COMMUNITY RELATIONS January 23, 1969 THE REGISTER. DENVER ARCHDIOCESAN EDITION Sec. 2, Page 1 Police and the Citizen Guest Conductor Mazer Gets By Tom Officer have varied: Miss Gregg on Dragnet to remind the public just what a police­ Hollywood — "It is all playing either a good or Mixed Reaction From Critic right for a critic to attack bad woman, and Harris man is. usually as a villain or a As for this viewer, Jack the show, but do not use By Rev. Edward L. grammed a varied i f not thus perpetrated was not in the matter of dynamics, man the viewer dislikes. Webb as "Sgt. Joe Friday” the show to take out a Maginnis, S.J overly adventurous group to the logic of the music; of phrasing, of betrayal of Gilmore has usually is the perfect example of personal grudge against * * * of pieces. He showed there was not one tempo structural logic than he played a police superior — our big cities’ police detec­ Police Chief Thomas Red- which was either contra.»y was in the Wagner on in both D ra g n e t and tive. May he be around for The second of the guest din." to the demands of the Monday night. The per­ Adam-12. And McCord a n ' a long time. conductors of the current That is the stand o f Jack Denver /-v what the music was all score or inconsistent with formance was largely satis­ Milner played their Adam- uenver Symphony Orches- about. He exhibited a rath-rath­ Webb, actor-director-pro­ TV Highlights tra season made his debut eminently valid musical fying, perhaps totally so to 12 characters in the Drag­ er clear and largely unde­ ducer of the popular NBC- with the orchestra this values therein. But the those who are unaware net episode that dealt with monstrative p(xlium pres­ T V series, Dragnet 1969. Dan Blocker narrates week, Henry Mazer is his whole piece was too fast that our orchestra routine­ ence. He produced compe­ Police Chief Reddin is police brutality com- Down on the Farm, an name and the city of Pitta- for THIS conductor, lead­ ly gives a whole lot more plaint. tently played and occasion­ the top man o f the Los hour-long salute to farming is his background. ing THIS orchestra, to in these regards than was In one way the episode ally mildly exciting per­ Angeles Police Department, in the U.S., on KOA, 6:30 He has long been associat­ educe the total musical demanded of it on this was a ’ reunion” for six of formances. He established whose files are used for p.m. Jan. 25; ed with the Pittsburgh values, or anything ap­ occasion. the cast members: Webb, apparent rapport with the the cases on two o f Webb’s Symphony Orchestra, in proaching thereto, which The best thing on the Morgan, McCord, Milner, orchestra, and elicited a Mark V II Limited produc­ — keeping an eye on one House of the Lord, on recent years as its associ­ listeners familiar with this program was the last, as G'lmore, and Peter Dur- K____ LZ_ , channel 7, 9:30 better than mediocre re- marvelous score not only tions: Dragnet 1969 and another’s firms and report­ ate conductor. He comes far as performance was Adanx'12. ing anything suspicious; yea. McCord had played in a.m., Jan. 26; thence with a six>nse therefrom. He was might anticipate but also concerned. Zoltan Kodaly’s Dragnet during its first tnence with a reputation of how security forces are set solid musicianship L d fPP'““d®d vigoro^ly by were given grounds to orchestra suite from the two years on its return to Religion Views the News, in motion for a presiden­ — ' ^ the audience, reacting to judge that the (inductor opera Hary Janos is a television; M ilner had on K W G N , channel 2; great versatility both This season. Dragnet tial visit to Los Angeles; the rousing conclusions of tried but failed to achieve. great crowd pleaser, of played with Webb on Drag­ 10:30 a.m. Jan. 26; technique and in musical 1969 is dealing more with how a teen-age group was insights. two not overly familiar Perhaps it was first-night some musical consequence. net when it was on radio; police department commu­ formed to combat drug American Sportsman pieces. nervousness, perhaps it Performances by Vladimir and Duryea had