Week of New Releases At Cedar Rapids Theaters
The Cedar Rapids circuit debuts a set of new films this week led by a sequel to The Trouble with Angels with Rosalind Russell as Mother Superior Where Angels Go Trouble Follows. Also new are Will Penny starring Charlton Heston and Joan Hackett Camelot at the Times plus The Shakiest Gun in the West Yours Mine and Ours and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner at various venues. Drive-Ins feature Valley of the Dolls The Incident Waterhole No 3 and The Flim Flam Man with John Wayne titles Sons of Katie Elder and Eldorado at the Twixt Town Drive-In.
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Rosalind Russell
Paramount
Miss Russell
St. Francis Academy
Stella Stevens
Milton Berle
Arthur Godfrey
van Johnson
Robert Taylor
the Plaza Theater
Charlton Heston
Joan Hackett
Will Penny
Heston
Don Knotts
World Theater
Jesse W. Heywood
Knotts
America
Barbara Rhoades
Cedar Rapids Drive-In
James Coburn
Katie Elder
Dean Martin
Community Theater Moves Into Large Space for Half a Sixpence
Cedar Rapids Community Theater shifts rehearsals from its downtown venue to the old Iowa Machine Co. factory on Eighth Avenue SW to stage the spring musical Half a Sixpence. The move doubles rehearsal space and speeds prep ahead of the June 14 opening at Kennedy High School auditorium.
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Community Theater
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Machine Co
Eighth Avenue
Kennedy High School
Coe Chapel
Lindale Plaza
Eagles Hall
Shrine Temple
Quaker Oats Point
Miss Hepburn Finds Crown in Antique Shop
Katharine Hepburn toured Dublin seeking a regal headpiece for Eleanor of Aquitaine in The Lion In Winter. At Louis Wine Ltd on Grafton Street she selected an Anglo Saxon silver bracelet and fashioned it into a crown. The piece, replica of the 1183 Plantagenet crown, was designed with input from Margaret Furse.
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Dublin
Katharine Hepburn
Eleanor of Aquitaine
England
Henry II
Louis Wine, Ltd
Grafton Street
Hepburn
Wine
Margaret Furse
Hitchcock Awarded UC Honorary Doctorate
The University of California regents voted Alfred Hitchcock an honorary doctorate for his cinema achievements. He was notified by Dr. Charles J. Hitch and will receive the degree June 9 at UC Santa Cruz commencement. Dean E. McHenry will present the honor.
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Hitchcock Hollywood
University of California
Alfred Hitchcock
Hitchcock
Charles J. Hitch
University of California In
Santa Cruz
E. McHenry
Shani Wallis Learns Cockney Accent For Oliver Role
British born singer actress Shani Wallis, chosen for the Nancy Sykes part in Oliver, had to relearn her cockney accent after years of Americanized speech. The Ed Sullivan discovery led to a $10 million Columbia Pictures film debut, singing her own numbers. Wallis, in her late 20s, recalls her theatre roots, Royal Academy training, and her deaf father who never heard her sing.
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New York
UPI
Shani Wallis
Oliver
America
Shani
Nancy Sykes
Columbia Pictures
The
Motion Picture Company
London
Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts
Shay-Nee
Cubs and Astros Clash Live on Channel Nine
The Chicago Cubs face the Houston Astros in a Sunday 2:00 PM game broadcast live on Channel Nine. The matchup headlines a packed sports schedule with topline coverage and local viewer alerts.
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Chicago Cubs
Houston Astros
Channel
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