Patricia Neal Triumphs After Stroke Comeback at Benefit
Actress Patricia Neal returns to public life at a New York benefit for brain injured children two years after suffering three massive strokes. She spoke to a crowd of 2000 including Rock Hudson and Vincent Sardi, celebrating a remarkable recovery and her first public appearance since the illness. Her son Theo, injured in infancy, moved her to tears as she recalled the ordeal and her long road to recovery.
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Miss Neal
Theo
Rock Hudson
New York City
Arthur Murray
Triumph Returns and Roald Dahls Twin Family Moments
I learned I had six children not three, all twins, and Roald Dahl organized a daily roster of family and tutors. Miss Neal praises her husband while recalling how he imposed a rigorous teaching regimen, calling it school-like but tougher.
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Roald
Reluctant Astronaut and Fo rum Musicals at Local Theaters
Monday showtimes list Paramount and Iowa venues with titles Reluctant Astronaut and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, plus Is Paris Burning, Doctor Zhivago, Born Free, Get Your Self a College Girl, When the Boys Meet the Girls, and Gidget Goes to Rome. Weekend-only Twixt Town venue notes drive-in schedule.
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Iowa
Forum
Paris
Doctor Zhivago
Marion
C.R
Al Capp Reveals Easy Rehearsal Method in LA
Hollywood AP reports cartoonist Al Capp expanding his Boston TV show to Los Angeles. When asked about rehearsal, Capp says he practices thoroughly on the elevator ride down to the studio.
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al Capp
Boston
Los Angeles
Chumley's Restaurant and Its Colorful Patrons Remembered
Louis Sobol recalls Chumley's Restaurant in New York and the figures who frequented it. He recounts Lee Chumley, the late owner, and encounters with Kate, Floyd Dell, John Dos Passos, Edna Millay, Samson Raphaelson, Theodore Dreiser, Gil Patton, Hans Stengel, Walter Liggett, Harry Woods, Cleon Throckmorton, Ed Lasker, and Howard Scott, framing a era of literary and political circles around the famed venue.
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Kate I
Floyd Dell
John Dos Passos
Ednart
Vincent Millay
Samson Raphaelson
Theodore Dreiser
Gil Patton
Burt L. Standish
Frank
Dick Merriwell
Harry Kemp
Dawn Powell
Samuel Ornitz
Harncy
Milt Gross
Carthumorist
Harry Woods
Cleon Throckmorton
Ed Lasker
Howard Scott
Peck Koufax Eyed for Senate in California
Hollywood report says actor Gregory Peck and ex Dodger star Sandy Koufax are named as dark horse Democrats for California's U.S. Senate nomination next year. The two were cited with former Gov. Edmund Brown in a TV interview with National Committeeman Eugene Wyman.
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Gregory Peck
Los Angeles Dodgers
Sandy Koufax
U.S. Senate
California
Edmund Brown
Eugene Wyman
Thomas Kuchel
Ronald Reagan
George Murphy
U.S
MGM Fire Touches Street Sets at Culver City Studio
A fire burned through several I street sets on the back lot at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios in Culver City California. The blaze damaged multiple stages and caused site evacuations but no injuries were reported. Fire crews battled the flames for hours before bringing the scene under control.
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Headlines Stir Up New Movies From Real Life Cases
Hollywood features and adaptations spark a wave of film ideas. Paramount plans The Sheppard Murder Case about the Cleveland osteopath trial and acquittal. Twentieth Century Fox develops The Boston Strangler. Columbia films In Cold Blood on location in Kansas. Steve Brody’s The Coasts of War follows Vietnam era themes. American International previews Wild Angels and Devil's Angels with a motorcycle gang note.
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