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"BEAUTY AND THE BEAST"
A witt/Thomas Production with Ron Koslow Films
in association with Republic Pictures corporation
for CBS-TV
STARRING
EXECUTIVE
Linda Hamilton
Ron Perlman
Roy Dotrice
Jay Acovone
Ren Woods
PRODUCERS ••..••.•••..••.•..... Paul witt
Tony Thomas
CREATOR/SUPERVISING
PRODUCER •• ;.•••...•. Ron Koslow
PRODUCERS
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David
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Andrew Laskos
Harvey Frand
ASSOCIATE
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EXECUTIVE
STORY CONSULTANT •.........•... George R.R. Martin
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Friday, September
Regular
Friday, October
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25 at 10:00 PM (ET)
2 at 8:00 PM (ET)
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"Beauty and the Beast" is a weekly,
hour-long
filled with action and romance, which revolves
crime-fighting
appearance
attorney
and a powerful
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In this contemporary fable, Ron Perlman stars as Vincent, the
Beast, who lives in the vast and secret labyrinth of chambers and
tunnels beneath New York city. Linda Hamilton stars as upper
east side attorney Catherine Chandler, who is rescued by Vincent
after she is attacked and left to die. Nursed back to health by
the powerful man/beast in the seclusion of his underground world,
catherine comes to appreciate the remarkably courageous and
compassionate character Vincent is. Their strong emotional bond
develops into an ideal, but impossible, love as she returns to
her world Above.
Determined to throw off her shallow past,
Catherine becomes an investigator for the New York District
Attorney's office, relentlessly seeking to defeat the city's
criminals -- and Vincent, aware of the extreme dangers
surrounding her, becomes Catherine's soulmate and guardian.
Contact:
Leah Krantz1er
Joan Deutchman
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ABOUT
"BEAUTY ANP THE BEAST"
Filled with action and romance,
contemporary
potrice,
fable starring
Linda Hamilton,
Ren Woods and Jay Acovone.
drama, airing Fridays
Network,
revolves
a powerful
superior
This new hour-long
around a beautiful
whose
intelligence
crime-fighting
fearsome
appearance
is Vincent,
vast and secret labyrinth
Roy potrice,
truest
attorney
belies
appearance
and tunnels
this surrogate
and abandoned
subterranean
parent becomes
attacked
Vincent
as an infant,
world to be raised
Vincent's
Played by
mentor
values of the utopian
whose life Vincent
and left to die.
society
attorney
saves when she is savagely
In a secret visit to the world Above,
rescues her and carries her down to his netherworld
he nurses her back to health.
his frightening
extraordinary
and
on to him the gift of a classical
and the basic humanistic
Chandler,
his
beneath New
he has created underground.
Linda Hamilton plays upper east side socialite
catherine
and
to live in the
recluse he comes to know as Father.
friend, passing
education
creature
to this mysterious
by the brilliant
fantasy-
the Beast, a tragic yet heroic
of chambers
Born a deformed
he was brought
Roy
and noble spirit.
figure, who is forced by his grotesque
York city.
Ron Perlman,
at 8:00 PM (ET) on the CBS Television
man/beast,
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appearance,
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At first, Catherine
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as she witnesses
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overcomes her fear and she begins to appreciate
the remarkable
,
character Vincent is. Their powerful emotional bond develops
into an ideal, but impossible, love as Catherine returns to her
world Above, leaving Vincent behind with the pain and futility of
his longing for her.
Determined to throw off her shallow past, catherine
an investigator
for the New York District Attorney's
becomes
office,
relentlessly seeking to defeat the city's criminals -- and
Vincent, aware of the extreme dangers of h~r work, is never too
far to shield her from harm.
Joining Hamilton, Perlman and Dotrice as series regulars
are
Ren Woods, who plays Edie, a sharp computer operator in the
D.A. 's office whom Catherine befriends, and Jay Acovone, who
appears as Joe Maxwell, New York Deputy District Attorney.
This modern-day rendering of the classic "Beauty and the
Beast" fairy tale introduces something new to television -- the
riveting drama of present-day urban life, interwoven with a
timeless legend. The original fable is part of a cycle of
transformation myths, including such classics as "The Frog
Prince," in which the "ugly being," when accepted and shown love,
is transformed into something beautiful.
