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...pursuit of Rita Hayworth and her debt-ridden husband. Crooner Dick Haymes, by Dick's creditors began to resemble the chase sequence in a grade B western. Earlier this month Dick and Rita barricaded themselves in a Manhattan ho tel suite, while outside two deputy sheriffs waited to serve Dick with an alimony arrears warrant sworn out by his second wife, Cinemactress Joanne Dru. Last week in Greenwich, Conn., more sheriff's men, took up a vigil in the 14-room furnished mansion Haymes had rented. This time, Rita and groom were charged by their landlord with being...
Divorced. Johnnie Ray, 27, sobbing crooner-composer (The Little White Cloud That Cried); by Marilyn Morrison Ray, 23, daughter of a Hollywood nightclub owner; after 19 months of marriage, a year's separation; in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico...
Bing Crosby Show (CBS-TV). The Crooner's first regular telecast, a long time abrewing, arrived last week with an unmistakable thud. The filmed show was reminiscent of many of the earliest TV efforts: Crosby spent much of his time standing in front of a stage curtain, delivering mild jokes that were greeted with uproarious laughter supplied by a film sound track. Jack Benny appeared as a foil and traded fairly predictable banter with Crosby. Bing sang four songs, danced with a chorus, and was so smothered in facial makeup as to be expressionless. The most exciting thing...
...European anthropologists that the U.S. vibrates to the theme of "Mom," so songwriters waste little time exploring the sentimental possibilities of Dad.* Last month, nonetheless, Victor picked up a sugary little number called Oh! My Papa, which had been written for a Swiss musical comedy, and gave it to Crooner Eddie Fisher. For good measure it threw in a lush accompaniment, including a gaudy trumpet obbligato. Sample lyric...
Charles Boyer in a scene from Don Juan in Hell, Crooner Julius La Rosa, Soprano Roberta Peters...