New York Cavalcade Updates on Celebrities and Rumors
A string of brief items covers negative denials of celebrity rumors, Cassius Clay settling in Chicago, Stanley Marcus rumored ambassadorial bid, Pat Blair and Martin Colbert’s quiet 12 hour yacht honeymoon, Nat King Cole and Sam Cooke record sales, Nat’s Cat Ballou release, Dan Greenberg’s new novel Kiss My Firm but Pliant Lips, JFK anecdotes from Ganju, the Chester A. Arthur House named a national landmark, and Tarita Brando’s stance on bringing Brando’s son to the United States.
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Sam Cooke
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Native New Yorkers’ Historical Assn
Rise Stevens Speaks for Arts in Senate Testimony
Opera singer Rise Stevens told a Senate subcommittee that young Americans must study the arts abroad, arguing for government aid to humanities education. She recalled having to go to Europe to learn her trade and warned against neglecting domestic support for the arts.
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Barefoot in the Park gains steps in Paris
Paris reporters note longer walkups for Barefoot in the Park than in New York as sponsors see the Broadway comedy about a newlywed couple facing early marriage tensions.
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New York
No Place Is So Posh as Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills with 171 psychiatrists and 750 other doctors in a 5.7 square mile city hosts a high concentration of medical talent, wealth, and notable figures. Oscar Levant, Milton Berle, Harold Lloyd and many stars shaped its elite image, while taxes, land prices, and famed estates like Pickfair underline its status. The article notes the police vigilance, historic land grants, and the shift of Hollywood royalty to Beverly Hills, where real estate and old names retain prestige.
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Lloyd
Bovery Hills
United States
Ben Hecht
New York
Hecht
Sam Goldwyn
Beverly Hills
Bank of America
Miss Dunne
Loretta Young
Ben Silberstein
Nine to Eleven Floor Climb in Paris Apartment Tale
A tale notes Parisians accustomed to stair climbs, initially five floors, then nine, and finally an 11 story hike to reach an apartment, reflecting local endurance with a shift in setting from the fifth to the ninth and then to the eleventh story.
Sam Goldwyn Admits Missteps in Film Deals
HOLLYWOOD AP Sam Goldwyn, mellowing with age, admits past mistakes. He says he once had Lucille Ball under contract only as a chorus girl, signed Dan Duryea but did not renew in 1941, and let Marlon Brando sing in Guys and Dolls.
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Sam Goldwyn
Lucille Ball
Dan Duryea
Marlon Brando
Conried Gets Real Education
Hollywood actor Hans Conried has attended 500 colleges without a degree. He speaks to students on Shakespeare the Bible and life in Hollywood, saying the students’ questions guide him and he often learns more from them than they do from him.
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Hans Conried
Conried
Jazz and pop LP picks spotlight Frank Sinatra and Kenton
A Mercury note surveys jazz interpretations from Broadway’s I Had a Ball with Bobby Scott Quartet and Mike Legrand guest piano. It praises Zachers-era grooves, Kenton Wagner scores, Randall’s RCA debut, Mantovani’s evergreen LPs, and strong vocalists Franchi and Reese, while critiquing vapid melodies in a Walter Mitty cast recording.
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Bobby Scott
Mike Legrand
Brenda Lee to Perform at Danceland Saturday Night
Brenda Lee, a top young singing star since age nine, will appear at Danceland Saturday night with her show band the Casuals. She has made hit recordings and appeared on television and in films. Her current big seller is Thanks Not.
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Brenda Lee
Danceland
Miss Lee
Charley's Aunt Copyrights Expire in Britain
London AP reports that Charley's Aunt, once a major money making property, now enters public domain in the British Commonwealth as the copyrights on Walter Brandon Thomas's play expired at the start of the year.
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London
British Commonwealth
Walter Brandon Thomas
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