Broadway gossip and show business notes across high society
A brisk survey of theater and film chatter highlights Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley disc rivals, Roy Cohn sightings, and upcoming casts. Highlights include Margaret O’Brien ready to sign for Jed Harris’ Child of Fortune, Robert Mitchum pursuing a crooner career, and Marlene Dietrich’s Monte Carlo Story choice linked to Vittorio De Sica.
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Margaret O'Brien
Jed Harris
Eydie Gorme
David Hart
Howell Conant
Grace Kelly
Max Liebman
Virginia Darcy
Grace
Marlene Dietrich
Monte Carlo
Vittorio de Sica
Price Pearson tie leads CBS to review 64 000 Challenge result
An apparent slip by host Sonny Fox during The $64,000 Challenge prompted CBS to review the playoff between Vincent Price and Bill Pearson for the art category. Both identified eight famous signatures and shared the $64,000 win, with producers to study footage to determine next steps.
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New York
Vincent Price
Bill Pearson
Cbs-Tv
CBS
Sonny Fox
Pearson
Art
Price
Radio TV gossip on early TV season shifts and star moves
Industry chatter in New York outlines producer and director firings, reworked sketches, and TV talent moves. Nat Kiken hawks decades of material, Patti Page uses Perry tapes, Dumont marks 25 years, and ABC notes Lone Ranger appeal. John Royal rises at NBC while CBS hints at Lou Cowan promotion. Financials include Pat Buttram on Autry sponsorship and Walter Winchell's $40,000 weekly package.
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INS
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Hank Sylvern
Godfrey
Groucho
A. Murray
Nat Kiken
Phil Silvers
Patti Page
Perry
Dumont TV
Abc-Tv
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Kevin
John F. Royal
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CBS
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Lloyds of London
Steve Allen
Bambi Linn
Rod Alexander
Fred Coe
United Artists
Fred
Paul Newman
Elvis- The-Pelvis Presley
Billy the Kid
Miltie
Europe
Walter Winchell
Motel to rise on Ocean House site once home of Marion Davies
Hollywood’s Ocean House will be torn down to make way for a drive in motel. The sprawling former Davies estate once worth millions featured fifty five bathrooms a 110 foot marble pool and rooms from Burton Hall Ireland and Sutton Surrey. Owner Joseph Crown plans to preserve the two other buildings as a beach club while demolishing the main house for the new development.
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Averell Harriman
Marilyn Monroe
Elvis Presley
Roy Cohn
Darlene Starr
Miami Beach
Gina Lollobrigida
Florida
Hollywood
Ocean House
Marion Davies
Versailles
Santa Monica Palisades
Pacific Sands
Joseph Crown
Davies
Sand and Sea Club
Thomas Huber
Rathsheller
Surrey
Burton Hall
County Jlare
Ireland
Sutton
Joe E. Brown
Mayo Clinic
Frank Sinatra
Spain
Ed Murrow
Michael Giesler
Jerry Giesser
Plymouth House
Jerry Lee
David Niven
David
Europe
Ava Gardner
Socialists urge Japan to oppose Okinawa land plan
The Japanese Socialist party called on the government to actively oppose the U S military land requisition program on Okinawa. A spokesman said the United States seems to plan semi permanent bases and urged steps to win Okinawa’s return to Japan from under U S supervision.
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Japanese Socialist Party
U.S
Okinawa
United States
Japan
Island
U.S. Superivision
Hollywood Talk: Wendy Hiller, Laughton, and film plans
Hollywood gossip notes Wendy Hiller signings for Something of Value with Rock Hudson and Dana Wynter after a London stint with Old Vic. It reports Laughton and Paul Gregory severing ties, future projects The Bridge over the River Kwai and The Naked and the Dead, and mentions The Bad Seed cast and other industry tidbits.
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Wendy
Old Vic
London
Mon Pandro Berman
Rock Hudson
Dana Wynter
Laughton
Ceylon
Kwai
Sam Spiegel
David Lean
Gregory
Local Theater Listings Mix Denotes Era Program Titles
A collage of theater cards lists various programs and films across Sarasota Bradenton Palmetto and nearby venues. Titles include The Great Locomotive The Arctic Egypt Mamie Stover Diabolique Inferno Flame of the Islands and Soldier of Fortune among others in a regional revue season.
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Mr. Siesta
Islands
Bradenton
Paa
Eisenhower Gifted Bicycle by Orlando Boys Club
The Orlando Boys Club sent President Eisenhower a bicycle and urged him to take up riding as advised by heart specialist Dr. Paul Dudley White. The telegram invites him to attend the national amateur bicycle races in Orlando on July 14 and 15 to aid his speedy recovery.
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Orlando
New TV producer Herridge lauded for original Studio One work
New York reports Robert Herridge, producer of Studio One Summer Theatre on CBS 8 TV, is recognized for developing long before his Steinbeck adaptation Flight. His aim is to craft a gallery of distinct characters focused on character development to engage viewers.
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New York
Robert Herridge
Studio One Summer Theatre
Cbs8-Tv
John Steinbeck
Camera Three
CBS
Studio One
Richard de Roy
Herridge
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