Strippers to Broadway Theaters Rise From Burlesque Tale
Film director Mervyn LeRoy notes burlesque roots shaped performers compiling Gypsy the Broadway and film star Gypsy Rose Lee. Rosalind Russell Natalie Wood Karl Malden lead the Warner Bros musical about stage life and the tough early crowds that honed talent. He cites Jolson Cantor Brice and Fanny Brice as marquee examples from burlesque beginnings.
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Hollywood
Broadway
Mervyn LeRoy
LeRoy
Warner Bros
Gypsy Rose Lee
Minsky
Rosalind Russell
Gypsy
Natalie Wood
Karl Malden
Mama
TV Western Part Turned Down Over Location
The agent offered a role in In Old New Mexico but the star declined since filming would be in Spain and far from Las Vegas. He values staying in the U. S. A. and noted the distance as the reason for turning down the part.
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Old New Mexico
West
New Mexico
Spain
Meyer
Las Vegas
Camels Arrive in Almeria for Lawrence of Arabia
The first shipment of camels from Spanish Sahara reached Almeria after a five day tank landing craft voyage. They were moved by land to Tabernas for the Lawrence of Arabia production with Anthony Quinn Peter OToole Omar Sharif and Arthur Kennedy set to appear. Arab owner-riders were flown in to join the animals and will rejoin tomorrow. The camels will undergo training before filming sequences in the Jordan troupe and Sevilla location work.
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Almeria
Spain
Spanish Sahara
Tabernas
Sam Spiegel
David Lean
Lawrence of Arabia
Columbia
Malaga
Jeremy Taylor
Jordan
Sevilla
Casablanca
Anthony Quinn
Peter O'Toole
Anthony Quayle
Arthur Kennedy
Omar Sharif
Burlesque stars cited alongside Gypsy Rose Lee
LeRoy notes famous burlesque performers including Abbott and Costello Bert Lahr Red Skelton Phil Silvers Jack Haley and George Jessel plus Baby Snooks and the College Girls burlesque company. He argues none matched Gypsy Rose Lee in appeal and resonance.
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LeRoy
Abbott and Costello
Bert Lahr
Red Skelton
Phil Silvers
Jack Haley
George Jesse
Gypsy Rose Lee
Hollywood Actress Aims to Own Seal Pool
Hollywood newcomer Mikki Jamison of Warner Bros. seeks a unique colony dream owning a swimming pool with a pet seal to swim with her. The 77 Sunset Strip actress plans a private water space for marine companionship and leisure.
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Hollywood
Mikki Jamison
Warner Bros
Best Sellers list with classic fiction and history titles
A catalog of popular books featuring Franny and Zooey and To Kill a Mockingbird among novels by Salinger Lee and Hughes, plus biographies and histories from Tuchman Shirer and Costain. It lists works by Mary Renault Richard Hughes Katherine Anne Porter and others.
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Franny and Zooey
J. D. Salinger
Mary Renault
Serving Stone the Fox
Richard Hughes
Taylor Caldwe
Devil
Anya Seton
Katherine Anne Porter
Captain Newman
M.D
Leo Rosten
Harper Lee
Morris West
Mary Stewart
Edward Streeter
Herman Teller
Louis Nizer
Barbara Tuchman
Rothschilds
Frederic Morton
Richard Nixon
Theodore H. White
Robert Frost
CIA
Andrew Tully
Thomas Costain Scott Fitzgerald
Andrew Turnbul
William Shirer
Jack Paai
Pat Boone’s rise fueled by study and faith in early career
The article traces Pat Boone’s path from early singing to joining Arthur Godfrey, earning a Columbia University BS in speech and English Magna Cum Laude in 1938, while supporting a growing family. It notes his $1 million contract, TV Showroom, Cooga Mooga Films, fan clubs, books Twixt Twelve and Twenty and Between You Me and the Gatepost, church involvement, and board role at the Northeastern Institute for Christian Education.
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Columbia
20Th Century Foy
Pat Boon
Pat Boon Chevry
Cooga Mooga Films Productions
Life Look
Newsweek
TV Guide
Gatepost
Church of Christ
Northeastern Institute For Christian Education
Pearl Buck Scribes Japan Film Tale in New Book
Pearl Buck describes Japan and the making of The Big Wave for Allied Artists in her new book A Bridge For Passing from John Day Company. The film was written for the screen by Buck and Tad Danielewski with Sessue Hayakawa starring.
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Pearl S. Buck
Japan
Allied Artists
John Day Company, Inc
Mrs Buck
Tad Danielewski
Sessue Hayakawa
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