TV schedules fever and fading hits prompt shakeups
The column notes major TV changes as Person to Person ends Thursday after a long run, CBS shifts shows due to ratings, and NBC reels from western overuse. Jackie Gleason debuts You're in the Picture January 20, with panelists behind a moving frame. Mitch Miller's Sing Along debuts June 27, replacing earlier concepts, amid network shifts and cautionary career warnings.
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Mr. Garland
Gleason
CBS
Mitch Miller
NBC
Miller
Mr. Miller
Sour Apple awards revived by Hollywood club
The Hollywood Women's Press Club announced it has revived its Sour Apple award for uncooperative stars and nominated Elvis Presley James Garner Yul Brynner Marilyn Monroe Debbie Reynolds as contenders for the 19th annual Golden Apple awards. Cooperative nominees include Roger Smith Jack Lemmon Sandra Dee Nanette Fabray Janet Leigh with winners announced December 20.
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UPI
Hollywood Women’s Press Club Today
Elvis Presley
James Garner
Yuli Brynner
Marilyn Monroe
Debbie Reynolds
Filmland
Roger Smith
Jack Lemmon
Sandra Dee
Nanette Fabray
Janet Leigh
Claudette Colbert Signed for Broadway Play Role
Claudette Colbert, last seen on Broadway in The Marriage Go Around, is signed to star in Julia Jake and Uncle Joe. The Howard Teichman adaptation of Mrs Oriana Atkinson's book recounts experiences she and Brooks Atkinson had when he was a New York Times correspondent in Moscow. Colbert will portray Mrs Atkinson.
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Julia
Jake
Uncle Joe
Howard Teichman
Oriana Atkinson
Brooks Atkinson
Atkinson
Moscow
New York Times
Miss Colbert
Billboard to Split Into Two Magazines Amusement Week and Music Week
Cincinnati based executive editor Sachs announced Billboard Magazine will end after the January 9 issue and be replaced by two new titles. Amusement Week will cover carnivals circuses outdoor arenas theaters and amusement parks. Music Week will focus on records jukebox hits and related music industry insights.
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UPI
BNN Sachs
Billboard Magazine
Amusement Week
Billboard
Sachs
Five BAA Exhibitors To Show in Albany
Five exhibiting members of the BAA are scheduled to show in Albany at the Albany Institute of History and Art through Jan 8. Exhibitors include Lee Hirsche of Williams College and Stanley Bate of Craryville with ties to Rensselaer and GE artist Salvatore Cascio. The article notes Billboard’s history and the magazine’s shift as displaying arts, travel and entertainment coverage evolves.
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Williams College
Donald Mochon
Architecture
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Frey
Edward Cowley
New York State Teachers College
Albany
Stanley Bate
Craryville
N.Y
Mer Baa
Salvatore Cascio
Schenectady
General Electric Co
Williams College to hold memorial concert for Benjamin Weiner
The Williams College Department of Music will stage a memorial concert in Mitchell School gym on Thursday Jan 19 at 8 30 p m honoring Benjamin Weiner late Williams town public schools music supervisor He died this month at 46 Weiner led Williams town music program since 1958 with performances by Williams glee club college choir Berkshire Symphony and Albany Tri City Schenectady Berkshire ensembles conducted by Robert Barrow Irwin Shainman and Thomas Griswold Tickets will be sold by town committees.
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Thomas Griswold
Berkshire Community Symphony Orchestra
Albany Tri-City
Schenectady
Berkshire Community Symphony Orchestras
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Weiner
New Hartford, Conn
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University of Massachusetts
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Turners’ Falls
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Hartford
Hartford Symphony
Actors dress in baseball garb on stage in Framingham
New York report notes Tony Perkins has worn a major league uniform as often as some lifelong players. Perkins played Jimmy Piersall for Fear Strikes Out and recently appeared as a Washington Senators outfielder in Damn Yankees at the Carousel Theater in Framingham Wass.
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Tony Perkins
Perkins
Boston Red Sox
Jimmy Piersalt
Washington Senators
Carousel
Framingham
Wass
Movie Timetable Listings for Capitol Palace Union Square
Capitol presents The Miracle of the White Suit at 1 3 10, 5 25, 7 20, 9 40. Palace shows Say One for Me Came to the Stable. Union Square screens I Aim at the Stars at 2 30, 5 35, 9 10. Cowboy plays at 1 00, 4 20, 7 35. County timetable appears on Page 22.
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Time Drama Critic Will Resign Post Time
New York Kronenberger resigns after 23 years as Time drama critic effective at season’s end. He says he has long contemplated stepping down to write and teach regularly at Brandeis.
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New York
Louis Kronenberger
Time Magazine
Kronenberger
Brandeis
Militon Berie to Star in Broadway Comedy The Nose of Jerry Pepper
Milton Berle has agreed to star in Arnold Schulman new Broadway comedy The Nose of Jerry Pepper next season. Berle described as eager to play a TV comedian who performs a Las Vegas nightclub engagement. The project, inspired by the Biblical Job tale, faces production changes with Cheryl Crawford withdrawing as sponsor and Robert Lewis set to stage, another producer sought.
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Jerry Pepper
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