These myths are meant
to instruct our culture on the transforming powers of love and
the wisdom of prizing inner beauty and truth.
"What we've tried to do is create a compelling,
contemporary
version of the original story, centering on a new mythic figure
__ an interesting kind of urban hero," says Ron Koslow, creator
and supervising producer, who joins executive producers Paul
Junger witt and Tony Thomas in bringing the series to television.
"We also wanted to tell a classical love story in a contemporary
context," he continues.
"'Beauty and the Beast' affords us the
opportunity to do just that, given the insurmountable obstacles
which stand in the way of a complete relationship between Vincent
and Catherine.
We now have a chance to explore this kind of
romance on television, with all of its impossibility and
longing."
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Apart from everything
magical
else, the notion of doing a special,
show about New York was also very appealing
Several years ago, he read a newspaper
article
about people
living in the steam tunnels below the Waldorf
Manhattan,
who were getting
the hotel restaurant,
disposed
to Koslow.
Astoria
in
their food from the dumpsters
and generally
living off that which was
of in the world above them.
In doing research,
he
discovered
that there were more than 300 miles of tunnels
the city.
originally
and electricity,
constructed
behind
as conduits
beneath
for steam, water
many were built over 100 years ago, but remain
unexplored
as the maps have long since been lost.
he learned
of the existence
beneath Manhattan.
of caverns
and underground
"since then," notes Koslow,
do a show which could incorporate
In addition,
the various
rivers
"I have wanted to
textures
of New
York city, from the upper east side to the halls of power,
public
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institutions,
and finally, this whole subterranean
the
secret
world below the streets."
Although the series owes its basic theme to the original
transformation
reflects
myth, this new version
a different
relationship
challenged
between
twist for the hero.
Catherine
and Vincent
by the fact that vincent
perfect man -- ironically~
trapped
of "Beauty and the Beast"
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will be continually
will remain who he is -- a
catherine's
in an imperfect body.
Adds Koslow,
perfect
soulmate
--
The power of his character
lies in
the fact that he's a survivor who accepts who he is, and
continues to move forward."
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BIOGRAPHY
RON PERLMAN
as Vincent
Ron Perlman stars as Vincent, the powerful man/beast whose
frightening appearance belies his superior intelligence and
nobility of spirit in "Beauty and the Beast," the hour-long
fantasy-drama filled with action and romance, airing Friday
nights at 8:00 PM (ET) on the CBS Television Network. In this
contemporary fable, Vincent, who makes his home in the secret
tunnels and chambers beneath New York city, rescues Catherine
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from mortal danger and becomes devoted to her.
To achieve the fearsome look of Vincent, the Beast, Perlman
spends the first early hours of every shooting day in the makeup
artist's chair. He has traveled this difficult road before.
In
his first starring motion picture role in Academy Award winner
Jean-Jacques Annaud's acclaimed "Quest for Fire," he spent eight
months filming barefoot and almost naked in the frozen bogs of
Scotland portraying a pre-historic Ulam tribesman, a
characterization which also required extensive makeup.
More recently, in the motion picture adaptation of Umberto
Eco's bestseller, "The Name of the Rose," in which Perlman
starred with Sean connery and F. Murray Abraham, he again
underwent a daily, hours-long transformation to become the
facially deformed and hunchbacked monk Salvatore.
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anyone in this business," he smiles, "and it looks like ,that will
continue into the foreseeable future."
Perlman was born in Manhattan on April 13, 1950, the son of
a jazz drummer who played with Artie Shaw's band before giving up
music as a profession.
He began performing on stage while still
in high school, first as a comedian, then as an actor. He
continued to appear in theater productions as a student at the
city University of New York and while earning a Master of Fine
Arts degree at the University of Minnesota.
Upon returning to
New York, he joined the Classic Stage Company, performing for
almost two years the works of Shakespeare, Chekhov, O'Neill,
Ibsen and Pinter.
