Showboat Dan OHerlihy in MacArthur FDR role in Hollywood
Dan O'Herlihy discusses his portrayal of Franklin D Roosevelt in the upcoming film MacArthur starring Gregory Peck. He notes the challenge of capturing rhythm and behavior, not just appearance, and watched extensive Roosevelt film footage to study. He credits acting as a long-held hobby and reflects on Anne Baxter's memoir Intermission, praising its writing and her transition from actress to author.
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Dan O'Herlihy
MacArthur
Franklin D Roosevelt
FDA
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Roosevelt
Universal
Gregory Peck
O’herlihy
Detroit
Dan O Herlihy
President Franklin D Roosevelt
Roots by Alex Haley review a historical family saga
The book Roots chronicles an African ancestor’s capture and the family lineage leading to the author. Haley spends 12 years researching tracing the slave voyage to Annapolis, confirming lore through griots and Lloyds of London records. The narrative method powerfully conveys a pivotal American history chapter.
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Doubleday
America
Gold Coast
Haley
Kunta Kinte
Kizzy
United Nations
Lloyd’s of London
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Annapolis
Dudley Lehew
Associated Press
Does Johnny Carson Wear a Hair Piece or Coloring
Dear Dick discusses celebrity hair, religion, and ages. Claims about Johnny Carson’s hair are settled as gray natural. The column answers questions about Cesar Romero, Graham Kerr, John Wayne, Kate Smith, Lee Majors, and others with brief facts and corrections.
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Margaret Coates
Nampa
Ida
Johnny
Jerry Lewis
Jerry
Lewis
Hampton
Springfield
St Paul the Apostle Church
Los Angeles
Cesar Romero
Carmen Miranda
Carmen
Frances M. Siedman
Detroit
Mich
Cesar
Hollywood
Graham Kerr
M. Luckey
Mobile
Ala
Kerr
Colorado
Rejoice Fellowship
Vail
John Wayne
Karen
Ponca City
Ohio
Rick
Kate Smith
Lee Majors
Farrah Fawcett-Majors
Angela Lee
Coquitlam
B.C
Kate
Lee
Wyandotte
ASPCA
Randolph Scott
Gilbert Roland
Paul Siordia
Garden Grove
Suburban humor and wartime romance collide in book reviews
A pair of recent books are reviewed: Erma Bombeck’s The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Sep tic Tank and Frederick Forsyth’s The Shepherd. Bombeck delivers light satire on suburban drivers and family roles while Forsyth offers a sentimental Christmas tale of a RAF pilot stranded over the North Sea, helped by a WWII Mosquito pilot.
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McGraw-Hill
Suburbia
Frederick Forsyth
Viking
Germany
England
North Sea
Forsyth
The
Phil Thomas AP
The Takeover by Muriel Spark
A review noting Muriel Spark’s The Takeover from Viking blends religion and the supernatural. The novel centers on a cult near modern day Rome and echoes pre Christian rival deity factions amid decadence and religious fervor.
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Muriel Spark
Viking
the Times
the Mores
Mrs. Spark
Rome
Stevie Wonder dominates charts with Songs in the Key of Life
Stevie Wonder’s double LP Songs in the Key of Life rockets past rivals like Frampton as the nation’s favorite disk. The album, his first on a new $13 million contract, features 17 new compositions on two records plus a four‑song EP, with a broad blend of jazz R&B gospel and rock under Wonder’s love mentalism. The interview notes Wonder’s sincerity and personal lyric focus, and mentions Abba’s visit to the U.S. as a separate spotlight in the music scene.
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Peter Frampton
Stevie
Steveland Morris
Motown
Sir Duke
Ellington
Abba
United States
Anni-Frid
Frida
Agnetha
Anna
Classic Rock Albums List Highlights Key Titles
A compact list features Stevie Wonder and Earth, Wind & Fire alongside Led Zeppelin, Steve Miller Band, Peter Frampton, Boston, Heart, Chicago, Bee Gees and classic records like Dreamboat Annie and Spirits. Includes notable acts and landmark LPs across rock and R B genres.
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Stevie Wonder
Spirit
Earth, Wind & Fire
Led Zeppelin
Steve Miller
Frampton
Peter Frampton
Boston
The Takeover and Diana Faith Motive in a Far Reaching Plot
A novel woven around Maggie Radcliffe and a self styled priest Hubert Mallindaine who invokes Diana at Nemi to seize Maggie’s wealth. The story blends ancient myth with modern excess as luxuries, real estate and power tempt many characters amid a sophisticated moral inquiry.
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Maggie
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