Impressive Movies Vie For the Oscars Monday
Nadine Subotnik previews Hollywood’s big night as the Academy crowns top film of 1967. The American-led slate, praised for genuine merit, plays out at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium and will be televised by ABC nationwide and KCRG in Cedar Rapids starting at 9.
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Academy Awards Picks and Public Debate on Best Picture
In Cedar Rapids readers weigh nominees Bonnie and Clyde Doctor Dolittle The Graduate Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and In the Heat of the Night. The writer favors In the Heat of the Night with praise for Steiger and Parsons and notes potential Oscar outcomes for Beatty Hoffman Newman and Hepburn.
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Paul Newman
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Luke
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Spencer Tracy
Steiger
Sidney Poitier
Faye Dunaway
Dame Edith Evans
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Katharine Hepburn
Miss Dunaway
Miss Evans
John Cassavetes
Gene Hackman
Cecil Kellaway
George Kennedy
Michael J. Pollard
Driver
Barefoot
Estelle Parsons
Beah Richards
Katharine Ross
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Soundtrack reviews and rare vintage recordings updates
The piece surveys new and reissued records from RCA Victor and Columbia. It highlights Mario Lanza in Half a Sixpence cast, Lana Cantrell’s LPs, early rural string bands on vintage reels, a Mendelssohn Schubert reissue, a bonus Columbia LP with conductor samples, and Boult's New Philharmonia Vaughan Williams cycle. It notes archival liner notes and the rare hammered dulcimer medley with a tuba.
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Claudine Longet Emerges as Possible Star Over Husband Andy Williams
Hollywood gossip notes Claudine Longet, wife of singer Andy Williams, rising from a French background to star status. The article cites her debut film The Party, three successful A and M recordings, and a natural, understated persona. Claudine’s early popularity outshines expectations.
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Negro Stars Withdraw from Academy Awards
Four leading African American stars including Sammy Davis Jr, Diahann Carroll, Sidney Poitier, and Louis Armstrong pulled from the Academy Awards program in mourning for Dr. Martin Luther King. Davis will be replaced by Shirley Jones. Davis plans to attend King's funeral.
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Diahann Carroll
Sidney Poitier
Louis Armstrong
Davis
Shirley Jones
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference
King
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