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Mar 24, 2020 - 11:15 PM
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Bob DiMucci
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Rogers’ “MacShayne” film was a ratings winner, and a little over two months later, he was back with a sequel, MacSHAYNE: THE FINAL ROLL OF THE DICE. In this film, which was a pilot for a series that wasn’t picked up, “MacShayne” has a more stable job, as the head of security at the hotel where he stayed in the previous movie. And he has his hands full. First, he has to take care of the grandson of the hotel's CEO, who is a kleptomaniac. Then he has to try calm down a diva who is going to perform at the hotel, whose bass player is her ex-husband whom she wishes would just go away. And when he is found dead, she is the prime suspect because she has threatened him time and time again. Finally, a senatorial candidate who is staying at the hotel has had his life threatened, so McShayne has to protect him. And the hitman who is gunning after him is making plans to carry out his contract.
E.W. Swackhamer again directed, and Larry Brown and Edgar Struble provided the score. NBC aired the film on 29 April 1994.
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Mar 25, 2020 - 1:39 PM
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Bob DiMucci
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Kenny Rogers appeared as himself in the made-for-television biopic BIG DREAMS & BROKEN HEARTS: THE DOTTIE WEST STORY. Dottie West was a country singer who died in the aftermath of an auto accident in 1991 at age 58, while on her way to the Grand Ole Opry to perform. In the late 1970s, she had teamed up with Kenny Rogers for a series of duets which took her career to new highs, earning platinum-selling albums and No. 1 records for the very first time.
In 1977, West was recording the song "Every Time Two Fools Collide" when, according to legend, Kenny Rogers suddenly entered the studio and began singing along. Released as a duet, the single hit number one, West's first. Her subsequent duet recordings with Rogers, "All I Ever Need Is You" and "What Are We Doin' in Love", also became country music standards.
But, by the late 1980s, West had fallen on hard times. Although she remained a popular touring act, West's financial problems mounted. She and her husband filed for divorce in 1990, and he sued her for $7,500. By this time, extravagant spending and a string of bad investments had left her nearly broke.
In his autobiography, Kenny Rogers, who maintained a very close friendship with West, stated he did pay a visit to her in the hospital a few times prior to her death. On his last visit (the day of West's death), Rogers recalled that although he was told it was unlikely West could hear him, he still spoke to her for a considerable amount of time in the hope that she could hear what he was saying.
Michelle Lee plays Dottie West in the film, and David James Elliott plays her second husband and producer Byron Metcalf. Nearly every other country star in the film is playing themselves. Bill D'Elia directed the film, which aired on CBS on 22 January 1995. Edgar Struble provided the background score, but the soundtrack was filled the songs of Dottie West as re-recorded by Michelle Lee. Well-versed in musical theater, Michelle Lee had made her film debut in the movie version of HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING. For a time after the film, a CD of Lee’s performances for the film was available from her website, but it is now OOP.
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