Open End fails to spark with Marx Burns and Durante
The NBC Open End panel on Tuesday night disappointed despite Groucho Marx George Burns and Jimmy Durante. Buddy Hackett stood out while Susskind and the others kept to clean gags. The critic notes the show wasted talent, failed to connect with audiences and concludes five thousand dollars buys an hour of discomfort.
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David Sussking
NBC
Groucho Marx
George Burns
Jimmy Durante
Buddy Hackett
Joey Bishop
Susskind
MR. Susskind
New York
Khrushchev
Groucho
Jimmy
Mort ?Sahl
Sahl
Tallulah Bankhead to Rehearse Midgie Purvis This Winter
Tallulah Bankhead and company will begin rehearsals for the farce Midgie Purvis this winter. Mary Chase wrote Harvey and Burgess Meredith will direct, replacing Jose Ferrer who had been slated for directing duties.
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New ‘York
Tallulah Bankhead and Company
Midgie Purvis
Mary Chase
Burgess Meredith
Jose Ferrer
Miss’ Chase
Harvey
North to Alaska at the Palace Theater
John Wayne stars in the 127 minute Northern western comedy directed by Henry Hathaway with Fabian Capucine and Ernie Kovacs. The review praises rugged action, barroom fights and the Alaska setting, noting Wardrobe and score as first rate.
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Twentieth-Fox
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Lionel Newmans
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George Pratt
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Angel Capucine
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Karl Swenson
Joe Lawyer
Kathleen Freeman
Uorbertackohn Qualen
Stanley Adams
Stephen Courtley Cintenant
Douglas Dick
Callas Returns to La Scala in Turbulent Comeback
Maria Callas drew kisses and briefly clashed with photographers at La Scala during her Donizetti Poliuto comeback in Milan. Critics praised the performance, noting it not her best, while Callas declared the La Scala audience remains hers and left with Aristotle Onassis for dinner.
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Poliuto
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Monaco
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Lawford and Sinatra Plan Show To Clear Democratic Debts
Hollywood AP report says Peter Lawford and Frank Sinatra stage an all star benefit in Washington on January 19 to erase the Democrats 1960 campaign deficit of 2 million dollars. Box seats fetch 10000 dollars with lower tickets at 100 dollars. early sales suggest a 1.9 million gross.
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Peter Lawford
Lawford
Frank Sinatra
Washington, D.C
John F. Kennedy
Absence of Cello to be dramatized by author Ira Wallach
New York reports Ira Wallach, author of The Absence of Cello, is shaping his favored novel into a stage piece. The author notes that a section of the book functioned as a ready-made play, confirming it was initially written as a play.
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New York
Ira Wallach
Wallach
Capitol and Palace Showings This Evening
Capitol lists Beyond the Time Barrier at 1:00 3:30 6:00 8:15 and Amazing Transparent Man at 2:25 4:55 7:25 9:55. Palace screens North to Alaska at 1:10 4:55 8:45 and The Secret of the Purple Reef at 3:35 7:10. Union Square presents The Last Angry Man at 1:00 4:20 7:40 and I'm All Right Jack at 2:34 5:54 9:14. County timetable on Page 28.
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I'm All Right Jack review at Union Square
A British satire on industrial strife shows through its plot as an Oxford educated young man lands a factory job to antagonize the union and secure a secret deal for his uncle. Ian Carmichael and Peter Sellers lead a strong cast with Terry Thomas Margaret Rutherford and Richard Attenborough delivering sharp supporting turns. The script by Frank Harvey and director John Boulting render a brisk, witty critique that still sparks laughs.
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Jack
Union Square
Terry Thomas
Margaret Rutherford
Richard Attenborough
Dennis Price
Marie Maitland
Irene Hands
Liz Fraser
Frank Harvey
John Boulting
Elizabeth
Jimmy Durante Quiet Wedding Planned in New York
Hollywood star Jimmy Durante says after a year of courtship and engagement he will marry Margie Little in New York City. The ceremony at St Malachy Church will be conducted by Father Thomas De Luca. Durante jokes about finally finding someone to lead him around by the nose.
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