Pre Sold Audiences Aid Movies by Kazan
HOLLYWOOD AP Film makers rely on presold audiences from books to drive movie success. Elia Kazan created a presold bestseller with The Arrangement selling a million hard cover and three million paperback. He promotes and adapts the story for film with Kirk Douglas Deborah Kerr Faye Dunaway and Richard Boone attached as stars.
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Pasadena Little Theatre Plans Annual Christmas Party
Pasadena Little Theatre will host its annual Christmas party at 8 p.m. Friday at the theater. Members are asked to bring gifts for the theater. Country Girl by Clifford Odets is being cast by Bill Simmons for a February 7 opening.
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Pasadena Little Theatre
Oscar Race Begins For Hopefuls
Oscar season opens as trade papers tout ads for viewing and academy eligibility. The list of best picture contenders includes The Lion in Winter Rachel Rachel Isadora Rosemarys Baby Oliver 2001 A Space Odyssey The Odd Couple Funny Girl The Sea Gull Romeo and Juliet The Subject Was Roses Star Faces The Fixer Hell in the Pacific Planet of the Apes Candy Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Fintans Rainbow. Best actor contenders span Robertson Matthau OToole and others with a diverse field. Best actress races feature Hepburn Rachel Streisand Farrow Neal Redgrave and others with Katherine Hepburn a strong bet for a second consecutive Oscar. Best director may hinge on early favorites as competition heats up.
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Anthony Quinn
Tony Curtis
Peter O'Toole
Jack Albertson
Walter Matthau
Jack Lemmon
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Lee Marvin
Toshiro Mifune
Rod Steiger
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Ron Moody
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Mia Farrow
Patricia Neal
Vanessa Redgrave
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Susannah York
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Lee Wyler
Stanley Kubrick
Carol Reed
John Frankenheimer
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Roman Polanski
Martin Ritt
the Brotherhood
John Cassavetes
Faces
Gene Saks
Jules Dassin
Karel Reisz
Sidney Lumet
Peter Yates
Baytonian On Musical Tour
Pam Phelps of Baytown shines as the Baytonian on a touring piano with the Ray Roger Quartet. The 20 year old earns praise for her style and speed in shows at the Showboat in St Paul with future dates in Mason City Iowa and Montreal Canada. The St Paul article likens her to Jo Ann Castle and Tiny Tim for her look and hands, noting she is a standout member while Anthony Harvey leads as front runner.
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Baytown
Ray Roger
Music Dynamo
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Canada
Pam
JoAnn CasUe
Tiny Little Show
Christmas season events at Houston area venues
Channel 8 airs three Christmas specials Handel and Haydn Society of Boston performs Messiah at 4 p.m. Sunday Renaissance and Baroque music by House Consort at 7 p.m. Monday New York Pro Musica presents The Play of Daniel at 7.30 p.m. Wednesday holiday dinner theater in Houston features Tobacco Road followed by dancing with Les Elgart orchestra. Tickets $20 per person. Jer mayne Macagy collection shows through Jan 5 at University of St Thomas Houston. Come Blow Your Horn runs until mid January at Town and Country Dinner Theater with ADA-TESS reservations. Houston Baptist College hosts Christmas Opera at 8:15 p.m. Friday in Denham Hall with free admission. Houston Symphony Choral and Orchestra presents Sounds of Christmas at Jones Hall at 8 p.m. Friday. Christmas Tree World 1968 exhibition runs through Dec 31 at Museum of Fine Arts Houston.
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Handel and Haydn Society of Boston
House Consort
Daniel
New York
Pro Musica
Houston
Disner
Tobacco Road
Les Elgart
Jermayne Macagy
University of St. Thomas
Town and Country
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Houston Baptist College
Denham Hall
Houston —Symphony Choral and Orchestra
Jones Hall
Garden Club of Houston
Museum of Fine Arts
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