Peggy Lee and the changing face of a jazz icon
The reminiscence traces Peggy Lee from Benny Goodman’s band to a later stage persona. It contrasts her early buoyant rhythm with a later, more theatrical approach, noting mixed audience reactions and the journalist’s personal take on her career arc. It also notes Hollywood reports about Sally Stanford and the cast for The Agony and the Ecstasy.
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Joe Williams
Jimmy Rushing
Benny
Miss Lee
Martha Tilton
Ella Fitzgerald
Pearl Bailey
Hollywood Isn't Dead. Twenty One Pictures In Making
Hollywood remains vibrant with 21 films in production and more ahead. The piece notes strong output vs Paris London and Rome, cites star power from Bette Davis to James Stewart, and highlights lower California costs and ongoing imports decline fueling Hollywood productions.
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Hollywood
Vernon Scott
UPI
Paris
London
Rome
Baloney
Bette Davis
Joan Crawford
James Garner
Frank Sinatra
Glenn Ford
Eva Marie Saint
Tony Curtis
Debbie Reynolds
Rock Hudson
Jack Lemmon
Robert Taylor
Barbara Stanwyck
Dean Martin
Kim Novak
Jerry Lewis
James Stewart
Columbia
MGM
20Th Century -Fox
Seven
Universal
Warners
United States
Brigitte Bardot
Broadway Gossip Mix at Radio City and Beyond
The Voice of Broadway notesmayar Wagner may arbitrate a Radio City dispute with a likely AGVA strike demanding a 15 percent raise. Summer box office hopes rise as The Unsinkable Molly Brown looms. Irina Demich teases a secret French boyfriend amid Longest Day buzz. Dyan Cannon stays with Cary Grant in Montego Bay. Peter Sellers’ heart attack cost insurers 1.5 million. Anthony Quinn eyeing permanent Europe. Suzy Parker quips about Texas. Milton Berle and Ruth share a table with Billy Rose as Berle recalls earlier clashes. Caribbean Pavilion eyes $10,000 for a July night, while Pierre Salinger’s blurbs promise to speak for presidents.
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Wagner
Radio City Music Hall
AGVA
Music Hall
Mollie Brown
Irina Demich
Dyan Cannon
Cary Grant
Robert Preston
Ben Frankin
Paris
New York
Cary
Montego Bay
Peter Sellers
Anthony Quinn
Caribbean
Abbe Lane
Concord
Pierre Salinger
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Peggy Lee
Polly Adler
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Sally Stanford
San Francisco
Diane Cilento
Charlton Heston
Rex Harrison
20Th Century Fox
Rodgers & Hammerstein
Rossano
Brazz
Mitz Gaynor
Jon Kerr
Frank Nuyen
California
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Willys
Coronado
Calif
Billy Wilder
New Castle
Caravan
Sahara Lounge
Dave Day
3 Sons
Ronnie Reenez
Jill Jeffrie
Castellano, Mer
Etween Kop
Scolor
Ms Techniscope
Samson
SIAVE
Columbia Ncnresseux
William Holden
Alec Guinness
Jack Hawkins
Alma Spegel
EAS
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Tonite
Ember Club
E. Long Ave
Senenan Kerr
Nancy Mills
1Oun Mills
Cross Hunter's
the Ghale Garden’ Technicolor
Walt Disney Thomasina
Bintrapetion Co. Be
Wel Graney
Pollock & OL
Friendship
Talk OF the Town
Sausage and Pizza Center
United Ste
the Invisible Invaders
John Agar
John Caradine
Ispentea Serpent Girl
the Voice of Broadway
Greece
Europe
Texas
Suzy Parker
Goodies
Tropics
Milton Berle
Ruth
Billy Rose
Billy
Miltie
IBM
Ighty Viking Advent
Richard Widmark
Sidney Poitier
New Castle's
Wonder Boy
Slim Jim
Morgan
Morgans
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