Hedda Hopper reports Elvis in Tickle Me and more Hollywood buzz
Hedda Hopper sketches Elvis Presley’s Memphis to Hollywood moves with Col. Tom Parker choosing Tickler Me as a title after Elvis hits his thirtieth gold record. Blue Hawaii nears two million sales as Elvis stars as a drifting cowpoke with Jocelyn Lane. Doris Day signs The Glass Bottom Boat at Metro. Julie Andrews and Judy Garland are discussed as rising stars. Katharine Walsh and Duke Hobbie win auditions at Columbia as Dinah Shore Rosie Marie and Susan Oliver pursue TV and film projects.
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Hollywood
Elvis Presley
Memphis
Tom Parker
Elvis
Ihow
Hawaii
Jocelyn Lane
Ben Schwalb
Palm Springs
Doris Day
Metro
Marty Melcher
Everett Freeman
Doris
Bob Weitman
Cary Grant as Scientist Boyfriend Cited in Film Note
Director Robert Wise rejected 400000 to direct The Americanization of Emily, citing dissatisfaction with the story and casting implications. The remark reflects his stance on the project and creative fit.
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Saag Cary Grant
Robert Wise
Wallingford Theater Schedule Friday
Paramount shows Behold a Pale Horse with shorts at 2 4 6:30 and 9:05. RKO Iowa screens Fall of the Roman Empire with shorts at 1:35 4:45 and 8. WORLD presents Becket with showings at 1:10 6:20 and 8:55. Times screens How the West Was Won at 1 3:35 6:10 and 8:50. Marion shows Island of the Blue Dolphins at 7 and 10:25 and 633rd Squadron at 8:50. Saturday matinee Island of the Blue Dolphins continues.
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Paramount
Rko-Iowa
Becket
West
Marion
The
Blue Dolphins
633Rd Squadron
Island
Fragmented Film/Show Times With Music Teasers
A fragment lists brief run times for multiple features and shorts including The Blue Dolphins 1 55, shorts 1 30, Drive-In 7 10, Purple Hills 7 05, Twixt Town Country Music 7 05, Mail Order Bride 9, Green Helmet 10 25. Sparse details lack context or venues.
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Julie Andrews
Julie
Liz Taylor
Judy Garland
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Music Hall
Columbia
Mike Frankovich
Katherine Walsh
Covington
Duke Hobbie
Georgia
Katherine
Duke
Dinah Shore
Susan Oliver
Jerry Lewis
Santa Monica
Atlantic
Anthony Quinn
Paramount Today
Andy Doll
Mrs
Henry W. Petersen
Prairieburg
Iowa
Dial
Tonite
Slack & Sweater
F-U-N
Ji.d
Troy Shondell
Cedar Rapids Drive-In
Darryl F Zanuck
Longes
John Wayne Day
Normandy Invasion
Cornelius Ryan
20Th Century-Fox
Producers, Inc
Productic
Sinemasco
DE LA
Nam
Bae
CEMAR
Amusement Park
First Ave. SE
Aracae
Hank Snow
Ferlin Husky
Lester Flatt
Earl Scruggs
Skeeter Davis
George Jones
Buck Owens
Porter Wagoner
Hank Williams, JR
Roy Drusky
Stonewall Jackson
Bill Anderson
Audrey Williams
Wilburn Bros
Anita Kerr
Wilma Lee
Stoney Cooper
Ralph Emery
Merle Kilgore
Duke OF
Midwest
Beverly Hillbillies
Buddy Eblen
Panavision
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Bonu
Speed
MGM Presents
Bill Travers
Green Helmet
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ED Begley
Masset Eee Ea
Samuel Bronston
Sophia Loren
Stephen Boyd
Alec Guinness
James Mason
Christopher Plummer
Treland
Mel Ferrer
Omar Shark
Anthony Quayle
Ty Anthony Mann
CAMTR
Tiomkin
Ben Barman
Basilio Franchina
Philip Yordan
Samver
C. R. Drive-In
Purple Hills
Hughie
Mardon
Hopkinton
Tommy Scott
Harry Head
Bouncin BoBo— Clowns
Johnny Guns
Harry
America
England
Col
Tim McCoy
Teamsters
AMSA
Ance
Tiffin Fire Dept
Kenny Hofer
Barbara Stevens
Mozart
Tutte
Metropolitan Opera Studio
Coe
Armstrong's
Hillbrunner's
Coe Business
Gazette
Richard Dui Burton
Otoole
HAL Wallis
Ecket Panavision
Technicolor
Fred Tinnemann
Gregory Deg K
Omar Sharif
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