What Makes Sammy Davis jr Run A Race To Beat the Downhill Slide
Hollywood star Sammy Davis Jr. rose from poverty to fame through talent and grit. He funds refunds to a dinner audience after a voice freeze, records new numbers for his MBD label, and remains driven to prove himself amid constant activity and public scrutiny.
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Sammy Davis, Jr
Hollywood
Sammy
Atlantic City
Lake Tahoe
MBD
May Britt
Davis
Frank
Paramount and World theatres showtime list and star interview
The evening schedule includes Paramount and Iowa theatres with runs for Walk Don't Run Batman and Assault on Queen plus shorts. Marion talks about challenges, career moves and future plans from stage to Broadway and film with a note on Atlantic City and London stays.
Caesar’s Palace Investment Sparks Veiled Alarm in Las Vegas
Hollywood insiders say Caesar’s Palace cost as much as 40 million dollars, not 25, and the May opening sparked a famed snafu. The piece notes lavish casinos, celebrity guests, and a tense underworld atmosphere, with Jimmy Hoffa’s teamsters looming as potential creditors. It reflects on taxation, gambling dens, and the paradox of opulence amid menace, ending with a caution about the city’s atmosphere.
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Hollywood
Las Vegas
Caesar's Palace
Caesar
Rubicon
Jimmy Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Caesar’s Palace
Jimmy
New York
Palace
Jack Entratter
The
Sands
Andy Williams
Nevada
Underworld
Melvin Belli
Chicago
Momo Giancana
Elizabeth Taylor in Rome with Burton amid plaster cast drama
Actress Elizabeth Taylor walked Rome streets last week with husband Richard Burton and the latest plaster casts. She broke her toe during work on The Taming of the Shrew.
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Elizabeth Taylor
Rome
Richard Burton
Mounting Boycott of Television in New York Area
UPI reports Louis Harris found a growing boycott of TV viewing in the New York metropolitan area. Aimed at mostly better educated and higher income homes, 25 percent keep sets off from 9 pm to late evening.
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New York
UPI
Louis Harris
New York Metropolitan
Harris
WNDT
New York Area
WNODT
Balanchine's Persistence Rewarded with Ballet Film
Balanchine breaks ground with a feature length color ballet film of A Midsummer Night's Dream. With 55 New York City Ballet members, Dan Eriksen directs a 98 minute project budgeted at $500,000 for late 1960s release. The studio underwrites the production while focusing on dance over facial close ups.
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Patricia McBride
Helena
Alfonso Cataleft
Nicolas Magallanes
Asa Aned
New York
Sam Goldwyn
Walt Disney
New York City Ballet Co
Balanchine
England
Royal Ballet
Dan Eriksen
Direcor
Eriksen
Edward Villella
Patricia Merceter
Suzanne Farrell
Columbia
Richard
Davis
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1St Ave
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