Broadway Notes and Celebrity Snapshots
Leonard Lyons surveys show business happenings. Jayne Mansfield spends her first real earnings to buy a Hollywood home from Rudy Vallee, who bought similarly priced, fully furnished property. Vallee jokes about finding bargains via trouble. Mansfield’s mink coat provokes camera interest. Geraldine Page critiques Mansfield’s education. News covers Merkle Press bid for WJT presses, Hampton tour to curb riots, Price and Garson in ABC Batman film, Douglas and Koscina bedroom scene, Durante and Chevalier music hooks, Irene Papas filming, Philippine exiles in Beach Red, Israel’s June 9 holiday, and David Merrick at a charity premiere.
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New York
Jayne Mansfield
Hollywood
Rudy Vallee
Vallee
Lyons
Miss Mansfield
Paramount Commissary
Geraldine Page
Jayne
Jimmy Durante
Maurice Chevalier
Montreal
Irene Papas
Cornel Wilde
Beach
Bataan
Nightlife anecdotes and showbiz ties in 1960s headlines
A collage of show business notes including Merrick’s deafening sound and a cotton-eared quip, Shelley Berman’s NBC deal talks, Berle and Leonard aiding Collins at the Copa, Nick Palmer’s big break, Pirates posed at Shea for charity money, Clemente demanding more pay, Roberta Peters at Grossinger's, Poitier in Heat of the Night, Jayne Mansfield’s Latin Quarter visit, and a Mae West anecdote about Mickey Hargitay.
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Shelley Berman
NBC
Milton Berle
Jack E. Leonard
Jerry Collins
Nick Palmer
Jules Podell
Roberta Peters
Grossinger
Jan Peerce
Sidney Poitier
Julie Styne
Jayne Mansfield
Latin Quarter
Mae West
Jayne
Mickey Hargitay
Monkees hold first big city press conf in New York
The Monkees, Peter Tork, Davy Jones, Mike Nesmith, and Mickey Dolenz, spoke at a New York press conference about Beatles and Rolling Stones, announced a July 8 to Aug 27 tour of 30 cities, and discussed their path from TV quartet to a real rock act. Dolenz praised Sgt Pepper, denied posing about acting, and defended Mick Jagger’s drug case as a bum rap.
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New York
Big City
Monkees
Peter Tork
Davy Jones
Mike Nesmith
Mickey
Dolenz
Rolling Stones
Mick Jagger
England
Italy
Nesmith
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Leonard Lyons
Merkle Press of
Washington
WJT
Lionel Hampton
Cleveland
Vincent Price
Greer Garson
Egghead
Olga
ABC
Kirk Douglas
Sylva Koscina
Manhattan
David Rich
Douglas
Israel
David Merrick
Electric Circus
Frontier Inn
Hwy
Atkins, Iowa
USDA
Sam
Fairfax
Iowa
Pittsburgh Pirates
Shea Stadium
Roberto Clemente
Walter Mattau
Jack Lemmon
Arrowhead
Archery Lanes
Blairs Ferry Rd
Collins
Camp-O-Delhi
Beautiful Lake
Delhi
C.R
New Camping
AVE. Shoppers
3Re St
Webster
Don and Mary Hasbrouck
Steve Benz
Cedar Rapids
Ricki Covette
The
Tisuana Brass
Draport Inn
Bob Preston
Girl Come the Impossibles
FBI
S.E
Television
Mary Campbell
U.S
Tork
the Library
the People
Chicago
D. J. & the Runaways
Fine Foods Pizzas
Dial
1St Ave
Deano
de Var
St. SW
HE Ender Rap
Joe Abodeely
Miss Kay Kaar
Bill French Piano
Bruce Anderson Bass
First Avenue
Soa Optical
Waterloo
S. E
Pug and
Butch Frondle
Jerry Spryncl
14Th Ave. SE
MR. Merchant
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