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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1969
Page
3
New York AP report notes a film industry boom rivaling Hollywood with 26 full length films shot in the city in the first six months. Richard Lewisohn of EDA praises growth, compares to about 30 West Coast productions, and credits Mayor Lindsay for opening city doors with police help and labor mediation.
Local theater schedule lists multiple venues with film times. Paramount shows Macken na s Gold at 3 10 5 20 7 30 and 9 45, Iowa features Pops and shorts across afternoon and late slots, World runs The April Fools plus shorts, Times presents Funny Girl, Plaza screens Che, Marion has The Love Bug with shorts, Collins Drive-In offers The Graduate and Fraulein Doktor, Twixt Town features Support Your Local Sheriff and Yours Mine and Owl, Twin East presents 100 Rifles and The Touchables, Twin West plans Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and To Sir with Love.
Douglas Stuart Moore, 75, famed for American folk operas and his Pulitzer winning Giants in the Earth, died in Cutchogue, New York. A teacher and writer, he helped shape New York and American music for more than five decades and retired in 1962 as Columbia University's music department chair.
Sammy Watkins, a longtime orchestra leader and songwriter who helped launch Dean Martin, died at 65 in Cleveland. Watkins worked with Bob Hope and other stars during a 43 year show business career, and he discovered singer Dino Crocetti who later became Dean Martin.
A collage of celebrity sightings and gossipy vignettes from New York society. Ex‑king Peter of Yugoslavia joins Mrs. Hewitt for dinner after a yacht misdirection. Nixon-era quips, stage stars, film plans, and weekend escapades feature Tamara, Arlen, Chaplin, Matthau, and others in rapid, vivid brushstrokes.
Hollywood AP Dustin Hoffman endures a grueling baptism and mud on a western set while filming Little Big Man. He discusses stunts, horse riding bareback, and his rise from New York to superstardom amid a career of nervous anticipation and success.
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