Donat’s Final Performance Amid Hardship in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
Erskine Johnson recalls Robert Donat at the end of his life filming The Inn of the Sixth Happiness in London. The dying asthmatic actor delivered a moving farewell while colleagues Ingrid Bergman Curt Jurgens and director Mark Robson offered support. The piece also mixes Hollywood Europe notes on The Roots of Heaven with Orson Welles and Darryl Zanuck banter and on set mishaps during Ben Hur filming in Paris and Africa.
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Robert Donat
Donat
Ingrid Bergman
Curt Jurgens
Mark Robson
Cary Grant
Cary
Mr. Chips
London
Glamorville
TWA
Hollywood
Africa
Zanuck
Studio de Boulogne
Paris
Boudiers
Emmy Awards Inspire Studio Leader at Home
Mike Stokey producer of Pantomime Quiz displays three Emmy awards in his living room. One marks the 1947 Pantomime Quiz, another for best performer in 1948, and a Presidential Emmy for his presidency of the Academy of TV Arts and Sciences.
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Mike Stokey
Bost
Academy of TV Arts and Sciences
TV Schedule Clutter Shows Daytime to Late Night Lineup
Fragmented list of TV programs with times and channel notes across morning to midnight. Mentions notable shows like News Weather Markets, Guiding Light, Truth Consequences, Lucid game segments and children’s programs, plus variety and westerns. Contains many entries and guessed station markers.
Comedian Inspires Broadway Stars to Back Actors Fund
Iggie Wolfington started a petition among the Music Man company and others to fund a surprise Sunday performance for the Actors Fund. With about 700 dollars raised, tickets were bought ahead for a benefit showing, clarifying the Lunts’ planned return after a summer vacation.
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NEW York
NEA
Alfred Lunt
Lynn Fontanne
Broadway
The
Actors Fund of America
Lunts
Iggie Wolfington
Wolfington
Actors Fund
Wollfington
Pe- Actors Fund
Music Man
Robert Morse
Say, Darling’ Company
Not Easy but Bob Crosby in Comos Shoes
Hollywood AP Bob Crosby says he escaped daytime TV stigma by stepping into Perry Como's role yet believes networks underestimate daytime viewers. He doubts his remaining on air and plans to stay in New York after subbing for Como this summer.
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Bob Crosby
Como
Hollywood
Perry Como
Bob
NBC
New York
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French Equatorial Africa
River
Kwai
Trevor Howard
Juliette Greco
Errol Flynn
Eddie Albert
Orson Welles
Kwai Bridge
Alec Guinness
Howard
Lumiere
Moteur
Partez
Eiffel Tower
Bob Hope
Charleston
Heston
Ben Hur
Studio Insurance Department
Yakima Canutt
Canutt
Too
David Stone
Roy Rogers
Todey
Love
Godfrey
Dotte
Guiding Light
World Turns
Amos
Andy
Imkietter
Baggis
Big Payott
Brighter Dev
Queen
Dev
American Bendstead
Secret Storm
Arounra Town
Marge
Texas Rangers
Night
Frontier
Capt
Daryl
Action Theater
John Daly
Tots
Robin Hood S
Hegai Boggis Fc
Woody Woodpecker
Superman
Berns & Allen
Restless Gun
Cowtown
Rodge
Broken Arrow
Mr & Mia
Norit
December Bride
Alice Theater
Potka Ge
Bride
Dick Powell
Chace
Weether
Lone Wolf
Varety Theater
Adulum
Star
By Jack P. Gabriel
By Bob Thomas
Lazy Perry
Crosby
Pappas
Recdio Repair
Tv Repair Service
Pappas TV
Hormel
Lane
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