Hollywood Talent Scout Story From Joyce Selznick
Hollywood talent scout Joyce Selznick recalls scouting across colleges and theatres to discover future stars for MGM Blood Song. She cites Dack Rambo and Rebecca Franklin as breakout finds and stresses craft, schooling, and open doors in casting. Selznick lists four key traits: energy need talent and intelligence.
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Hollywood
Clover
Joyce Selznick
Columbia Pictures
Frank Converse
Storrs University
Connecticut
Miss Selznick
Blood Song
MGM
Hugh Benson
Elliot Silverstein
Silverstein
Joyce
Rebecca Smith
England
Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts
Tony Curtis
Faye Dunaway
Robert Redford
Godfrey Cambridge
George C. Scott
Jack Nicholson
Cambridge
New York
Vaughan Williams Folk Roots Shape Nine Symphonies
Andre Previn conducts the London Symphony Orchestra recording all nine Vaughan Williams symphonies. A Sea Symphony to Symphony No. 9 in E minor, with London imagery in the London Symphony and Pastoral Symphony noted for its folk music bedrock. The article highlights the composer’s debt to folk song and his Elizabethan themed pieces, plus contemporary reviews of related records.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Andre Previn
London Symphony Orchestra
Walt Whitman
United States
RCA
Previn
Vaughan Williams
London
America
Ravel
Debussy
England
Elizabeth
Carman
John
Soul Lovers
Kim Fowley
Capitol Records
Kim
Fowley
Dennis Rousso
MGM
Rousso
Pat Buttram Spreads Talent Across Hollywood and Beyond
Hollywood comic Pat Buttram, famed for Mr Haney on Green Acres, credits poverty roots in Addison Alabama and says Hollywood still holds opportunity. He writes jokes for Gov Reagan and Festus Curtis, pens a baseball joke book selling nationwide, and continues performing as a versatile emcee and writer.
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Pat
Hollywood
McGovern
Pat Buttram
Addison
Alabama
Green Acres
Mr. Haney
Eddie Fisher
Eddy Arnold
Ronald Reagan
New York Mets
Mets
Gene Autry
Chicago
Ken
Festus) Curtis
Festus
Peter Marshall on television boos and game show life
In a guest column Peter Marshall, longtime host of NBCs Hollywood Squares, explains handling wrong and accepted answers, panel dynamics, and the weeklong filming grind. He notes returning contestants, praises Zsa Zsa Gabor as cooperative, and describes spontaneity versus briefings, with contestants aiming for victory and cash.
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Cynthia Lowry
Peter Marshall
NBC
Wally Cox
Burbank
Zsa
Zsa Gabor
Hitler
Rolling Stones adopt mail in lottery tickets at Madison Square Garden
In New York the Rolling Stones will use a mail in postcard system for three Madison Square Garden concerts. A CPA firm will randomly select cards, a computer screens for duplicates, and winners receive official notification to buy up to four tickets for $6.30 each.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Certified Public Accountants
Bronson Hottest Actor in Europe Captures Attention
Association Press reports Charles Bronson, built like a college wrestler with a striking face, has become the hottest attraction in Europe. He cites European producers seeking international markets and contrasts American cinema’s national focus. DeLaurentiis calls him the day’s biggest draw. Bronson's career rose from Lithuanian immigrant roots in a coal town to film stardom through Westerns and war films, shaping his view of Hollywood casting limits.
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Bob Thomas
Associated Press
Hollywood
Charles Bronson
Europe
Madrid
Rome
Bronson
Dino DeLaurentiis
Valachi
Pennsylvania
Buchinsky
Charlie
Philadelphia
Pasadena Playhouse
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Pike
Kmom-Tv
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Marcus Welby
M.D
Dick Cavett
Kosa-Tv
Walter Cronkite
Jerry Reed
General Electric
Williams
Kmid-Tv
Peyton Place
Donny Hathaway
Atco Records
Donny
Kbim-Tv
CBS News
KBIM
Gem
Xs and
Vea Television Lab
Pecos Cablevision
Dick Turner
David
Goliath
Thanx
Jules Henry Marr
JL Dn
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Cleveland
Ohio
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