FOR THIS BLONDE Looks Are Handicap By JAMES BACON AP Motion Picture Writer
Hollywood gossip notes Barbara Nichols turned down strip work to pursue acting and recalls Broadway silk and stripper roles. Kathryn Grant is praised by designer Paul Zastupnevich as having a famed figure suited for cheesecake parts. Ray Mil land cites MGM connection, MCA contract, and naming choices for a TV series.
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Hollywood
Barbara Nichols
New York
Gypsy Rose Lee
Bing Crosby
Kathryn Grant
Betty Grable
Mr. Paul
Paul Zastupnevich
Ray Milland
Louis B. Mayer
MGM
MCA
Alan Miller
David Martin
Mal
Mountain Drive
Mara Vy
Movie Guide Highlights Week’s Screen Lineup
Sunday to Tuesday Al Ca pone stars Rod Steiger and Fay Spain. Wednesday and Thursday A Place in the Sun features Elizabeth Taylor Montgomery Clift. Stalag 17 with William Holden. Friday House on a Haunted Hill stars Vincent Price. Saturday morning Shaggy plus G Men Versus Black Dragon and a color talent roundup. Sunday Saturday imitation of Life with Lana Turner John Gavin Sandra Dee. Late show The Wild and the Innocent with Audie Murphy and cast.
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Elizabeth Taylor
Montgomery Clift
William Holden
Shaggy
Gmen
Black Dragon
Lana Turner
John Gavin
Sandra Dee
Court Okays TV Show For Prodigy
A court issued an injunction allowing Ginny, a child prodigy, to appear on television despite Illinois law restricting underage performers. Judge John A. Sbarbaro granted the order on Ginny’s agents’ application, preventing state interference with her Sullivan show appearance set for Sunday May 3.
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Clea
Kongmay
Illinois
Broadway Theatre League of Greensboro Notice
A public notice from the Broadway Theatre League of Greensboro announces an address determination process for a jet rights matter. No further details are provided in the fragment.
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Broadway Theatre League of Greensboro
Ohio Civil War Subterfuge Soldier Mary Owens Jenkins Story
In Massillon near West Brookfield Cemetery a stone recalls Mary Owens Jenkins who dressed as a man and enlisted as John Evans in Co K 9th Penn Vol Cav during 1861 1865. She was found 18 months after Gettysburg where her brother was killed, then returned home near Youngstown and married Abie Jenkins.
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Massillon
Ohio
West Brookfield
Mary Owens Jenkins
Co. K
Penn
John Evans
Mary Owens
Gettysburg
Milbourn quits boating after near miss on riverfront
Carl Milbourn’s brief outing ends when his new outboard won’t start and the boat drifts toward a barge on the St. Louis riverfront. A barge worker throws a rope and Milbourn is rescued 30 minutes later. He reports, I think I’ve had enough.
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ST. Louis
Carl Milbourn
Milbourn
Verdi Otello Breaks Tradition With No Overture
The opera Otello opens directly with the curtain rising on Shakespearean tragedy as Verdi’s music gradually joins the scene, unlike most operas that begin with an overture. The shift highlights Verdi's distinctive approach to introducing the drama.
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Verdi
Shakespeare
Critics Rule Opening Night In Broadway Theater Airs
The piece surveys critics who wield power over plays and the live theater world. It recounts how critics from New York’s major outlets influence success or failure, the pressure on producers, and the tense rituals surrounding opening nights.
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Ing Waar Anes
Daniel
Lions den
Broadway
New York
Brooks
Walter
Brooks Atkinson
New York Times
Walter Kerr
The
Herald Tribune
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