The Winning of the West to be filmed in Cinerama
MGM plans a three hour Western in Cinerama titled The Winning of the West costing about ten million dollars. The project covers 1840 to 1890 and follows a family over three generations with cameo appearances by Carroll Baker Gregory Peck and others.
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Baby Doll) Baker
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Hollywoods big budget Cinerama slate teased
The article outlines six integrated Cinerama segments led by Henry Hathaway with directors John Ford and George Marshall guiding Civil War and Union Pacific sequences. Cast includes James Stewart Debbie Reynolds Spencer Tracy John Wayne Gregory Peck and more. Production cost nears 10 million with a three hour length, planned two to four year shoot across multiple states.
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Television schedule snapshot from a vintage network lineup
A dense list of daily broadcasts with time blocks for daytime and evening programs. Featured items include game shows, soap operas, news, and early television staples such as The Guiding Light, The Edge of Night, Lux Video Theatre, The Price Is Right, Matt Lincoln era news, and Huntley-Brinkley.
Woman News Commentators Are Still Rare
Television’s rare bird remains the woman news correspondent title and period voice in reporting. ABC has added a full time woman reporter-talker to its staff, Lisa Howard, a former actress.
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Golden Dozen adds Lemmon and Hudson to Hollywood ranks
The Golden Dozen of film power shifts as Jack Lemmon and Rock Hudson replace aging stars Clark Gable and Gary Cooper. Hudson gains leverage via fewer studio restraints, while Lemmon rises after Some Like It Hot and The Apartment. Female stars Doris Day Elizabeth Taylor Debbie Reynolds Shirley MacLaine Marilyn Monroe gain influence.
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