Some Players Come and Some Players Go Television Shuffles Casts of Many Shows
Hollywood AP reports mid season cast changes across major networks. The Virginian gains a new family as Lee J Cobb exits and Diane Ro ter and Clu Gulager depart. Petticoat Junction swaps Mere dith MacRae for Gunilla Hutton with Mike Minor added. Jackie Gleason’s show shifts format and cast with Mrs MacRae and Aud rey Meadows connections. Get Smart adds Agent 13 Dave Ketchum. Laredo adds Robert Wolders. Heroes Hogan’s Heroes updates with Sigrid Valdis. Leigh Taylor Young eyed as Cinderella Girl. Flipper moves to a male oceanographer. the Tonight Hour returns as musical documentaries. Bess Myerson joins Candid Camera. I Spy to Europe. Bewitched adds Sandra Gould.
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Bess Myerson
CBS
Durward Kirby
Garry Moore
NBC
East
Derring-Do
ABC
Sam and
Darrin
Sandra Gould
Gladys Kravetz
Alice Pearce
Director George Hill Prefers Classic Planes to Jets
Hollywood film director George Roy Hill, known for Hawaii and Thoroughly Modern Millie, is a World War II and Korea veteran who recently bought a 1939 Waco fabric-covered biplane. He enjoys weekend air stunts over the southern coast in the antique aircraft and values open cockpit flying for its fun. After Millie he flies the plane home to New York to direct a stage musical.
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Hollywood
George Roy Hill
Julie Andrews
Hawaii
Korea
Hill
Millie
New York
Bairds To Open Puppet Theater
New York will see its first puppet playhouse after two years planning and six months building. Bil and Cora Baird received essential licenses from city officials as they prepare a September opening for marionette shows aimed at adults and children alike.
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New York
Bil
Cora Baird
Newley Musical Focuses on Noah in Broadway Project
New York AP reports Noah becomes central figure in a musical by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse. The team behind Stop the World and The Roar of the Greasepaint begins work this summer on the Noah project and also plans Cyrano de Bergerac for Broadway.
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Noah
New York
Anthony Newley
Leslie Bricusse
Broadway
Settlement Reached in Nielsen Suit
A settlement ends a 1.5 million damages suit by A C Nielsen Co against Red Sparger of Oklahoma City who admitted attempting to rig TV ratings. An injunction bars further manipulation and interference with Nielsen. Sparger will hand any manuscript of a book on ratings to a national firm for review.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Congressional
A. C. Nielsen Co
Chicago
U. S
Sparger
Carol Channing
Yvonne
Nelson Brittan
Nielsen
Yardamian and Beethoven sacred works revived in vivid recordings
A review notes Ormandy with the Philadelphia Orchestra reissuing Yardamian Symphony No. 2 alongside Symphony No. 1 and Chorale Prelude, highlighting Lili Chookasian’s contralto and praising Bach-like religious depth. It also covers Beethoven Christ on the Mount of Olives, urging broader choral exposure, and pairs Bruckner Fifth with Mozart 36th in a Mozart-leaning Philips release.
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Richard Yardamian
Ormandy
Philadelphia Orchestra
Cedar Rapids
Lili Chookasian
Christ On the Mount of Olives
Philadelphia
Yardumian
Judith Raskin
Richard Lewis
Herbert Beattie
Columbia
Loner Actor Stephen Boyd Finds Solace in Isolation and Solo Golf
Hollywood AP Stephen Boyd describes himself as a loner who spends weekends at Palm Springs golf courses alone. He says esoteric religion guides him, rejects church membership, and admits past gossip about romances as baloney. Born William Millar in Belfast, Boyd, 37, has 22 films, changes name to avoid conflicts, became a U.S. citizen in 1963, and prefers single life after a brief marriage.
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Hollywood
Stephen Boyd
Boyd
poYr
Palm Springs
Elizabeth Taylor
Eddie Fisher
Brigitte Bardot
Roger Vadim
Sophia Loren
Carlo Ponti
Dolores Hart
Baloney
Belfast
Ireland
BBC Radio
Nimrod
William Millar
British
Actors Equity
Stephen
U. S
Opry Troupe Set for Cedar Rapids Show Saturday Night
A Grand Ole Opry troupe performs in Cedar Rapids Memorial Coliseum Saturday with two shows at 7 and 9 30 PM. The lineup features Stonewall Jackson and band Dave Dudley and Road Runners Charlie Louvin Carl Butler Pearl Butler and Jim Newman.
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Grand Ole Opry
Cedar Rapids’ Memorial Coliseum
Stonewall Jackson
Dave Dudley
Charlie Louvin
Carl
Pearl Butler
Jimmy Newman
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