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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1966
Page
5
The Ohio University Chorus with 135 members performs its first academic year concert at Memorial Auditorium Tuesday at 8 p.m. Pianist Carol Collier and trumpeter Donald Eason headline the opener with Dello Joio Song of the Open Road.
MGM acquires film rights for The Royal Hunt of the Sun with a 200000 dollar down payment and gross-based percentage. Production planned in Peru this year. The Broadway drama portrays the Spanish conquest of the Inca empire. John Stuber joins Ohio University as organ instructor after studies at Juilliard Mozarteum Oberlin Syracuse.
Channel listings preview a weekend cinema lineup. Friday features The Left Handed Gun and The Invitation among late slots with Attack of the Giant Leeches and Panic in the Streets. Saturday shows Destination Moon and The Gazebo in afternoon and night, plus The Razor's Edge and Harlem Globe Trotters cast, ending with Ivy and Viva Zapata offerings. Sunday highlights Stowaway Return of the Bad Men Sink the Bismarck The Big Heat Beat the Devil with renowned stars across sci fi western noir and adventure paths.
Hollywood reports Marlon Brando will co star with Sophia Loren in Charlie Chaplin's The Countess from Hong Kong directed by Chaplin. Brando describes the project as an unusual comedy with a plot involving an aristocratic American, a secret government post attempt, and a white Russian stowaway aboard an ocean liner.
Frankfurt news reports Willi Krueger was ordered by a city magistrate to pay $4.25 for tickets he walked out on during Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. Krueger had deducted the amount from his subscription, arguing the Edward Albee drama was dirty and immoral. The judge ruled the play not immoral and noted artistic standards change.
London stages announce a new adaptation of Dickens Christmas Carol titled The Stingiest Man in Town. Janice Tore wrote the adaptation and lyrics for Frederick Spielman’s score. Sponsors include Stanley Dubens and Joel Spector, with Specter linking to the TV original six years earlier.
A West Coast television and radio station owner posts the full $400000 needed for Little World, Hello!, a Broadway bound musical, covering production costs in New York.
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