Success as a Sometime Thing in Show Business
The piece traces actors and artists whose peaks were brief and then faded. It cites Barbra Streisand and the Beatles among enduring stars, while naming Reri, Gwen Verdon, Carol Channing, Marion Talley, Betty Bronson, Bob Evans, Norma Shearer, Maurine Watkins and others as examples of Johnny One Noters who rose briefly and vanished.
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Johnny
Joan
Reri
Ziegfeld
Follies
Gwen Verdon
Carol Channing
Gwen
Carol
Bob Evans
Norma Shearer
Bob
Theaters Schedule Duels With Classic Films
The printed page lists showtimes for Paramount Le Reobin Crusoe and Iowa The Russians Are Coming plus Nevada Smith at World, My Fair Lady at Marion, Three on a Couch and Sands of the Kalahari at Cor Drive-In, Singing Nun at Twin Town, and Winter a-Go-Go titles with various start times and shorts features.
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Cor
Kalahari
James Coburn Hero of Ego Free Image in Hollywood
Hal Boyle profiles James Coburn as a rare self effacing star who rejects ego as creative energy. The piece notes Coburn’s rise from TV commercials to films like The Great Escape and Our Man Flint, his quirky charm, and his desire to grow as a person while pursuing art over stardom. Coburn jokes about cauliflower and yoga, and speaks on life, movement, music, and his eclectic tastes.
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New York
Hollywood
James Coburn
Mount Rushmore
Jim Coburn
Jamaica
Antic
Our Man Flint
Brigitte Bardot and Gunther Sachs Blend with Beatniks in Hollywood
In Hollywood Bardot and her husband Gunther Sachs appeared unglamorous and casual on a Beverly Hills hotel patio near Sunset Strip venues. They wore rumpled clothes barefoot and spoke French, drawing no attention from other diners who stared at them with disbelief.
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United States
Siren
Sunset Strip
Bothy
Brigitte
Beverly Hills
Strip
Bardot
Gunther
Europe
Los Angeles
Las Vegas
Watts Summer Festival Opens in Watts Amid Lofty Fanfare
The Watts Summer Film Festival begins at a Watts school site in south Los Angeles. Autographs drew crowds for the opening night featuring the film Harper with Janet Leigh and guests Anthony Franciosa and Dick Van Dyke. Two nightly shows run for eight weeks, with some parents praising it as safe summer entertainment while others doubt it solves local problems.
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Watts
Los Angeles
Harper
Janet Leigh
Anthony Franciosa
Dick van Dyke
Jerry Lewis Yacht Run Aground After Deliberate Beaching
Jerry Lewis and four companions escaped unharmed after Lewis deliberately beached his 65 foot Pussycat yacht near Cape San Martin to avoid sinking. Coast guard traced distress call to 2 30 a m PDT as a C 130 patrol plane and tug Sea Prince aided the scene about 60 miles south of Monterey. The vessel was a total loss and the cause of taking on water remained unknown.
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Cape Porpoise
Sea Prince
Monterey
Coast Guard
Fuller Four Leader Bobby Fuller Found Dead
Bobby Fuller, 23, leader of the Bobby Fuller Four, was found dead in his car by his mother Lorraine Fuller. A gasoline can with a plastic hose was found beside the body and police listed the cause as undetermined pending autopsy.
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Hollywood
UPI
Bobby Fuller
Lorraine Fuller
Helden Sues to Block Bridge on the River Kwai
Hollywood actor William Helden filed a 1.1 million damage suit in Los Angeles seeking an injunction to stop NBC televised airing of Bridge on the River Kwai. He named Columbia Pictures Horizon American Pictures Ford Motor J Walter Thompson and NBC as defendants. later intended to amend to name ABC.
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Los Angeles
UPI
William Helden
Columbia Pictures Corp
Horizon-American Pictures Inc
Ford Motor Co
J. Walter Thompson Inc. Advertising Agency
National Broadcasting Company
Holden
Harold A. Fendler
Nbc-Tv
American Broadcasting Co
Columbia and
Horizon
Jan Berry Sues Over Accident
Los Angeles Jan Berry of the Jan and Dean singing duo filed a $100 000 superior court damage suit against Paramount Pictures and the Southern Pacific Co for injuries from an August 9 accident.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Jan Berry
Jan and Dean
Paramount Pictures
Southern Pacific Co
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Mu- Sig
Fair Lady
Twint Town
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Hal Boyle
Coburn
Jimmy Stewart
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