Mary Pickford Plans Retroactive Film Showings
Mary Pickford, now 78 and living in seclusion, authorizes retroactive screenings of 11 features and three shorts in several American and European cities. The former Pollyanna and later star of The Taming of the Shrew with Douglas Fairbanks Sr. is shown with her husband Buddy Rogers in a 1961 Washington visit photo.
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Douglas Fairbanks Sr
Shrew
Buddy Rogers
Washington
Hollywood losing ground as film capital in decline
Radnor Pennsylvania reports Hollywood’s decline as the center of film making due to foreign competition high costs and out of work crew unions show 85 percent unemployed across IA Local 728 and other crews while Oscar night reflects a shifting industry actors say advances enable shoots abroad and producers complain of box office shortfalls to dishonest exhibitors and skimmed profits.
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TV Guide
United States
IA Costumers
Archeologist Iris Love hunts nude Aphrodite on CBS Smithsonian adventure
Iris Love, a 37 year old archaeologist, pursues the long missing Praxitelelean Aphrodite rumored linked to Knidos and possibly the British Museum. The CBS News Smithsonian Adventure, hosted by former astronaut Walter M. Schirra, airs Sunday June 13 and centers on the controversy over the statue’s location.
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Iris Love
Aphrodite
Miss Love
Goddess of Love
CBS News
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Praxiteles
Knidos
Turkey
British Museum
Boomtown Charity Party Dazzles Hollywood Elite
Hollywoods Boomtown charity event staged by SHARE-girls drew stars like Lucille Ball Lorne Greene Sammy Davis Jr Robert Mitchum Milton Berle Jack Lemmon George Burns Jo Stafford and Jack Benny. The Western themed affair featured satire and a spoof sponsor pill skit reflecting 1970s culture.
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Hollywood
Lorne Greene
Lucille Ball
Eydie Gorme
Lucy
Mary Ann Mobley
Gary Collins
Gary
Sammy Davis
Robert Mitchum
Milton Berle
Jack Lemmon
George Burns
Jo Stafford
Jack Benny
James Daly Stars in Early TV Drama Foreign Intrigue
James Daly of Medical Center starred in the television drama Foreign Intrigue, one of the medium’s early hit series. The actor gained fame for his lead role and helped shape the era’s suspenseful storytelling.
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James Daly
Medical Center
Hoffman Guests on Suspense Playhouse
Dustin Hoffman Sally Kellerman and John McMartin star in Higher and Higher Attorneys at Law a comedy adventure about a husband and wife legal team working on separate cases. Arthur Greene district attorney pursues a case against a wealthy woman’s alleged killer. Liz Higher is on the defense team with her husband.
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Dustin Hoffman
Sally Kellerman
John McMartin
Attorneys At Law
Suspense Playhouse
CBS
Yoffman
Arthur Greene
Miss Kellerman
Liz Higher
Distaff
John Higher
New York Philharmonic Founded in 1842, CBS Young People Shows
The New York Philharmonic traces its origin to 1842 and remains America’s oldest orchestra. The piece notes its four Young People’s Concerts per season on CBS TV. It also mentions Jane Manning from Love Is a Many Splendored Thing breaking into show business via the chorus of St. Louis and Cleveland Municipal Opera.
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