Hollywood Year in Review 1956 Core Stars and Censorship
Grace Kelly Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe dominate a year of cinema and television. The Legion of Decency bans The Man With the Golden Arm and Baby Doll while studios shift pre-1948 films to TV. MGM profits rise as long epic films and star power drive box office.
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Hollywood
NEA
Grace Kelly
Monte Carlo
Elvis the Pelvis
Legion of Decency
Man With the Golden Arm
Jimmy Dean
Holywood
Mrs. Jones
Memphis
Elvis Presley
Monaco
Paramount
Universal- International
MGM
Ingrid Bergman
Anastasia
U.S
Esther Williams
Noel Coward
Marilyn Monroe
England
Sir Laurence Olivier
the Sleeping Prince
Diana Dors
Bob Hope
Bing Crosby
Bing
Cathy Grant
B. DeMille
Chuck Connors
Connors
Jimmy Stewart
John Wayne
Ernest Borgnine
Marty
Anna Magnani
Rosalind Russell
Jack Lemmon
John Wilkes
Booth
Cathy Marlow
Holloman Air Development Center
New Mexico
Cathy
Dean Martin
Jerry Lewis
Jerry
Sands Hotel
Las Vegas
Francis the Mule
Chill Wills
Paul Frees
Errol Flynn
Errol Flyna
Lost Japan Legion Returns Home From War
The Welfare Ministry says 1,025 Japanese troops and civilians returned from Siberia aboard the Koan Maru amid cheers of waiting relatives in Manchuria. At least 10,000 more are still missing in the Soviet Union the end of World War II. A white box with ashes of Prince Fumitaka Konove was among the arrivals. several returnees are ill and require attention.
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Japan
Tost
Russia
Soviet Union
Red Army
Manchuria
Siberia
Fumitaka Konove
Tojo
Pearl Harbor
Fumitaka
F. Urschel
Mirrid George
Kelly
Kidnaper Dies In Prison Near Paradise Texas
Shannon died at Bridgeport Hospital after a heart attack on his Paradise area farm. He claimed he and his family were forced to guard Urschel after Kelly and Albert Bates, who died in prison, kidnapped the oilman at his Oklahoma home. Boss Shannon had spent years in prison for his role in the Urschel ransom case.
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Shannon
Bridgeport
Paradise
Tex
Kelly
Albert Bates
Oklahoma
R. G
Boss Shannon
Urschel
Charles Covered
New Bus System Unveiled In New York City
The Transit Authority reveals an experimental helicopter and radio based system to control city bus operations. The aim is to reduce long waits at stops as multiple buses previously arrived together, said James B. Edmunds, general superintendent.
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New York
New York City Transit Authority
James B. Edmunds
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