The Misadventures of Merlin Jones review
A Disney color comedy starring Tommy Kirk Leon Ames and Stuart Erwin at the RKO Iowa theater. The film centers on a 22 year old high IQ student who uses hypnosis and ESP to comedic effect with a chimp and a hypnotized judge among zany campus antics.
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Nyeis Jones
Tommy Kirk Nette
Leon Ames
Stuart Erwin
Walt Disney
Buena Vista
Rko-Iowa
Merlin Jones
Flubber
Tommy Kirk
Fred MacMurray
Stu Erwin
Norman Grabowski
Stanley
Kirk
Hedda Hopper profiles Ralph Nelson and Lilies of the Field
The article traces Ralph Nelson pathways to Hollywood success from a troubled youth to directing Lilies of the Field for 247000 dollars in about 12 days with Sidney Poitier Lilia Skala and four amateurs. It notes his later projects Soldier in the Rain and Fate Is the Hunter and his one man company based in Beverly Hills.
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Hollywood
Ralph Nelson
Sidney Poitier
Lilia Skala
Tucson
Nelson
Los Angeles
Coliseum
Beverly Hills
New York
Ralph
Columbia
Beverly
Twentieth Century-Fox
David and Lisa a haunting art film with depth
A review lauds the 1962 film David and Lisa starring Keir Dullea Janet Margolin and Howard Da Silva. Paul M Heller and Frank Perry direct with Eleanor Perry writing. The piece celebrates its quiet, compassionate portrayal of two emotionally troubled teenagers and the film’s artistic merit.
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David and
Lisa
Keir Dullea
Janet Margolin
Howard da Silva
Paul M. Heller
Frank Perry
Continental Distributing, Inc
the Times Theater
David
Perrys
Dullea
Miss Margolin
Doctor
Night at the Yum Yum Tree and More At Paramount
The theater listing shows films at Paramount including The Yum Yum Tree with multiple showings and shorts, plus Friday matinees of Seven Days in May and other venues such as RKO Iowa Misadventures of Merlin Jones Waterp yl, WORLD Global Affair and TIMES David and Lisa with evening slots, plus Marion Under the Yum Yum Tree with late shows.
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Paramount
Rko-Iowa
Merlin Jones
David and
Lisa
Marion
Carol Gives Invalid a Role In Her Show
Mary Jane Altomondo a Cleveland 16 year old who lost a leg and hip in cancer surgery will act in a New York TV production of Once upon a Mattress Carol Burnett arranged travel plans for Mary Jane and her mother and chose a special role for the aspiring actress Burnett idolized by the girl.
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Cleveland
Mary Jane Altomondo
New York
Carol Burnett
Mary Jane
Miss Burnett
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