ARMISTEAD MAUPIN'S MORE TALES OF THE CITY {EPISODE 4} (TV)
Summary
Episode four in this six-episode mini-series about the interconnected lives of people residing in San Francisco in 1977, continuing from the mini-series "Tales of the City." In episode four, Anna Madrigal reveals her transsexuality to her tenants and adds that her name is an anagram. Other highlights include the following: Brian has another rendezvous with the voyeur; Mary Ann recalls how she burned a file that a former tenant, Norman, compiled about Mrs. Madrigal; Michael and Jon watch a television show about Anita Bryant's crusade against gays; at the wholesale flower sellers, the amnesiac Burke vomits when he spots a man with a hair transplant; Michael is struck by a rare form of paralysis and is hospitalized; Frannie discovers the secrets of Pinus women's club; Beauchamp verbally abuses and fires Mary Ann, and confirms plans to have his pregnant wife DeDe beaten; Jon rejects Beauchamp's advances and clarifies his love for Michael; Bruno and Douchebag plan their attack on DeDe; Michael learns his parents have joined Bryant's anti-homosexual campaign and sends them a letter announcing he is gay and proud; DeDe and D'orothea go on a date to a Junior League fashion show, unaware they are being stalked by Douchebag; and Mary Ann receives a dire phone call about an event that alters everyone's plans.
Details
- NETWORK: Showtime
- DATE: June 8, 1998 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:48:36
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:54465
- GENRE: Drama
- SUBJECT HEADING: LGBTQ+ Collection - Drama; San Francisco; 1970s; Friendship; Transgender people
- SERIES RUN: Showtime - TV series, 1998
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Suzanne Girard … Executive Producer
- Alan Poul … Executive Producer
- Tim Bevan … Executive Producer
- Armistead Maupin … Executive Producer, Based on the novel by
- Kevin Tierney … Producer
- Pierre Gang … Director
- Nicholas Wright … Writer
- Richard Grégoire … Music by
- Olympia Dukakis … Cast, Mrs. Anna Madrigal
- Laura Linney … Cast, Mary Ann Singleton
- Colin Ferguson … Cast, Burke Andrew
- William Campbell … Cast, Jon Fielding
- Barbara Garrick … Cast, DeDe Halcyon Day
- Paul Hopkins … Cast, Michael "Mouse" Tolliver
- Nina Siemaszko … Cast, Mona Ramsey
- Jackie Burroughs … Cast, Mother Mucca
- Whip Hubley … Cast, Brian Hawkins
- Diana LeBlanc … Cast, Frannie Halcyon
- Françoise Robertson … Cast, D'Orothea Wilson
- Domini Blyth … Cast, Helena Parrish
- Thomas Gibson … Cast, Beauchamp Day
- Gregory Calpakis … Cast, Birdsong
- Peter Colvey … Cast, Transplant Man
- Kathleen McAuliffe … Cast, Elderly Flower Seller
- Renée-M. Le Guerrier … Cast, Douchebag's Mother
- Jackie Richardson … Cast, Emma
- Michel Perron … Cast, Bruno
- Brigid Tierney … Cast, Douchebag
- Paul Phatsis … Cast, Bluegrass