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...merger is important for United Artists too. Chairman Robert S. Benjamin and President Arthur B. Krim, who form a kind of Alphonse-and-Gaston partnership, in 15 years have sponsored one of the most remarkable comebacks in show business. Organized in 1919 by Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Charlie Chaplin and D. W. Griffith, United was losing $100,000 a week by 1951. Lawyers Benjamin and Krim (law partners of Louis Nizer) took over, encouraged talented independent producers to make good films for United to bankroll and distribute. The list has since included such successes as Marty, High Noon...
...other select Hollywood, the chance to meet Lynda Bird Johnson came last weekend when handsome Screen Actor Hamilton brought his girl home to meet Mother. The occasion was Lynda's 22nd birthday. Assembled in the $200,000 house, once owned by Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford, were 125 show business celebrities, among them Greer Garson, Natalie Wood, Elke Sommer, Bobby Darin, Jill St. John and Eddie Fisher, who obliged by singing Linda ("When I go to sleep...
...Lawn for the funeral of one of Hollywood's best-loved ones, Jeanette MacDonald. At the gate gawked 1,500 extras, while the supporting players, in the Church of the Recessional, read like a photomontage of yesterday's film clips and more recent headlines. Irene Dunne, Mary Pickford and Nelson Eddy stood in the pews; Barry Goldwater and General Lauris Norstad (now president of Owens-Corning Fiberglas International) were pallbearers. But the star was Miss MacDonald. As her recorded voice sang Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life, a canary caged in the church chimed...
Forget the status, we need the ante. So quoth Thomas Pickford, 41, founder of the Quorum Club, the dimly lit nob nook in Washington's Carroll Arms Hotel where Bobby Baker pursued his hobbies (and stood them to drinks). Ever since Bobby moved into the spotlight, the Q. Club has had difficulty getting its members to form a Quorum. Now Pickford has dispensed with Robert's Rules of Order. "Your admittance card is your wallet," he assures John Q. Public. "View the celebrated nudes. Wine and dine in one of America's most famous clubs...
Tuesday, September 8 HOLLYWOOD: THE GREAT STARS (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). A nostalgic look at Hollywood's legendary figures, narrated by Henry Fonda. Included are scenes with Clark Gable, Mary Pickford, Rudolph Valentino, Humphrey Bogart, Joan Crawford, John Garfield. Repeat...