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...marathon of press conferences and tours, the first U.S. newsmen permitted into Cuba since the invasion were treated to the spectacle of Castro the leader, Castro the soldier, Castro the continental showman. The correspondents had barely unpacked their suitcases when Castro in vited them into his office in the Agrarian Reform Building for a two-hour interview. Next day, it was off on a 14-hour guided tour past cheering collections of collectivized peasants to the Bay of Pigs...
Part newsman, part showman, Von Wiegand brought to foreign correspondence a Sunday-supplement excitement that never waned. When the Hearst papers chartered the Graf Zeppelin in 1929 for a global flight, Von Wiegand, at 55, was as eager to ride it as he was to rush to Manila early in December 1941, at 67, sensing another war. And when war broke out, Karl von Wiegand stood so close to it-at the end of Manila's Pier 7 during a Japanese bomber attack-that concussion permanently damaged the retinas of both eyes. Captured later by the Japanese in company...
Died. Jos'eph E. Howard, 94, veteran showman, author of 28 musical comedies, more than 500 songs (I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now), an ebullient entertainer for eight decades who married his ninth wife at 87, had just finished a benefit show, was blowing a kiss to his accompanist when he collapsed on the stage of the Civic Opera House; in Chicago...
...Smoke. Using a method that has helped change the pattern of U.S. film distribution, Showman Levine circulates his pictures by saturation. After an initial advertising barrage he opens a film in as many as 600 theaters at once, nearly twice the number Hollywood has traditionally used for major releases. The film that put the Levine system on the international map was 1959's Hercules, an Italian-made potboiler. He bought the U.S. rights for $120,000 and promoted the film with well over $1,000,000; it took in $18 million at the box office. Levine has more...
...offer Frankie $5,000 for a one-shot appearance. Meanwhile, the Royal Poinciana Playhouse had begun its fourth season with The Skin of Our Teeth, which will soon leave on a State Department tour of Europe, with Helen Hayes, Leif Erickson, June Havoc and Helen Menken. With Artist-Showman Salvador Dali. Bandleader Sammy Kaye, Mime Marcel Marceau, Actor-Singer Russell Nype. Hollywood Profile George Hamilton and Actress Susan Kohner also in town for highly varied reasons, there was more than ample fuel for the increasing celebrity-consciousness of Palm Beach's younger generation...