Peyton Place on Film Opens at Paramount
Review notes Peyton Place condenses Grace Metalious novel to a two and a half hour cinema panorama. Lana Turner Diane Varsi Hope Lange and Russ Tamblyn lead a large cast through a town’s layered sexual drama with a concluding emphasis on misunderstanding rather than virtue.
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Hope offers Fox big money for Jayne as co star
Hollywood reports Bob Hope bids major money to Twentieth Century-Fox to cast Jayne Mansfield as his co star in The Jesse James Story. The deal aims to revive the Western biopic with the gossip mill buzzing about star power.
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Jayne Mansfield to star in United Artists project
The article reports Jayne Mansfield teaming with United Artists for a film under their banner. Bob and Jayne performed Christmas shows in the Pacific, forming a friendship that kept Bob closely involved at Mansfield Hargitay’s wedding. Lew Schreiber of Twentieth notes a July start and script review before loaning Jayne. Randolph Churchill is expected to supervise a possible inquiry into Sarah Churchill amid her public spotlight.
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Friday Theater Time Listings at Paramount Palace and More
Local listings show film periods at Paramount Palace with Peyton Place showings at 3:50 6:45 and 9:40 plus shorts at 3:30 4:25 9:20. Iowa venues present Esther Cos tello Story and Escape from San Quentin with multiple daily showings. State theater features Jamboree Green-Eyed Blonde and Around the World in 80 Days, while Palace runs Young and Dangerous Baby and Run of the Arrow times. Saturday includes a children's matinee.
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Hollywood Oscars battle reduced to twenty prizes
Hollywood’s awards season tilts as the Academy cuts Oscar categories from 41 to 20 and lowers voters to 2,028. Dancers and choreographers protest the exclusion, intensifying the strife over the most contested balloting in history.
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Academy Awards Faces Turmoil Over Telecast Changes
Writers and musicians criticize reductions as the thirtieth awards program nears. For the first time since the telecast began there will be no commercials, funded by the film industry. Academy proxy George Seaton asks theater owners to close March 26 during the telecast, prompting threats of resignations.
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Awards show trims cutbacks speed up telecast
The selection of winners becomes secondary to a brawl as changes are made to align with viewer demands. Eddie Albert and Patrice are noted, with reductions across music short subjects writing cinematography and art direction. Only one winner will be named.
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