White House portrait through theatre and memory
Broadway audience sees The White House by A E Hotchner at Henry Miller's theater. A portrait using actual words from presidents and wives, with strong performances by Helen Hayes and company, guided by Henry Kaplan. The piece blends movement with spoken history and offers a humane, sometimes amusing, view of U S leaders.
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Jack Gaver
New York
UPI
White House
A. E. Hotchner
Henry Miller
Helen Hayes
Hotchner
The
United States
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Henry Kaplan
Miss Hayes
Betty Henritze
Nancy Franklin
Ed Wittstein
Fritz Weaver
Jefferson
Jackson
Fillmore
Pierce
Lincoln
Wilson
James Daly
Andrew Johnson
Grover Cleveland
Theodore Roosevelt
Monroe
van Buren
Harrison
Buchanan
Sorrel Booke
Daniel Webster
Ulysses S. Grant
Gilbert Miller
Helen Bonfils
Morton Gottlieb
Broadway Gossip From New York's Nightlife Scene
The column details a flurry of show business notes from New York. Kaye Sisters on a Queen Mary trip and romance with Michael Nestor. Shan Palmer’s shifting plans. Hamlet filming talks. Sammy Davis Jr. closing Copa. star sightings at the Hotel Astor luncheon. Arthur William Brown Hall of Fame induction. Christine Keeler parole prospects. Mike Todd Jr's America Be Seated revival. Cassius Clay Asia tour and motel investments. Arlene Dahl audition doubts. Ella Fitzgerald at Basin Street East. and a late reminder to bring snacks for King Lear at 6 pm.
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Latin Quarter
Shan Palmer
Michael Nestor
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the Palladium
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Astor
Horace McMahon
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Assembly
Arthur William Brown
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Hall of Fame
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Christine Keeler
Mike Todd, Jr
America
David Merrick
Vegas
Samuel Goodstone
Cassius Clay
Far East
Asia
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Herb
Arlene Dahl
Benjamin Franklin
Paris
Basin Street East
Ella Fitzgerald
Paul Scofield
Jimmy Stewart Cast Opposite Brigitte Bardot in Erasmus Film
Hollywood UPI Jimmy Stewart to film in Paris with Brigitte Bardot in a cameo style sequence for Erasmus with Frederic Le... The film centers on a child. Bardot appears as window dressing in two domestic scenes at her Paris home. Stewart travels with wife to France for location scenes and notes Bardot’s role is a light, pivotal sequence.
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Miss Bardot
Fast electric trains to Tokyo Osaka begin October
Japan confirms 131 mile per hour electric trains are safe and will run from Tokyo to Osaka starting October 1 with a 175 mile fenced stretch to deter trespassing. The remaining 320 miles will be elevated.
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Osaka
Hedda Hopper looks at Hollywood romance and party chatter
Hedda Hopper reports Shelley Fabares set to wed Lou Adler in June after a long run as Donna Reed’s daughter and her role in Ride the Wild Surf. Chatter covers Kim Novak music projects, Tony Richardson’s The Loved One casting, Zsa Zsa Gabor hotel stays, John Drew Barrymore’s Rome return, and other industry moves.
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Ollywood
Elvis Presley
Shelley Fabares
Lou Adler
Shelley
Donna Reed
Kim Novak
al Schackman
Carmel
Patty and Cathy Recall First Meeting on TV Show
Patty Duke and Cathy discuss their initial meeting during the Patty Duke Show episode filming at Television 9 on a Wednesday night.
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Patty
Cathy
Patty Duke
Television
Theaters Schedule Compact For Wednesday Night
Paramount presents South Pacific and shorts with showings at 1 25 4 6 35 and 9 10. RKO Iowa runs The Pink Panther Gunfight at Comanche Creek with multiple late-evening times. World screens Kissin Cousins with shorts and Balcony Theater lists Balconys and shorts. Marion shows Tom Jones with shorts. C R Drive In airs Muscle Beach Party Airborne. Twixt Town offers Charade Showdown.
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David Niven
Robert Wagner
Capucine
Pink Panther
Rko-Iowa
Paramount
South Pacific
Comanche Creek
Kissin’ Cousins
Marion
Tom Jones
Shorts
C.R. Drive-In
Muscle
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Mirisch
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