been a These traits were some­ nity relations and what addiction in schools; how a starts its fifth season, on THE PROGRAM was wrong-headed suspi­ Crolschmann in the past shady character in a what in evidence in the goes on behind the scenes |X>lice investigation into KBTV, channel 9, 2 p.m. first of this opened with Franz Schu- cions about the rusticity of have stressed the musical previous episode that dealt rather than in the routine alleged p>olice brutality is Jan. 26; and n ?ir Mr IT Third Symphony in the audience which o<xa* virtuosity involved in the with an investigation of a P ‘ r P'-o- D-m^ior, Schubert was nei- sioned this speedy perfor­ complex score. Mr. Mazer’s investigations so familiar handled. police officer. in the past. ther an adventurous com­ mance. In any event, it conception, equally valid, Each episode had the (Unfortunately, this par­ In recent episodes, "Sgt. poser nor a symphonist by was a disappointment. stressed the folkish and Dragnet stamp of authen­ ticular episode was pre­ Joe Friday” (Webb) and ticity and showed just how talent or temp>erament. His TH ING S improved after crude musical idiom in­ empted by KOA, channel "Officer Bill Gannon" greatest work lies in his intermission, when we volved. The orchestra gave efficient the Los Angeles 4, Denver, and KO AA, (Harry Morgan), his part­ always gracious and suit­ were given a considerably it a great going over, one Police Department is in its ch an n el 5, Colorado ner, have shown how citi­ able and seemingly inex- better than competent and in which the infelicities of op>erations. Springs, and then shown zens can help each other haustable fund of melodic somewhat less than in­ technique were well suited two days later on a de­ spired performance of Rich­ Even with his ever so lines. He is, nvertheless, a to what the opera is all layed basis — after 10 ard Wagner’s Siegfried slightly changed format, musician thoroughly at about. p.m. — with no advance home in the classical con­ Idyll. If Mr. Mazer were to We are to hear Mr. Ma­ ,/| Webb is able to use his old GOLF notice to the newspapers or ventions which were dying remain in Denver for a zer again next week, again Dragnet acting veterans: viewers.) long period of time, it is to Virginia Gregg, Stacy Har­ in his own lifetime. I f a in a varied program calcu­ ) s u n - f u n conductor does less than be hoped that he would be lated to display his ware. ris, Art Gilmore, and even Dragnet fans get a spe­ justice to Schubert’s con­ considerably more exigent It should prove interesting. 1 , two p>erformer8 who now cial treat Jan. 27 when a ventions and structure, it are the co-stars of Adam- two-hour Dragnet — 1969 is considerably less a crime —A. cook-outs 12, Kent McCord and Mar­ "World Premiere Movie” is than the same deficiencies tin Milner. shown on NBC. The cast perpetrated on Mozart or Miss Gregg and Harris includes Webb, Morgan, Haydn. If the performance were in the Dragnet movie /Phoenix; Miss Gregg, and McCord. is routine, one may always of some 15 years ago. surmise about the conduc­ ARIZONA Besides authenticity. Since then, their app>ear- tor’s attitudes toward the The west’s most scenic spot ances in the TV series Dragnet is known for its —where the sun spends the consequentiality of the short, crisp dialogue. music at hand. In short, a winter. Golf. swim, horse­ Webb’s writers keep the Film Experts back ride, cook-outs in re­ Rosvoll Auction less than satisfactory per­ sort splendor. dialogue short and moving. Three discussion leaders at the Mile-Hi Film formance of the likes of 1238-48 S. Broadway And in keeping with the Season: 722-4721 Conference, held last weekend at Loretto Heights the Schubert Third need Mid-December to May We pay cash or sell for you brief sentences, Webb as College, review their presentations. From left, not reflect on the musical V/nte for rates. OUS AND NICKY VAYAS a t A u ctio n director keeps the camera Richard Harris of Brandon Films. San Francisco; integrity of a conductor. It 28 years in auction field. 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