Katharine Hepburn Stars in Low Budget Journey Into Night
Hollywood producer Ely Landau explains he paid Katharine Hepburn $25,000 for Long Day's Journey Into Night while cost of the film stood at $450,000 and top co stars Jason Robards Ralph Richardson and Dean Stockwell drew slightly higher pay. He argues mature films fill a niche between Hollywood spectacle and art houses.
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Nana
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Eli Wallach reflects on war and acting career
New York actor Eli Wallach recalls five years in the Army Medical Administrative Corps during World War II shaping his outlook. He discusses battles, death, and life’s fragility, his career struggles, and roles with Anne Jackson and family. He lists films including The Misfits and How the West Was Won and plans The Victors with Loren and Signoret.
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Eli Wallach
Army
Sardi’s
Hawaii
North Africa
Casablanca
Oran
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Brecht
Eli
University of Texas
Anne
Jackson
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Equity Library Theater
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Roberta
Katharine
Tennessee
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Clark Gable
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Easthampton
Long Island
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Sophia Loren
Simone Signoret
Kramer Hosts Hollywood Press at Palm Springs Shoot
Hollywood producer Stanley Kramer plans a June Palm Springs shoot for It’s A Mad Mad World with stars including Spencer Tracy and Milton Berle in a desert setting. About 40 Hollywood reporters will tour the location as filming begins with a dramatic car rollover scene.
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Nana
Stanley Kramer
West Berlin
Palm Springs
Hambende
Kramer
Puerto Rico
Milton Berle
Sid Caesar
Buddy Hackett
Ethel Merman
Mickey Rooney
Dick Shawn
Phil Silvers
Terry Thomas
Jonathan Winters
Edie Adams
Jimmy Durante
Dorothy Provine
Eddie ‘‘Rochester
Anderson
Ben Blue
Spencer Tracy
Los Angeles
Air France
Rococo Riviera
Revue Studios
Ann Margret Meets Baseball Hero at Fox Studios
Hollywood buzzed as Ann Margret met Bo Belinski at 20th Century Fox. Belinski, young LA Angels southpaw, pitched the AL's first no hit game of the season and joked about rookie of the year while praising the songstress.
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Hollywood
Nana
Ann Margret
Bo Belinski
Los Angeles Angels
20Th Century-Fox
Alaska Holds Longest Seacoast Among States
Alaska has the longest seacoast in the United States with at least 6,640 miles. Florida ranks second with 1,197 miles and California third with 840 miles.
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Alaska
Florida
California
Stars Receive Strange Gifts
HOLLYWOOD NANA At a Bob Hope birthday party on the set of Critic's Choice at Warners the comedian unwrapped gauzy gift boxes that contained only vacuum. Shirley Temple in the 1930s faced similar anonymous remembrances as studio policy hosted lavish birthday events inviting aspiring reporters' offspring.
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Hollywood
Nana
Bob Hope
Warners
Shirley Temple
20Th Fox
Bob
Little Miss Temple
Cafe de Paris
Shirley
The Negritos of Malaya Live in Lean-Tos Amid Fires
The Negritos, a pygmy tribe in the Federation of Malaya, dwell in lean-tos with only a sleeping platform. Sleepers sometimes roll off into smoldering fires built beside the platform to repel mosquitoes.
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Federation of Malaya
Hollywood Needs A Get Acquainted Bureau Says Industry
Veteran actor Richard Beymer was seen giving on bus tips to Claire Trevor and an unnamed extra on the way to Chino Prison in California produced a humorous case for a social bureau to introduce stars before filming. The episode highlights the informal manners in Movietown and the need for proper introductions among cast and crew.
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Nana
Movietown
Richard Beymer
Beymer
Joanne Woodward
California
Chino Prison
Chino Gates
Claire Trevor
Claire
Merchandizing Hits Used In Many Ways
Hollywood studios push tie ups with advertised commodities to cut costs. cereals cosmetics and detergents now carry coupons for a dime toward a movie. 20th Fox promotes Mr Hobbs Takes A Vacation with sporting goods stores and a dealer distribution of a James Stewart cartoon window display.
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Nana
20Th Fox
Mr. Hobbs
Sporting and
James Stewart
Two Little Bears Here Tuesday at State Theatre
The PTA sponsors a vacation movie day for Tuesday at State Theatre doors open 1 PM with showtimes at 1 48 3 40 5 50 and 9 40 PM Jimmy Law owner says ten films are planned for the summer series Brenda Lee appears as the daughter Donnie Carter and Butch Patrick star as boys who turn into bears Eddie Albert and Jane Wyatt play the parents Tickets for the whole series are $1 50 and Sunday is the last day tickets are available for one child or ten children per ticket.
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Butch
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Mon
Eddie Albert
Jane Wyatt
Donnie Carter
Butch Patrick
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Law
PTA
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Century-Fox
Nice Riviera Draws Hollywood and London Filmmakers
Hollywood and London moviemakers continue to film on the French Riviera despite anti run run boycott pressures. Marvin Poll plans Nice as a filming base for The Grand Duke And Mr Pimm and Janus to start there in the fall. Other projects underway include We Joined The Navy Follow The Boys and Summer Flight with noted stars.
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Hollywood
Nana
Nice
French Riviera
London
Marvin Poll
Glenn Ford
Hope Lange
The
Riviera
Kenneth More
Lloyd Nolan
Joan O'Brian
Paula Prentice
Russ Tamblyn
Jim Hutton
Connie Francis
Susan Hayward
Phil Silvers recalls names and faces in Hollywood
Hollywood veteran Phil Silvers returns to the 20th Century-Fox lot after 16 years for a cameo in Something's Got To Give. He greets grips, electricians, makeup artists, assistants, and gatekeeper by first names, saying his memory talent was drilled by his father and studied memory theory.
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Hollywood
Nana
Phil Silvers
Phil
20Th Century-Fox
Hollywood Legends and Myths in The Studio Spotlight
Hollywood is filled with famous figures but legends often mislead. The piece argues stars gain fame via press agents while child actors face harsh expectations and many supposed facts about Liz Taylor Bing Crosby Frank Sinatra and Bob Hope are challenged with counter assertions.
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Hollywood
Lassie
Bing
Frank Sinatra
Crosby
Bob Hope
Phil Harris
Hope
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