18 Apr 1961
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1961
Page
1
A full page ad previews Huntington Hartford's new monthly shown as Show, priced at $1 per copy, with September launch slated. The piece also notes the Rodgers Lerner duo's ongoing financial success and highlights Israeli Dayan family literary activity, including Yael Dayan and Shmuel Dayan, and a playful aside about Qwertyuiop.
New York Cavalcade reports Stanley Holloway and Rex Harrison clashed during My Fair Lady. Harrison reportedly avoided Holloway, while Harrison threw a party no crew attended. Other notes include Lionel Hampton’s Berlin visit, Chaplin’s U.S. fortune, Regina Groves’s age, and Somerset Maugham’s quip about returning to New York.
Willie Mosconi, world pocket billiards champion, earns about $25,000 yearly. Jackie Gleason, amateur pool player in the film The Hustlers, received $10,000 per day for 12 days of work. Judy Garland earned $6,000 daily for her minor role.
The page lists film titles and showtimes for Paramount Iowa World Marion C R Drive In and Twixt Town venues. Notable titles include Million Airess Absent Minded Professor Islands of the Sea Cimarron World of Suzie Wong Gene Krupa Story Last Voyage Facts of Life Rat Race Time Machine with various start times across theaters.
Josh Logan reports his musical Blue Star will rehearse in New York in August with a Broadway run to precede a Warner Brothers film. He wrote the story with Alfred Palca and lists producer David Merrick with Jimmy Hammerstein Oscar's son Barbara Wolferson. They tailored the script for Anne Bancroft and Sydney Chaplin, promising a strong story and music.
The ad claims the front seats offer more headroom than the Big Three, with higher price points and comfort advantages for hundreds of dollars less. It cites X-Ray Books as the source of side by side illustrated comparisons supporting these claims.
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