Deceptive David Wayne Balances Business and Stage Life
Broadway star David Wayne blends business sense with acting craft. The veteran actor, known for Finian's Rainbow and Mr Roberts, co stars in Say Darling at ANTA Theater with Vivian Blaine and Johnny Desmond. Wayne treats theater as a hard business proposition watching box office and choosing roles that stand out while avoiding self indulgence.
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Telephone Girls Find A Friend
Rosalind Russell, in Warner Bros. Auntie Mame, endures four hours at a switchboard as an operator. The scene shows her dealing with wrong numbers and cross connections, ending with frustration as she imagines taking the job.
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Evening TV Schedule Highlights
The listing shows 6:00 Oakley 6:30 Outlook 8:00 Steve Allen 9:00 Dinah Shore and Nightmare Theatre schedule notes and warning program blocks.
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Heston Dominates Big Budget Films With Ben Hur Ahead
Charleton Heston stands as Hollywood king of the mega budget era with two top five all-time grossers The Greatest Show on Earth and The Ten Commandments Now starring in Ben Hur shot at 15 million Heston arrives in Rome to fanfare as Moses Haya Haraeet plays Esther in Ben Hur after Israeli army service director Wyler seeks deferment amid big budget already invested Huston Zanuck trade calm on Roots of Heaven after early on set clashes previously with Selznick turned cordial on set
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Comedy Finds Going Tough Among Youth
Hollywood columnist Bob Thomas argues that U S youth under 21 skews toward serious tastes. He notes declining film and TV comedy, a Beat Generation influence, and a youth driven music market amid perceptions of tasteless humor.
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Jerry Lewis
Beat
Marie McDonald: New Love in Las Vegas and Divorce Plans
Hollywood star Marie McDonald confirms a romance with George Capri of the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas. She says she has a final decree from her marriage to Harry Karl and may quit acting to focus on her relationship as she returns to filming Geisha Boy with Jerry Lewis. Her Las Vegas trip followed a sleeping pill overdose amid past disappearance allegations under police investigation.
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George Capri
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Marie
Jerry Lewis
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North Carolina Traffic Victim List Totals Released
The 1956 North Carolina traffic victim list shows 890 men or boys and 218 women or girls, according to the Motor Vehicles Department report.
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Caps Changed For Fishermen For The Old Man and the Sea
In Burbank 50 Cuban fishermen hired for The Old Man and the Sea receive wardrobe changes from hats to battered straw hats and panamas. Spencer Tracy stars in the Leland Hayward Warner Bros. production as Hollywood handles styling. Gen Charles de Gaulle will be 68 next November.
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Burbank
Calif
Hollywood
Leland Hayward
Warner Bros
Spencer Tracy
Charles de Gaulle
Greasy Bend Named for Bend of Washita River
Mrs. Fannette Thompson recalls Greasy Bend Oklahoma got its name from the first settler's untidy cabin and the community’s location on the Washita River bend.
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Greasy Bend
Okla
Fannette Thompson
Washita River
Andy Griffith Explains Stockdale Character On Screen
In Burbank California Andy Griffith discusses why Will Stockdale from No Time for Sergeants endures. He cites Stockdale as a good, cheerful man who tries to make others happy and believes in people, reflecting his simple, earnest nature.
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Burbank
Calif
Will Stockdale
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