Burlesque Stripping Surges in Nightclubs Across Nation
In 1960s Hollywood and beyond burlesque has moved from old houses to clubs where dancers perform increasingly provocative routines. Dr. David Dressler notes growth, with pay from under 75 dollars weekly to tens of thousands for top stars, while minors are barred and venues set varying nudity limits.
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Lucy Loves Broadway and Stage Life Contrast
Lucy Ball discusses the switch from TV success to Broadway theater noting the grueling schedule and lack of rest. Desilu financed 400000 for Nash and Kidd to produce the show, with Nash writing and Kidd directing as Broadway headlines mix with revivals and new ventures across the circuit.
Martha Hyer Lands Comedy Role in The Last Time I Saw Archie
Martha Hyer says 1961 is her best year as she lands a sympathetic comedy role opposite Robert Mitchum Jack Webb and Richard Arlen in The Last Time I Saw Archie. She vows to win the man and shed unsympathetic female parts. John Wayne, in Africa for Hatari, roped a 450 point wildebeest at speed 65 mph, praising himself for earlier Westerns. Dick Arlen reflects on 41 years in film as he shifts from lieutenant to colonel in Archie. The Wackiest Ship in the Army shoots in Hawaii using plastic palm trees for location ease.
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Kerr drives down glamour in The Sundowners wardrobe shift
Deborah Kerr plays a hardworking proud woman of pioneer Australia in The Sundowners with Robert Mitchum Glynis Johns and Dina Merrill. Director Frank Zinnemann demanded authentic wardrobe to strip glamor, prompting Kerr to slump her shoulders and wear rundown heels to achieve the proper outback woman persona.
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Deborah Kerr
Miss Kerr
Frank Zinnemann
Zinnemann
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Australia
Robert Mitchum
Peter Asa Glynis Johns
Dina Merrill
Angie Dickinson Quick Change Artist in Film Wardrobe
Hollywood star Angie Dickinson speeds costume changes on the Warner Bros film A Fever in the Blood. Direct Vincent Sherman notes Angie can switch outfits in under five minutes, about one third the time of the average actress, a skill she credits to earlier rushing in her secretary days.
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Hollywood
Angie Dickinson
Vincent Sherman
Warner Bros
Angie
Young alarmist in bank irks Norman crowd
An 18 month old girl wandered in a Norman bank while parents conducted business and activated a burglar alarm by turning a safe dial. The incident caused a near panic as bystanders reacted to the alarm.
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Norman, Okla
Lawmen Locked In Jail After Moonshine Pursuit
Kentucky sheriff George Felty and ABC Agent Claude Williams Jr. returned from a moonshine hunt to find themselves locked in an empty county jail cell. The slamming cell door trapped them until a deputy, passing by, heard their shouts and let them out.
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Mckee
Alcoholic Beverage Control
Claude Williams Jr
Jackson County
George Felty
Bookmarks Yield Unusual finds in Greensboro Library
In Greensboro, bookmarks found in returned books reveal odd items from unpaid bills to snapshots. One book held a sock, another a $5 bill, and another a $1,000 life insurance policy. A woman recovered her husband’s paycheck left in a volume.
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Greensboro
N. C
Faded Civil War Ads Tout Peter Perrys Pain Killer Wonder Drug
Advertisements from the Civil War era tout Peter Perry's Pain Killer as unrivaled for injuries. They claim it cures scalds burns cuts swellings bruises sores and insect bites with bold confidence. The ads warn common accidents could be dangerous and fatal without the product.
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Sey
Peter Perry
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