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of Broadway's
"Hair," then cast
him as the Emperor in the highly successful, four-hour, OffBroadway presentation of "The Architect and the Emperor of
Assyria," which later toured Europe and marked the beginning of
Perlman's long association with o'Horgan.
Perlman
also starred
in the Broadway production of "American Heroes," the Off Broadway
production of "The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui" and in the
regional tour of "Pal Joey" with Joel Grey and Alexis Smith, all
of which O'Horgan directed.
In New York and regional theaters, he starred in "Tartuffe,"
"Woyzeck," "Measure for Measure," "House of Blue Leaves," "Two
Gentlemen of Verona" and "The Iceman Cometh."
Perlman also
appeared on Broadway with F. Murray Abraham in Isaac Bashevis
Singer's "Tiebele and Her Demon."
Following the release of "Quest for Fire," the actor
received his first call from Hollywood to appear with. Angelica
Huston in MGM's "Ice pirates."
He then returned to New
York for producer Peter Brook's highly successful Lincoln Center
production
of "La Tragedie
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Perlman now resides
designer
in Los Angeles with his wife, fashion
Opal Stone, and their 3 1/2-year-old
daughter,
Blake
Amanda.
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LINDA HAMILTON
as Catherine Chandler
Linda Hamilton
and strong-willed
stars as Catherine
Chandler,
attorney who renounces
the beautiful
her place
in Manhattan's
high society to fight crime for the New York District
office
in "Beauty and the Beast," a contemporary
with action and romance
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Hamilton
airing Fridays
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Her additional
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recent credits
Miss
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King's
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include the television
and guest-starring
of "Hill Street Blues."
Linda was born on September
Arnold
"The Terminator,"
in the motion picture
with Tommy Lee Jones, and in Stephen
fable filled
at 8:00 PM (ET) on the CBS
for her starring
in Orion's hit feature
Attorney's
roles on four episodes
26 in Salisbury,
on the Maryland
Eastern Shore, where she lived until she went off to college.
She became
involved
theater groups.
at Washington
in acting as a child, working
Following
College
in Maryland,
York city to study acting.
Lee strasberg Theater
Ray.
She appeared
high school,
she studied
to workshops
in student productions
in the daytime
television
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appearance
for two years
after which she moved to New
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In the summer of 1979 she moved to Hollywood, where she
starred in the CBS motion pictures-,for-television "Rape ,,and
Marriage:
The Rideout Case" with Mickey Rourke, and "Country
Gold."
During production of the feature film "T.A.G. -- The
Assassination Game," she met Bruce Abbott, an actor who was
playing a psychopath trying to kill her on camera.
Off camera,
he wound up marrying her on December 19, 1982.
Miss Hamilton has an older sister; an identical twin sister
(who is a registered nurse) and a younger brother.
Her father,
who died when she was five years old, was a physician.
Her
stepfather, now retired, was the police chief of Salisbury.
Away from work, Linda relaxes by reading, interior
decorating and playing Scrabble.
She's a red-hot Los Angeles
Dodgers fan and a lifelong lover of horses.
She and her husband
live near the beach in Los Angeles with no horses but one big
dog, a 115-pound German Shepherd-St. Bernard mix named Bosco.
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ROY DOTRICE
as Father
Roy Dotrice stars as Father, the brilliant recluse who has
given up life Above for a home in the secret chambers and tunnels
beneath New York city in "Beauty and the Beast," a contemporary
fable filled with action and romance airing Friday nights at 8:00
PM (ET) on the CBS Television Network.
In this hour-long
fantasy-drama series, Father is Vincent's surrogate parent,
having raised him underground from the time he was abandoned as
an infant. He is the founder of the utopian society which exists
Below, and serves as mentor and guide to all the inhabitants of
this subterranean world.
A native of England, Dotrice did not even consider acting
until his capture by the Germans in World War II. only 16 years
of age and already a member of the armed forces, he was assigned
to play Mio in Maxwell Anderson's
"winterset"
during his
internment in Stalag Luft III. A POW for 3 1/2 years, he
continued to act and play the game of baseball as taught to him
by his American fellow prisoners.
Between 1945 and 1958, Dotrice acted in and/or directed
more than 500 repertory productions.
