Broadway Stars and Theatre Gossip From New York
Peter Falk requested matinee drops to shoot a film, Neil Simon approved. Harold Pinter's Old Times debuts with Robert Shaw and Rosemary Harris. Ethel Merman attended and performed backstage, while Dame Margot Fonteyn and Edward Villella donate ballet services for the National Ballet. anecdotes on Doris Cooper, Gladys Cooper, and Doris’s sister note audience recognition.
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New York
Peter Falk
Second Avenue
Neil Simon
Harold Pinter
Lyons
Robert Stevens
Kennedy
Arthur Schlesinger
George Ball
Adlai Stevenson
Clayton Fritchey
Pinter
Robert Shaw
Rosemary Harris
Cole Porter
Ethel Merman
Miss Merman
Milton Goldman
Theater listings for Tuesday at Paramount and local venues
Tuesday shows include Paramount Something Big at 6 8 10, Iowa Play Misty for Me with shorts, plus Wednesday matinees Man and Boy. World Bless the Beasts and Children with multiple times and shorts, Blessed Beasts matinee, Going Home, The Vanishing Prairie Living Desert, Stage lineups Kotch T R Baskin Man in the Wilderness Billy Jack A B C of Marriage. Drive-in openings noted as Collins closed, Twixt Town open weekends only.
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Iowa
Marion
A.B.C
Collins Drive-In
Twin East
Twin West
Chicago Honors Sammy Davis Jr for Youth Work
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley cited entertainer Sammy Davis Jr at a city council session for his efforts on behalf of Chicago youth. Davis said the honor should go to thousands of young black people striving to stand up in a society that needs them.
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Sammy Davis, Jr
Chicago
Richard Daley
Davis
Royal Epic Has Premiere in London Critics Split
AP reports Royal Epic Nicholas and Alexandra received a charity premiere in London with guests Princess Anne and Earl Mountbatten. Critics found the film earnest and well-shot though not gripping, calling it a dramatized documentary and noting oversimplified history but strong visuals. Queen Mother Elizabeth to attend next year for a Mary Queen of Scots biopic at another charity benefit.
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Russia
Czar Nicholas
Princess Anne
Earl Mountbatten
Arthur Thirkell
The
Daily Mirror
Cecil Wilson
Daily Mail
Ian Christie
Daily Express
Anne
Elizabeth
Mary Queen of Scots
Hiller to direct La Mancha film with O Toole Loren
New York AP reports Arthur Hiller will produce and direct the movie version of the musical Man of La Mancha. Peter O'Toole and Sophia Loren are set to star, with production slated to begin in Italy early next year.
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New York
Arthur Hiller
Plaza Suite
Peter O’toole
Sophia Loren
Italy
Sweden Picks The Emigrants For Oscar Entry
STOCKHOLM UPI The Swedish Film Institute chose Jan Troell's The Emigrants to represent Sweden in Hollywood for the Oscars. The film chronicles Swedish villagers who emigrated to America in the nineteenth century.
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Stockholm
UPI
Swedish Film Institute
Jan Troell
Sweden
Hollywood
America
Fonda Show Denied at U.S. Bases in Japan
Tokyo AP report says actress Jane Fonda will not be allowed to present her antiwar show at U.S. military bases in Japan after officials review found the production unsuitable for Department of Defense venues. Fonda, in the Philippines, has faced similar restrictions elsewhere. Her 17 day tour begins December 7 with planned stops in Okinawa and Guam.
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Tokyo
Jane Fonda
U.S
Japan
Miss Fonda
Department of Defense
Philippines
United States
Okinawa
Guam
James Caan Realizes Dream Playing Brian Piccolo in Brian's Song
Hollywood. James Caan portrays Brian Piccolo in the ABC movie Brian's Song and actual scrimmaging with the Chicago Bears during training. He says the role let him feel close to Piccolo, a fierce competitor who befriended Gale Sayers and bridged team color barriers.
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James Caan
Brian
Hollywood
UPI
Chicago Bears
Windy City
Caan
Brian Piccolo
ABC
Piccolo
Gale Sayers
Billy Dee Williams
Elan
Sayers
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Leonard Lyons
Prof
Cunliffe
England
la Cote Basque
Mme. Spartre
Edward Villella
Dame Margot Fonteyn
Ballet
Will
National Ballet
Kennedy Center
Washington
Gordon Davidson
Culver City
Peter Wexler
Davidson
Sammy Colt
Dame Gladys Cooper
Ethel Barrymore Theater
Colt
Miss Barrymore
Miss Cooper
Pacific Palisades
Calif
Ethel
Rodney Millington
London
Spotlight
Doris Cooper
Gladys
Doris
Gladys Cooper
Paramount
Bless the Beasts and Children
Plaza
Vanishing Prairie
Kotch
T. R. Baskin
Wildderness
Billy Jack
Robert Mitchum
NEW Times
Technicolor
Marti
Brian Keiti
1St Ave
Royal Epic
Nicholas and
Alexandra
Hiller
la Mancha
Inema
P.b
the Bank
de Nada Inn
6Th Street
S.W
West Side
Tey
Edgewood Road
Fonda
Polly
Austin
Garf
Arlan
Re EE ET el
By Vernon Scott
Michigan State
Jimmy Gunn
Hee
Stanley Kramer
Sdalgiel
Theatres N Dan Ue
Walter Matthau AS
Richard Harris
Fantastic Four Theatres
Richard Roundtree
Caleb
Nehus UN
Bill Cosby
Man and Boy
Orla Foster
Leif Erickson
George Spell Douglas Lurner Ward
Clint Eastwood
Misty
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