Nanette Fabray Still Feels There Is Nowhere Up To Go
Nanette Fabray, returning to the stage in Mr President on Broadway, says there is nowhere up to go after a role like this. She portrays the president's wife in Irving Berlin’s musical, pledged to the show until summer 1964, and notes the audience reaction and critics’ reservations. Fabray admires the talent of Berlin Lindsay Crouse and Logan, while acknowledging the pressure of living up to legendary status.
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White House
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Donna Reed eyes producer role amid acting weariness
Hollywood AP Donna Reed says she is tired of acting and wants to produce. After five years as star of her TV show, contracts up this year. she has three teen-agers at home and worries about the demanding schedule. Television taught her about film making and she wants to move into production.
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Donna Reed
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Lew Ayres
Lucille Ball
Loretta Young
Extra Pay For Shaved Heads For Taras Bulba
Hollywood producer Harold Hecht offered 7,000 extras $2.50 extra per day to shave their heads for Taras Bulba shot in Argentina. After 12 weeks star Yul Brynner sought $180 extra, Hecht paid, and Brynner endorsed the check to a local orphanage.
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Harold Hecht
Taras Bulva
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Yu Brynner
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Mutiny on the Bounty ends second film voyage
Hollywood reports that Mutiny on the Bounty has concluded its second voyage, with questions about whether it was worth the investment. The piece notes the changing economics of the film business and the potential to recoup $18 million over the long haul if the movie has merit.
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Brando Caps Mutiny Drama in 1962 Tahiti Sequences
The review hails the Tahiti footage and Bounty scenes as magnificent while noting the 1962 remake struggles to match the original. Brando’s Fletcher Christian draws controversy as an upper class variant, with Trevor Howard’s Bligh stiff and resolute, Harris as a pliant mutineer, and Tarita delivering eye catching Tahitian romance amid strong support from the British crew.
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Charles Laughton
Marlon Brando
Fletcher Christian
Gable
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No More ABC For Schick Co
The Schick Safety Razor Co. will honor its current contract with ABC but will sponsor no more ABC shows until the network makes amends for a program aired last Sunday. Board chairman Patrick Frawley objected to Alger Hiss's appearance on The Political Obituary of Richard Nixon. He sought to cancel a million-dollar sponsorship of two ABC shows next year, but ABC refused to dissolve the agreement.
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Los Angeles
Schick
Kent State freshman earns Borden scholarship with straight A average
Michael Kelley of Oregon led Kent State University's freshman class in academic achievement with a straight A average and won $200 from the Borden Foundation scholarship.
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Ohio
Michael Kelley
Oregon
Kent State University
Borden Foundation
Actress Maureen O'Sullivan’s son charged in narcotics case
Beverly Hills based Patrick Farrow 19 son of actress Maureen O'Sullivan and director John Farrow must stand trial in Superior Court on a narcotics possession charge. Judge Robert M. Daling set arraignment for November 30 after Farrow’s arrest at his home October 23 when police found marijuana and a hypodermic syringe.
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Patrick Farrow
Maureen O'Sullivan
John Farrow
Robert M. Daling
Farrow
Pere GC Prac Value Colors Easy Cleaning
Fragmentary note lists colors and cleaning traits for Pere GC product. Mentions easy cleaning and practical value. Lacks clear entities, dates, or locations for fuller summary.
Rookie Jill Shipstad in Shipstads and Johnson Ice Follies
Jill Shipstad, daughter of Roy Shipstad and Bess Fyrhardt, climbs from line work to a solo in the 27th Shipstads and Johnson Ice Follies at Cincinnati Gardens. The 18-year-old from San Mateo, California, credits ballet, piano, and drama for her rapid rise as the show visits Cincinnati for five evenings and four matinees with multiple performances.
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Shipstads and Johnson Ice Follies
Cincinnati Gardens
Jill
San Mateo
Calif
Ice Follies
Roy Shipstad
Bess Fyrhardt
Lee Follyette
Jil
Robertson seeks meeting with JFK actor Kennedy in PT Boat 109
Hollywood actor Olff Robertson, who portrays the young John F. Kennedy in PT Boat 109, reveals a secret ambition to meet the real president. He says depicting Kennedy helps him understand the man, while noting the dangers and uncertainties of wartime service are hard to replicate.
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Olff Robertson
President Kennedy
Robertson
Jfk
Kennedy
Two Casts Share Performing Duties for Woolf on Broadway
NEW YORK AP Two casts split the long Edward Albee drama Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. Because the play runs three hours the management scheduled a separate group for the two matinees weekly while the other company handles the six evening performances.
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