In 1959, he joined the
Royal Shakespeare Company where he performed with such highly
acclaimed artists as Laurence Olivier, Charles Laughton, John
Gielgud, Paul Scofield and Paul Robeson.
He also brought his
love of baseball to the troupe by putting together a team
comprised
of his fellow actors.
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After playing lead roles for eight years in both Stratford
and London, he went on to appear in more than 20 productions in
the West End, and in numerous Broadway plays including the
record-breaking one-man show "Brief Lives," which ran for 1700
performances.
Dotrice received a Tony nomination for his
acclaimed work in "A Life."
A veteran of more than a dozen films, he was cast as Leopold
Mozart in the Oscar-winning feature "Amadeus."
His television credits include the one-man productions of
"Mister Lincoln" and "Dickens of London," as well as a recurring
role in the CBS-TV series, "The Wizard," and guest appearances on
"Magnum P.I.," "Remington Steele," "The A-Team," and "Hart to
Hart. "
He appeared in the telefilm, "Family Reunion," starring
Bette Davis, and played the Tramp in Pinter's Emmy Award-winning
"The Caretaker."
In 1968, he was voted Television Actor of the
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Year for "Brief Lives."
Married with three daughters, all of whom are actresses,
Dotrice is the father-in-law of Edward Woodward, star of CBS
Television's "The Equalizer."
He and his wife currently maintain
homes in London and Los Angeles.
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JAY ACOVONE
as Joe Maxwell
Jay Acovone plays straight-talking
Deputy District Attorney
Joe Maxwell in "Beauty and the Beast," a contemporary fable
filled with action and romance, airing Friday nights at 8:00 PM
(ET) on the CBS Television Network.
In this hour-long fantasydrama series, Maxwell is Catherine Chandler's immediate .superior,
responsible for supervising her cases.
Acovone was born in Mahopac, New York, 50 miles north of New
York city. He began his career in local theater and later
studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and the Lee
Strasberg Theatre Institute.
While working in New York, he landed the roles of Cliff
Matson on "As the World Turns" and Brian Emerson on "Search For
Tomorrow."
In 1985, he moved to Los Angeles after being cast as Jack
Rado in the Spelling/Kramer production, "Hollywood Beat." He has
since made guest appearances on such television series as
"Matlock," "Werewolf" and "Down And Out In Beverly Hills."
His most recent television work, "War and Remembrance," is
the long-awaited sequel to "The Winds of War." Scheduled for a
1988 airdate, it will be the longest miniseries in television
history.
In it, he will portray Quartermaster Maselli.
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Jay's feature film credits include a co-starring role in
"cruising," with Al Pacino, and a starring role in "Cold'steel,"
the feature directed by Mario Puzo's daughter Dorothy Puzo, which
also stars Sharon Stone. In addition, he will star in the
upcoming motion picture thriller "976-Evil."
Taking time out from his busy schedule, Jay plays second
base for the Hollywood All-Stars softball team. Married to
manager Fonda st. Paul, they currently make their home in Los
Angeles.
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REN WOODS
as Edie
Ren Woods plays Edie, a sharp and streetwise computer whiz
who works for the New York District Attorney in "Beauty and the
Beast," a contemporary fable filled with action and romance,
airing Friday nights at 8:00 PM (ET) on the CBS Television
Network.
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criminal investigations.
Born in Chicago and raised in Portland, Oregon, Ren got her
first taste of performing at age 9 when she joined "The Three
Little Souls," a successful rhythm and blues singing group.
When
Ren was 12, the group relocated to California where exposure on
"Soul," the first black'television special, led to an invitation
from Bob Hope to join him in entertaining the troops in vietnam.
At 14, Woods and her group opened for Sammy Davis Jr. at Carnegie
Hall.
When the group disbanded, she remained in California and won
the starring role of Dorothy in the Los Angeles company
production of "The Wiz." At the same time, she was cast in the
feature film "Car Wash" with Richard Pryor.
Her more recent film credits include John Sayles' "Brother
From Another Planet" and '''Jumpin' Jack Flash" with Whoopi
Goldberg, with whom she briefly worked in New York.
