Beat Generation film shoots amid beatnik imagery in Hollywood
Hollywood AP reports the first Beat Generation film titled The Beat Generation is being shot by Al Zugsmith. The crew scouted North Beach and Sunset Strip locales while a smoky beat joint scene shows Armstrong singing and stars like Chaplin Jr and Vampira on set. The script includes six rapes with one pregnancy uncertainty.
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Charles Chaplin Jr
Vampira
Elmer
Lou Meltzer
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San Francisco
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Fay Spain
Unusual Bombardment Saves Turin in 1640
In 1640 Turin endured a siege by the French army. Spanish forces relievved starving allies by hollowing out cannon balls, packing them with flour and firing them into the city, producing an unlikely but pivotal relief moment.
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Italy
Diary Production Opens Tomorrow in Greensboro
Francis Lederer stars as Otto Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank at Aycock Auditorium. The Broadway Theatre League of Greensboro sponsors the coast to coast company with Lilia Skala, Nan McFarland, and others in a Kermit Bloomgarden era production directed by Kip Good.
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Shaw Training
Shirley Temple Roller De
A fragmentary schedule item lists Shirley Temple at 2 00 with a 3 3 roller detail and a 4 00 entry, but the text is incomplete and lacks full context.
Eddie Alpeo and father light up Paris night in fond memory
Hollywood piece recalls Eddie Alpeo and his provincial Minneapolis father in a Paris bistro night twenty years earlier. They paid a $200 tab with $100 on hand, fled the scene, returned sober, and later the photo became a cherished home display. Eddie later revisits Paris during The Sun Also Rises shoot.
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Minneapolis
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Ty Power
Ed Wynn Strikes Blow For Oldsters
Hollywood veteran Ed Wynn at 72 stars in The Ed Wynn Show on NBC and defends work over retirement. He says TV offers him dramatic roles, donates earnings to a trust for grandchildren, and works 12 to 14 hours daily to keep active and prove age should not end a career.
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Dinah Shore
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John Beamer
Jack Benny
Mary
Jack
Water Productions Drench James Garner in Up Periscope
James Garner spent two months in water for Warner Bros. submarine tale Up Periscope. He swam ashore in enemy waters and acted largely in the sea aboard the USS Tilefish off San Diego and on a Warner lot lake. A water sprayed love scene with Andra Martin followed a beach shot after emerging from the sea.
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Warner Bros
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Garner
Pacific
Tilefish
San Diego
Pacific Ocean
Andra Martin
Periscope
Horse-tail helmets used in The Miracle costume
Warner Bros wardrobe sourced long horse tails from South America to craft 1812 style headgear for British dragoons in The Miracle. Roger Moore and Carroll Baker lead the cast wearing the helmets, with 40 extras in the scenes also donning them.
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Hollywood
United States
Warner Bros
South America
Roger Moore
Carroll Baker
Unemployed Army Leader Jacob Coxey Arrested in 1894 Protest
Jacob S. Coxey led about 2000 unemployed workers from the Midwest toward Washington D C in 1894 and was arrested amid the demonstration. Navy ships distill sea water for drinking but at high cost.
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Midwest
Washington, D.C
Lee
Tt Navy
Voluble Aurora mayor convicted of dis orderly conduct
Paul Egan the outspoken mayor of Aurora Illinois was found guilty by a jury of dis orderly conduct after a four hour trial. He was fined 144 dollars plus 16 20 dollars in costs and did not testify or present witnesses. Police Chief Donald Curran testified against him at the meeting that sparked the case.
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Egan
Donald Curran
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Albert W. Zettinger
Curran
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Sidney Podolsky
Zettinger
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