WEST 57TH {PAULINA PORIZKOVA; BELLE GRADE HARVEST
OF SHAME; ROY ORIBSON TRIBUTE} (TV)
Summary
One in this series of news magazines. This edition
features three main segments: "Paulina That Fabulous
Face," "Belle Glade Harvest of Shame," and "Roy Orbison
A Tribute." In "Paulina That Fabulous Face," Karen
Burnes reports on supermodel Paulina Porizkova and her
five million dollar contract with the cosmetic company
Estee Lauder. Through interviews with Ronald Lauder,
the head of Estee Lauder; Paulina's agent from Elite
modeling agency; a cosmetics industry analyst from the
brokerage firm Smith Barney; and a booking agent from
"Baazar" magazine, Burnes follows Paulina's career to
its pinnacle, and examines Estee Lauder's motivation for
signing such a huge contract. Next, "Belle Grade
Harvest of Shame" examines conditions in Belle Glade,
Florida, a rural area considered a remnant of the
plantation system. Belle Glade was covered in 1960 CBS
documentary "Harvest of Shame," and this 1986 CBS
investigation finds that little has changed in
twenty-eight years. Reporter Steve Kroft interviews a
retired farmworker, followed by a black-and-white clip
from the 1960 documentary. A Florida Rural Legal
Services lawyer reports that agricultural workers lack
the rights other workers enjoy, such as the right to
organize, health insurance, worker's compensation, and
sick leave. Kroft provides additional statistical
information about the exploitation of this particular
group and the big businesses behind it. This segment
ends with interviews with a nun and social worker in the
community, a Jamaican sugar cane worker, and a retired
farmworker. Next is a short segment about the
comedians who entertain in the condominium
communities of retired people wintering in Florida,
which includes clips of several comedy shows, and
interviews with the entertainers. "Roy Orbison A
Tribute" features scenes of the singer rehearsing, in
the studio, performing songs such as "In Dreams" on
stage, as well as quotes from Bruce Springsteen, who
spoke at Orbison's 1987 induction into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame. The program ends with a follow-up on a
past report about United Airlines. Includes commercials
and promos. Includes a commercial with the Smothers
Brothers for Magnavox. This program is
closed-captioned.
Cataloging of this program was made possible by The
Marc Haas and Helen Hotze Haas Foundation, 1998.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: December 17, 1988 10:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:59:00
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:17076
- GENRE: Magazine
- SUBJECT HEADING: Biography; Country music; Models, fashion (Cosmetics); Farmworkers; Plantation workers; Rock music
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV series, 1985-1989
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - Black & Decker Workmate
- TV - Commercials - Contac cold medicine
- TV - Commercials - Drixoral cold medicine
- TV - Commercials - Isotoner slippers
- TV - Commercials - Kenmore appliances
- TV - Commercials - Kentucky Fried Chicken
- TV - Commercials - Lady Speed Spray deodorant
- TV - Commercials - Magnavox camcorder
- TV - Commercials - Obsession fragrance
- TV - Commercials - Panasonic technologies
- TV - Commercials - Remington shavers
- TV - Commercials - Sears stores
- TV - Commercials - Subaru automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Tropicana Twister juices
- TV - Commercials - US Sprint communications
- TV - Promos - "A Hobo's Christmas"
- TV - Promos - "A Very Brady Christmas"
- TV - Promos - "CBS Sports"
- TV - Promos - "Designing Women"
- TV - Promos - "Kate & Allie"
- TV - Promos - "Murder, She Wrote"
- TV - Promos - "Murphy Brown"
- TV - Promos - "Newhart"
- TV - Promos - "People's Court"
- TV - Promos - "Superior Court"
- TV - Promos - "TV 101"
- TV - Promos - "The Equalizer"
- TV - Promos - "Wise Guy"
CREDITS
- Andrew Lack … Executive Producer, Director
- Carol Rifkinson … Coordinating Producer
- Tom Yellin … Senior Producer
- Maurice Murad … Supervising Producer
- Michael Rubin … Producer, For "Paulina"
- Kenneth Fink … Producer, For "Belle Glade"
- Christopher Dalrymple … Producer, For "Roy Orbison"
- Doug Hamilton … Associate Producer, For "Paulina"
- Valerie Cummings … Associate Producer, For "Belle Glade"
- Edd Kalehoff … Music by
- Meredith Vieira … Reporter
- Steve Kroft … Reporter
- Selina Scott … Reporter
- John Ferrugia … Reporter
- Karen Burnes … Reporter
- Smothers Brothers … Talent, Magnavox commercial
- Ronald Lauder
- Roy Orbison
- Paulina Poriskova
- Bruce Springsteen