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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1961
Page
18
AP report from Tokyo notes Japanese television mirrors mid 1950s American TV with nude dancers on some night shows and shared formats like one or two set plays and musical variety. It highlights limits on imported shows, frequent dubbed series, and strong American influence in genres and hosts.
AP reports Michael Ansara, famed for Indian roles, began painting during the actors strike. His wife Barbara Eden admires the work, some pieces sold for 300 dollars before a bounced check cooled the enthusiasm. Ansara now studies privately and hopes to show his art when ready.
Hollywood reports Dean Martin takes his first non drinking role in Ada as a Southern governor ordered by Jimmy Davis of Louisiana with Susan Hayward co starring. He jokes this is the hardest acting he has done and that he has never acted without a glass in his hand.
Amanda Elementary School's PTO will discuss plans for a bazaar on March 17. The meeting is Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the school auditorium. A fourth grade program will be presented, followed by a social period.
AP reports Hollywood actor Dwayne Hickman reflects on acting, claiming persistent mistakes create a perception of a new style. He recalls Gregory Ratoff in his early work calling him talentless, yet Hickman kept repeating the same miscues and remained employed as TV’s Dobie Gillis.
Federal Prison Bureau director James V. Bennett collected public reaction to the TV series The Untouchables after urging stations to drop episodes about Al Capone. Prison staff voiced shock at depictions as venal and corrupt while fans argued the show presented truth. Bennett argued the two part episode The Big Train misrepresented history, noting only the 1934 Capone transfer was factual.
Steve McQueen voices anger over the CBS decision to shift Wanted Dead Or Alive to Wednesdays opposite The Price Is Right. He says the westerns era is ending, notes personal career hopes, and predicts better film offers amid the show’s impending demise.
Radio tonight features A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and Pirates of Penzance on WPFB FM. Liszt and Offenbach music follows midnight. TV today offers two comedies The Dock Brief and What Shall We Tell Caroline on Play of the Week at 2:30. Basketball Cincinnati vs New York at 2 and Omnibus avant garde drama at 6. Paul Samuelson chairs Meet the Press at 6:30. Pluto asks about The Coyote's Lament at 7 with Disney. Shirley Temple stars at 7 Sherry. Beau Maverick at 7:30. Ed Sullivan greets Armstrong and Newhart at 8:30. Tab Hunter cartoonist wins a Las Vegas casino at 8. Meredith Willson and The Music Man and The Unsinkable Molly Brown on Dinah Shore at 9. Sand and Snow in Churchill series at 10:30.
HOLLYWOOD AP Actress Connie Stevens drew a crowd of screaming fans in New York when she arrived with a six month old baby in her arms. She explained the infant was her brother s youngest and that the grandmothers in New York had not seen him yet. The baby accompanied her during a publicity tour and was later returned to her brother and his wife.
Hollywood AP reports actor Donald Buka, a method actor, argues that drama schools teaching the system should hire licensed psychiatrists. Buka, in Operation Eichmann, says method courses can brainwash students by forcing examination of past and inner self, risking dangerous emotional breakdowns without professional supervision. He cites an unnamed top female star who collapsed into hysteria after excessive soul searching and required psychiatric help.
The PTO of Oneida School at 2901 Yankee Road stages its annual science fair with a science exhibit in each classroom during its regular meeting on Tuesday at 7:30 pm. Parents are invited to visit. Mrs. Joseph George is PTO president at 3004 Omaha St.
After the January fifth installment Bennett warned ABC affiliates he would oppose their license renewals if they carried part two. No station dropped out on the second installment and Bennett formally asked the FCC to investigate, claiming the federal prison system had been defamed and requesting appropriate steps under the law.
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