Holiday film Santa Claus comes to Rivoli
A 44 minute color family film from Mexico titled Santa Claus plays Rivoli this season winning the Golden Gate Award for Best Family Film at the 1959 San Francisco festival. It shows Santa crafting toys with children from many nations and watching children worldwide with various instruments. Also on the bill is Midnight Lace starring Doris Day Rex Harrison John Gavin and Myrna Loy in a suspense drama built on threatening calls and violence.
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Rivoli
Santa Claus
Mexico
Santa
Doris Day
Rex Harrison
John Gavin
Woody Strode Moves From UCLA Gridiron To Ford Films
The former UCLA star Woody Strode, now a film actor, plays a villainous Indian chief in John Ford’s Two Rode Together after earlier starring as a frontier soldier in The Trial of Sgt Rutledge. He maintains his rigorous regimen with two hundred pushups daily and recalls a long climb from sports to Hollywood.
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Hollywood
UCLA
Woody Strode
John Ford
Strode
Sgt Rutledge
Woody
Ford
James Stewart
Richard Widmark
Tarzan
Ramar
Los Angeles
Kenny Washington
Jackie Robinson
Jungle Chief
Broadway Hits Exhibit Opens at Hotel Piccadilly New York
A permanent photograph exhibit of Broadway shows from the last 25 years opens at the Hotel Piccadilly in the theater district. Owner Abraham Dreier selected one production from each season, with 1935’s Porgy and Bess as the first entry and 1960’s Duel of Angels as the latest.
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Hotel Piccadilly
Abraham Dreier
Hollywood Weeknight Theaters Present Scandal and Crime Films
Sunday to Tuesday shows feature A Breath of Scandal starrring Sophia Loren John Gavin and Maurice Chevalier. Wednesday and Thursday present Murder Inc with Stuart Whitman May Britt and I Mobster with Steve Cochran Lita Milan. Friday to Monday screens Surprise Package starring Yul Brynner Mitzi Gaynor.
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Sophia Loren
John Gavin
Maurice Chevalier
Murder, Inc
Stuart Whitman
May Britt
Steve Cochran
Lita Milan
Yul Brynner
Mitzi Gaynor
Line Fettle
Pallavacini Palace
Vienna
Viennese Opera ‘Ballet
Holywood
Hollywood
Hollywood at the Rex and Rivoli Screens This Week
Directory lists Rex Harrison John Gavin and Myrna Loy in Santa Claus starting Wednesday. Riviera shows The Cossacks with Edmund Purdom John Drew Barrymore Georgia Moll and Pierre Brice. Chartroose Caboose stars Molly Bee Ben Cooper Edgar Buchanan. Friday to Sunday December 4 to 11 Hercules Unchained at Rivoli with Steve Reeves and Sgt Sunday through Tuesday Rutledge with Jeffrey Hunter. Midnight Lace features Doris and Constance Towers.
Two Family Films Set For Viewing
Hollywood previews two new family films The Sundowners directed by Fred Zinnemann stars Deborah Kerr Robert Mitchum Peter Ustinov and Glynnis Johns while Swiss Family Robinson features John Mills Dorothy McGuire leading a clan against wildlife and pirates.
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Fred Zinneman
Shock
Australia
Deborah Kerr
Robert Mitchum
Peter Ustinov
Glynnis Jesus
John Mills
Dorothy McGuire
Kim Stanley and Alfred Ryder team for Broadway project
Actress Kim Stanley and husband Alfred Ryder collaborate on stage with Ryder directing Taffy. Ryder notes a respectful director actor dynamic should help. Anne Marie Barlow's character opens on Broadway November 23, delayed a week from prior announcement.
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Kim Stanley
Alfred Ryder
Theij
Anne Marie Barlow
Four Features On New Hollywood Schedule
The Hollywood Theater screens a varied week with A Breath of Scandal starring Sophia Loren John Gavin and Maurice Chevalier plus Angela Lansbury and Isabel Jeans. A double feature on Wednesday and Thursday adds Murder Inc I Mobster with Yul Brynner Mitzi Gaynor. The run begins December 9 with Surprise Package.
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Sophia Loren
John Gavin
Maurice Chevalier
Angela Lansbury
Isabel Jeans
Tullio Carminati
Roberto Risso
Carlo Hintermann
Milly Vitale
Adrienne Gessner
Frederick von Ledebur
Franz Joseph
Vienna
Olympia
Chevalier
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Joseph Moreno
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Therod
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Roddy McDowall
Werbert Marshall
Natasha Parry
John Williams
Hermione Baddeley
Ross Hunter
Arwin
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la Crosse
Edmund Purdom
John Drew Barrymore
Elena
Wey
Chartroose Cabhouse
Molly Bee
Ben Cooper
Edgar Buchanan
Technicolor
Sophia
Aurice Chevalie
John
Gigi
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