Hollywood Shorts exposes small actresses struggle for leading roles
The item surveys Susan Strasberg and others facing Hollywood bias against petite women seeking sex appeal and stardom. It notes Strasberg’s Rome shift and rejection in European projects, and Irony of Red Buttons scene mishaps in Five Weeks in a Balloon. It closes with a projection that full US mapping will take 50 more years.
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Susan
Anne Frank
Hollywood
Broadway
Rome
Italy
Anita Ekberg
Irwin Allen
Buttons
Agnes Moorehead Stars In Drama in Greensboro Memorial Auditorium
Agnes Moorehead and Paul Gregory present Prescription Murder in two Memorial Auditorium performances in Greensboro with Joseph Cotten Thomas Mitchell and Patricia Medina. Curtain times are 3 p.m. and 8 30 p.m. Moorehead, a Boston native raised in St Louis, began stage work early and has a versatile career in film radio and television.
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Greensboro
Agnes Moorehead
Boston
Paul Gregory
Orson Welles
Mercury Theater
Raintree County
Johnny Belinda
Jessica
Gregory
Hell
George Bernard Shaw
Parks Happy in Public Life After Radio to TV Rise
Bert Parks speaks of his happiness and career from radio's golden era to television. He recalls early pay, union growth, and breaks on Break the Bank and Stop the Music. Now host of Yours for a Song, Parks longs for a Broadway lead while living in Greenwich with wife and three children.
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Parks
Bertram
Atlanta, Ga
Ralph Edwards
Milton Cross
Harry von Zell
Paul Douglas
Andre Baruch
David Ross
Bing Crosby
Harry James
Edwards
Eddie Cantor
Fred Allen
M.c
ABC
Greenwich
Suspect Fred Stewart in Cottage Murder
In a one room vacation cottage, Mrs. Martha Stewart lies dead from gunshots after an apparent intruder fled through a window. Husband Fred Stewart recounts a movie outing and a brief return about ten pm. He describes the killer as a red haired man in denim trousers and a brown suede jacket.
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Martha Stewart
Fred Stewart
Stewart
Martha
Mr. Stewart
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Dial
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Saul
Oman
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Enos
Her
Hermione
Frondizi
Roma
Debussy
Susan Strasberg
Jerry Wald
Martin Ritt
Hemingway
Helen Hayes
Gary Cooper
Miss Hayes
Dick Beymer
Gary
Allen
United States
Cynthia Lowry
NEW York
Bert Parks
Bert
CBS
Om Rik Silva Umeel An Sul
War Memorial
N. C
Auditorium
Ellis-Stone
War Memorial Auditorium
Marvin McDonald
Hansel and
Gretel
N. Main ST
North Carolina
Atlanta
M&m Dance Studio
Dance Educators of America
W. High St
Patricia Gens
Denise Narcfs
Cesar Romero
Margia Dean
Ioan Kerr
G. I
Pacific
Martin West
Venetia Stevenson
Bill Williams
R-I-A-L-T-O
Paramount
Henry Silva
Ruta Lee
Lester Panavision
Milo Moanors
Grosby Brothers
Phillip, Dennis
Lindsay W. R. Burnett
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