This past summer, she was on location in Nicaragua where
she filmed "Walker," a political adventure, starring Ed Harris
which was directed by Alex Cox.
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Her television credits include the role of Fanta, Kunte
Kinte's first love, in the highly acclaimed miniseries, "Roots,"
and guest appearances
on "Hill street Blues" and "The
Jeffersons."
An accomplished vocalist, Woods has released two solo
albums.
She currently makes her home in Los Angeles with her 4year old son, Duran.
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PAUL JUNGER WITT
Executive Producer
Paul Junger witt is executive producer with longtime partner
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One of television's most creative and prolific producers,
Witt's programs have consistently captured Emmy and Golden Globe
Awards, as well as widespread popular acclaim.
Under the witt/Thomas/Harris production banner, he is
currently co-executive producer of the Emmy Award-winning comedy
series "Golden Girls," and served in that same capacity for such
television hits as "Soap," "Benson," "It Takes Two," "Hail to the
Chief" and "I'm a Big Girl Now."
In addition, he and Thomas,
under the witt/Thomas banner, are executive producers of the
syndicated sitcom "It's A Living," the first primetime series to
go from network telecast to off-network syndication, and back
into first-run syndication.
In 1984, witt produced the feature film "Firstborn" with
Thomas and "Beauty and the Beast" creator/supervising
producer
Ron Koslow.
The Paramount Pictures release starred Teri Garr and
Peter Weller.
Prior to the formation of Witt/Thomas Productions in 1976,
witt was president of Danny Thomas Productions from 1972 until
1975, acting as executive producer and producer of the series
"Fay," starring Lee Grant, and "The Practice," starring Danny
Thomas.
He co-produced several movies for television as well,
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including "Satan's Triangle," "Griffin .and Phoenix" ".which
starred Peter Falk and Jill Clayburgh, and "Bloodsport," , which
featured Gary Busey.
Between 1971 and 1972, witt produced
movies with Thomas for Spelling/Goldberg
a number of television
productions,
among them
"Cold Night's Death" with Robert CUlp and Eli Wallach, "No Place
to Run," starring Larry Hagman and Stefanie Powers, and "The
Letters," with Barbara stanwyck.
"Brian's Song," which he produced
for Screen Gems, won six
Emmy Awards, including Best Movie for Television in 1970.
Witt also.produced the weekly TV police drama "The Rookies,"
and for four years was a producer/director
of the series "Here
Come the Brides" and "The Partridge Family."
A native New Yorker, he attended the University
of Virginia,
and in 1965, moved to Los Angeles where he now resides with his
wife and four children.
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BIOGRAPHY
TONY THOMAS
Executive Producer
Tony Thomas is executive producer with longtime partner Paul
Junger witt on "Beauty and the Beast," a contemporary fable
filled with action and romance airing Friday nights at 8:00 PM
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A pioneer in television, Thomas has earned a reputation for
producing outstanding entertainment.
Over the years, his various
projects have won numerous Emmy and Golden Globe Awards, as well
as countless nominations.
CUrrently, he is co-executive producer of the Emmy Awardwinning Witt/Thomas/Harris
comedy series "Golden Girls."
Under
the Witt/Thomas production banner, he is also executive producer
with Paul Junger witt on "It's A Living," the popular sitcom now
in first-run syndication.
Thomas co-produced the 1984 Paramount feature film
"Firstborn" with witt and "Beauty and the Beast" creator/
supervising producer Ron Koslow, and was co-executive producer
for several witt/Thomas/Harris
television comedies, including the
Emmy Award-winning series "Soap," "Benson," "It Takes Two" and
"Hail to the Chief."
Before the formation of Witt/Thomas Productions in 1976, he
was vice president of Danny Thomas Productions, where he served
as co-executive producer and co-producer on the series "Fay,"
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Danny Thomas.
He also co-produced 'the telefilms "Satan's
Triangle," "Griffin and Phoenix," which starred Peter Falk and
Jill Clayburgh, "Gun in the Pulpit," "Bloodsport," starring Gary
Busey and Ben Johnson and "Remember When," which starred Jack
Warden and Robby'Benson.
