1974 Michael Douglas TV Guide Interview online
Following the recent addition of a 1973 interview with Karl Malden, the media page was now extended by a 1974 Michael Douglas interview, again published in Triangle Publications' famous TV Guide which was the market-leading nationwide tv guide publication of the 1970's and 1980's. In this interview, Douglas is telling his early beginnings, the differences between his well-known father an himself, and he is talking about the slight but notable changes concerning his rôle in the series. The interview was conducted some time around the middle of the second season and published in TV Guide of 16th February 1974.
On another note, fellow fan Gees from The Netherlands found another injury in the line of duty for Steve's vita in the season two episode 'The Hard Breed'. Just added this one to the list - and 'thanks much' for your support. :)
Screencaps for Ep 1.23 added
The screencaps for The Albatross are online now. Following a bungled burglary and the unintentional death of the house owner's son, the suspect, Artis Pierce, is caught by police after a miles-long chase up to Twin Peaks. Everything seems to be set for the pretrial at Court, however, the killer is finally set free on a legal technicality - Pierce was not able to register his rights properly as he did not have his hearing aid on when he was Mirandized. Instead of incriminating him for burglarly, and despite Mike's strenuous objections, the grieving father, Robert Hobbes, is determined to take justice into his own hands. Without Hobbes' testimony that he had caught Pierce red-handed in his house, Stone and Keller need to hurry. With help from the boy's grandfather, and police finally locating Pierce's hearing aid inside Robert Hobbes' house, our two cops can prevent another murder at the last minute.
The crime scene of this episode, Hobbes' house, is located on Sanchez Street in the Dolores Heights district, close to the Hill Street junction. Following the chase, Artis Pierce is caught by police on Twin Peaks Boulevard. After the suspect is set free, Mike and Steve are talking to Robert Hobbes on a cemetary, probably in Colma, but I cannot tell for sure from the few scenes taken (most of which are close-ups, making it even more difficult). Hobbes finally obtains a gun in a pawnbroker's shop at 52 6th Street, south of Market, preparing his irate move to serve up justice and to kill Pierce in his hotel room in the 'Corona Hotel' at 132 Embarcadero. This hotel was used before, by the way, i.e. for A Collection of Eagles.
1973 Karl Malden TV Guide Interview online
The media page was supplemented by an original four-page TV Guide interview with Karl Malden which is all about the show and Malden's career. We do learn a Iot about his reasons to get into the TV business as well as his long-standing friendship to Kirk Douglas. The interview was conducted around the end of the first season of the series, and published in TV Guide issue of May 26, 1973.
There are more interviews to follow, so enjoy this first addition and stay tuned. :)
Screencaps for Ep 1.22 added
I have just added the screencaps for Beyond Vengeance to the episodes' page. A homicidal rapist kills a young woman in an intercity coachfrom Phoenix just before reaching San Francisco. The victim, Valerie Mercer, was a friend of Mike's daughter, Jeannie, who was on the same bus but picked up earlier by her father in Oakland. It soon turns out that the suspect, Leonard Cord - put away by Mike twelve years before and just released from prison - is well prepared as he can provide airtight alibis for every suspicion police is investigating. Cord soon begins waging psychological warfare on Stone by stalking his daughter Jeannie. Steve takes time off due to the flu (which he does not have), with the backing of Captain Olsen, in order to support his partner who is getting very nervous and even more concerned about his daughter. Our two cops are on a race against the clock in an effort to disprove the killer's alibi for not having been on the coach from Phoenix as Cord himself is preparing his final blow on his actual target - Mike Stone.
This episode starts in an intercity coach approaching San Francisco by night. Jeannie is allegedly picked up by Mike at the Oakland Bus Terminal, however, I assume this sequence was actually filmed in San Francisco. The buildings look pretty much like a street adjacent to the former Transbay Transit Terminal, e.g. Natoma Street. We are taken to the now demolished Transbay Transit Terminal several times as well as to the Embarcadero Center (Embarcadero One, precisely) and famous Star Motel at Lombard, which is now closed. We also see Jeannie leaving the house of Valerie's parents at 15th Avenue and Ulloa Street before getting on a historical streetcar for downtown. Cord's exclusive apartment is located in the Diamond Heights district, we can see Mike and Steve approach the 'Village Square' complex on Diamond Heights Boulevard with St. Aidan's Episcopal Church in background. Steve shadows Cord at a rear exit of the aparment complex, at 28th and Douglass Streets, just before the climax is taking us to the Legion of Honor. As a sidenote, we're also getting a sneak preview of Mike's home. After Jeannie's arrival, they are having dinner on the balcony; due to the large panoramic windows and the perspective towards the full skyline of downtown San Francisco, however, I am pretty sure they used the neighbouring house to the left for this particular scene (probably due to the 'nicer' night view). One should add that they did not show any external view of Mike's house in this episode or before, however, they did shoot inside the actual house in Hall of Mirrors when Mike was curing his injured ankle. Just check out the locations page and refer to the first picture of Mike's house.
Worldvision Press Photos added
I have just added a couple of press release photos to the Worldvision promo items section on the media page. Actually, these are rather hard to find, so I guess Worldvision did not produce and spread too many of them. Enjoy. :)
The forthcoming update will feature the screencaps plus extended synopsis and filming locations for the next due episode, 'Beyond Vengeance', which was the first episode to introduce Mike's daughter, Jeannie, who was immediately involved in a current case.
