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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1967
Page
12
LaVerne Andrews oldest of the Andrews Sisters died Monday in West Los Angeles after eight months of cancer illness. Her sisters Maxine and Patti learned of the death while performing in Lake Tahoe. The trio had 35 years of performing history with almost 900 records and hits like Don t Sit Under the Apple Tree and Rum and Coca Cola.
New York gossip records Edward Albee weighing prize acceptance after winning for A Delicate Balance. discusses past refusals by Lewis and Saroyan, Zeffirelli stage plans, film and TV projects, and industry moves involving many stars and studios.
Earl Hines has signed a lifetime contract worth $20,000 per year. The Cannery owner Leonard V. Martin in San Francisco will host the piano great who will perform 10 months annually at the Cannery near Fisherman’s Wharf and may tour the remaining two months. The deal reflects Martin’s long-held admiration for Hines.
Hollywood reports Doris Day has signed to star in CBS theatrical features produced by her husband Martin Melcher. The blonde star will appear in a series of films to be released first in theaters and later on the network according to the Monday announcement.
Swedish born actress Ann Margret married actor Roger Smith in a Las Vegas hotel suite attended by two executives. The couple previously split after their engagement, now reconciled, with no disclosed reasons.
Providence film tycoon Joseph E. Levine told a Brown University film seminar that after 18 months of making family pictures seen only by his own family he will not make another family film. He said he cannot complain about censorship and considers it a good sign.
Southampton England AP Elmer Rice 74 famed American playwright died in a Southampton hospital after a heart attack en route to Europe on the liner France pneumonia followed. He authored Street Scene winning the 1928 Pulitzer and The Adding Machine among his 50 full length plays and other works. He resigned as WPA theater project director in 1936 accusing government censorship and promoted social reform throughout his career. Rice was born Sept 28 1892 in Manhattan and adopted the surname Rice after his first play On Trial in 1914.
A condensed theater schedule lists Paramount Night of the Generals and Casino Royale at multiple times, Blow Up and Doctor Zhivago screenings, Marion Blue Max, drive-ins Thunder Alley and Trunk to Cairo, plus Arabesque Beau Geste and Cool Ones Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die with various start times and shorts segments.
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