Between 1971 and 1972, Thomas co-produced a number of
television movies for Spelling/Goldberg Productions, including
"Cold Night's Death" with Robert CUlp and Eli Wallach, "Home for
the Holidays" with Sally Field and Walter Brennan, and "The
Letters," starring Barbara Stanwyck.
Screen Gems' highly acclaimed 1970 telefilm "Brian's Song,"
for which Thomas served as associate producer, with Witt as
producer, won six Emmy Awards including Best Movie for
Television.
Married,
children.
Thomas lives in Los Angeles with his wife and three
"Beauty and the Beast" is a Witt/Thomas Production with Ron
Koslow Films in association with Republic Pictures Corporation.
Contact:
Leah Krantzler
Joan Deutchman
THE LIPPIN GROUP(LA)
(213)653-5910
Marisa Hanania Spitz
THE LIPPIN GROUP(NY)
(212)838-6140
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BIOGRAPHY
RON KOSLOW
creator/Supervising
Producer
Ron Koslow
is the creator and supervising
"Beauty and the Beast," a contemporary
and romance,
producer
of
fable filled with action
airing Friday nights at 8:00 PM (ET) on the CBS
Television Network.
Born in Denver, Ron spent his early life in st. Louis and
moved to Los Angeles with his family when he was ten years old.
He attended
the University
of California
film school and became a member
(,~
at Berkeley
of the California
and the UCLA
Bar after
earning a law degree at Loyola University.
While still in college, Koslow wrote and sold the screenplay
for "Lifeguard,"
and Anne Archer.
featuring
produced
the 1976 Paramount
feature starring
Among h"is other film credits
Teri Garr and Peter Weller,
Sam Elliott
are "Firstborn,"
which he wrote and co-
in 1984 with "Beauty and the Beast" executive
producers
Paul Junger witt and Tony Thomas,
and "Into The Night,"
Jeff Goldblum,
Dan Aykroyd
Michelle
Pfeiffer,
which he wrote and produced
His TV writing credits
television
the following
starring
and David Bowie,
year.
include the motion-pictures-for-
"Lady of the House,"
starring
Dyan Cannon,
and "Swan
Song," starring David Soul.
Koslow currently makes his home in Santa Monica.
"Beauty and the Beast" is a witt/Thomas
Koslow Films in association
with Republic
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Contact:
Leah Krantzler
Joan Deutchman
THE LIPPIN GROUP(LA)
(213)653-5910
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Production
pictures
with Ron
Corporation.
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WITTrrHOMAS PRODUCTIONS
in association with
Marisa Hanania Spitz
THE LIPPIN GROUP(NY)
(212)838-6140
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REPUBLIC
PICTURES CORpoRATION
"Beauty and the Beast" marks the first time in the history
of Republic Pictures Corporation that the company is involved in
network series production.
Republic is partnered with
witt/Thomas Productions and Ron Koslow Films in the making of
this hour-long fantasy-drama, filled with action and romance,
airing Fridays at 8:00 PM (ET) on the CBS Television Network.
A publicly held television and home video production and
distribution company based in Los Angeles, Republic returned to
production in 1987, after a 30-year hiatus. The company's first
projects were three telefilms, the ABC drama "When The Time
Comes" starring Bonnie Bedelia and Brad Davis, CBS-TV's
"Mistress" starring victoria Principal, and NBC-TV' s "Eye on the
Sparrow" starring Mare Winningham and Keith Carradine.
Forthcoming is a remake of the Cary Grant/Ingrid Bergman classic
"Indiscreet" for CBS.
Republic is also well known as the distributor
of "Bonanza,"
"Get Smart" and "The High Chaparral," as well as for its
extensive film library of more than 1,400 motion pictures,
including classics starring John Wayne, Cary Grant, The Marx
Brothers,
and many others.
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Contact:
Leah Krantzler
Joan Deutchman
THE LIPPIN GROUP(LA)
(213)653-5910
Marisa Hanania Spitz
.THE LIPPIN GROUP(NY)
(212)838-6140
IVITIrrHOMAS PRODUCTIONS
in association with