What Is Wrong with Being a Movie Star
Hollywood columnist Erskine Johnson questions the label of movie star and argues that stars drive ticket sales while actors pursue craft. Anthony Quinn and Jayne Mansfield illustrate showmanship's role in selling films, with Mike Todd parading spectacle to boost Oscar prospects.
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Mitchum to Lead The Enemy Below at Fox
Hollywood reports Buddy Adler will sign Robert Mitchum for Twentieth Century Fox after his role in Heaven Knows Mr. Allison. Mitchum is set to star as the male lead in Dick Powell’s World War II naval spectacle The Enemy Below with location scouting under way in Honolulu.
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Odds and Hands on a Bridge Deal and Hollywood News
Oswald Jacoby analyzes a bridge hand where West wins with a club lead after dummy’s king and a diamond discard. The column touches on Gary Crosby’s romance with Barbara in the Ice Follies and a note on East West bidding and missteps in the deal.
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Lana Turner Embraces Single Life and Acapulco Move
Hollywood reports Lana Turner, freshly divorced from Lex Barker, rejects marriage and plans to live full time in Acapulco. She will film The Lady Takes a Flyer with Jeff Chandler, sew wardrobe for Peyton Place, build a house, then shoot Another Time Another Place in England, earning 50 percent of profits from her Universal International deal.
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Theater Time For Tuesday
The Gazette lists today’s film times for Paramount Iowa State Palace Marion and others. Shows include Guns of Fort Petticoat Iron Sheriff Ten Commandments Susan Slept Here Palomino Top Secret Affair Gun for a Coward Killer Is Moby Dick Timber Jack Opposite Sex and more.
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Eisenhower on racketeering and farm surplus warnings
The text quotes President Eisenhower calling racketeering an abomination to be eliminated and Sir John Teasdale criticizing U.S. farm surplus disposal plans as risking restricted markets amid political disagreement.
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Wheat Board sees 25 million bushel drop in Australian wheat
Italian Wheat Board forecasts an annual reduction of 25 million bushels in Australian wheat production to trim world surplus. Jockey Eddie Arcaro quips that critics should not assume Eisenhower’s influence wanes since he won’t run again. Senators Javits and Jacob K. Javits comment on Ike’s continued impact.
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