Leonard Lyons Look-In: LBJ Dinners and Showbiz Bits
Sunday note from Leonard Lyons with items about LBJ inviting Jeff Kintner to a White House dinner, Greta Thyssen at the Actors Studio, Ingrid Bergman in a TV project, Jason Robards filming in Spain, Belafonte TV specials in Toronto, and sports and theatre gossip including Harold Clurman, Tony Curtis, and Fannie Hurst.
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Greta Thyssen
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Ingrid Bergman
Anna Karenina
Garbo
Ray Bolger Keeps Performing at Sixty Four
Ray Bolger, 64, refuses to retire citing boredom and love of work. He credits breathing exercises and disciplined training for his energy, counting a two hour morning routine, golf, long walks, and two nightly shows. He teaches dance, supports the Heart Association, and once trained the New York Giants in footwork.
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UPI
Ray Bolger
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Charley
Broadway
Boston
Jupiter
Paris
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Heart Assn
New York Football Giants
Miss Teen International Pageant Televised by ABC
The ABC network will televise the third annual Miss Teen International Pageant from the Hollywood Palace on April 13. Eleven foreign contestants and one from the United States will be finalists, with the U.S. entry chosen from the Miss Teen United States contest held in Los Angeles the week before.
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New York
UPI
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Hollywood Palace
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U.S
Los Angeles
Ernie Ford Signs For Television Shows
New York Tennessee Ernie Ford will star in three musical comedy specials on NBC over the next two seasons. The first special will be colorcast in fall 1968, the second in early 1969, and the third at the start of the 1969 70 season.
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LBJ
Commerce
Gen. C. D. Smith
Harry Belafonte
Toronto
Willie Shoemaker
Harold Gary
Arthur Miller
Gar
David Burns
Gary
Paul, Weiss
Rifkind
Wharton
Garrison
Ted Sorenson
John Steinbeck
Ambassador Goldberg
Sam Levenson
New York
Tennessee Ernie Ford
NBC
Laurence Olivier to Host TV Dramatic Special
Sir Laurence Olivier will host and narrate a 90 minute drama starring Michael Caine Sean Connery and Paul Scofield in a contemporary original drama series for the 1968 69 season. Five specials in the series will be presented.
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New York
Laurence Olivier
Michael Caine
Sean Connery
Paul Scofield
NBC
Ford Theater to Host Student Shakespeare Spring Series
High school seniors traveling to Washington at Easter will view three plays at the restored Ford theater in the capital. The repertory program includes Comedy of Errors She Stoops To Conquer and John Brown's Body with 200 student tickets offered, reflecting Lincoln's theatergoing legacy.
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Washington
Ford Theater
Capitol City
John Brown
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
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