Above: another rare Japanese promo sheet, this one advertising Rashamen oman: ame no Oranda-zaka, aka, Foreigner’s Mistress Oman: Holland Slope in the Rain. The eyes in question belong to Sally May, aka Sally Mei, who in addition to acting put together a singing career in Japan. We have another rare promo involving gambling geishas here. Rashamen oman: ame no Oranda-zaka premiered in Tokyo today in 1972.
1960—Woodward Gets First Star on Walk of Fame
Actress Joanne Woodward receives the first star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Los Angeles sidewalk at Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street that serves as an outdoor entertainment museum. Woodward was one of 1,558 honorees chosen by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce in 1958, when the proposal to build the sidewalk was approved. Today the sidewalk contains more than 2,300 stars.