Amateurs Beat MGM to Crusoe Film in Mexico
In a remarkable upset, a small independent team led by Henry Ehrlich and Phillip Ball filmed a Robinson Crusoe adaptation with Dan O Herlihy in Manzanillo, Mexico. The six month shoot ran overtime after funds ran dry, but the rough cut drew rave previews and derailed MGM plans to film Crusoe with Stewart and Granger.
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Hollywood
MGM
Trey
Dan O'Herli
Robinson Crusoe
Stewart
Granger
New York
Henry Ehrlich
Philip Ball
Luis Bunuel
Spain
Mexico
O'Herlihy
London
Orson Welles
Manzanilla
Mex
Trish
Crusoe
Ile
Jolson California Assets Value in Court Will Detail
In Los Angeles the California assets of the late singer Al Jolson are valued at 1,701,870 dollars in the Superior Court first accounting. The petition seeks court approval of the estate’s California property, part of a total estate estimated at 34,282,730 dollars. Jolson’s widow Erle Jolson Krasna receives 244,756 dollars as her community portion. A 1 million trust fund and two 500,000 dollar funds for Asa and Alecia are also noted, with most remaining estate going to charitable and educational causes.
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Los Angeles
California
al Jolson
Manuny” Singer
Superior Court
Jolson
Erle Jolson Krasa
Norman ‘Krasna
Jol
Asa
Alecia
Charitebl Educational Institutions
Brynner to Resume King Role After Stage Injury
Yul Brynner, who plays the bard king of Siam in The King and I, is expected to resume the role tonight after a nose injury suffered when struck by a box carried by five youths during Saturday night performance. Understudy Leonard Greaves filled in while Brynner received first aid. the show is in its sixth week of an eight week run at the Philharmonic Auditorium.
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Los Angeles
Yul Brynner
Brynner
Siam
Leonard Greaves
Ralz
Philharmonic Auditorium
Margaret Truman Opens Summer Stock Debut at Mountain Home
Margaret Truman prepares for her first summer stock stage role in Mountain Home Pennsylvania on Sunday. After assurance her father former President Harry Truman was out of danger post surgery she begins a nine week straw hat circuit tour playing a plain or attractive schoolmarm in the opening performance.
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Margaret Truman
Tye
Mountainhome
Harry Truman
Margaret
Long Beach Theater Listings and Fines Update
A fragmented Long Beach theater brief lists showings, venues, and starting fines across multiple cinemas. It mentions Elephant Drive, Rivoli, Coast Colma, Towne, and UNITED ANTISTS with various times and film titles, plus a note on a Montana honeymoon and a Detroit Lions player’s marriage in Salt Lake City.
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Alvar
United Antists
Tully Wells
Utah
North Hollmwood
John HL
Montana
Wells
Johnson
Tom Tully
Mildred Johnson
Salta Salt Lake City
Lake City
Jack Tully
Detroit Lions
Tully
Little Brown Church
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