Broadway star Dustin Hoffman reads obits for names
Leonard Lyons notes Dustin Hoffman prepping for Murray Schisgal play and that Schisgal says he uses obituary pages for character names. The piece lists entertainment figures, political figures, and anecdotes from Paris to Hollywood, including Zsa Zsa Gabor, Clare Boothe Luce, Ingrid Shaw, and Gene Autry.
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New York
Dustin Hoffman
Murray Schisgal
Jimmy Shine
Claire Nichtern
Zev Buffman
Schisgal
Herb Hutner
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Beverly Hills
Clare Boothe Luce
Iirwin Shaw
Paris
Tuesday Theater Time Listings Across Local Theaters
A compact rundown of show times and films for Paramount Iowa World Plaza Marion and other venues. Listings include The Detective A Man and a Woman How Sweet It Is Gone with the Wind Prudence and the Pill Speedway The Green Berets The Shuttered Room The Thomas Crown Affair The Private Navy of Sgt O Farrell The Young the Evil and the Savage and The Wild Eye with multiple daily screenings and shorts intervals.
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O’farrell
Mildred Dunnock Joins Yale Drama Faculty and Group
Actress Mildred Dunnock will join Yale drama school faculty this fall, teaching scene-study and performing with the Yale repertory theater. She previously taught at Brearley, Harvard, Vassar, and Barnard, and originated roles in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Death of a Salesman on Broadway.
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New York
Mildred Dunnock
Yale Drama School
Miss Dunnock
Yale Repertory Theater
Brearley School
Harvard
Vassar
Barnard
Big Man
Arthur Miller
Kay Francis Dies at 63 Glamour Star of 1930s Hollywood
New York AP reports Kay Francis, famed tall brunette and one of the era’s highest paid stars, died after a long illness. She was 63 and had recently left New York hospital for home on East 64th Street. Francis began on Broadway then starred in more than 50 films including Raffles Mandalay I Found Stella Parish and Give Me Your Heart. She drew large salaries and was noted for lavish fashion and glamor.
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New York
Kay Francis
New York Hospital
East 64Th Street
Hollywood
Mandalay
Stella Parish
Oklahoma Girl Star Francis Shaped by Broadway Return
The article notes Francis, daughter of Katherine Clinton, born Gibbs, adopted the name Francis from her first husband Dwight Francis. She returned to Broadway in 1946 after an 18 year absence, starred in the Pulitzer comedy State of the Union, and ended acting in summer stock amid multiple marriages including Meehan Gaston and McKenna.
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Oklahoma
Katherine Clinton
Miss Francis
Gibbs
Dwight Francis
John Meehan
William Gaston
Kenneth McKenna
Venice Film Festival Opens Amid Uproar and Protests
The Venice Film Festival started two days late as leftist protests and worker clashes disrupted opening events. Protesters shouted during Enfance Nude while director Maurice Pialat halted a scene for editing concerns.
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Venice
Festival Cinema Place
Maurice Pialat
Peter Sellers Divorce Suit Filed by Britt Eklund
Swedish actress Britt Eklund filed for divorce from British actor Peter Sellers in London. Lawyers say the suit will not be defended. The couple married in 1964 and have a 3 year old daughter.
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Britt Eklund
Peter Sellers
Sellers
Miss Eklund
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