Hollywood pulls strings for Band of Gold director shift
Columbia Pictures signs Fielder Cook to direct Dean Martin and Stella Stevens in Band of Gold with November start. Cook promotes his color project about a widely publicized anonymous TV detergent commercial character. The piece notes strong TV influence from Hollywood figures and a Beverly Hills media scene.
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Theaters Schedule Briefs Across Cities
Paramount shows How To Steal a Million at 1 15 3 15 5 20 7 25 9 30. Iowa screens Goldfinger at 1 50 5 50 9 50 and Dr No at 3 40 7 40. World presents Butterfield 8 at 1 00 5 15 9 30 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at 2 45 7 05. Times lists The Sound of Music at eight. Marion shows Battle of the Bulge at 6 45 9 20 and shorts at 9 05. C R Drive-In shows Cat Ballou at 7 50 and The Silencers at 9 45. Twixt Town presents El Cid at 7 40 and Tickle Me at 10 45.
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Ria Gable Dies in Houston At 76
Ria Franklin Gable, the second wife of actor Clark Gable, died Saturday in a Houston hospital at age 76. Her marriage to Gable ended in divorce on March 7, 1939.
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Van Williams Talks Hornet Career and TV Comeback
Hollywood star Van Williams discusses his return as The Green Hornet on television. He describes the American look as resurging, his tough image, and his career resilience while keeping a Fort Worth ranch and shopping center as backups.
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De Laurentiis Fellini Feud Triggers Seizure Of Furnishings
In Rome, producer Dino de Laurentiis and director Federico Fellini clash over a film commitment. De Laurentiis claims a $960,000 loss and files suit. Sunday court officers seized Fellini's furnishings at his Fregene villa near Rome to secure potential settlement.
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Remembering 10 Years Ago in New York Society
Louis Sobol recalls New York social life from a decade earlier. He notes Liz Taylor Wilding and Mike Todd as a new couple, Jane Kean and Irwin Kramer’s romance, and a Frank Folsom anniversary party hosted by Sophie Tucker and Ted Lewis. The piece mentions J. Edgar Hoover, Georgie Jessel, Toots Shor moving, Hemingway admired by Parisians, Jack E. Leonard’s weight loss, and Marilyn Monroe-Arthur Miller marriage later ending in bitterness.
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Hepburn Tracy to star in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Hollywood producer Stanley Kramer announces Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy will reunite for a social comedy with Sidney Poitier. Filming starts February in San Francisco and Hollywood. William Rose writes the script.
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Ford pays record for Bridge on the River Kwai airing
Ford Motor Company paid about 1.2 million for the rights to present The Bridge on the River Kwai on ABC. Industry sources say the sponsor also bought 600 thousand dollars of three hours of air time with an option for a second airing at 800 thousand dollars plus airtime.
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Simon Aims Four Shows on Broadway This Season
New York AP report notes playwright Neil Simon plans four simultaneous Broadway productions this season. The Star Spangled Girl opens December 14, joining The Odd Couple Barefoot in the Park and the musical Sweet Charity for which Simon wrote the book.
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