Broadway Show Blitz Promises Variety in Entertainments
Walter Winchell reviews current cinema and stage offerings from The Bachelor Party to Twelve Angry Men. Notes on stars James MacArthur Helen Hayes daughter, Maureen Stapleton in Orpheus Descending, Lizzie, and other titles. Mentions press satire, contracts, and industry trivia with a focus on personalities and box office buzz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marty & Co
Paddy Chayefsky
Outer Space
James MacArthur
Helen Hayes
Parzan
Tarz
Lizzie
Ben Gazzara
Prince Rainier
France
Mercury Records
Grace Kelly
Jan Murray
Fantone
Eddie Bracken
Sardi’s
Hasbeenville
Lady Torrance
Maureen Stapleton
Tennessee Williams
Abbe Lane
Monique van Vooren
Universal Biz Buzz and Star Gossip Highlights
Felix remains in major play at Universal while Jackson pursues Studio One success. Don Taylor heads to Brazil for The Amazons with Curt Siodmak, denying reconciliation with ex-wife Phyllis Avery. Sophia Loren mingles with Francis X Bushman Mae Murray and Jack Benny at Stanley Kramer party, plans two weeks rest amid film projects. Lilli Palmer and Carlos start a new German film together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Taylor
Brazil
Sophia Loren
Stanley Kramer
Francis X. Bushman
Mae Murray
Jack Benny
Jack
Francis X
Cary Grant
Ophia
Stanley
Don Hartman
Ambition on Broadway Ends in Time Is a Wild Indian
S Lee Pogostin, TV playwright, is commissioned to finish a Broadway play Time Is a Wild Indian. He works nightly and with two matinees, babysitting the project while his wife Betty performs as a dancer in My Fair Lady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Lee Pogostin
Betty
Zanuck to film Wakeman story in wide screen
Darryl Zanuck plans a deluxe adaptation of Freder ick Wakeman's Deluxe Tour for his independent unit with a Twentieth Century Fox release. He envisions expansive location shooting and a Bergman starring role, aiming for a grand, globe trotting production similar to Around the World in 80 Days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Gazzara
Italy
Juliano
Elaine Stritch
Vatican
Marion Hargrove
Olson and Johnson
Miami Beach
Yasuko Fujii
Tokyo
Ginza
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Ins
Frederick Wakeman
Darryl Zanuck
Twentieth Century-Fox
Darryl
Mike Todd
Ingrid Bergman
Mystery screen debut at Columbia in Nora adaptation
William Holden and Fernandel are cited as influences for Bergman’s Anastasia, while Gloria Kreiger prepares for her Columbia debut in Nora produced by Joe Pasternak. Felix Jackson, former Deanna Durbin spouse, joins to adapt this original story, signaling Pasternak’s ongoing collaboration with top talent.
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William Holden
Fernandel
Bergman
Anastasia
Columbia
Gloria Kreiger
Joe Pasternak
Nora
Joe
Felix Jackson
Jackson
Deanna Durbin
Theater schedule snapshot shows multiple films by theater and time
Page lists today’s showings across theaters Paramount Iowa State Times Palace Marion C R Drive In and Twixt Town with titles such as Funny Face Incredible Shrinking Man Beast from Sea Mountain Crime of Passion River s Edge Hollywood or Bust Dallas Zarak Nightfall Leather Saint Benny Goodman Story and High Society with varying start times throughout the day
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Iowa
Sea Mountain
Halliday
7Th Cavalry
Palace
Hollywood
Bust
Dallas
Marion
C.R. Drive-In
Benny Goodman
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Doris Day
Fort Knox
Jimmy Stewart
K. Hepburn
Charles Laughton
van Johnson
Good Housekeeping
Princess Grace
Modern Screen
Elizabeth Taylor
Arthur Miller
Marilyn Monroe
V.P
Manhattan
Helen Quarrier
Paradise
Pater
Florida
U. Texas Oil
Shep Fields
Milt Shaws
Parke Levy
CBS
Mr. Levy
Col’m
Livingstone
Evans
Rodgert and Hammerstein
Irving Berlin
Cole Porter
Presley
St. Louis
Max Liebman
NBC
Bing Crosby
Mame
Eddie Adams
May Esquire
A. Pettito
Rt E. Sherwood
L. Blessing
S. Butler
Anon
Billy Wilder
Lindbergh
Atlantic
Mitch Miller
Sheila Ramani
India
Henry Fonda
Marlon Brando
Omaha Community Playhouse
Robert G. Brokaw
Wall
SS Telem
Cedar Rapids
Music IN Color
Steve
Allen Donna Reed
Vistavision
John Derek
Dakota
Elli
Sal
Bai Boone
Spade
Vaan
Technicolor
Universal
Felix
Studio One
Lilli Palmer
Carlosa
Germany
New York
Duncan Sisters
Rosetta
Vivian
Louvella Parsons
Zanuck
Wakeman Story
Ambar
Thurs
Coe College Auditorium
Tait Cummins
Turday
Ww Town
Tyle
Larry Foster
the Gazette
Paramount
Hammerstein
Erin
Lil
EDGE
Scott Brady
20 Century-Fox Presents
Sophia
Clifton
Webb
Loren
Greece
Boyona DO
Phin
Cinemascoope
Eeu Ie
Adverti
Ent
Arthur Murray
Dais Ilri
John Howard Payne
Paris
Cena
Bobby Lindeman
Pug’s Riviovs
Rhythm Vance Dixon
Ray Price
Sui
RKO
Barbara Stanwyck
Sterling Hayden
Virginia Grey
Fay Wray
Royal Dano
Cotten
Lindfors
Blair - Bonl
Alliday
Great Southwest
Tonite
Shrinking Man
Piui
Beast OF
Hollow Mountain
State Theatre
Charlton Yur' Avne
Edward G. Heston Brynner- Baxter
Robinson DE Carlo
Paget
Derek
Cedric Hardwick
Scott: Anderson
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Voges
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