Goodbye Ava and the Ava Gardner Biographies
A mixed review compares Richard Bissell’s Goodbye, Ava with David Hanna’s Ava: A Portrait of a Star. It highlights Bissell’s humorous fiction featuring an imaginary affair with Gardner and a dramatic ending, while Hanna’s unauthorized portrait portrays Gardner’s beauty, insecurities, and tumultuous relationships with notable figures without deep personal access.
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Sad portrait of fame by Milton Hanna and Ava Gardner tale
Milton Hanna paints a bleak view of Hollywood fame and Ava Gardner. The reviewer notes distorted facts like Marty Melcher’s name and quotes a poem line, calling the book sad and revealing a world of adulation, gossip, and empty lives. Gardner’s restless pursuit is described as elusive and tragic.
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Glass Menagerie to be staged at Williams College
Tennessee Williams drama The Glass Menagerie will be presented at Adams Memorial Theater in Williamstown on December 9 and 10 by Cap and Bells Inc the college’s undergraduate dramatic club. Directed by Robert Matthews the cast includes Mrs. Clarence Chafee Mrs Betsy Sundaram Borden Snow and Lin Morison with sets by Robert M Boland lighting by John R Watson Jr. Tickets are available by mail or phone at the theater box office.
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Bobby Darin Weds Sandra Dee at New Jersey home
Rock and folk singer Bobby Darin and actress Sandra Dee married at 3 a.m. at a friend’s home in Elizabeth New Jersey. Darin 24 and Miss Dee 19 had filed a marriage license Wednesday and kept plans secret. They planned to fly from New York to Los Angeles later today.
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John Wayne Becomes Grandfather for Fourth Time
Hollywood star John Wayne is now a grandfather again after the son Michael and his wife welcomed daughter Teresa Ann weighing three pounds and thirteen ounces at St Vincent's Hospital The couple already has a daughter Alicia about seventeen months old
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Liz and Eddie Seek Millions In Libel Suit
New York AP Elizabeth Taylor and husband Eddie Fisher sue eight magazines for 7.25 million dollars alleging character damage and malicious headlines for crass commercial gain. Papers filed in State Supreme Court as the Fishers return from Paris to the United States. Named defendants include Official Magazines Corp Interstate Publishing Corp Fawcett Publications Dell Publishing Sterling Group Inc Countrywide Publications and Ideal Publishing Corp for titles such as Screen Stars Movie World Modern Screen Movie TV Secrets Movie Stars TV Closeups and Movie Life.
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Film Producers Disagree With Bishops on Morals
Hollywood producers challenge a bishops committee call for U S Catholics to avoid films not meeting acceptable standards. The Association of Motion Picture Producers rejected the claim that Hollywood has made a bold and unprecedented departure from prior moral norms.
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Violinist Hears Tape Orchestra In New York Concert
New York AP report says Anahid Ajemian performed with a taped electronic backdrop for Henk Badings Perspectives and Richard Maxfield works. The audience and critic noted the lack of a live orchestra and mixed reactions to the unconventional concert piece.
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City Movie Timetable Listings From Capitol Palace Union Square
Capitol shows Flute and the Arrow at 1 13, 4 35, 7 50. A Breath of Scandal at 2 40, 5 55, 9 15. Palace presents Walk Tail at 1 10, 4 20, 7 30. Butterfield 8 at 2 25, 5 40, 8 50. Union Square offers Edge of Eternity at 1 05, 4 21, 7 36. Let No Man Write My Epitaph at 2 30, 9 45, 9 00. County timetable on Page 28.
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