Television, Cinema: may 23, 1969

TELEVISION

Wednesday, May 21

WEDNESDAY NIGHT MOVIE (ABC, 8:30-11:05 p.m.). Deborah Kerr, as Governess Anna Leonowens, squares off against Yul Brynner in his Oscar-winning performance as Siam's petulant but engaging monarch in Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and 7(1956).

JACK BENNY'S BIRTHDAY SPECIAL (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). Ann-Margret pops out of the cake while Lucille Ball, Lawrence Welk, Dan Blocker, Dennis Day and Jerry Lewis clown around to make Jack forget he's — you guessed it — 39. Repeat.

Thursday, May 22

NET PLAYHOUSE (NET, 8-9:30 p.m.). "Let Me Hear You Whisper" might seem a...

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