, 'What It had a 'Romeo and Juliet' theme. "I had done all this rock 'n' roll research for 'Photoplay' and here was a chance to use it. I had been in the clubs three and four nights a week Madame Wong's, Club 88, the old Starwood. We gave 'Valley Girl' a dynamic sound track." Coolidge said she holds no prejudices against the Valley.

"I never lived there, but I do go out there. I kennel my dog there. My friend Colleen lives there. I know Hollywood people have this stereotyped attitude about the Valley, and the Valley even has it about itself." Coolidge said that her previous forays through the Hollywood studios' superstructure had been met with the same kinds of discrimination that face other women in the industry. "What it means being a woman director is that it's difficult to get a job," she said.

"I hope 'Valley Girl' will do well and help others. Already, it's helped me. I'm getting offers. Meanwhile, Andy and Wayne (the producers) liked what they got from me and hired another woman for their next picture." Columnist Celebrates 30th Year (c) ma. Lm Amilii jimrn- HOLLYWOOD When Daily Variety columnist Army Archerd became ill in February, he missed his first three days of work in 30 years with the trade paper.

Archerd celebrated his 30th anniversary with Daily Variety last week by writing his "Just for Variety" column a compendium of entertainment, industry notes unrivaled in tbe business. Archerd began his career in Hollywood in 1945 at the local Associated Press bureau, moving to the now-defunct Los Angeles Herald-Express in 1947. He replaced columnist Sheilah Graham at Daily Variety in 1953. "In the old days, we had the titans the Warners, the Conns, the Mayers," he said. "The execs today shift like the San Andreas Fault." P.

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