Burt Lancaster Stars In The Kentuckian At Paramount
Burt Lancaster delivers a director debut in The Kentuckian a Hecht Lancaster outdoor drama with Donald MacDonald and Dianne Foster. The story follows a Kentucky father and son venturing to Texas facing dangers and a town rescue while Lancaster blends bold frontier action with humor and folk tale charm. Diana Lynn plays the teacher and bearded backwoodsmen add comic flavor as Lancaster sometimes sings folk tunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burt Lancaster
Lancaster
Donald MacDonald
Kentucky
Texas
Dianne Foster
Diana Lynn
Blondes in Hollywood Come In Many Hues and Shades
Hollywood notes on blonde actresses and shades. Nina Foch in Illegal with Edward G Robinson shows champagne moonlight blondes. Jayne Mansfield appears with straw hues. Shelley Winters in I Died a Thousand Times is vintage champagne blonde. Doris Day in Young at Heart is fluorescent blonde. Jean Harlow popularized platinum blondes, inspiring peroxide trends nationwide.
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Hollywood
Nina Foch
Edward G. Robinson
Hugh Marlowe
Warner Brothers
Jayne Mansfield
Shelley Winters
Jack Palance
Egg Lee
Pete Kelly
Doris Day
Jean Harlow
Jean
Holliman Wins Role in Giant Linked to Good Luck Dollar
Hollywood recalls 1944 USO contest when Earl Holliman, then a Navy seaman, won a dollar kept as luck charm. Now he stars in Giant alongside Jane Withers, the woman who handed him the dollar years ago.
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Hollywood
Earl Holliman
U.S. Navy
Holliman
Jane Withers
Fiery Broadway Stars and the Hidden Cost of Stardom
Walter Winchell on Broadway connects the rise of Susan Strasberg in The Diary of Anne Frank to the high drama of stardom. It cites Ethel Merman’s triumph in Girl Crazy, Gershwin’s backstage counsel, and the lure of Hollywood paths while noting critics and fate shaping careers from Philadelphia to New York.
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Broadway
Susan Strasberg
Diary of
Anne Frank
Susie
Ethel Merman
Ethel Hes
George Gershwin
Philadelphia
Madame Tretoni
New York
Captain Jinks
Philly
Ethel Barrymore
Fate
Tom Ewell
Shirley Booth
Oklahoma! A- O premiere flops for Mike Todd in New York
Hollywood producer Mike Todd criticized the Oklahoma! premiere for a bad print and poor showmanship. He accused Magnal Theaters of mishandling the print and press, while defending the Todd A- O process as great. He promised a corrected print and predicted Around the World in 80 Days would surpass Oklahoma! in success.
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Aline Mosby
Hollywood
Todd
A-O
New York
Mike Todd
RKO
Oklahoma
Chase
Todd A-O
Birthday birthday technical staff faces growing pains at Footlighters
The Footlighters community theater gears up for the Broadway hit Happy Birthday by Anita Loos. Director Don Tescher notes the most ambitious technical challenges include making a bar stool grow and sway while an actress holds a champagne glass. Season tickets are on sale. reservations available by phone or mail with a season ticket blank.
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Footlighters Community Theater
Anita Loos
Footlighters
New Theater
Don Tescher
Community Theater
Miss Loos
Helen Hayes
Third Street SE
Tescher
Jersey Mecca
iChairman
Lou Shepard
Brubeck and Hawes Spark Jazz Studio Pairings on LPs
A review of Brubeck’s new Columbia LP Jazz Red Hot and Cool plus Hampton Hawes on Contemporary, Woody Herman Road Band on Capitol, June Wallin Torch, Kostelanetz Calendar Girl on Columbia, and Dixieland under Eddie Condon. Highlights Brubeck’s interplay with Desmond and daring on Fare Thee Well Annabelle and Lover. Hawes shown as a rising West Coast talent. Herman’s all-star big band with Sentimental Journey. Walli’s torch ballads. Kostelanetz’s calendar themed pieces. Condon’s Dixieland session with Beiderbecke lineage.
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Dave Brubeck
Columbia
Brubeck
Basin Street
Annabelle
Duke
Paul Desmond
Paul
Brubecktime
Hampton Hawes
Ivories
Hawes
Cyne
Woody Herman
Dick Hafer
Dick Collins
Cy Touff
Herman Beat
Eddie Condon
Beiderbecke
Pete Pesci
Ed Hall
Dick Carey
Funds Pour Into Thalians Hollywood Mental Health Drive
The Thalians, a Hollywood group including Gary Crosby and Cleo Moore, hosted a high profile party at a top venue raising about 10000 for mental health. Shoe magnate Harry Karl bought items at auction and added 2500, praising the Thalians mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Thalians
Gary Crosby
Cleo Moore
Leigh Snowden
May Winn
Harry Karl
Marie
Variety
Army Archerd
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Paramount
Cyd Charisse
Dan Dailey
Gene Kelly
Michael Kidd
Dolores Gray
Diana Foner
Diana Lynn H Lancaster
Nadine Subotnik
Britain
America
Li Via
Buckingham Palace Household
SUI Field House
Iowa City
SUI Scottish Highlanders
Todd's
Ence Oom TaThicipat
Faep & i
Carroll Baker
WMT
Tom Owen
Hereford
Jack Manthey
Boyd Bennet
Rockets
Walter Winchell
Charles Frohman
Lionel
Marion Brando
Kazan
France
Cinderella
Audrey Hepburn
Kim Stanley
Kim
June Taylor
Coe Auditorium
Hal McIntyre
Jeanne McManus
Taylor
Jackie Gleason
Armstrong
Mike
Les Zachers
June Walli
Rca-Victor
Bill
Joe Reisman
Ndre Kostelanetz
Kosty
Laura
Ruby
Zacheis
Sandy Singer
Hiltbrunner
Albrunner
First Street
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