Broadway Buzz Mixes Stars and sour notes
Frank Sinatra's renewed dating with ex Nancy spills into a busy page of showbiz talk. Joyce Mathews and Billy Rose brace for a sixth marriage, while Tony Martin introduces Tony Jr. to show business. Queen Elizabeth appears on 1966 British stamps and Jack Carter teases Paula Stewart amid ongoing rehearsals and remembrances. The Improvisation night spot shines with Betty Rhodes and Jean Bonnard, as luminaries like Marlene Dietrich, Janet Leigh, Milton Berle, and Bob Wagner’s wife Barbara Cavanaugh appear in varied links to film, theater, and social life.
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Betty Rhodes
John Meyer
Jean Bonnard
Leslie Uggams
Diahann Carroll
Gentrys To Perform At Danceland Saturday Night
The Gentrys, MGM recording duo known for Keep on Dancing and Spread It on Thick, headline at Danceland for a Saturday night show. The group has appeared on major TV rock programs and begins its first Midwest tour.
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Tommy Steele Repeats Role in Half A Sixpence Film
Tommy Steele will reprise his star turn from the stage in Paramounts film adaptation of Half A Sixpence. Filming is slated to begin soon in New York City under Paramount Pictures with Steele returning to the title role.
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Tommy Steele
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Captain Kangaroo at ten uses gentle approach to child TV
Captain Kangaroo star Bob Keeshan says parents must supervise children's TV at home not rely on the show. He emphasizes entertainment that is quiet and kind, with characters saying please and thank you. The program draws about six million viewers daily and has earned Peabody and other honors.
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Strauss Legacy and Diverse LP Offerings Span Decades
A review roundup highlights long standing Strauss adaptations and new recordings. It surveys fresh Broadway style takes with Giorgio Tozzi and others, a Mormon Pioneers documentary LP with photos and diaries, Offenbach inspired Gaite Parisienne by the Minneapolis Symphony, Gershwin’s American in Paris, Juan Serrano guitar pieces, Ellington Hodges duel on Wings and Things, Morty Gold bossa nova classics, and Wanda Landowska Dances of Ancient Poland.
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Johann, Sr. and Jr
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Rockefeller Center
Zacheis
Los Angeles
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Light Opera
Giorgio Tozzi
Jean Fenn
Frank Porretta
Capitol
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Iowa
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Columbia
Minneapolis Symphony
Dorati
Flip
Paris
Mercury
Wanda Landowska
Poland
Color Problems and Loud Commercials Targeted by FCC Action
The FCC plans to curb loud commercials by prescreening and reducing sound in offenders. A color quality drive follows, with an instructional film from the Society of Motion Picture Technical Engineers to standardize color in programs and ads. NBC executive William Travarthen calls it a major step toward synchronization.
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