Carol Burnett Blossoms Into Leading TV and Broadway Star
The longtime guest star now headlines a CBS variety hour and prepares for a starring Broadway show. She has hosted two acclaimed TV specials and will air a taped Once Upon A Mattress in June. She married producer Joe Hamilton and is a new mother to a four month old.
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Carrie Hamilton Finds Breakthrough in Mattress on Broadway
The article profiles Carrie Hamilton whose career started with the satirical song Fell In Love With John Foster Dulles and rose after a 1959 Moore show appearance. She joined Mattress, produced by George Abbott, which moved to Broadway as theatre venues tighted. The company toured New York as the sole road unit in the city.
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Glamour Girls Replaced by Strong Roles, Olivia Declares
Olivia de Havilland says Hollywood favors powerful dramatic parts over glamor roles and notes Academy nominations last year reflect the shift. She stars in Lady in a Cage for Paramount after returning from Paris, portraying a poised yet trapped woman in a suspenseful setting.
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Western, Even in Norway: Mann Foresees Classic Western Truth
Director Anthony Mann says The Unknown Battle, filmed in Norway, will mirror Western tropes despite a Nordic setting. He notes Nordic saboteurs' WWII act against the Nazi heavy water plant at Telemark as the film's inspiration, with good triumphing over evil.
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Carol Burnett Finds Joy on TV and Returns to Broadway
Carol's uninhibited clowning and vocal skill made her a Moore show favorite earning popularity honors. After a disappointing film foray she returns to work with Abbott in Fade Out Fade In, a Green Camden musical with Styne music heading to Broadway. If successful she may juggle TV next season with theatre.
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London Clerk Declines Movie Role After Big Pool Win
Charlie Cooper, a London clerk who won 630000 in a soccer pool, refuses a movie offer from director William Wyler for The Collector. Wyler proposed a part to showcase the windfall, but Cooper sent a cable declining the role.
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Lederer Works On Honolulu Housing Comedy
New York AP reports William J. Lederer co author of The Ugly American is drafting a comedy about Honolulu housing titled The House He says the play like task is easier than writing a best seller and he will judge its success after reading the script
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Carol Burnett plans lighter CBS weekly sketch hour
Carol Burnett describes a new CBS weekly variety hour with one sketch per episode and a schedule centered around her family life. Her husband Joe Hamilton will produce, they avoid mixing work and home life, and they recently traveled to California to visit family.
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Watch Your Language TV Producers Warned
New York AP report notes CBS plans to cut swearing from programs while seeking balance with creative freedom. Michael Dann cites viewer complaints and rising use of offensive slang across networks.
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Evening TV Highlights Across Channels
The guide lists programs from Ch Alexander Scourby narrating a history education documentary to student competitions on It's Academic. It notes sports car race footage in East Africa, Meet the Press interview with Nehru's daughter, aerial photography talk, Lassie and My Favorite Martian scenes, wild life adventure from Walt Disney, Arrest and Trial rerun, Bonanza race riot storyline, and guests Robert Morley and Stanley Holloway on The Jo Stafford Show.
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Tony Bennett Appears as Clown on Red Skelton Hour
Singer Tony Bennett shows up as a clown on The Red Skelton Hour tonight at 8. The program airs on channels 7 and 9, delivering a lighthearted guest appearance.
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Folk Music's Fun and Profit Take Center Stage
AP reports on Randy Sparks and the New Christy Minstrels rising from street gigs to worldwide fame. The group drew attention after a White House hootenanny for Italy’s president and now owns a nightclub and several cars, with Sparks recalling a pre medical background.
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Sinatra And Holden Set Men's Styles
A top movie stylist notes that fashion among young stars is shifting toward more conservative looks inspired by Frank Sinatra and William Holden. The Beatle and Liberace eras fade as stars like Tommy Sands Elvis Presley Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis adopt Sinatra's taste with fuller trousers and rising pleats making a comeback.
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Merrick backs Foxy musical with Bert Lahr star
David Merrick sponsors the Broadway musical Foxy starring Bert Lahr after testing at the 1962 Dawson City festival. Robert Whitehead leads Lincoln Center Theater Company. Foxy is set for a February 15 debut at the Ziegfeld Theater.
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Dick Gregory to perform in Miami with Freedom Singers
Comedian Dick Gregory and the Freedom Singers headline a fund raising tour for the Student Neumiment Coordinating Committee. The 8 p.m. Wednesday show at Miami University's Withrow Court is sponsored by the university YMCA YWCA Human Relations Committee. Tickets $1.25 in advance or $1.40 at the door. A follow up benefit concert is planned at a Cincinnati Dance Hall next Saturday night. Tickets available at Cine Men’s Clothing Shop 16 Eighth St. in Cincinnati. Avon Record.
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World War II quotes on design to avoid ugliness in Washington
In World War II, press reports quote a builder who was told to design structures to fail after seven years to prevent the war from making Washington more ugly. The remark reflects wartime priorities to minimize long term visual impact on the capital.
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