New York Cavalcade Sees Broadway Offerings Lively
A brisk Broadway season features two dozen plays and musicals with hits like A Funny Thing Happened on the Way To the Forum and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. Notable events include a Seidman and Son tribute to Sam Levene and Jackie Kennedy nose rumors. industry moves see William R. Ebersol leaving the Pierre for the Ambassador in Los Angeles. Greta Garbo is named as Mer rick’s dream girl.
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Virginia Woolf
Seidman and Son
Sam Levene
St. Moritz
Wall Street
Rudy Vallee
Orson Bean
Emlyn Williams
Zero Mostel
June Havoc
Mimi Benzell
Tom Poston
Jack Carter
Fea
Pierre’s
Cotillion
Hernando Court
Beverly Wilshire
Beverly Hills
William R. Ebersol
Pierre
Ambassador Hotel
Los Angeles
Ebersol
Jack Slack
J. Paul Getty
van Johnson
New York
Johnson
Greta Garbo
Record Labels Rush Album Amid Parody Threats
The success of two records prompts a company to rush an album titled My Son the President. The release aims to capitalize on the similar titles My Son the Folk Singer and The First Family, signaling a satire strategy.
Fewer, Better Films Forecast for 1963
The commerce department reports American moviemakers will focus on quality films with longer runs and higher admission prices. A year-end industry study notes a declining number of feature films and predicts this emphasis will continue in 1963.
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Washington
UPI
Commerce Department
United States
Two Suits Won By Hedy Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr won two lawsuits in Los Angeles. A jury ruled in her favor in a $150,000 damage suit brought by Lois Ross, a 52 year old nurse, who claimed Lamarr’s negligence caused a fall on basement stairs on May 19, 1959. Lamarr also prevailed in a second case against attorneys Norton Harper and William Israel who had sought $15,500 for film contract work.
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Los Angeles
Hedy Lamarr
Lois Ross
East German Paper Says Government Not Santa Claus
Neues Deutschland tells East Germans that Christmas stockings will not be full because the government is not Santa Claus. The remark signals public frustration with state support amid shortages and political messaging.
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Berlin
UPI
Communist Party
Neues Deutschland
Two Serious Attractors From Universal In Year End Harbors
Universal offers two serious year end films, To Kill a Mockingbird and Freud, showing craftsmanship and strong performances. Mockingbird adapts Harper Lee with Mary Badham and Phillip Alford guiding a Alabama town tale, while Freud charts a cerebral, largely dialogue driven study with Montgomery Clift as Freud and Susannah York delivering a wide range.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Universal
Harper Lee
Alabama
Mary Badham
Air Force
Phillip Alford
Birmingham
Ala
Montgomery Clift
Susannah York
Larry Parks
Movie Show Times at Paramount RKO IO World and Times
The listing covers Wednesday theater times for Paramount with Roman Holiday shorts and Come September, RKO Iowa with Lover Come Back and Come September, World with Three Stooges in Orbit and Two Tickets to Paris, TIMES with Two Women and Summer and Smoke, and Marion with Spiral Road and shorts showing across multiple showings.
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Paramount
Rko-Iowa
Paris
Fingertip Gift Shopping in Local Want Ads
Quick look at local want ads reveals easy gifts and handy buys for shoppers seeking quick, affordable options. From small gadgets to household musts, the listings highlight practical ideas for last minute gifting.
Scandinavian to take Congo transport command
Stockholm reports that Scandinavian personnel will assume control of Congo transport operations at the request of the United States Navy. The Swedish defense staff said the move will place Scandinavian officers in charge of transport command duties beginning immediately.
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Scandinavian Job Stockholm
USN
Congo
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