Irma La Douce on Screen Asks Too Much for Too Long
Irma La Douce transfers a recent stage success to the screen as a Billy Wilder production starring Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine. The comedy farce runs two and a half hours, centered on Paris prostitutes and a policeman’s futile reform bid, with strong performances but uneven tone.
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Billy Wilder
United Artists
Rko-Iowa
Alexandre Breffort
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Irma
Lemmon
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Irma la Douce
Irma the Sweet
Shirley
Hedda Hopper Says Disney Casts Cockney Bird Woman in Mary Poppins
Hedda Hopper reports Walt Disney signs the Cockney bird woman for Mary Poppins and notes wardrobe fittings, with Disney visiting to praise the role. Hopper mentions the singer Connie Frances slated for Looking for Love at MGM, and a Burke's Law TV date with Don Weis directing.
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Joe Pasternak
MGM
Connie Frances
Jim Hutton
Joby Baker
Connie
Don Lopez
Don Weis
Hollywood Stars Jump Between Locations and TV Plans
The piece lists Alfred Lunt Lynn Fontanne Tony Randall and Joan Crawford involving Europe Ostia Antica Poland Spring Maine and Route 66 projects. It notes Greek royals filming a televised tour Fleur Cowles Meyer aiding the Athens shoot. Ava Gardner Sue Lyon Betty Bacall Katharine Hepburn Mel Ferrer Audrey Hepburn Leo Genn and Gabriel Pascal appear in various project moves and anecdotes including a Rome call mix up.
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Lynn Fontanne
Tony Randall
Europe
the Lunts
Ostia Antica
British Actress Yvonne Buckingham Joins Copenhagen Film
Yvonne Buckingham arrived in Copenhagen to co star with John Barrymore Jr in The Christine Keeler Story. Barrymore plays Dr Stephen Ward. Miss Keeler could not play herself due to British equity membership refusal.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Yvonne Buckingham
John Barrymore Jr
Christine Keeler
Barrymore
Stephen Ward
Miss Keeler
Equity
Kennedy suffers sprained ankle at Lamont building
William Kennedy manager of Peoples Natural Gas Co. in Strawberry Point sustained a sprained ankle Tuesday afternoon when a step gave way while he carried a burner down steps in a Lamont building.
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Strawberry Point
William Kennedy
Peoples Natural Gas Co
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Bill Hayes heads to Parsons for Green Grow the Lilacs
Fairfield notes Bill Hayes arrives at Parsons college to rehearse as Curley McClain in Lynn Riggs folk play Green Grow the Lilacs. The cast includes Nurse Laurey Lowenberg Aunt Eller and others. The 1963 Parsons Fine Arts Festival closes with Sept 3 to 7 performances in the Fry-Thomas fieldhouse. Admission season ticket or 2.50 dollars.
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Fairfield
Bill Hayes
Parsons College
Fine Arts Festival
Bobby Lowenberg
Laurey
Jean Lamson
Fairfield Community Theater
Aunt Eller
John Droz
Theater listings for Thursday showtimes and films
Paramount offers For Love or Money with multiple showings while RKO Iowa screens Irma La Douce in three runs. World presents Lawrence of Arabia as a 1 30 and 8 00 shows. Times features Music Man with several screenings and shorts. Marion shows West Side Story at 7 45 with shorts. C Drive-In presents Operation Bikini at 7 20 and 10 55 and Follow That Dream at 8 55. Twixt Town features Call Me Bwana at 7 20 Escape to East Berlin at 9 35 Couch at 11 15.
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Rko-Iowa
Marion
C.R
East Berlin
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