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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1960
Page
2
The Press Telegram lists starting times for feature films at Long Beach cinemas. Schedules include titles such as Defiant, Hercules, and Kidnaped with showings and theater numbers as provided by managers.
A requiem mass was offered for John de Lacy Van Epps 81 former assistant director of the silent film serial The Perils of Pauling. Van Epps died Thursday after a long illness in Fort Lee New Jersey.
In Southend England magistrates ruled the unexpurgated edition of Lady Chatterleys Lover obscene after reading marked passages from 293 volumes seized from William Borthwick's lending library. Penguin Books faces an Old Bailey trial for publishing an obscene book, with a literary merit challenge planned.
London reports reveal John Brennan, 23, a penniless baker, persuaded the Savoy Hotel he was a Hollywood magnate. He racked up a $197 four day bill and $557 in car rental, sent roses to Anna Neagle, and billed meals with a 15 percent waiter tip. He was sentenced to 18 months in prison for defrauding the Savoy and a rental firm.
Leonard Bernstein chose to finance a new stage top at Memorial Auditorium in Chattanooga rather than wait for a $750,000 remodel. The New York Philharmonic conductor, in town for a rehearsal with the orchestra, suggested building a simple backstage baffle using a plan he would finance himself, costing about $100.
The Al Kelly and Miller Brothers Circus lost two workers and halted four Sutter Creek performances after an elephant truck crash on Highway 50 near Placerville. Driver Harry Smalley lost brake control, veered into oncoming traffic, and his vehicle burned. Two circus employees died. three others injured. elephants were unhurt and later led into Placerville.
Los Angeles UPI reports actress Jayne Mansfield won court permission to take her year-old daughter abroad to Greece with her for a movie. The ruling follows terms of Mansfield's divorce from Paul Mansfield and was announced by her public relations representative.
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