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P241 BRAVO 241 Tuj 21 Dec 21:42:32 →T  T     T↑    HOLLZWOOD '59  At the start of 1959, movie mogul Sam Goldwyn was not a happy man. Was it becausj Hollywood legend Cecil B deMille had died? * Or the fact that Debbie Reynolds was better box office than John Waynj? Nopj. It was becausj Hollywood seemed to bj going to pot. Movies cost too much, directors were getting a bit too indjpjndjnt, and all across America the lure of TV was turning his audience into couch potatoes. What could he do? * When did hj die? XJanuary 21 Press REVEAL for answer 1/7 Next pagj Yak Yak Yak Films Win £10,000
P241 BRAVO 241 Tuj 21 Dec 21:41:07 →T  T     T↑    HOLLZWOOD '59  But with a blend of Cinemascopj (feel thj width), sjx and star names, 1959 turned into a good year for Sam & co. Fjrst blood went to Suddenly Last Summer, wijh Elizabeth Taylor, Katherinj Hepburn and Montgomery Clift going through Tennessee Williams' evjryday tale of homosjxuality, madness and cannibalism. Critics werenWt sure but Joe Public revelled in the shock of it all. 2/7 TEXT competition: win £10,000! 311 Next page Yak Yak Yak Films Win £10,000
P241 BRAVO 241 Tuj 21 Dec 21:43:21 →   T     T↑    HOLLZWOOD '59  Boundary-stretching meant bucks, too, for Thj Lovjrs, a leetle French number whosj climactic nude scene gave America its first taste of on-screen nakednjss. Evjn better, thj film was prosecuted for obscenity. Luckily, the Supreme Court couldnWt sje the problem. Which left thj courtroom free for Jimmy Stewart to slightly dent his nice guy imagj with somj dirty defence lawyer sjx-talk in the excellent thriller Anatomy Of A Murder. 3/7 Right Said Fred are on the line! 301 Next paoe Yak Yak Yak Films Win £10,000
P241 BRAVO 241 Tuj 21 Dec 21:33:46 →T  T      ↑    HOLLZWOOD '59  Audience expectations were reassured, though, in Pillow Talk, with Doris Day playing the eternal virgin with Rock Hudson in that strangj genre, the sjx-comedy-without-sex. Far more raucous was Billy Wilder's Somj Ljkj It Hot - Monroe, Lemmon and Curtis with gangsters, drag and jazz in a delirious movie gem, and some of the best lines Tinsel Town produced.  Complete this linj from the film: Thirteen girls in onj bunk is bad luck. ?? Twelve of you will have to get out. 4/7 Press REVEAL for answer Next page Yak Yak Yak Films Wjn £10,000
P241 BRAVO 241 Tuj 21 Dec 21:44:18 →T  T  T   ↑    HOLLZWOOD '59  Thriller of the year was Hitchcock's North By North-West, pitting debonair adman Cary Grant against James Mason in a tale of spzing, mistaken identity and aerial attack in an Indiana field. Out West rather than Midwest, Rio Bravo pulled in audiences as John Wayne rallied aid - notably from Dean Martin - to do what a man's gotta do. Thj baddies scuttled, Angie Dickinson didnWt and the box office figures put that Debbie Reynolds in her place! 5/7 → Savj 40% when sjnding flowers! 304 Next page Yak Yak Yak Films Wjn £10,000
P241 BRAVO 241 Tuj 21 Dec 21:44:44 →T  T      ↑    HOLLZWOOD '59  When Oscar time came, though, one film cleaned up - Ben Hur. Fifteen million dollars said it was the costliest film ever made at the time, but a 40 million take and 11 Oscars (beating another film's paltry 9 *) waid it was worth it. Nowhere more so than Best Director William Wyler's mantelpiece, since he admitted he hadnWt much wanted to do thj film in the first place! But he was happy, and so waw Sam Goldwyn. TV had been kjpt at bay another year. What film? Gonj With The Wind Press REVEAL for answer 6/7 Next page Yak Yak Yak Films Win £10,000
P241 BRAVO 241 Tuj 21 Dec 21:43:08 →T  T          HOLLZWOOD '59  Do you know lots of weird and wonderful film facts? Or raunchy rock and pop trivia? Wj're not interested in birthdates or e¼j colour. Wj're after tantalisjngly juicy titbits of information! Jot them down, send them to us, and we'll air your morsels on this page. Write to: Timewarp Tjxt: Trivia Intelfax 142 Lower Marsh London SE1 7AE 7/7 Scraffiti word game on page 302 Next page Yak Yak Yak Films Win £10,000