Bumper crop of holiday cards leans toward sentiment
A survey of Christmas cards shows a shift from risqué jokes to tender, traditional greetings. Notable depictions include Liberace with a jeweled jacket amid a towering tree, Loretta Young with a Virgin and infant astride a donkey, and other stars like Carol Channing, Jayne Mansfield, Arthur Godfrey, Bob Hope, and Loretta Young offering warm, dignified messages.
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Rilege
Cuba
Liberace
Col
Jack Eaken
New York City
US Armed Forces Police
Germany
Beck
Joey Bishop
Carol Channing
Central Park
Mary
Jack Benny
Edith Adams Kovacs
Hildegard
Jimmy Durante
Robert Christenberry
Virginia Graham
Roddy McDowall
Myles Lane
Margaret
Pearl Bailey
Louie Belison
Connie Francis
Ada
Tad Lewis
Monique van Vooren
Gerard Purcell
Arthur Godfrey
Jayne Mansfield
Mickey
Bernard Baruch
Arthur
Kathryn Murray
Mitch Miller
Fran
Amy
Margie
Mike
John Payne
Eternity
Vincent Lopez
Joan Crawford
Frannie Hurst
Jim Farley
Betty Grable
Harry James
Bob
Nbc) Kinter
Mutual
Bob Hurleigh
Marjorie
Thelma Ritter
Horace McMahon
Catholic Actors Guild
Star of Bethlehem
Loretta Young
Dina Merrill
Noel
Vegas Daze and Nites Recalled in 1940 Venice Gardens Era
Column recalls Joey Bishop's Venice Gardens Chicago days in 1940 and his rise to fame with long hours and hard work. Notes other stars, shows at the Sands, and a lighthearted Retort Dept. segment about Joan OBrien. Mentions Sammy Davis Jr. and Morelli concert plans. Fishing nets from synthetic fibers highlight a New York report.
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Chicago
Joey Bishop
Venice Gardens
New York
Joey
Windy City
Pride and Joy
Joe FE. Lewis
Joe
the Sands
Bishop
Sammy Davis
Johnny Denis
Netta Rogers
Antonio Morelli
Convention Hall
Scandal Buzz Involving Gangsters and Pro Football
A sensational rumor mill swirls around the Department of Justice as a gangland and pro football scandal nears exposure. Hollywood figures including Sugar Ray Robinson, Kay Gable, and Robert Wagner figure in a web of high profile entanglements and alleged legal actions.
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Dept. of Justice
Sugar Ray Robinson
Milly Bruce
Paris
Sugar
Edna-Mae
Clark Gable
Kay
Robert Wasserman
Sam
Brando
Bardot
Roger Vadim
Della Rennie
Jean Pierre Aumonts
Marissa Pavan
France
Pier Angeli
James Mason
Patricia de Blanck
Havana
Gloria Vanderbilt
Mate S. Lumet
Robert Wagner
Natalie Wood
Francoise Provost
Ann Lawton
Ronald Arms
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Hy Gardner
Santa
Boulder Hily
Savage Guns
North
Main Street
Nevada
Portal Sevaba
NLY
Jerry
Joan O'Brien
Zachary Scott
Jack Weston
Jesse White
Mae Questel Pe Wena
Paul Jones
Frank Tashlin
John Fenton Murray
Paramount
Man In the Moon
Wiht
Kenneth More
Ito the Wonders OF the World
Tony Curtis
Harold Hecht Mathcien Taras Bulba
Beorge
Sam Wanamaker
Brad Dexter
Guy Rolfe
Perry Lopez
Macey
Windish
Sool
Fis Nan
Christine Kaufmann
Waldo Salt
Karl Tunberg
Wisaw Fane Waxman
J. Lee Thompson
Harold Hecht
Pusavision
Jin
Taras Buba Avemiedie
United Arles Records
Lafe Pee
Box Office
Pn Entertainment
Vegas Sun
Vegas
Ralph Pearl
Paul Anka
Fabian
Darin
Sands
Frankie Avalon
Joey At
Joan O’brien
Joan
Mr. Pearl
The
T-Bird
Joe Wells
Dave Victorson
America
George Jessel
Milton Berle
Red Buttons
Buddy Hackett
Sahara
Channel 8
Carver
Eagle Eve Shields
Desert Inn
Rosemary Clooney
Dunes
Guys and Dolls
EL Cortez
Santo
Johnny
Fremont
Frankie Brent
Frank Verna
Judy Lynn Cont
MINT
Patsy Cline
Tompall & Glaser Bros
Nevada Club
Minsky
Riviera
Debbie Reynolds
Lee
Faye Maynard
Stardust
Thunderbird
South Pacific
Fishing Aid
UPI
Oo Facts
Walter Winchell
MAN About Town
Rockefeller
Goldwater
Harold Lloyd
Peggy
Frank Compton
A. Murray
Patsy Rowlands
Olivier
Malcolm Sircon
Washington Wire
State Liquor Boards
Reptibs
Warren
White House
Adlai
Acheson
Stevenson
Eleanor
Postmaster Day
Secu’y Hodges
Nikita
Russia
U Thant
Jack Warner
JFK
Warner's
St. Louis
Linaberg
NBC
Willie Mays
Dick Powell
B'way
California
Merrick
Oliver
N. Y
Davis
Joe E. Lewis
Mgr
Robert Gordon
Florida
Fideland
Florida Keys
Khrushchev
E. Berlin
Roy Collins
Collins
Cig
H. L. Mencken
Carl Bode
U. of Maryland
Knopf
New Dulles
Washington
Manfred von Linde
Lucille Rogers
Esquire
Adveco
Jerry Jontry
Mary McLaughlin
Belgium
Queen Fabiola
King Baudouin
Walt Disney
Jules Verne
Huntridge Serveyber
EL Portal
Taras Bulba
Huntridge
Stardust Drive-In
Knights of Columbus
Bethlehem
C. Hall
10Th
Ogden
Gus Corey
L.V. Blvd
Bigantic
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Jack Palance
Ernest
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Chas Topner
Decine
Richard Fleischer
Barabbas
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