Sinatra Rejects Re-takes In Film Roles
Hollywood profile recalls Frank Sinatra’s early meeting with reporters and Ava Gardner in 1951 and his later defiance of director limits. It highlights his spontaneity on The Devil at 4 O Clock and The Man With The Golden Arm, his family life, feuds, and famed working methods with Otto Preminger and Marlon Brando.
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Hollywood
Frank Sinatra
Frank
Ava Gardner
Mexico
Sinatra
Spencer Tracy
Ing
Otto Preminger
Preminger
Marlon Brando
John Wayne Rope Catch in Africa During Hatari Shoot
Hollywood star John Wayne impressed Arusha Tanzania crews by roping a 460 pound wildebeest from a catching car at 65 mph. He subdued the animal in 30 seconds, remarking a real range rider would have done it in 15 seconds during his Monogram western days.
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Hollywood
John Wayne
Africa
Big Duke
Arusha
Tanganyika
East Africa
Howard Hawks
Wayne
Wes
Monogram
Lucy Ball on Wildcat stage shows life beyond TV
New York star Lucille Ball speaks about her Broadway turn in Wildcat. She recalls the challenges of nightly performances, balancing family with a demanding schedule, and notes Desilu funded the $400,000 production while she focuses on her children and future plans.
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Miss Ball
Bob Hope
Desilu
Lucie Desiree
Desi IV
Lucille
Marjorie Reynolds Plays Mother in Surf Side 6 Segment
Marjorie Reynolds, noted for Paramount films, appears as a mother in Warner Bros. Surf Side 6 TV series during the Pretty Baby segment, adding a classic studio era presence to the episode.
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Marjorie Reynolds
Paramount
Warner Bros
Burlesque Dying? Rise of Nightclub Strip Tease Hits Big
Hollywood AP reports burlesque thrives in 1960s nightclubs as more strippers work in clubs than in old venues. Dr David Dressler argues the surge does not spur violence. Women increasingly attend shows for lessons and lingerie requests, with top earners like Tempest Storm and Lili St. Cyr reportedly earning high weekly sums.
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David Dressler
Los Angeles
Dressler
New York
Parole
Tempest Storm
Betty Rowland
Lili St. Cyr
Mineral Oil Spray Beats Flour in Film Dust Scene
Hollywood prop men solved a flour dust problem in The Wackiest Ship In The Army by spraying mineral oil to create visible dust clouds in the bak ery storage room. The gag required realistic dust on color film, and prop man Charlie Granucci delivered with a spray bottle.
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Hollywood
Jack Lemon
Ricky Nelson
John Lund
Richard Murphy
Charlie Granucci
Granucci
Broadcast Highlights Radio Tonight on WBFB FM
Tonight’s schedule features Redhead Once Upon a Mattress and Irma La Douce on 7 WBFB FM. Play of the Week highlights Larry Bryden Kurt Kasinar and Cathleen Nesbit in Thieves Carnival set in Vichy at 3:45 on Channel 2. Everett Sloane narrates A Question of Chairs on Channel 7. Twenty First Century presents Battle of Cassino on Channel 7. Shirley Temple Show with Julius La Rosa and Wally Cox on Channel 7. Special Gershwin tribute with Sinatra London Chevalier Merman Harrington. Roy Rogers and Dale Evans host Aquarodeo from Marineland on Channel 2. Vivian Vance on Candid Camera on Channel 7. The Big Lift with Paul Douglas and Montgomery Clift airs at 11:20 on Channel 5.
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Larry Bryden
Kurt Kasinar
Cathleen Nesbit
Vichy
Everett Sloane
Cassino
Italy
Shirley Temple
Julius la Rosa
Artific Treacher
Wally Cox
King Midas
George Gershwin
Frank Sinatra
Julie London
Mau
Rice Chevalier
Ethel Merman
Pat Harrington
Roy Rogers
Dale Evans
Marine Land of the Pacific
Vivian Vance
Berlin
Paul Douglas
Montgomery Clift
More Truth Than Fiction In Line
Hollywood piece recalls actress Ann Shoe maker and her family sails with Captain Charles F Shoemaker head of the US Revenue Cutter Service. It mentions 88 Sara Delao Roosevelt and a line about Sunrise at Campobello. The quotes reflect personal maritime memories tied to Warner Bros and Ralph Bellamy in the film context.
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Hollywood
Ann Shoemaker
Sara Delao Roosevelt
Dore 'Schary
Campobello
Warner Bros
Ralph Bellamy
Miss Shoemaker
Charles F. Shoemaker
US. S. Revenue Cutter Service
Coast Guard
Best Sellers List Ranks Fiction and Non-Fiction
The weekly best sellers list shows top fiction includes Hawati, Michener at rank 1 with Advise and Consent by Drury at 2 and The Dean's Watch by Goudge at 5, while Kill a Mockingbird appears with unclear 1H. Non-fiction features The Rise and Fall of the Reich by Shirer at 1, The Waste Makers by Packard at 2, Born Free by Adamson at 9, Baruch: The Public Years at 6, Vanity Pair and Armory and Practice noted at 7.
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Hawati
Michener
Drury
Goudge
Delphi
Macinnes
Shirer
THE
Waste Makers
Packard
Born Free
Adamson
Baruch
Vanity Pair
Armory and Practice
Maurice Chevalier fades out in Fanny with father line
In a scene from Fanny Maurice Chevalier delivers a poignant fadeout and quips that every boy ought to have a father even if it is his own. The remark underscores the film’s themes of family and belonging within a breezy musical.
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Maurice Chevalier
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TV Today
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