Broadway Gossip Mix Scandals From Leonard Lyons Column
New York column notes Omar Sharif cast as Nicky Arnstein beside Barbara Streisand, Wyler quip about Middle East, Jordan Christopher replacing Michael Crawford in Black Comedy, and Hallelujah Baby adds new production numbers. Also mentions Picasso Israel stance, Ebbers at President’s Club, and various theater and society tidbits.
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New York
Omar Sharif
Nicky Arnstein
Barbara Streisand
William Wyler
Sharif
State Department
Middle East
Sybil Burton Christopher
Jordan Christopher
Michael Crawford
Lyons
Communist Party
Picasso
Israel
Monday Theater Time Listings Across Venues
Paramount shows The Shaggy Dog at 1 35 5 8 35 Absent Minded Professor at 3 20 6 45 10 15. Iowa features The Great Escape at 3 40 8 40 Apartment at 1 30 6 30. World runs The Greatest Show on Earth with shorts 1 3 35 6 10 8 45 plus showings 1 3 35 6 10 8 45. Times Doctor Zhivago at 8. Marion presents Thunder Alley 7 40 9 35 shorts 7 30 9 10. C Drive-In shows Easy Come Easy Go 9 20 Oh Dad Poor Dad 11 10. Twixt Town Texas Across the River 9 15 1 Stranger Bedfellows 11 15. Collins Drive-In Devil's Angels 9 15 Fickle Finger of Fate 11. Calhoun frees an Indian girl held captive by hunters. Iron Horse Monday 6 30 PM on Channel 9 in color.
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Paramount
Iowa
Doctor Zhivago
Marion
Thunder Alley
C.R. Drive-In
Texas
Collins Drive-In
Devil’s Angels
Calhoun
Iron Horse
Spencer Tracy Remembered as Quiet Star and Great Actor
Hollywood mourns Spencer Tracy, 67, who died of a heart attack. A private funeral and burial were held at Forest Lawn. Tracy won two Academy Awards and starred with Katharine Hepburn in multiple films, retiring to seclusion off screen.
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Lord Tedder
London
Eisenhower
Oder
Stalin
Tedder
Spencer Tracy
Katharine Hepburn
Clarence Darrow
Hollywood
Immaculate Heart of Mary Roman Catholic Church
Msgr
John O’donnell
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Tracy
George Cukor
Carroll
Mitchel D. Covel
Louise Treadwell
Cukor
Adam
Pat
Mike
Miss Hepburn
Intelligence
Hyde
Joe
Sea of Grass
Cass
Timberlane
Ado
Union
Edward
Lescent
Rock
Devil
Nuremberg
Three Cheers For a Sponsor That Was By Inez Robb
Inez Robb laments planned obsolescence and praises Admiral Corp for improving television quality while condemning excessive advertising and sensational shows. She recalls Tracy films and criticizes current network and local commercials, calling for better content and sparing readers from vulgar ads. Admiral is praised as a rare beacon.
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Inez Robb
New York
Winston Churchill
Hitler
Hell
House of Commons
Chez Robb
Admiral Corporation
Phyllis Diller Nearly Caught in San Juan Plane Near-Miss
Phyllis Diller and husband Ward Donovan narrowly avoided a midair collision at San Juan International Airport as a light plane tied to their film work experienced engine trouble and returned to the field. A jetliner arriving for landing stopped just in time to avoid the small craft while both planes waited for towing.
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San Juan
P.R
Phyllis Diller
San Juan International
Selder
Ward Donovan
Virgin Islands
Miss Diller
Burton to Help Shape Britain TV Production in Wales
Richard Burton, director of Harlech Consortium, will mold commercial UK programming for Wales as part of the Trend Independent Television Network. Lord Harlech leads the group with Stanley Baker, aiming to reduce reliance on American canned TV and invest profits in local repertory and opera to nurture future stars.
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London
Richard Burton
Britain
Burton
Harlech Consortium
Lord Harlech
United States
Harlech Group
Trndependent
British Broadcasting Corp
Stanley Baker
The Apple Tree to Tour Nordic Theaters
Broadway musical The Apple Tree will head abroad with Lars Schmidt purchasing rights to stage the show next fall in Norway Sweden Finland Denmark and Iceland. Ingrid Bergman’s husband Schmidt leads the international effort.
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New York
Lars Schmidt
Ingrid Bergman
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Denmark
Iceland
My Fair Lady Ends Sydney Run in Century Theater
The musical My Fair Lady completed a 96 week engagement in Sydney Australia marking its longest single theater run. The show began its first Australian run at Century theater in the city.
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Hollywood
UPI
Sydney
Australia
Century Theater
Admiral Corp Pulls TV Ads Over Network Programming
Admiral Corporation will stop advertising on network television and reallocate its budget to other media. Founder Ross D. Siragusa says the move could pressure networks to upgrade programming, citing viewer frustration with the so called idiot box.
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Admiral Corporation
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National Council On the Arts
Barcelona
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M’toto
Gargantua
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Sinatra
Mickey Rudin
Tony Rome
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Rex Harrison
Julienne Marie
Joe Papp
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Howard Johnson, Jr
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59Th Street
Johnson
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Harold Pinter
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Chicago
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Dolly
Hugh O'Brian
Alex Cohen
Montreal
Prince Rainier
Princess Grace
Liverpool
Alaska
California
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Jay Devlin
Ted Schwartz
The
Village Vanguard
Happy Medium
Monte Rock TE
Trude Heller
Trik
Stage
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Vienna
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Eichmann
Bernard Relin
Rheingold
Joan Rivers
Herbel CO
Jor Center Point Rd
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John
Suzy
Sidney Poitier
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Kramer
Broadway
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Cohan
Spencer
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MGM
Jimmy Stewart
Teevee
Admiral
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KLWW
Joe Shannon
Aardvarks
Kuwwes
1St Avenue SE
Deion
Arra
Wales TV
Grams
Wales
C.r. Gazette
Wee Oti
Cecil B. Demille
James Stewart
Betty Hutton
Chariton Heston
Dorothy Lamour
Emmett Kelly
Cornel Wilde
George
George’s Gourmet
First Avenue SE
Walt Disney
Ross D. Siragusa
Elvis Presley
Tues
Steve James Richard
McQueen Garner Attenborough
Jack Lemmon
Shirley MacLaine
Fred MicMurray
DR Ree
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Reres
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Penummen Deg Fm
Cedar Rapids
Tab Hunter
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