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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1962
Page
5
The article notes studios push long runtimes for prestige during the holiday season and Oscar window, arguing that duration is not a reliable indicator of quality as classic greats ran only minutes. It suggests a trend toward lengthy new releases.
New York based AP report notes sponsors prefer happy shows with contented characters, while Hollywood reviews long films like Mutiny on the Bounty Longest Day and Lawrence of Arabia. It surveys Schwerin studies on ads and viewer emotion, finding suspense boosts engagement and reacts to commercials, and highlights opinions on Manchurian Candidate and What Ever Happened to Baby Jane.
British singer Julie Andrews has given birth to a daughter in London weighing 7 pounds 12 ounces. The newborn is the couple's first child with husband Tony Walton, a stage designer married since 1959.
The theater directory lists current feature films including The Manchurian Candidate with Frank Sinatra Laurence Harvey and Janet Leigh. Also showing are The War Lover Escape to East Berlin Tar Current Feature That Man Goes To India and The Touch of Mink with Cary Grant Doris Day plus 3 Stooges in Orbit.
Hollywood critics question the value of the long awaited remake in light of modern film economics. The 1962 Mutiny on the Bounty earns praise for Tahiti sequences and Brando as Fletcher Christian, with Trevor Howard as Bligh and Harris as a mutinous crew member.
AP reports Mirisch brothers filming two movies at Goldwyn Studios creating a two stage Paris set for Irma La Douce with Billy Wilder directing Shirley MacLaine and Jack Lemmon. Across the street George Roy Hill shoots Toys in the Attic featuring Dean Martin Wendy Hiller and Geraldine Page amid a tense Italian setting.
Walter Pidgeon signs on to appear as a guest lawyer on The Perry Mason Show during Raymond Burr's four episode absence for surgery. The episode marks Burr's return after his medical leave.
The Rivoli Theater replays the Cary Grant Doris Day comedy That Touch of Mink through Monday. Tuesday brings The Merry Widow operetta with Jeanette MacDonald and Maurice Chevalier, plus Ed ward Horton Una Merkel George Barbier Minna Gombell. Wednesday features the film Escape to East Berlin with Don Murray.
Leonard Stern creator of ABCr v's I m Dickens He's Fen ster teams with Larry Sloan former motion picture columnist to co author the Very Important Person Desk Diary. The project blends Sterns humor with Sloan's industry insight for a celeb focused diary.
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