Hitchcock Defends The Birds Ad Line Amid Language Outcry
Alfred Hitchcock rejects charges that his Birds promotional line The Birds Is Coming insults English. He argues the title is singular and the verb should be is, while critics and teachers deride the ads as poor example for children. Universal reports strong box office potential, rivaling Psycho. A second item notes a New York AP report detailing a 475 part telephone by Western Electric.
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Fifth Scandal Grabs Spotlight
Hollywood publishers chase sensational Hollywood exposes with innuendo and scandal amid a rush to publish spicy memoirs. Norma Shearer pursues full truth about MGM figures Irving Thalberg Louis B Mayer and Marion Davies as publishers court lurid chapters to boost sales.
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Hollywood group moves to curb salary demands in industry
A small band of Hollywood producers led by Ross Hunter vows to halt "death by action" salary pacts. Six top filmmakers push a plan to replace high star wages with fair pay, citing an agent offering a leading actress for 400000 while they target 150000. They warn big-name clients and agents to adjust or lose roles to lesser actors.
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Preminger Dominates Foe List In Hollywood Casting Drama
Hollywoods Otto Preminger, famed for The Cardinal and The Man With The Golden Arm, is hailed as the top adversary by about 15 000 industry workers opposing foreign filming. He resists returning to Hollywood, plans Genius in Mexico and New York, while two Soviet directors shadow his Cardinal shoot. Other Runaways face delays as civilization reaches filming locales.
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Bartering Over Goulet Sparks Studio Scramble
Hollywood reports a bidding tug of war for Robert Goulet after two studios showed interest. MGM aimed for The Unsinkable Molly Brown or Carnival while Warner Bros. eyed a musical. Goulet’s screen debut is now slated at MGM in the comedy His And Hers.
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Ancient Buddhists Symbol of Watchfulness in Fish Eyes
A fish was chosen as a symbol of watchfulness against temptation by ancient Buddhists due to its eyelids never closing and its eyes always being open.
Nutty Professor at Granada in Bluefield
Jerry Lewis stars in The Nutty Professor in Technicolor at the Granada Theatre Bluefield. He plays two roles Julius Kelp and the modern day Hyde professor with campus humor produced on a real university setting including Arizona State University locations.
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Earl Holliman's rise from server to film and TV star
Childhood dream drove Earl Holliman from a Louisiana cafe job to Hollywood. He recalls rejection as fuel for acting, notes 1952 to present success, and lists films like The Bridges at Toko-Ri Gunfight at OK Corral Summer and Smoke The Rainmaker, plus his NBC TV role in Wide Country. He reflects on career pressure and luck.
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Haiti's Sugar Powerment: A Colonial Revenue Pillar
At one time Haiti stood as the most productive New World colony, delivering all Europe’s sugar and furnishing half of France’s colonial revenue. This reflects a era when Saint-Domingue dominated sugar production and fiscal gains for European powers.
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