Annette Ferra to star in Lolita musical on Broadway
Annette Ferra, age 15, is chosen for the title role in Lolita My Love. Norman Twain says she is a very organic talent with a controlled persona as her family manages her career. The show, with music by John Barry and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, opens March 30 at the Hellinger Theater.
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Networks Switch Batting Orders Jury
Major TV networks shuffled midseason lineups discarding 12 programs while launching six new shows including The New Andy Griffith Show. Realignments disrupted viewer routines as ABC CBS NBC swap time slots and face competition between former favorites like Danny Thomas and Ironside.
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TV schedule reshuffle trims and trials its fall line up
Television networks prune prime time by moving or canceling shows. Henry Fonda anchors The Smith Family while Pearl Bailey leads a Saturday hour, but competition with Lawrence Welk and Flip Wilson complicates chances. CBS mixes in The Governor and J.J. and All in the Family, while NBC reshuffles Adam 12 and Bracken's World and drops Nancy.
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What’s Wrong With The Flicks Hollywood
Outsider view from John A. Olsen senior investment analyst at Waddell and Reed. He argues the audience under 30 seeks social value over entertainment and that studios face high overhead and idle assets. Low budget films outside majors succeed while big films fail and old library value declines as TV talk shows curb demand. The core question remains how studios will respond.
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Filming Completed For Fool's Parade In Moundsville
Principal photography for Fool's Parade starring James Stewart and George Kennedy wrapped with major sequences shot in Moundsville West Virginia the setting for Davis Grubb's novel on which the film is based.
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Teen-age Actor Debuts in Major Film With Rock Hudson
John David Carson, aged 18, makes his film debut in Roger Vadim's Pretty Maids All in a Row starring with Rock Hudson and Angie Dickinson. His notable scene involves Angie in a seductive, nude bathtub moment, and he describes nerves about the awkward public reaction.
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Karen Black Signs for Dealer Role in Los Angeles Drama
Actress Karen Black signs with producer Gerald Ayres for a starring part in Dealer, a film about two youths trying to survive the contemporary Los Angeles scene. She recently won an acting claim for Five Easy Pieces.
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