Chaplin Blocks Coogan From Story Of Life Film
Jackie Coogan says Charlie Chaplin refused clearance for his life story project, noting Chaplin's letter denying involvement. Coogan recalls The Kid era, his later fame, and plans for his daughter to portray him. He also remembers Chaplin’s pranks with Douglas Fairbanks and a Sweden king ruse at Pickfair, amid a 69 AD mention of four Roman emperors.
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Pierce Ar‘towls
Italian Film La Strada Wins Tokyo Critics Prize
Sixteen Tokyo movie critics vote La Strada as the best dramatic film shown in Japan in 1957. The Bridge on the River Kwai finishes second. Rice is named best Japanese film of 1957 with Tadashi Imai as best director and Yuko Mochizuki as best actress.
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Yuko Mochizuki
Album Companies Turn To Spoken Records For Change In Listening
Caedmon, MGM, Lexington and Vanguard push spoken word albums. Carroll’s nonsense verse read by Ritchard, Holloway, and Lillie leads Caedmon with Shakespeare and Lear, while MGM Arcady Series features Guiness and Richardson. McCullers and Faulkner read their works. Beowulf and Chaucer offered in Old and Middle English.
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R. D. Smith
MGM Records
Arcady
Alec Guiness
Gulliver
Sir Ralph Richardson
Joseph Conrad
MGM
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Carson McCullers
Miss McCullers
Faulkner
Lexington Records
Vanguard
Theodore Marcuse
Shelley
Keats
Yale University
John Pope
Helge Kokeritz
Chaucer
Comics Hard To Work With
Gerd Oswald says Paris Holiday would have been easier if he were a diplomat. He worked with Bob Hope and Fernandel, noting Hope spoke no French and Fernandel no English. Oswald understood both languages and explains their different comic styles.
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John Payne Sequences as Rugged TV Star
John Payne, star of The Restless Gun, is described as unusually rugged with a 0 degree pool kept unheated year round. A associate recalls his 5:30 am routine of diving in, doing 90 to 100 laps daily, portraying a nontraditional Hollywood image.
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Interview Takes 10 Months Yul Brynner Guards His Privacy
Yul Brynner, hard to reach and protective of private life, discusses privacy, languages, and work habits. He reveals a shaved head for The King and I, a disciplined routine, and plans to work long hours between Europe trips while maintaining a private home life. Brynner speaks about his background, language learning, and a career spanning stage and film.
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Binner
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Dad Takes Boy's Advice on Beasts and Tech
Fraser Heston, son of Charleton Heston, rose from screen child actor to television technical adviser in under three years. He helped with makeup for NBC's Beauty and the Beast, after reviewing sketches and choosing the final look that kept the beast from frightening kids.
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Daisy the Day's Eye and Chaucer’s Ee of the Date
The National Geographic Society notes that Chaucer named the flower ee of the date, in Jonson’s era it was called Day's Eye, and it later became known as Daisy.
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Ben Jonson
National Geographic Society
Bernstein Aims to Spark Children With Classical Music
TV Guide interview quotes Leonard Bernstein saying young listeners are bright and that his Young People’s Concerts should present classical music without sugar coating. He rejects a didactic Uncle Lennie persona and asks to avoid overloading kids with instrument names.
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