Celebrities Hit TV and Film Projects This Season
Lena Horne and Andy Williams will present Grammy Awards at a Hollywood banquet on May 29. Vic Damone will host NBC TV’s summer show The Lively Ones with young performers. Jack Kelly appears in summer stock tours of The Music Man The Moon is Blue and Under the Yum Yum Tree. MGM plans Khar Toum about Charles George Chinese Gordon filming in England China and Africa. Troy Donahue and Connie Stevens co star in Hawaiian Eve. Lee Marvin to work with John Ford in Hawaii. Bob Hope signs Crosby siblings to appear in Seattle July 9–15. Ozzie and Harriet Nelson head to summer stock Marriage Go Round.
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Lena Horne
Andy Williams
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Hollywood
Vic Damone
Nbc-Tv
Lively Ones
Jack Kelly
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
Khartoum
Charles George
Gordon
England
China
Africa
Troy Donahue
Connie Stevens
Lee Marvin
John Ford
Hawaii
Bob Hope
Crosby Boys
Dennis, Lindsay and
Phillip
Seattle
Ozzie and
Harriet Nelson
Frankie Laine Keeps Singing as Public Demands More
Hollywood reports Frankie Laine cannot slow his pace despite wanting rest from the Mule Train tours. He recalls touring since 1949 with minimal home time and admits constant song thinking fuels his work ethic. He has earned enough from records and nightclub appearances to buy a large apartment building.
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Hollywood
UPT
Frankie Laine
Frankie
Laine
Vegas Daze and Nites Spotlight Weeklong Las Vegas Bids
A cluttered Las Vegas page lists Lawrence Welk heading Harrah’s Club for a three week run starting June 18 and Sara Vaughn joining Joe Wells Inn on June 8. It notes Keely Smith’s solo revue at Riviera with Danny Thomas, Juliet Prowse warming up at New York’s Waldorf Astoria before Flamingo dates, and various tours and TV projects for entertainers in 1950s Vegas.
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Lake Tahoe
T-Bird Entertainment
New York
Sara Vaughn
Joe Wells Inn
The
Riviera
Charlie Harrison
Theda Burnett
Alvino Rey
England
France
Germany
Italy
Segovia
Rome
Keely Smith
Danny Thomas
Corbett Monica
Riviera Hotel
Squaw
Smith Bros
Juliet Prowse
Waldorf-Astoria
Flamingo
IATSE
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage
Vegas
Japan
Tokyo
TV Row
Beverly Hills
Frank Blair target for major role in AA film Judo
Frank Blair of New York, a television actor, is signed for a key part in the Allied Artists production Judo to be distributed in the United States and Canada. Pat Suzuki, who starred in Flower Drum Song on stage, is set to make her screen debut in Cine-Dyne, Inc. s project rolling soon for Japan. Lawrence D. Savadore and Allen A. Adier wrote the screenplay, produced and directed by Dennis Kane with Jules Levey as executive producer.
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Frank Blair
New York
Allied Artists
United States
Canada
Pat Suzuki
Cine-Dyne, Inc
Japan
Lawrence D. Savadore
Allen A. Adier
Dennis Kane
Jules Levey
Walter Winchell Stars In Your Eyes in New York Scene
Walter Winchell colors a crowded Manhattan panorama with glimpses of Krishna Menon and stars at Park Avenue and Fifth. The column roams through public figures and nightlife, ending with a desert fire at Desert Inn in Las Vegas and a snappy backstage riff on television contracts.
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India
U. N
U. S
Russia
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50Th and
Park Avenue
Jane Powell
Katie Hepburn
Manero’s
Greenwich
Loretta Young
Leone’s
Lionel Hampton
Metropole
Diahannamite Carroll
Duke & Duchess of W
Scandalous Hollywood Stories and Rumors Fly
A cluttered gossip page parades overheard chatter about Liz Taylor and fictional dalliances. It jokes about a 20th Century Fox exec praising a discovery and riffs on TV gambits and pressbox memos, with sharp asides about Liz and Dickie, perpetual denials, and star powder-keg whispers.
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20Th Century- Fox
Liz Taylor
Untouchables Vignette Prompts Show Switch and Narration Rush
A week of interviews and taped chatter around the Desert Inn Tournament of Champions for The Runyon Fund triggers a frantic scramble. Desi lu’s Untouchables executive urges urgent narration changes and a rapid restructure of plans amid cross‑regional interest.
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Untouchables
Vegas
Runyon Fund
Nevada
California
Arizona
Oregon
Chicago
Desilu
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