Is The Star System Still Vital In Hollywood?
Hollywood explores the fading star system as Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor face production turmoil. The article notes high costs, delays, and shrinking box office power with few guaranteed stars, while producers cite Anita Ekberg, Taylor, Presley as exceptions.
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Walter Wanger
Wanger
Elizabeth Taylor
MGM
Marlon Brando
Brando
Saturday Evening Post
Liz
Marlon
the Post
Jerry Wald
Anita Ekberg
Presley
Taylor
Jerry Lewis
Burt Lancaster
Tony Curtis
Lancaster
Kirk Douglas
Laurence Olivier
Douglas
Rock Hudson
Monroe
Drive Necessary For Push To Top
Hollywood drama coach Estelle Harman credits drive as the key factor for turning unknown high schoolers into stars. She cites her UCLA and Universal-International talent-school programs from 1952 featuring Rock Hudson, Tony Curtis, Audie Murphy and others, noting drive plus talent, looks, and personality as essential.
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James Bacon
Hollywood (Ap
Snow Shoe High School
Erasmus Hall
Brooklyn
Hollywood
Estelle Harman
Miss Harman
Universal-International
Ucla Theater Arts Department
Studio Talent School
Rock Hudson
Tony Curtis
Audie Murphy
Stu Whitman
Jack Kelly
Dennis Weaver
Hugh O'Brian
Rex Reason
Brett Halsey
Barbara Rush
Lori Nelson
Lisa Gaye
Susan Ball
Richard Long
Anita Ekberg
Mamie van Doren
Buddy Hackett
Shelley Winters
Rock
Tony
Shelley
Whitman
Miss Ball
UCLA
Carol Burnett
Garry Moore
Bonnie Scott
Picture this starless star Paul Picerni finds steady work
Paul Picerni, the second lead on ABCs The Untouchables, says he desires only steady acting work and a livable income. A New York City native, he has spent 12 years in Hollywood as a Warner Brothers contract player and a freelance actor often playing villains. For the past two seasons he has portrayed Lee Hobson, Nesss top aide, a role that has eased finances if not artistic growth.
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New York
Paul Picerni
ABC
the Untouchables
Paul
New York City
Hollywood
Warner Brothers
Lee Hobson
Eliot Ness
Picerni
Movie Guide Sunday to Tuesday Highlights
Sunday to Tuesday features Hell Is For Heroes with Steve McQueen Bob Newhart Bobby Darin and Fess Parker. Tuesday morning kiddie matinee shows Wizard of Bagdad in cinemascope and color. Wednesday to Saturday presents King of Kings in cinemascope and color. Saturday morning dance party offers Shadow of the Cat along with Cartoons and Serial.
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Steve McQueen
Bob Newhart
Bobby Darin
Fess Parker
Paramount Theatre Lineup with Big Red and Spartacus
Sunday to Tuesday Walt Disney's Big Red with Walter Pidgeon and Gilles Payant in Technicolor. Wednesday to Thursday Assignment Outer Space and The Phantom Planet. Friday starts Spartacus starring Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov and John Gavin in Technicolor.
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Walter Pidgeon
Gilles Payant
Outer Space
Phantom Planet
Kirk Douglas
Tony Curtis
Laurence Olivier
Jean Simmons
Charles Laughton
Peter Ustinov
John Gavin
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