Robert Ryan shines in revival of The Front Page on Broadway
Robert Ryan returns to Broadway after six years in the revival of The Front Page. He took the role of editor Walter Burns, took pay at the Actors Equity minimum with profits to playwrights and helped extend the run as the show clicked. Ryan plans no retirement, jokes about theater as a luxury, and notes he may shoot another film in the fall.
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Krakatoa East of Java Star Barbara Werle Faces Title Jokes
Hollywood star Barbara Werle discusses Krakatoa East of Java while reflecting on the film’s title paradoxes. She recalls mixed reviews and how critics label her acting as derelict yet notes the project taught her to pursue comedy. Werle notes the title’s misplacement and jokes about future projects and critics.
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Dear Helen Help Us Show Tact From Airman Advice
A reader asks how to win parental acceptance when dating a girl under 18, citing past letters and a father’s misread. Helen counsels tact, writes a thoughtful letter, and warns against “pothead poetry” while urging sensible approaches to gain a good conduct pass. The column closes inviting more family living anecdotes.
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Busy TV Day Mix of Cartoons Dramas and Game Shows
A dense TV schedule lists daytime and evening programs across networks. Featured items include cartoons like Mighty Mouse Astro Boy and The Flintstones, soap operas such as Days of Our Lives and Another World, game shows like Password and The Newlywed Game, and movies including Sierra Stranger and Shady Lady.
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Thursday TV Highlights Include Portrait and Sixties Guests
Television listings note Portrait featuring Barbara Stanwyck on the set of Big Valley with Ray Mil land Pat O’Brien Peter Breck and Richard Long. Evening segments include Tom Jones hour with Lainie Kazan Bobby Goldsboro Donovan Godfrey Cambridge and Jo Anne Worley. Abortion discussion airs Summer Focus 1969 with Father Granfield and women sharing experiences. The schedule also lists Bewitched Tightrope Leave It to Beaver The Flintstones cartoons Gilligan’s Island and Vengeance Valley among the evening programs.
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ACT to stage Hair at Geary in San Francisco
The American Conservatory Theatre plans a seven month Geary run for Hair starting mid August, co produced with Michael Butler Tom Smothers and Marshall Nally. ACT cuts season to one theater first quarter 1970, aims to resume two theater operation in April while funds from the California Theater Foundation bring in part of the deficit.
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Mississippi Spillways Base Flooding Threat at New Orleans
UPI reports U S Engineers warn the Mississippi River could discharge about 3 million cubic feet of water per second toward New Orleans during a flood peak. To relieve pressure, roughly 1.75 million cubic feet per second would be diverted to spillways above the city. The Bonnet Carre spillway has been opened three times near New Orleans in 1937 1950 and 1955.
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Slim Pickens Joins 8 Steps to Jonah Cast
Hollywood reports Slim Pickens will co star with Wayne Newton and Micke Rooney in the film 8 Steps to Jonah. Production details are sparse but the casting adds veteran star power to the project.
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Winning Contract NUTH aura Voli None WEST VA
In a bridge match between Omar Sha Tif's team and a London squad, declarer misread a trump stack after East opened a weak notrump. South was in four spades. dummy took diamonds, a club was led, and East overruffed. The defense eventually defeated the contract. a pause to plan could have allowed success by ruffing diamonds then clubs.
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