Word: hollywood
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...marble statue of filmdom's Oscar, which Mike won for Around the World in 80 Days (still busy at the box offices). No inscription would mar the marble, said David, adding thoughtfully: "We would want to keep the memorial simple." But at week's end Hollywood's Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences warned that rights to reproduction of the Oscar are strictly forbidden, and no exceptions will be made-even for Mike...
...rakish despite some uncharacteristic makeup (for one of his rare TV appearances in a filmed mellerdrama), veteran Hoofer Fred Astaire, 60, shared a grin on the set with misty-eyed Daughter Ava (she pronounces it Ah-va), 16, who with Daddy's encouragement studies drama at her tony Hollywood finishing school, does her lab work in local amateur theatricals...
...most thunderous roar to come out of the West in recent years has been caused by Hollywood stars stampeding toward that newer, more refreshing substitute for the old water hole-the tax hole. As stars went into business for themselves or took percentages instead of salaries, Hollywood's finances have become more spectacular and complex than its love life...
...willing to come in on the same ducal terms. Of the rest of the pie, 20% each went to the backers of the whole deal (Mirisch Co.), to the distributor (United Artists), and to Mahin-Rackin. Said Wheeler-Dealer Marty Rackin as Horse Soldiers was being readied for release: "Hollywood's gone crazy. It'll have to find its level again when all this dies down...
torn thumb. The familiar tall story and its tiny hero, tastefully refurbished by Hollywood. Grimm would never recognize its goofy love plot or its gay puppets, but the kids may like it better than the grim original...