Hollywood stars shift between TV and film projects
Walter Brennan returns to feature films in Support Your Local Sheriff with James Garner and Joan Hackett. Katharine Hepburn and Peter O'Toole practice singing for The Lion in Winter and Coco respectively. Alexandra Hay exits The Beard for Skidoo. Victor Borge headlines Monte Carlo gala with Rock Hudson and Lucille Ball. Summer stock tours and Broadway moves involve Phyllis Diller Ward Donovan Anne Bancroft Mel Brooks and more.
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Will Sonnett
James Garner
Joan Hackett
Garner
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Walter
Katharine Hepburn
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Katie
Andre Previn
Coco
Peter
Chips
Arthur Jacobs
Leslie Bricusse
Previn
Metro
O'Toole
England
Victor Borge
Monte Carlo
Rock Hudson
Lucille Ball
Senta Berger
Princess Grace
Phyllis Diller
Ward Donovan
Ohio
Leslie Stevens
Claudette Colbert
Charles Boyer
Susan Hayward
James Mason
Julie Newmar
Recording Artists Seek A Share in the Profits
Recording artists say they receive no payment when records are played on radio jukeboxes or TV while composers and publishers are paid. Stan Kenton, head of the National Committee for the Recording Arts, campaigns in Washington for law changes to ensure performers get royalties. He notes decades of legislative stalemate and urges public support as lawmakers study revisions to the 60 year old laws.
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National Committee For the Recording Arts
Congress
Fred Waring
Paul Whiteman
Kenton
Tommy Dorsey
Fisenhower
Senate
Jane Morgan to star in Broadway show about Texas Guinan
Jane Morgan, a longtime recording star and night club entertainer, will headline a Broadway musical based on the life of Texas Guinan. She pursued the script for three years, calling Guinan a real person not a phony, and highlighted Guinan’s loans and personal life. Morgan has been friends with Mayor John V. Lindsay.
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Shelley Winters
Shelley
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Ahmanson
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Music Center
Jordan
Michael Crawford
Crawford
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New York
Gan
Texas Guinan
Miss Morgan
Miss Guinan
Texas
Guinan
New York City
Jimmie Walker
Miss Morgan Long
John V. Lindsay
Elvis Partner Joins Stay Away Stay Away Joe Film
Hollywood reports Joe Esposito Elvis Presley’s financial advisor will have a role in the new film Stay Away Joe. His casting follows his close work with Presley and marks a rare on screen appearance for the associate.
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Hollywood
UPI
Joe Esposito
Elvis Presley
Joe
Movie Extra Wins Lead Role in The Stalking Moon
Nathanial Narcisco 25, Apache from Ft. Apache AZ, hired as extra for The Stalking Moon now joins Gregory Peck and Eva Marie Saint in a leading role. He will earn 500 dollars weekly, after being flown with 125 Apaches to the Nevada desert where filming occurs.
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New
Nathanial Narcisco
Narcisco
Ft. Apache
Arizona
Gregory Peck
Eva Marie Saint
National General Productions
Alan Pakula
Nevada Desert
Robards Fixes Button In Isa dora Scene
Hollywood star Jason Robards as Paris Singer in Isa dora rips a coat button during a scene with Vanessa Redgrave as a dancer. A wardrobe lady mends it while Robards jokes he must fix it himself and notes Singer was a sewer.
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Jason Robards
Paris Singer
Isadora
Vanessa Redgrave
Robards
Singer
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