Only Filmland Could Gather This Potpourri Of Memories
Hollywood memories fill this column with quick quips from 1962. Martin Ragaway imagines Cleopatra and Liz Taylor, Jackie Vernon plates a bad film joke, and Jackie Gleason or Billy Wilder show up in witty lines about TV, Las Vegas, boats, and fame.
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Filmland
Hollywood
Martin Ragaway
Cleopatra
Liz Taylor
Jackie Vernon
Bernie Allen
Billy Wilder
Dodger Baseball Park
Billy
Pat Buttram
Tony Eisley
Gene Bayles
Las Vegas
Chariton Heston
Meredith
Willson
Art Linkletter
Gary Crosby
Kim Novak
Groucho Marx
Jack Gleason
Papa
Carnival Film Set as Gower Champion Directs MGM Adaptation
Gower Champion returns to MGM to direct the film version of the New York stage hit Carnival with his wife Marge. Producer Arthur Freed also signs on to produce Carnival based on the romantic film Lili. Champion has recently directed two Broadway successes and aims to direct in film.
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Gower Champion
MGM
Marge
Champion
Rivoli schedules action and romance with a packed week
The Rivoli Theater shows Samson and the Seven Miracles of the World from Saturday to Monday. A double bill features The Chocolate Soldier with Nelson Eddy and Rise Stevens. Periodo Adjustment stars Tennessee Williams and Tony Franciosa in a comedy. A twin bill includes The Interns and Boys Night Out with a star lineup.
Hollywood Year In Review 1962 Bitter Yet Comic
Hollywood in 1962 yielded its biggest box office since 1949 but profits shrank due to rising costs. Foreign films and stars rose in prominence. The First Family spoof boosted Vaughn Meader to a Las Vegas payday, while Grace Kelly pondered a Hitchcock comeback. Dramatic moments ranged from JFK portrayals to Bertram’s gate crash. Ernie Kovacs died, and Dick Van Dyke debuted in Bye Bye Birdie.
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U. S
Rome
John Glenn
Grace Kelly
Alfred Hitchcock
Marnie
Cliff Robertson
John F. Kennedy
Stanley Berman
Bob Hope
Ernie Kovacs
Edie Adams
Dick van Dyke
Birdie
Rosemary Clooney Carries Family Load After Separation
Hollywood star Rosemary Clooney, left as sole parent to five children since separating from Jose Ferrer in 1961 and divorcing last May, manages home life with help from her mother and uncle. She plans to stay more at home while continuing work, including a Dick Powell Show episode set for Jan 15.
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Hollywood
Rosemary Clooney
Jose Ferrer
Joe
Europe
Kentucky
Miguel
Maria
Gabrielle
Monsita
Raphael
Rosemary
Dick Powell
Lee Marvin
Keenan Wynn
Cupid
Theater Directory Highlights Week of Jan 11
The schedule lists Jerry Lewis in It’s Only Money with showtimes 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Other attractions include Zotz and The Underwater City, Samson and the Seven Miracles of the World, The Chocolate Soldier with Nelson Eddy and Rise Stevens, Period of Adjustment with Tony Francesca Jane Fonda and Jim Hutton, The Interns with Cliff Robertson and Suzy Parker, Boys Night Out with Kim Novak James Garner and Tony Randall, Lady and the Tramp, and Almost Angels. Shows run Tuesday through Monday with multiple matinees.
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Rivoli Theater
Rivoli
Nelson Eddy
Rise Stevens
Tony Franciosa
Jane Fonda
Jim Hutton
Lois Nettleson
John McGiver
Mabel Albertson
Jack Albertson
Tennessee Williams
Williams
the Riviera
Cliff Robertson
Suzy Parker
Kim Novak
James Garner
Tony Randall
Tony Francesca
Riviera
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Lenny Maxwell
Joe E. Lewis
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Shirley MacLaine
Buster
Mitchum
Eve Arden
Vic Mature
the Avalon
Howie
Sturtz
Sophia Loren
Paris
the Kennedys
Vaughn Meader
Charlton Heston
Richard Burton
Maryland
Uncle Sam
Bob Preston
Anne Bancroft
Walt Disney
Theater Directory
Jerry Lewis
Rivali
Ana
Samson
Gordon Scott
Yoko Tani
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