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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1962
Page
19
Hollywood reports MGM will begin mid June theater bookings for Lolita with a sex de-emphasized publicity drive. The teen heroine Sun Lyon, 13, will tour nationally with her mother as chaperone, wearing gowns by Oleg Cassini.
Hollywood veteran Billie Dove, 58, returns to cinema after 20 years for Columbia’s Diamond Head night club bit role. Her son Robert Kenaston Jr. accompanies her as she contrasts today’s fast but familiar moviemaking with her era’s star system and recalls winning a jingle contest that led to the film opportunity.
Caesar Romero argues Hollywood must return to physical visual comedy to lift public mood amid economic worries. He cites current trend toward dialogue heavy and "worry" films and urges a rapid surge of light, funny pictures featuring Sandra Dee and Bobby Darin to restore box office vitality.
Hollywood star Natalie Wood, age 23, defends today’s youth against harsh older generations. She cites changing mores, recalls earlier fads like the Charleston and shimmy, and criticizes teens’ sloppy unwashed look on the set of Gypsy at Warner Bros.
Hollywood reports that the Motion Picture Academy plans a tighter Oscar format after the 1962 Emmy broadcast baffled many. The plan calls for presenting 10 to 12 major awards on stage and on air, shortening speeches and cutting backstage wins to speed up the show. Wendell Corey is re elected as president amid ongoing governance disputes.
Seven UCLA students join MGM on The Hook at Catalina as the ninth year of producer William Perlberg and George Seaton’s program to train university youths in film. They stay through shooting and earn 16 university credits toward cinema arts master's degrees. In nine years the program has placed 90 youths.
Hollywood star Tony Curtis, long afraid of flying, recently underwent hypnosis and flew around Lake Tahoe while filming. He now plans flying lessons, a pilot license, and to buy his own plane, saying he cannot wait to fly in his own ship.
Hollywood reports 18 year old Bobby Vee as a disciplined teen idol with top records and a large fan club. He recalls Europe tours from London to Paris praising American pop influence and noting restrained Australian fans.
The item notes Marlon Brando said no to The Winston Affair but could be The Agony and The Ecstasy if Richard Burton is unavailable. It mentions Burton praising Elizabeth Taylor amid health jokes, Harold Hecht pursuing Liz for a film with Tony Curtis, and other busy stars like Leslie Caron, Zefferelli, Judy Garland, Ronald Neame, and Sir Laurence Olivier enforcing contracts. It also singles out Alberto Sordi as a rising Italian actor and previews an Italian in America project.
Hollywood notes report MGM struggles ease as Debbie Reynolds agrees to work on How The West Was Won while Marlon Brando delays his return. Brando’s commitment to The Ugly American prevents a MGM appearance, complicating makeup needs and delaying the $25 million sea spectacle’s New York premiere.
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