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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. Louis Calhern (real name: Carl Henry Vogt), 61, tall (6 ft. 3 in.), topflight. Brooklyn-born character actor of stage (King Lear) and screen (The Magnificent Yankee, Julius Caesar); of a heart attack, while on location with the M-G-M company of The Teahouse of the August Moon; in Nara, Japan...
Died. Jed Prouty, 77, veteran (since 1894) actor of stage (Something for the Boys), screen (Daddy Jones in "The Jones Family" series), and radio (father to The Aldrich Family); in Manhattan...
Figure of Fantasy. Actress Monroe stands 5 ft. 5½ in. in her stocking feet (5 ft. 9 in. in the stiletto heels her roles require), and she is a little leaner (118 Ibs.) than she looks on the screen. In a sweater, as everybody can see, she is a standout; "I defy gravity," says Marilyn. In skintight toreador pants, she manages to make the world's most famous come-on out of a simple walkaway, and Marilyn's face, by popular standards, is as spectacular as her figure...
...Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Marilyn showed her talent for comedy. In Bits Stop she has a chance to show what she can do with the first part she has ever played that is any deeper than her makeup. In Sleeping Prince she will have to hold the screen against Sir Laurence Olivier, one of the most accomplished actors of the English-speaking world. Next winter, it was reported last week, Marilyn will tackle Aristophanes' Lysistrata on TV, and she is deadly determined that some day she will play Grushenka in The Brothers Karamazov...
Divorced. Henry Fonda. 51, drawling actor of stage (The Caine Mutiny Court Martial), screen (Mr. Roberts) and TV; by Susan Blanchard, 27, his third wife, sometime actress and stepdaughter of Producer-Lyricist Oscar (Oklahoma!) Hammerstein II; after five years of marriage, one child; in Reno...