Chuck Connors Keeps Strict Conditioning for Roles
Chuck Connors, a former baseball player turned actor, maintains extreme fitness with daily swimming and extensive bar and trapeze work. He says his regimen helped him land a $100,000 Desert Isle role at 20th Century Fox and would have prevented missing the job in Move Over, Darling.
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Irma La Douce shines in a superb Broadway to film arc
The reviewer praises the film version of Irma La Douce starring Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine with Billy Wilder producing and J A L Diamond writing. They note the Broadway source diverges, the adult theme, bold comedy, and warn viewers about false teeth humor and two and a half hours of cinema spoof. The piece also touches on Las Vegas hotel changes, Jack Entratter, Red Skelton, and other showbiz tidbits with humorous asides.
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