Celebrity chatter from Broadway and Cannes scene
The column surveys entertainment figures and events from New York, Paris, and London. It notes George Brown’s Hall of Fame connection, Martha Scott’s theater plans with Henry Fonda, Elia Kazan film delays, Cannes invitations for Warren Beatty, Redgrave projects in London, and Paraplegic veteran jokes, alongside remarks by Kenneth Haigh, Pierre Boulle, and Sinatra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Britain
George Brown
le Pavillon
American Foundation
Canada
Lyons
Martha Scott
Henry Fonda
Robert Ryan
Front Page
Esquire
Irwin Shaw
Rebekah Harkness
Franklin Pierce College
Warren Beatty
Michael Redgrave
Petula Clark
Peter O'Toole
MGM
Chips
Redgraves
London
Kenneth Haigh
Robert Lowell
American Place Theater
Yale
Pierre Boulle
Paris
Bette Davis
Paul Green
North Carolina
The
Roundtable
Lalla
Reader's Theater presents Othello Friday through Sunday
Cedar Rapids Community Theater launches three performances of Shakespeare's Othello as the season's second bonus production. Dr. Kingsley Grant leads as Othello with Richard Hubacek Iago Lee Abraham Desdemona and a veteran cast including Dennis Wright Cassio Gladyce Chiverton Emilia Don Hastings Brabantio the Duke Jay Simser Roderigo Max Naxera Senator Verda Harper Bianca and Ron Malven Lodovico. Admission free with season booklet. students admitted Sunday for 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reader’s Theater
Cedar Rapids Community Theater
Kingsley Grant
Richard Hubacek
Iago
Lee Abraham
Desdemona
Dennis Wright
Cassie
Gladyce Chiverton
Emilia
Don Hastings
Brabantio
George Patrick
Duke of Venice
Jay Simser
Roderigo
Max Naxera
Senator
Verda Harper
Bianca
Ron Malven
Lodovico
Theater listings and film schedule for Friday and Saturday
Local listings show Reader's Theater Othello and films at multiple venues. Paramount features The Secret War of Harry Frigg with several showings. Iowa presents The Party. World screens The Graduate with shorts. CAMELOT at Times and Plaza Blue and shorts. Marion, Blackbeard's Ghost. drive-ins show Savage Seven and others. Twixt Town and Collins Drive-In present Clambake and Journey to the Seventh Planet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
Harry Frigg
Iowa
Camelot
Plaza
Marion — “Blackbeard
Fitzwilly
633 Squadron
Collins Drive
Andy Williams Sings in London with Mancini May 19 20
New York reports Andy Williams will perform two concerts at London's Royal Albert Hall after U S spring one nighters. Henry Mancini will join Williams for the pair on May 19 and 20 marking their first European appearances as a duo highly credited for million selling albums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Andy Williams
London
Royal Albert Hall
United States
Henry Mancini
Williams
Mancini
Accordion Aces to Perform in Cedar Rapids Junior High Gym
The Ac cordion Aces from Cedar Rapids will perform at 2 p.m. Sunday in the junior high gymnasium. The group includes 23 young people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
New Faces of 1968 Opens in Mixed Broadway Reception
Leonard Sillman’s eleventh edition of New Faces of 1968 opens at Booth theater with 16 young performers and tight production. Critics note pleasant acting and staging but weak material with few standout numbers and a lack of sharp satire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Sillman
New York
UPI
Booth Theater
Winn Morton
Paul Sullivan
Frank Wagner
Ines New York Critics Review Snippet
A fragment from Clive Barnes in Times cites New York critics about a new work titled Ines. The brief item hints at mixed reactions and previews upcoming performances in the city.
Buddy Duke Slater to Return to Gomer Pyle Show
CBS announces Ronnie Schell will rejoin Gomer Pyle USMC as Duke Slater in the fall after a year away. He resumes the role he held in the first three seasons, reuniting with the cast for new episodes on CBS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ronnie Schell
Gomer Pyle
USMC
CBS
Gomer
Duke Slater
Also Mentioned on This Page
Broadway
Leonard Lyons
Elia Kazan
S. J. Perelman
Bob Hector
Perelman
Anna Misrachi
Actors Studio
Lee Strasberg
Jean Genet
Strasberg
Monty Hoyt
U.S
Oxford
Russia
Carlo Ponti
Czech
Jackie Miles
Nunnally Johnson
Harry Kurnitz
Kurnitz
I. P. Lazar
Johnson
c/o
I. P
Maurice Chevalier
Joel Grey
Louis Prima
Frank Sinatra
Anthony Montague - Brown
Winston Churchill
Fulton
Churchill
America
Khrushchev
Minnesota
Be’s & the Don'ts
Prairie Moon
Prairieburg
Max and the Sunsets
Sam's
Fairfax
Paulsen
Mike Nichols
Benjamin
Anne Bancroft
Dustin Hoffma
NN Technicolor
Katharine Ross
Reader's Theater
Community Theater
Dee Jay
DE Var
NEW Times
Tasenone
el PN
Kisum
Gurney
Nemo
Nansford
Howard Keel
Yvonne DeCarlo
Scott Brady
Arizona
Frankenstein
By Jack Gaver
Sillman
Brandon Maggart
Madeline Kahn
Robert Klein
Miss Kahn
Marlene Dietrich
Gloria Eleezardo
Peter de ‘Ries
Arthur Miller
Atlantic City
Kenny Solms
Gail Parent
Ronnie Graham
Nancie Phillips
Dottie Frank
Suzanne Astor
Michael K. Allen
Rod Barry
Trudy Carson
Marilyn Child
Elaine Giftos
Joe Kyle
Robert Lane
George Ormiston
Rod Perry
John Chapman
Daily News
Richard Watts, Jr
New York Post
William Glover
Clive Bn
Ines, New York
Dave Dighton
Armar
Terence Stamp
the Plaza
Eter
Ann Patera
Iowa Fieldhouse
Memorial Union
Collins Road Drive-In
Nisa ‘Wel
7Th Planet
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!