Festival Mexicano lights up San Antonio with folklore
The Symphony Society of San Antonio presents Festival Mexicano on September 14 at the municipal auditorium in tandem with Diez y Seis celebrations. Hector Fink directs the program featuring Graciela Velasco, famed prima ballerina, and a cast trained to preserve authentic Mexican folklore through dance and costume.
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Hollywood Talk Topics And Early Labor Day Notes
Hollywood chatter covers Judy Garland planning a Europe stay amid financial strains and calls for more jobs in Hollywood. Mike Roma praises Laurence Harvey in Instant Prince while Annabelle Power plans a French marriage. The Academy may skip self financing for awards as TV bids rise. Marlon Brando eyes Tahiti and Sophia Loren faces Italy charges. British censor board visits Hollywood and Francoise Sagan comments on Castro.
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Marilyn Monroe in The Majestic Draws Starly Men
Marilyn Monroe headlines attract a string of suitors including the French Xves and Britain's Frankie Vaughn as Cole Porter songst with My Heart Belongs to Daddy. Tony Pandall also features, with guest appearances by Bing Crosby Milton Berle and Gene Kelly adding to the show’s allure.
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Dixieland Dukes Concert at San Antonio Auditorium
The Dukes of Dixieland from New Orleans perform September 20 at the municipal auditorium in San Antonio. KTSA presents with Radio Station KTSA sponsoring and tickets on sale September 6 at KTSA and the box office. Military discount tickets available at Lackland, Kelly, and Randolph AFB clubs.
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Hollywood Star Switches Allegiance To Football In Georgia
Susan Hayward, once a Brooklyn rooter, swaps fandom to the Atlanta club in the new American Football league. She calls Georgia home with husband Eaton Chalkley of Carrollton, says she will help move the sport southeast and may be parked cars at games. The Oscar winner is filming Marriage Go Round with James Mason and Julie Newmar, and recalls a charity lake project where her petticoat fell during a stage moment with the governor in attendance.
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Solid Actress Jeanne Baird Builds Fame and Fortune
Jeanne Baird an actress active in film and television earns high pay for time worked. She owns a citrus ranch and cocktail lounge in Santa Barbara and profits from TV commercials where each airing brings a recurring check. One lucrative Florida citrus promo sparked a notable dispute.
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Drive-ins Offer Wide Weekend Film Lineup
At Woodlawn and Mission North drive-ins this weekend screen fare includes Hercules Unchained with Steve Reeves at Woodlawn and South Pacific with Mitzi Gaynor and Rossano Brazzi at Mission North. Also showing Hell Bent for Leather starring Audie Murphy and Felicia Farr, plus Dino saurus and three other features at Parkair drive-in.
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O'Connor Nabs Baseball Debut After On-Set Distraction
Hollywood report says Donald O'Connor struggled with lines in a Cry for Happy scene with Glenn Ford. Director George Marshall learned he was slated to pitch in a celebrity baseball game before the Dodgers at the Coliseum and sent him off prior to game time.
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Such Is Fame Such Is Fame
AP column recalls Stewart Granger lamenting his divorce from Jean Simmons and the couple's Nogales Arizona ranch going on sale. A Lubbock Texas reader asks who can be contacted to purchase The John Payne ranch in Nogales Ari.
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All the Fine Young Cannibals at the Aztec theater
Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner star as a pair of young lovers in MGM drama All the Fine Young Cannibals at the Aztec theater. Susan Kohner George Hamilton Pearl Bailey co star in a story of youth facing a changing world and the turmoil of love and family pressure.
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Italian sculptress Lia De Leo finds success in Hollywood
Lia De Leo, a sculptress who makes busts of movie stars, earns more than many actresses. She has declined Screen tests, saying she could not afford to be an actress, and chose her path in Hollywood.
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