Asia the Broadway Dancer Introduces a Roaring Walk
Shanghai born Asia Mercodova fashions a new to and fro walk for the musical Whoop Up on Broadway. The 23 year old former Metropolitan Opera Ballet Corps dancer explains the African inspired to and fro stride and its demand on her ballet training. She aims to be known for more than a wiggle.
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Ah-Tee-Ah
Marilyn Monroe
Asia
Onna White
San Francisco
United States
Hong Kong
Malaya
Paris
London
Ballet Corps
Metropolitan Opera Non
Broadway
Anastasia Mercodova
Philadelphia
Hargrove Strides as Writer After Wartime Fame
Hollywood veteran Marion Hargrove, author of See Here Private Hargrove and wartime Yank articles, now at 39 writes movie and TV scripts. He says true success requires time and maturity, recalling how prewar Army life shaped his early work and how his later novel The Girl He Left Behind outshone the film.
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Hollywood
Marion Hargrove
Hargrove
Hargrove Sill
Charlotte
N. C
Yank
J. L. Warner
New York
Fort Ord
Movie listings for Sunday to Tuesday and beyond
Sunday Tuesday showings include Roots of Heaven starring Errol Flynn and Eddie Albert in cinemascope and color. One performance of The Bolshoi Ballet in color on Wednesday at 8 p.m. Extended run starts Thursday with Auntie Mame starring Rosalind Russell and Forrest Tucker in color. Saturday morning Round-Up Show runs 9 to 12 with Black Whip Chapter 10 Son of Zorro and a cartoon. State show and talent round-up.
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Errol Flynn
Eddie Albert
Bolshoi Ballet
Mame
Rosalind Russell
Forrest Tucker
Black Whip
Son of Zorro
Escort West in Cinemascope with Victor Mature
Sunday to Wednesday showings feature Escort West in Cinemascope starring Victor Mature. Thursday to Saturday screens Revolt in The Big House and New Orleans After Dark in a double feature.
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Escort West
Victor Mature
Big House
New Orleans
Andra Martin Emerges as Hollywood Sophisticate Star
An ex farm girl and former milking prize winner Andra Martin gains fame as Warner Bros film star in Up Periscope with James Garner. Her sultry sea scene and “sophisticat ed sex” appeal spark industry buzz, praised by director Gordon Douglas for deep, refined charm.
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Hollywood
Filmland
Andra Martin
James Garner
Warner Bros
Garner
Miss Martin
Cinema Bigwigs
Gordon Douglas
Former UNC Student Shines on Broadway in The Disenchanted
Roanoke Rapids native Grizzard, UNC RTVMP graduate, stars as Shep Stearns in Budd Schulberg’s Disenchanted at the Coronet Theatre New York. The role follows F Scott Fitzgerald’s waning years with co stars Jason Robards Jr Rosemary Harris and others. Critics praised Grizzard's earlier work and note his steady rise from UNC plays and local readings to Broadway.
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Budd Schulberg
Coronet Theatre
New York
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Jason Robards Jr
Rosemary Harris
Gene Austin
Shep Stearns
Angier Duke
John Chapman
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Herald Tribune
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the Times
Gizzard
Roanoke Rapids
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Duction
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Broadway
Earl Wynn
Western Star Adopts Korean Orphan Debut
Los Angeles AP Roy Rogers and Dale Evans adopt Debbie a six year old Korean orphan approved in Superior Court. Debbie will be a twin to their adopted American Indian daughter Dodie, expanding the Rogers family to eight children with four adopted one foster daughter now married and three biological.
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Los Angeles
Roy Rogers
Dale Evans
Debbie
Dodie
Superior Court
Rogers
Real Tiles Used on Spain Set for John Paul Jones
On the John Paul Jones production in Spain, supervising art director Franz Bachelin found genuine Baldosa tile used on some floors instead of painted beaver board. The Technirama feature, directed by John Farrow from his screen story and produced by Samuel Bronston for Warner Bros, stars Robert Stack, Charles Coburn, Erin O'Brien and Macdonald Carey.
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Hollywood
Spain
Franz Bachelin
John Farrow
John Paul Jones
Samuel Bronston
Warner Bros
Robert Stack
Charles Coburn
Erin O’brien
Macdonald Carey
Tattoo design process and removal basics
Tattoo designs are created by piercing the skin with a needle like instrument and rubbing in coloring material. They are indelible and can be removed only by re- covering or laser procedures as needed.
Stuntman Fese Parker Stars in High Risk Scene
AP reports Fese Parker performs his own stunts and co star stunts for The Jay hawkers. Director Mel Frank watches Nicole Maurey toss Parker from floor to bed as he plays wounded patient. Parker uses his left arm to vault to the sickbed unseen by cameras.
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Fese Parker
the Jayhawkers
Mel Frank
Nicole Maurey
Big Parker
Jude
Frank
Nicole
Parker
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