Kraft Music Hall
9/23/70, NBC, w/ Anthony Quinn
Songs included: What Is a Woman? / Love Story / Don't Explain / Me and My Shadow / He's Got the Whole World in His Hands / Lost in the Stars / But Beautiful / I'm Glad There Is You / Until It's Time for You to Go
"Anthony Quinn, the compelling actor with a face compared to a relief map of the Alps, and Peggy Lee, the sultry singer, were paired last night on the Kraft Music Hall over the NBC network... A performer such as Mr. Quinn can hold his own with Miss Lee, no slouch herself in understanding that lyrics are no less important than a beat. In their climactic rendition, the duet manager to capture the elusive durability of love, no matter what the reasons. It was a strangely effective and poignant oddity, well worth the waiting. Most of the rest of the show was uneven, not to say dull. Mr. Quinn was cast in some sketches on the woman-and-man relationship and did a reprise of his film role in Requiem for a Heavyweight. But Miss Lee is a winning and experienced hand in retrieving awkward moments by drifting into a song that eases the strain. If Dwight Hemion, the director, had a hand in matching Mr. Quinn and Miss Lee, more power to him. The infrequent spark is never caught without experimentation." - Jack Gould, New York Times, 9/24/70
