It's A Mad World Greatest Motion Picture Comedy Ever
A United Artists release describes the ambitious comedy It's A Mad Mad Mad World as a large scale production with a star studded cast led by Spencer Tracy Milton Berle Sid Caesar Buddy Hackett and others. Filmed across Southern California from Palm Springs to beaches the project set a 6 million budget and a 305 page script with a near year long shoot from April to November featuring 19 stuntmen and 14 wrecked cars. Ernest Gold provided the score played by a 97 piece Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.
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William
Tania Rose
Kramer
Spencer Tracy
Milton Berle
Sid Caesar
Buddy Hackett
Ethel Merman
Mickey Rooney
Dick Shawn
Phil Silvers
Terry Thomas
Jonathan Winters
Edie Adams
Dorothy Provine
Jimmy Durante
Eddie “Rochester” Anderson
Jim Backus
Ben Blue
Peter Falk
Paul Ford
Leo Gorcey
Edward Everett Horton
Allen Jenkins
Marvin Kaplan
Buster Keaton
Mike Mazurki
Madlyn Rhue
Arnold Stang
United Artists
Keystone Kops
Hollywood
Tts
California
Ernest Gold
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Hollywood Stars Spill News From Southland
Hollywood gossip spans Glenn Ford's son Peter injuring himself in Beverly Hills rain and Judy Garland's Las Vegas wedding with Mark Herron. Theo dore Bikel performs on North Beach, Marlene Dietrich tours Australia, and Tara Ashton delays Mexico nuptials. Suzanne Fleshette and Bill Bixby reunite at Matheo’s.
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Hollywood
Glenn Ford
Peter
Beverly Hills
Betty Jane Royale
Loretta Young
Judy Garland
Mark Herron
Las Vegas
Marvin Hime
Mark
Judy
Sahara Hotel
Pamela
Guy McElwaine
Eddie Fisher
Arthur Loew Jr
Eleanor Dudley
Mort Viner
Don Rickles
Paris festival gets new director and HQ
The Theater of Nations festival in Paris names Jean-Louis Barrault as overseer replacing A.M. Julien, who remains honorary. Visiting groups will exhibit in Barrault's Theater de France, moving from Sarah Bernhardt.
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Paris
Jean-Louis Barrault
A.M. Julien
Barrault
Theater de France
Milk Purchasing Plans Discussed in Alliance
An Alliance meeting brought four officials from Leprino Cheese Co in Denver to discuss hauling Grade B milk locally. Attendees included Jim Le Prino, Harold Downing, Les Kielsmeier, and Jack Meador. County agents from Box Butte Dawes Sheridan Morrill counties praised survey work and expressed openness to developing area dairy herds. Prospects attracted more prospects.
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Alliance
Le-Prino Cheese Manufacturing Co
Denver
Chadron
Rushville
Bridgeport
Jim le Prino
Harold Downing
Les Kielsmeier
Jack Meador
LePrine
Downing
Box Butte
Dawes
Sheridan
Morrill
Prize set up in New York for unproduced plays
The American National Theater and Academy created an annual playwriting award in honor of the late Robert Hamilton Bishop SI who died in 1963. The prize offers $2,000 cash to a writer whose work has not yet been produced for profit and reflects Bishop’s advocacy for small theaters and copyright reform.
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New York
American National Theater and Academy
Robert Hamilton Bishop SI. Bishop
Musical Arena Theater Association
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Los Angeles
Ford
Bedford Drive
Betty Jane
Theodore Bikel
San Francisco
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Theodore
Marlene Dietrich
Ellie Sommer
Joe Hyams
Jack Scher
Moira Stanley
Elke
Tara Ashton
Robert Dix
Mexico
Robert
Suzanne Fleshette
Bill Bixby
Matteo’s
Bill
Suzanne
Australia
Beverly Rodeo
Sydney
Melbourne
Tim Considine
Charlotte Stewart
Italy
Nassau
Giselle MacKenzie
Allen Susman
Bob Shutterworth
Features Syndicate
Telegraph
Fox Theatre
Dad
Bugs Bunny
Peter Ford
Kirby Vacuum
Kirby
Dis
Ber
Kirby’s
North Platte
Nebraska
Sidney
the Telegraph
the Fox
Carol
Cbs
Kent Sii
Ornca A.M
Bunny
UPA
Filaarival
Terry - Thomas
Deity News
Boston Record-American
Stanley Kramer
Tsa
Don Knotts
Shig Ay Thaire
el National General Corp
Steak House
Illinois
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