Character Actor Robert Barrat Dies at 80
Hollywood UPI reports veteran character actor Robert Barrat died Wednesday at Midway Hospital of heart disease at age 80. A Broadway to screen veteran, he twice portrayed General Douglas MacArthur on film in They Were Expendable and American Guerrilla in the Philippines and had a leading role in The Trail of the Lonesome Pine with Henry Fonda and James Stewart in an early color film.
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Julie London to Have Surgery Cancelled engagement ends
New Orleans AP reports singer Julie London cancels the Roosevelt Blue Room show and returns to California for hospital surgery. Her agent says she will perform Friday night for the last time with no further details provided.
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Movie Musicals Are on the Way Out
Hollywood faces a sharp decline in film musical production with only two musicals clearly planned for the year, cost concerns and overseas indifference cited as major factors, while hits from Broadway favorites keep studios profitable amid a changing industry landscape.
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