Resolutions and wishes from a show business column
The column lists wishes for celebrities and recalls 1972 predictions, including Howard Hughes and Raquel Welch, Ali MacGraw, Rock Hudson, Lana Turner, Julie Andrews, and Maurice Chevalier. It notes predictions about Frank Sinatra returning to work and gossip about Eva Gabor, Richard Brown, and Red Skelton, with a fond memory of Chevalier and his quip about staying young by working.
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Howard Hughes
Raquel Welch
Ali MacGraw
Rock Hudson
Susan Saint James
Lana Turner
Twiggy
Nancy Sinatra, Jr
Julie Andrews
Ann Miller
Dyan Cannon
Otto Preminger
Cary Grant
Raymond Burr
Spiro Agnew
Doris Day
Marcello Mastroianni
Richard Harris
Steve McQueen
Hugh Hefner
Jane Fonda
Palmer House
Chicago
Monsieur Chevalier
Theaters Schedule Friday Paramount and Stage World
Friday showtimes across venues include Paramount Together at 6 30 8 15 and 10 plus shorts. Stage World lists Straw Dogs Dirty Harry and Diamonds Are Forever with matinees and late slots. Marion features Black Is Beautiful across multiple daily times.
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Paramount
Raquel Welch Divorces Patrick Curtis in Santa Monica case
Film star Raquel Welch leaves Santa Monica Superior Court after winning an interlocutory decree ending her five year marriage to producer Patrick Curtis. She receives token alimony of 1 dollar a month and has two children from her previous marriage to a childhood sweetheart. Curtis, a Hollywood press agent, helped promote her sex symbol status.
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Raquel Welch
Santa Monica Superior Court
Patrick Curtis
Raquel
Curtis
Hollywood
Hugh Downs Joins ASU Faculty
Arizona State University announces former Today show host Hugh Downs will join the faculty as a lecturer in mass communications on February 1. Downs, a Carefree resident, taught at NBC's Today show from 1962 to 1971, and replaces the dean notes.
Ballet Star Erik Bruhn Retires Amid Illness
New York AP reports 43 year old Danish ballet star Erik Bruhn will retire from performing due to illness. Bruhn, slated to dance with the American Ballet Theater this season, announced the decision in a letter released by his manager Christopher Allan.
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New York
Erik Bruhn
Bruhn
American Ballet Theater
Christopher Allan
Strike halts Paris Comedie Francaise over wage dispute
Performances at France's famed Comedie Francaise were suspended indefinitely after stagehands struck with three hours' notice for New Year Eve, causing interruptions and forcing further stoppages this week. The dispute centers on wages, prompting management to cancel shows until resolved.
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Paris
Comedie Francaise
France
B S Pulley Dies in Philadelphia at 61
B S Pulley known for the Big Julie role in Guys and Dolls died Thursday in Philadelphia of a heart attack. His birth name was Murray Lerman.
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Philedelphia
B. S. Pulley
Julie
Murray Lerman
Escape Artist Ricki Dunn Trapped After Backing Into Room
Las Vegas reports Ricki Dunn, noted escape artist, magician and pickpocket, backed into a rarely used stage door at the Sabre Room in the Aladdin hotel. He became locked inside the Sabre Room and had to call for assistance.
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Las Vegas
Nev
UPI
Ricki Dunn
Aladdin
Las Vegas ‘Strip
Trouble on TV as Ted Bessell detests leading chimp
Hollywood reports Ted Bessell, star of That Girl, starts a new CBS comedy Me and the Chimp with a harsh critique of co star Jackie the chimpanzee. He calls her uncouth, ill mannered, rude and untalented while noting she disrupts scenes and disobeys directions. Bessell jokes the show could flop if the monkey outshines him and says his social life has suffered since word spread he works with a monkey.
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Hollywood
UPI
Ted Bessell
Marlo Thomas
Ted
Jackie
Nature
Flip Wilson
Bessell
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