Broadway gossip and high society notes from Lyons column
New York chatter covers David Bruce renting in Albany London, a Madison Avenue chancellery sale for 20 million, Henry Miller theater sale for parking, hospital drama at Harvard Club, Joan Sutherland aria on Bell Telephone Hour, James Earl Jones casting, Dalton Trumbo blacklist, Frank Sinatra design controversy, Louise Troy Broadway return, Henry Geldzahler arts funding trip, Onassis Caribbean cruise, Enid Bagnold Oxford premiere, Albert Finney Joe Egg talks, Bernstein Stern TV project, Zsa Zsa Gabor Celebrity Billiards, and a party anecdote about a Lindy lunch with a girl named Pitra.
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Mae West Steals Show at USC Cinema Banquet
At a USC honorary cinema banquet, Mae West stole the show with a flamboyant turn culminating in a standing ovation. James Stewart and Mervyn LeRoy were honored with clips and questions from directors George Cukor and Robert Wise, while West performed in a boudoir setup surrounded by USC football players. Norman Topping presented the honorary memberships to conclude the event.
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Nick Adams Remembered as Driven Hollywood Star hopeful
AP dispatch outlines Nick Adams life from New Jersey to Hollywood. The 36 year old actor struggled for stardom, endured lean years, rose with The Rebel and Twilight of Honor, pursued an Oscar campaign, then died from a drug overdose amid a troubled personal life and lingering fame.
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Theaters Listing for Wednesday Programs
Paramount shows Sergeant Ryker at 1 50 3 50 5 45 7 40 9 35 with shorts 1 30 3 25 5 20 7 15 9 10 Iowa offers The Good the Bad and the Ugly at 1 30 4 10 6 55 9 45 with shorts 6 50 9 40 World screens Firecreek at 1 15 3 20 5 25 7 30 9 35 shorts 1 3 5 7 9 20 Marion presents Taming of the Shrew at 7 30 9 45 shorts 7 15 9 30 Times The Bible at 2 8 Plaza shows Jungle Book at 6
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Peyton Place cast to exit as new stories unfold
Hollywood notes report Dorothy Malone and Tim O Connor leaving Peyton Place due to story pressure. James Franciscus stars as a priest on trial in a Judd for the Defense segment. Ed Ames eyes fewer TV appearances to focus on music career. Rex Harrison eyed for Paradise Island supper act amid Rex’s film plans. Show A Rama honors Heston, Stevens, Jewison, Channing, Welch, Harrison, and Brown for the year.
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Mae Marsh Silent Screen Star Dies at 72 in California
Mae Marsh, famed as Flora in D. W. Griffiths Birth of a Nation, died of a heart attack at 72 in Hermosa Beach California. The Goldwyn Girl rose from a 14 year old discovery to stardom earning up to 250000 a year before later shifting to character roles.
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