Godfather contract sparks loan fears and Rome gambling
Mario Puzo received a 410000 paperback rights contract after lunch with Putnam editor William Arg, with Lyons Puap's share 205000. He had borrowed 200 from loan sharks just before, used credit to travel to London and Las Vegas, and planned gambling research for his next novel. Other notes mention film deals, theater news, and New York social scenes.
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Bloody Mama sparks walkout by Batesville residents
In Batesville Arkansas AP reports ten locals with bit parts in the film Bloody Mama walked off set as nudity scenes in the Ma Barker biopic were labeled excessive by spokesman Johnny Housley a student at a Presbyterian college. The group of four students and six residents said the production’s finished content would shock Arkansans.
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Not Enough Indians Want Movie Work in Wyoming
Producers of the film Little Big Man seek 400 young Indian extras with horses across Montana Wyoming and the Dakotas. Wind River reservation employment officer John Bostian says he was asked to find 40 but fears finding 20 at most.
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Beach Boy Faces Trial in Military Duty Case
Los Angeles AP reports Beach Boys member Carl Wilson, 22, arraigned on military duties charges. Trial set for November 4 in federal court after he pled innocent to failing to complete a substitute assignment. Prosecutors say he worked as a hospital orderly briefly but left the post, while Wilson claims conscientious objector status.
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