Voice of Broadway and Hollywood Rumors and Kennedy Wardrobe Bits
In this broad, brisk column a swirl of show business chatter runs from Tony Martin leaving Victor for Dot and Billboard style shifts to theorizing about more Red leaders’ deaths near the Kremlin. It notes Coleen Dewhurst’s stage triumph, Johnson’s nightclub gyrations, Liz Taylor and Eddie Fisher’s lawsuits, Billy Wilder’s blunt take on star deals, and George Freedley’s cat book rec. It also covers the military dependents curb, the Mania horror flick, and readers scolding Kennedy’s English suits while defending American tailoring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LO Vistressey
Tony
Dot
Kremlin
Coleen Dewhurst
Broadway
London
Lyndon Johnson
Johnny Meyers
Lana Turner
Marilyn Monroe
Actors Studio
Arthur Miller
Paula Strasberg
Marilyn
Arthur
Paula
Pablo Picasso
France
Hollywood
Elizabeth Taylor
Eddie Fisher
Liz
Eddie
Cat
George Freedley
Victor J. Dowling
Kennedy
England
United States
U.S
Fellows
Sen. Kennedy
New York
Massachusetts
Atlantic
James Whitmore as a rare fallible hero in The Law and Mr Jones
Hollywood report on James Whitmore starring as Abraham Lincoln Jones a struggling lawyer in The Law and Mr Jones. He loses most cases and rarely appears in court yet remains upbeat about defeat. Whitmore emphasizes relatable flaws over traditional heroics. Sy Berg and producers defend the show’s earnest tone.
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Hollywood
UPD
James Whitmore
Whitmore
Raymond Burr
Perry Mason
Abraham Lincoln Jones
Mr. Jones
Jim
Jones
Sy Comberg
C-2223 Pain Relief Promises Constant Comfort
An ad touts C-2223 as a proven salicylate remedy for rheumatic pains neuritis muscle aches and arthritis offering fast relief and lasting comfort. It urges regular use and claims many customers call it the old reliable with a money back guarantee on the first bottle.
Eileen Farrell Debuts With Ovations At The Met
New England soprano Eileen Farrell opened in Gluck Alcestis at the Metropolitan Opera. Her first acts showed strain yet earned standing ovations as the audience cheered long after curtain. Gedda, Cassel, Marsh, Leinsdorf led a new production with English translation.
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New York
Metropolitan Opera
Eileen Farrell
New England
Gluck
Alcestis
Miss Farrell
Kirsten Flagstad
Met
Michael Manuel
Nicolai Gedda
Admetus
Thessaly
Walter Cassel
Calvin Marsh
Erich Leinsdorf
Churchill Prose Declared Awful by British Writer
Sir Winston Churchill, Nobel laureate for literature in 1953, is called a very bad writer by Malcolm Muggeridge. Muggeridge said Churchill is honored for terrific service to the Empire, but his prose style is the worst penned by man during an audience at Winthrop College in Rock Hill South Carolina.
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Rock Hill
S.c
UPI
Sir Winston Churchill
Malcolm Muggerridge
Punch
Winthrop College
Churchill
Empire
Laos Faces Three-Way Power Struggle With Rough Parity
Western observers in Vientiane report a three-cornered fight for Laos control with roughly equal military strength among the neutralist Souvanna Phouma forces, the rightist Revolutionary Committee led by Boun Oum and Phoumi, and the Pathet Lao. Souvanna's side boasts 7500 troops in the capital area and warehoused materiel, while Phoumi units concentrate around Savannakhet and Pakse with paratrooper contingents, and Pathet Lao guerrillas total about 8000 nationwide, including 5000 regulars and 2000 followers benefiting from border support.
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Vientiane
Laos
UPI
Southeast Asia
Souvanna Phouma
Kong le
Souvanna Pouma
Revolutionary Committee
Prince Boun Oum Na Champassak
Phoumi Nosavan
Phoumi
Savannakhat
Pakse
Thailand
Vien
Tiane
Savannakhet
Pathet Lao
Prince Souphanouvong
Attopeu
Viet Nam
Phong Saly
China
Follers
Tiao Somsanith
Santa Heads to Korean Orphanage With 10000 Pounds Gifts
Honolulu AP reports a New Hampshire National Guard C97 transport carries 10000 pounds of toys clothing and food bound for a Korean orphanage. Lt Horace D Verry in Seoul coordinates with Santa's helper and hometown paper response. Five tons of material result with Air Guard aiding as a training flight.
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Honolulu
Santa Claus
New Hampshire National Guard
Seoul
Santa
Horace D. Verry
Keene (N.H
Also Mentioned on This Page
Voice OF Broadway
Tony Martin
Victor Records
Billy Wilder
Norway
Billy
Y Lawyer
Joe Finnigan
Louisville
Dexter
Calvert Frantom
Jee
Stearh
Iamonds
Williance Hiege
Ste
FED
Aur
Atisys
America
Ordon's “Quality Jewelers
Dessard Street
Ogee
KEENE
Monroe
Winnsboro
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