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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1966
Page
2
Theater managers publish starting times for features in Long Beach venues. Entries include mixed lines with show titles and times, though the OCR text is garbled. Affected details involve first- and second-run films and audience notes.
Loren Driscoll of Scottsbluff Neb made his Metropolitan Opera debut Friday as David in Wagner Die Meistersinger. Harold C Schonberg of the New York Times noted his voice was full and his acting may improve with experience after Broadway work as Freddy in My Fair Lady.
Review notes a brisk farce with Anthony Perkins Connie Stevens and Dick Benjamin in The Star Spangled Girl. Neilmin Loren Driscoll delivers a fine debut as the apprentice with engaging stage presence and the production, directed by George Axelrad, entertains with swift pacing and polished performances at Plymouth theater.
Comedian Bob Hope pressed for a rapid win in Vietnam at a Saigon news conference, announcing his 15th annual Christmas tour for American troops. He praised service members and recalled the audience warmth, as Premier Ky and Gen. Westmoreland attended.
The sixth wife of Rooney files for divorce claiming mental and physical cruelty after a three month marriage. The judge bars disposal of assets as hearings set. The article notes Rooney’s late fifth wife Ann Thomson and roving USO shows in Vietnam with entertainers and a growing USO presence. O'Donnell discusses facilities and recruitment amid war risks and entertainer attendance shifts.
In Saigon USO head Rosie O'Donnell Jr. said the organization spent about $1 million of its $5.3 million 1966 budget on Vietnam activities and expects similar for 1967. He noted Defense Department requests for increased support but cited limited resources and ongoing political and moral objections to the war.
In San Francisco the Talbot family accompanied actor Lyle Talbot of The Odd Couple touring the Curran theater. Mrs Talbot and their four children carried a seven foot Christmas tree through the St. Francis Hotel lobby to decorate their suite. Talbot says he could not spend Christmas at home and invited his wife’s family and three nieces and nephews from Los Angeles.
A UPI report notes readers in Western Europe and the Far East will see William Manchester’s unedited account of John F. Kennedy’s assassination. Mrs. Kennedy secured deletions in the US Look serialization, while Stern plans full publication in West Germany. Formosa printers reportedly hold copies, and Taipei bans the uncut work.
Masonite services were held today for Harry Beaumont, director of The Broadway Melody and one of the 100 great films, as reported in Santa Monica.
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