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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1969
Page
16
The city’s film industry is expanding rapidly and may rival Hollywood. Richard Lewisohn of the Economic Development Administration notes 28 strong ties formed in six months while 30 West Coast films were produced in that period. Mayor Lindsay opened doors with police help and labor mediation.
The list outlines multiple theaters and film times including Paramount Macken nas Gold, World The April locals shorts, Times Funny Girl, Plaza Chel A, Marion The Love Bug, Collins Drive In The Graduate Fraulein Doktor, Twit Town Supports Your Local Sheriff Yours Mine and Quuns, Twin East 100 Rifles The Tourhabies, Twin West Guess Who Coming to Dinner To Sir with Love.
N A composer and writer Douglas Stuart Moore died Friday in New York at age 75. A longtime educator, he led Columbia University's music department until 1962 and his works included The Ballad of Baby Joe and Giants in the Earth, the latter earning the 1952 Pulitzer Prize for music and a 1958 New York Music Critics Circle award.
Sammy Watkins an orchestra leader and songwriter who helped launch Dino Crocetti later known as Dean Martin died Saturday at 65. He worked with stars including Bob Hope and spent 43 years in show business shaping early careers and musical acts.
A chaotic New York scene spans dinner requests at the 21 Club with a guest claiming to be a Yugoslav king, Nixon’s Space Age quips, film and theater chatter, and celebrity sightings from Miller to Matthau, plus a ski mishap tally. The jumble ties arts, politics, and high society in one snippet of celebrity life.
Hollywood AP report details Dustin Hoffman filming a western titled Life Big Man. Hoffman endures a baptism scene and dangerous stunts, notes the demand to perform his own action and horse riding, and recalls early career doubts and the thrill of screen success.
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