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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1962
Page
10
New York AP interview with Art Carney portrays him as a modest, likeable star who manages irritations with humor. He discusses balancing Broadway and television, handling demanding directors, photographers, and overrunning rehearsals, and his preference for neatness and controlled breaks.
Rita Hayes, known as “The Rock,” earns a five figure TV ad income as a hand and leg model while saving her face for a singing career. Her steady hands, shapely legs, and voice over talent lead to future on camera work as she balances beauty work with a musical path. Meanwhile coal mining workers adapt to mechanization as output doubles for remaining miners.
Rita continues talking about two kinds of legs and their differences. The remark appears in a casual feature, highlighting personal observation and everyday humor.
Hollywood actress Joan Blackman co stars with Elvis Presley in Kid Galahad and embraces type casting. The San Francisco native says stars are benefited by sticking to a familiar part and cites John Wayne Alan Ladd Marilyn Monroe and Elvis as examples of enduring typecast careers.
Hollywood AP reports Joe E. Lewis in the Cocoanut Grove audience quipped about Jimmy Durante adopting a baby. He said the moment made him feel sentimental and that he went to Santa Anita and claimed a horse.
WHIO radio and TV schedule lists programs from 9:10 p.m. to 11 p.m. including Serenade in Stereo with Roger Williams Johnny Mathis and the Boson Pops Orchestra. TV features Dateline Dayton with Paul F Schenck and broadcasts Sunday Sports Spectacular and Wide World of Sports highlights plus Meet the Press and Disney’s Wonderful World of Color among other specials.
Hollywood gossip recalls how actress Anita Sokol from the Bronx became Ginger Gray after a Warner contract. Jack Carson and Dennis Morgan teased her, prompting a name change. They considered Theda and Gloria before settling on a nod to Nita Naldi. Warner liked Nita as a first name but chose Talbot after Lyle Talbot walked by, though Lyle’s real name is Lyle Hollywood.
London AP reports actor David Niven, tired of “movie wars,” says the industry should discharge him from military service. He recalls a varied wartime career, including leading a phantom squadron, resigning his commission, and later seeking peace by staying in civilian life as he plans new film roles.
Hollywood reports Brad Dexter as a handsome bachelor famed for hair, yet shaving his head for Taras Bulba led to a new sex appeal. He notes shaving sideburns boosts the bald look and jokes about being pursued by women in a girl heavy town.
New York AP notes that Nielsen's early January ratings determine season habits. Top programs are Wagon Train Gunsmoke Perry Mason, with only Kildare Haze and The Defenders as new entries. War-themed series rise as networks plan next season while shows like Groucho and Straightaway face renewal doubts.
Hollywood figure Shelley Winters describes her new film The Chapman Report as a sex survey and teases it as the survey with the stage on top.
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