Lincoln Ties To Spy Role In TV Series Draws Notice
New TV show I Spy cast Raymond Massey as the master spy. Massey, long associated with Lincoln, plays a synthetic spymaster with five forged passports and narration from a nameless house. The piece notes his typing concerns and interest in espionage history. Archie Bleyer Cadence Records links to the Godfrey show alumni.
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Movie Guide Highlights Week at Center and Paramount Theaters
Center Theater shows all week headlined by Blackbeard Jungle with Glenn Ford Anne Frances and Laula Calhern plus a kiddie cartoon program and Panther Girl chapter six On stage Old Rebel and Pecos Paramount Theater runs Man From Bitter Ridge in Technicolor with Stephen McNally and Lex Barker Thursday to Saturday The Looters stars Rory Calhoun and Julie Adams Late Show Saturday Night The Americano in Technicolor with Glenn Ford Cesar Romero.
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Jody Lawrence Secures Leading Role at Paramount
Hollywood starlet Jody Lawrence, once a waitress shaping a comeback, signs a Paramount term contract for a lead in Too Late, My Love. She earns 300 weekly, up from five a day, after a publicized rise and a pivotal film moment under Michael Curtiz.
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Vanessa Brown’s sapphire mink coats glam troops in Barstow
Hollywood notes report Vanessa Brown wearing a sapphire mink coat after a Sixth Army singing act in Barstow California. A GI from the Ozarks calls it the prettiest squirrel belly coat. The column also covers Joan Woodbure Henry Wilcoxon buying TV breakfast foods, Jack Webb’s Hollywood arrival, industry concerns about movie profits, and Jack Oakie’s mink coat sale decision.
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Alan Quits TV For Films
Hollywood report says Alan Young will abandon television after finishing with NBC. The Canadian comic, known for The Alan Young Show on CBS, plans to focus on films and scriptwriting, citing industry shifts and a wish for a two film per year pace with Gentlemen Marry Brunettes and Margie among his noted projects.
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Sentimental burglar strikes Hillsborough home
A sentimental thief removed 20 potted plants from a house under construction in Hillsborough California, planted them in the front yard and left with the pots, leaving no harm to any flowers.
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Film Industry Joins Video Gave Up Fight
Hollywood reports a shift as major studios embrace television. Columbia Pictures and Disney lead with Screen Gems and Disneyland, proving TV films profitable and using theatrical exploitation to boost interest. Others like Republic Fox Paramount Warner Bros. and MGM explore or accelerate TV ventures.
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Abbott and Costello tour Australia and other Hollywood notes
James Bacon reports Abbott and Costello will tour Australian cities starting June 12, performing their iconic Who's on First routine at shows. The piece also notes Doris Day's shift to a sexy Hitchcock role, Bud Yorkin on live TV challenges, and that women can serve on juries in 44 states and D C.
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