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Dylan's impact on Himmelman is
apparent — so much so that when he
drawls lines like "I need to waaash
awaaay my paaaain!" (from
"Checkmate"), you can't help but
wonder if he's poking a little fun at his
father-in-law.
Fortunately, smart lyrics and infec-
tious arrangements raise Love Thinketh
... above mere imitation. It's a wel-
come return from a guy who's been
gone too long.

— Reviewed by David Peisner

TV Watch

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Lauren Bacall looks marvelous.
She's still slender and graceful,
looks great in a black leather blazer
and bushels of gold, still has those
killer cheekbones and inimitable style.
And if she's had some help from mod-
ern medicine in holding time at bay,
who's to complain? It's still a thrill to
be in the same room with her.
Born into a Jewish family as Betty
Joan Perske on Sept. 16, 1924, the
future actress was 8 when her parents
divorced and her mother resumed the
family name of Bacal. Annoyed when it
was consistently mispronounced to
rhyme with "cackle," she added another
"1." While the studio asked her to use
the first name of Lauren, to her friends,
she's always remained Betty.
She's been one of the classic beau-
ties of the movies since she smoldered
her way into Humphrey Bogart's heart
in To Have And Have Not in 1944,
murmuring in her unforgettable
whiskey contralto that whenever he
wanted her, "you don't have to do any-
thing, you don't have to say anything.
You just have to whistle. You know
how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You
just put your lips together and blow."
Bogart whistled, she answered, and
they starred magically in several more
movies and in life, marrying in 1945 and
staying that way until his death in 1957.
Bacall was just 19 when she uttered
that legendarily seductive come-on, and
she's led a busy and successful life since
then. She and Bogart had two children,
and she had a third in a later marriage
to Jason Robards. She's won two Tony
Awards for her work on Broadway,
written two memoirs, starred in count-
less theatrical and TV movies, guest-
starred in occasional TV series, and last
year was nominated for an Oscar for
her work in The Mirror Has Two Faces.
But don't expect that life to be
depicted in the movies anytime soon.
"Over my dead body," she told 30 TV
critics recently when asked about the
prospect. "I don't want anyone to do it.

I did not live my life to be exploited."
Under the circumstances, it was an
odd statement. Bacall was there to
chat up her newest acting job, a four-
hour CBS miniseries called Too Rich:
The Secret Life of Doris Duke. Co star-
ring Richard Chamberlain, the project
is set to air Feb. 21 and 23.
Duke, who inherited $100 million
at age 13, lived a long, lonely life, had
several lovers, and died a recluse in
1993 at age 80. Chamberlain, who
appeared with Bacall at the CBS news
conference, plays Bernard Lafferty, the
butler who insinuated himself into
Duke's life in her old age and was
willed most of her fortune.
This was not the first time they'd
acted together, Bacall said. She once was
a guest star on his "Dr. Kildare" series
in the early '60s.

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Lauren Bacall: "Too Rich."

Chamberlain remembered that he
was "completely dazzled. Ms. Bacall
had a great tan," he recollected, and
she asked him for several autographed
pictures of himself for her children. "I
remember you told me I had to write
the same thing on each picture, or else
they'd be jealous of one another."
Bacall hesitated just a moment when
asked if this miniseries might exploit
Doris Duke's life in just the way she
did not want her own life exploited.
"Well, I suppose, in a way," Bacall
responded, "because it's being used com-
mercially, isn't it? But I don't think it's
being done in a negative way at all." I I

— Robert P Laurence
Copley News Service

"Too Rich — The Secret Life of
Doris Duke" airs 9-11 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 21, and Tuesday,
Feb. 23, on CBS.

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2/19
1999

Detroit Jewish News

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