Word: hollywoodized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...years, Entertainer Rudy Vallee has been fond of a Paris street sign that says "Rue de Vallée." When Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty suggested to Vallee that the street to his Hollywood Hills home be rechristened to match the sign, the entertainer proceeded with the rechristening-helped along by a Yorty appointment to the city traffic commission. Two of Rudy's neighbors were not amused, protesting so angrily that the embarrassed public works committee tabled the idea. Determined to carry the matter to the city council, Rudy says: "It will enhance the value of the property along...
...there. Sometimes Lumet attempts to send up other movies: a one-sided encounter between Angelo and his paralyzed father is an inept parody of Jack Nicholson's monologue in Five Easy Pieces. The film also mercilessly mocks a homosexual antiques dealer, with Martin Balsam, as they say in Hollywood, "cast against the part...
Married. Mama Cass Elliott, 27, brobdingnagian belter of pop-rock tunes; and Donald von Wiedenman, 27, writer-actor and heir to a Bavarian barony; she for the second time, he for the first; in West Hollywood...
Last year Franklin Mint literally coined $45.8 million in commemorative medals, which "honor" everyone from U.S. Presidents to the Hollywood stars. First-quarter sales for 1971 rose to $11.9 million, nearly double those of a year ago. The medals are sold in series of up to 200 to subscribers, who pay about $3.25 each for bronze copies, $10.50 for silver and as much as $1,000 for platinum. The intrinsic value of the silver, for example, is slightly less than a quarter of the sales price. Altogether, some 300,000 persons have signed up for one or another of Franklin...
Divorced. Vic Damone, 43, Brooklyn-born supper-club crooner; and Judy Rawlins, 35, onetime television actress; after seven years of marriage, three children (he has a fourth child by Screen Star Pier Angeli); in Hollywood. Though he revealed in court that he is nearly broke and is considering bankruptcy. Damone agreed to support payments of $2,100 per month...