Life Was A Circus Last Of 40 Horse Drivers
Gene Handsaker profiles Jake Posey the last of the circus horse drivers. Born in Cedar Grove Indiana he ran away at 17 to join Van Amberg and rose to drive eight horses for Barnum and Bailey then 40 horses on tours. He remembers Edward VII gifting cigars and whisky, survived wrecks and fires, retired in 1937, and lives alone on a small pension with photographs and memories.
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Gene Handsaker
Los Angeles
Edward VII
Paris
Jake Posey
Baily
James A
Barnum and Bailey
Jacob A. Posey
Cedar Grove
Ind
Marietta
Ohio
Jake
Jeff Posey
John Robinson Circus
Robinson
van Amberg Circus
Bailey
Spaulding
Rogers
Prince of Wales
Hampton Court Palace
Queen Victoria
United States
Hagenback - Wallace
Meredith Willson Plans TV Spectacular Show
Willson, famed for The Music Man now in filming at Warner Bros, is preparing a television spectacular for next season tentatively titled Meredith Willson Sociable. The project signals a return to television by the composer and producer.
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Hollywood
Meredith Willson
Warner Bros
Kovacs attacks Broadway as effeminate and dying says Hollywood gains
Ernie Kovacs blasts Broadway as effete and vague while claiming film and TV offer richer talent. He says stage virility is lost, saved only by tourists, with some actors honest while others applaud vague trends. He prefers TV/movie entertainment and long, affordable meals over Broadway.
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Broadway
Hollywood
New York
Tous
Ernie Kovacs
Kovacs
Edie Adams
Hollywood models agent runs famous Sunset Blvd office
Mary Webb Davis, agent for top Hollywood models, operates at 8532 Sunset Blvd beside Dino's Lodge. Her canopy and door were used for the TV show 77 Sunset Strip. She joked she could have charged tourists, noting she accepted a token $25 payment from Warner Bros. for the location use.
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Hollywood
Mary Webb Davis
Sunset Blvd
Dino
Sunset Strip
Disneyland
Australia
Warners
Radio TV Highlights Tonight Full Schedule
WKRC baseball Cincinnati versus Los Angeles at 1 25. TV matrix lists feature films and interviews from 2 to 11 30 including I Dream of Jeanie on Channel 7 and Ed Sullivan guests on Channel 12. News and specials cover Meet The Press Bowes interview and Adenauer dialogue.
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Los Angeles
Jeanie
Stephen Foster
Ray Middleton
Bill Shirley
Adlai E. Stevenson
South America
Chester Bowes
Washington DC
Daniel Boone
Walt Disney
Julius la Rosa
Wally Cox
Paul Ford
King Midas
Shirley Temple
Sam Levenson
Comedienne
Nancy Walker
Peter Palmer
Nancy Dussault
Lisa Carroll
Ed Sullivan
Dinah Shore
Nanette Fabray
Colleen Gray
Ronald Regan
Edward P. Morgan
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Bonn
Germany
George Murphy
Ginny Simms
Gloria DeHaven
Ben Blue
Children spark first Stooges movie Snow White idea
Hollywood report that Charles Wick produced his first film after his children inspired a new project. A Stooges Snow White concept drew Wick, the Stooges, and 20th Century Fox, which backed the idea and even proposed a partnership with Chanford Productions.
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Hollywood
Charles Wick
Three Stooges
Wick
Stooges
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20Th - Century Fox
Carol Heiss
Chanford Productions
Barbara Nichols Takes Prison Role in House of Women
Barbara Nichols, known for playing more strip tease dancers than any other actress, says she jumped at the chance to play an inmate in Warner Bros House of Women. The role marks a definite change of character from former stripper to prisoner.
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Hollywood
Barbara Nichols
Warner Bros
House of Women
Modern Prize Winners Available As Classical Records
Prize winners in 1960 from the Music Critics Circle highlight Carter’s Second Quartet and Schuman’s Third Quartet on RCA Victor with the Juilliard String Quartet and Town Hall honors. Poulenc’s Gloria in G Major, with Durufle on Organ, earns praise on Angel. Beethovens Apassionata by Richter on RCA Victor earns top marks. Capitol presents Pollini and Heidsieck in promising early careers. Graffman, Vandernoot, and Munch offer Chopin and Mendelssohn lighter gems.
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Music Critics Circle of New York
Elliot Carter
New York
RCA Victor
Juilliard String Quartet
William Schuman
Carter
Francis Poulenc
Angel
Paris
Poulenc
Rosanna Carteri
French National Radio - Television Orchestra
George Pretre
Maurice Duruffe
Boston Symphony
Charles Munch
Beethoven
Sviatoslav Richter
Brahms
Capitol
Maurizio Pollini
Chopin
Warsaw
Philharmonia Orchestra
Paul Kletzki
Milan
Studio prints plot synopsis after blackout on 77 Sunset Strip
In Salt Lake City station KCPX faced furious calls when the last half hour of 77 Sunset Strip was cut. The episode The Eyes of Love featured an unknown killer, prompting the station to wire the studio for a script and publish a newspaper synopsis of the missing action.
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Hollywood
Olive Oyl Returns to Leroy's Majority at Warner Bros
Mae Questel resumes the role of Essie Rubin in Nervyn LeRoy's production A Majority of One at Warner Bros after finishing voice work as Olive Oyl in Popeye cartoons in New York. The actress originated Essie Rubin in the stage version of the comedy.
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Hollywood
Mae Questel
Nervyn LeRoy
Warner Bros
Olive Oyl
New York
Essie Rubin
Dallasites Now Stars Train At Dallas Theatre Round
Hollywood stars Peter Breck and Peggy McCay, known for Lad: A Dog, received early acting training at Margo Jones Theatre in the Round in Dallas, showing the city’s influence on their careers.
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Hollywood
Peter Breck
Peggy McCay
Warner Bros
Dallas
Helicopter Filming Opens Fanny Scènes Over Marseille Port
Joshua Logan directs first Fanny scenes from a helicopter near the Marseille port. Photographer Jeff Cardiff films as Horst Buchholz plays Marius on the Malaisie while Leslie Caron stars in the Marcel Pagnol version for Warner Bros.
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Hollywood
Joshua Logan
Marseille
Malaisie
Jeff Cardiff
Logan
Horst Buchholz
Marius
Leslie Caron
Fanny
Marcel Pagnol
Mansfield
Warner Bros
Kathleen Crowley to Star Opposite Eisley in Unfinished Business
Kathleen Crowley is cast as the romantic lead opposite Anthony Eisley in Warner Bros Hawaiian Eye drama Unfinished Business. The film also stars Robert Conrad Grant Williams Connie Stevens and Poncie Ponce.
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Hollywood
Kathleen Crowley
Anthony Eisley
Warner Bros
Robert Conrad
Grant Williams
Connie Stevens
Poncie Ponce
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