Christmas lights and political talk in Mexico City
Leonard Lyons notes festive displays along Paseo de la Reforma with PAZ in lights and carols in Spanish. He describes Echeverria’s inauguration logistics, security at Chapultepec, and guest list including Henry Ford and Merle Oberon. Lyons recounts Zapata’s rural reform legacy, Cantinflas and Gelman away filming, Tamayo portraits anecdote, and Mexico printing its own money while Rivoli restaurant thrives.
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GE to enter entertainment with Tomorrow Productions
GE announces entry into entertainment production in television and film via Tomorrow Productions Inc. Thomas W. Moore, former ABC president, will lead as president. The plan covers sports, industrial programming, and a push into cable TV, syndication, and eventual stage work. GE aims to match growth of its main business.
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ABC Television Network
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Theater Time For Thursday At Local Theaters
Community theater Dark of the Moon shows at Paramount with Dirty Dingus Magee shorts and screenings. Iowa offers Fellini Satyricon plus shorts. World presents Gone with the Wind. Times listed for Doctor Zhivago and Hotel. Marion shows Sleeping Beauty with shorts. Collins Drive-In and Twin East operate weekends only.
Fess Parker Visits Saigon With USO Christmas Aid
Saigon saw actor Fess Parker lead a 200 tree and turkey gift mission for GIs. Parker, famed for Daniel Boone, arrived at Tan Son Nhut aboard a US jet liner and planned visits to several bases to meet service members. The trees were decorated and set for distribution to USO clubs hospitals and recreation centers.
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African Queen Returns as River Boat Passenger Vessel
In Eugene Oregon the steam powered river boat African Queen will carry passengers on the Deschutes River next spring. Hal Bailey a local equipment rental firm owner and Bogart admirer bought the boat after learning it was for sale. The 30 foot vessel was brought to the United States by Fred Reeves of San Francisco following filming in Africa.
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Katharine Hepburn
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Deschutes River
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Bogart
United States
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San Francisco
Africa
Fellini Satyricon at the Iowa theater in Rome era drama
Italian director Fellini presents Satyricon a free adaptation of Petronius depicting Nero era Rome with orgies brutality and treachery. The film stars Capucine Martin Potter Hiram Keller and Max Born with English dubbing and co wrote the script.
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Nero
Capucine
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Hiram Keller
Max Born
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