New York World's Fair 1964 Preview Stirs Interest and Bets
Hy Gardner reports on the looming 1964 65 World’s Fair. Robert Moses leads a vast effort with 66 exhibitors chosen. Unisphere by U S Steel costs 2 million and will feature in tours and merchandise. Vatican Michelangelo Pieta and possibly Mona Lisa are linked to exhibits. Marina and Corning plan circular moorings and underwater showrooms with 800 to 2000 boats. Esther Williams Lloyd Bridges and Jayne Mansfield teased as underwater sales clerks.
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U. S. Steel
U. S
Vatican
Flushing Bay
Guggenheim Museum
N. Y
Disneyland
Marina
Corning
Esther Williams
Lloyd Bridges
Jayne Mansfield
Las Vegas Scribbles on a Sunday in the Desert Jungle
A flowing vignette describes a sunlit Las Vegas weekend with neighbors mowing lawns and pets passing by while a father departs for the zoo with his son. The piece reflects on money troubles, the Landmark Tower, the Convention Center, rising rents, and the luminous strip as day fades to night.
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Lil’ Abner
Convention Center
Las Vegas
Peter Coe to Direct New Film Saint With Red Hands
London reports producer Charles H. Schneer announced British stage director Peter Coe will direct Saint With Red Hands for Columbia Pictures. Coe, acclaimed for Oliver, starts filming in England this fall. He also brings Oliver to Broadway and directs Macbeth at Stratford Ontario Festival.
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London
Charles H. Schneer
Peter Coe
Columbia Pictures
Coe
Oliver
England
Cee
Gregory Peck Stars In Cape Fear at Fremont
Gregory Peck headlines Cape Fear at the Fremont Theater in a suspenseful study developed to Peck's exacting standards. The actor produced the film and collaborated closely with the writer while directing an intense portrayal of a troubled attorney under British director J Lee Thompson's guidance.
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Gregory Peck
Cape Fear
Fremont
Melville-Talbot
Universal
Fremont Theater
Peck
Britain
Cognoscenti
Producer Named To Film Board
Claude A. Giroux was elected a member of Allied Artists Pictures Corporation board of directors in New York City. He is president of Prudential Investment Corporation and D. Kaltman & Co. Inc., with prior work in New York and Montreal theatres. He fills the vacancy from Norton V. Ritchey who remains Allied Artists International Corporation president.
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Allied Artists Pictures Corporation Board of Directors
New York City
Claude A. Giroux
S. Broidy
Giroux
New York
Montreal
Allied Artists
Prudential Investment Corporation
Reprieve Showed to 80 U.S. Government Officials
Joe Rivkin Allied Artists executive flew to Washington to screen the Kaufman Lubin production Reprieve for 80 key government officials. Reprieve stars Ban Gazzara Stuart Whitman Ray Walston Vincent Price Rod Steiger Broderick Crawford Dodie Stevens Jack Kruschen and Sammy Davis Jr.
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Joe Rivkin
Allied Artists
Washington
Kaufman - Lubin
Ban Gazzara
Stuart Whitman
Ray Walston
Vincent Price
Rod Steiger
Broderick Crawford
Dodie Stevens
Jack Kruschen
Sammy Davis, Jr
Winchell Notes on Kennedy Administration Critics
Walter Winchell comments on Johnson era insiders and Kennedy aides. He cites Arthur Schlesinger Jr. and James Wechsler, plus Billie Sol Estes and Senator Ralph Yarbrough, as examples of influence and alleged interference in White House affairs. He also cites Timemag and Jonas Salk in a broad critique of political and media power.
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Arthur Schlesinger Jr
Schlesinger
James Wechsler
New York Post
MHerald-Tribune _ reported
Billie Sol Estes
Kennedy
Washington
Ralph Yarbrough
Nightclub Acts At Desert Inn and Nearby Venues
The schedule lists McGuire Sisters at Desert Inn 8:15 and 11:45 p.m. Keely Smith at Riviera 8:15 and midnight, Teresa Brewer at Sahara, and Life Begins at Minsky's at New Frontier 8:15 12:15 and 2:30 a.m.
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Desert Inn
McGuire Sisters
Minsky
Riviera
Keely Smith
Sahara
Teresa Brewer
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