RKO Film Library Sold to C and C for TV Use
New York buyers C and C Super Corp acquire the full RKO film library, including 740 features and 1,000 shorts, for about 20 million dollars. General Teleradio sold the output rights for theater exhibition and US Canada theater distribution. Immediate availability estimated at 80 to 83 percent, with a three year theater release delay on some titles.
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General Teleradio, Inc
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Roscoe Ates
Lew Fields
Ned Sparks
Phil Harris
Harry Langdon
Mistinguett May Recover From Stroke
Friends of Mistinguett the famed Paris music hall star optimistic about recovery after a stroke before Christmas. The 82 year old is paralyzed and partly conscious but improving with temperature normal and no complications. Her son Dr Leopold Lima da Silva attends her at a village outside Paris. Mistinguett appeared in lavish shows for over five decades and last performed in Paris in 1949.
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Mistinguett
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Mistinguete
Riviera Villa
Jeanne-Marie Bourgeois
Porgy and Bess gets ovation in Leningrad
A 2300 capacity crowd in Leningrad gave a ten minute ovation to Porgy and Bess on its Soviet premiere. The Gershwin opera, performed by an American company at the Palace of Culture, heads to Moscow January 12. Officials and ambassadors praised the performance and its cultural bridge.
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Soviet Union
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Italian Actress Sophia Loren to Star in Pride and Passion
Madrid reports Sophia Loren will play a Spanish aristocrat turned guerrilla fighter in The Pride and the Passion with Cary Grant as a British officer and Frank Sinatra as a guerrilla lover. The film adapts Forester's novel The Gun and features a large theatrical gun setup.
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