ABC cancels 190 Grand after three performances
The ABC quiz show 190 Grand is canceled after only three telecasts amid poor audience interest. Executive producer Robert Stivers defends the decision, noting viewers were scarce and only relatives of a contestant watched. The article also reports WMHT Channel 17’s new transmitter boosting power to 240,000 watts and urges local viewers to aim antennas west for better reception and send feedback.
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American Broadcasting Co
ABC
Cosa Nostra
Joseph Valachi
Senate
D.R
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Robert Stivers
Freddy Kushin
WMHT
Schenectady
WRGB
Helderberg Mountains
Mt. Greylock
Capital ‘Cities Broadcasting Co
Director Named for Comic Opera The Secret of Suzanne
Charles Kondek directs the Berkshire Museum production of Wolf-Ferrari's The Secret of Suzanne with two dimensional costumes and sets to emphasize satire. Cast includes Mischa Bartenieff as Sante, Marjorie Ann Kember as Suzanne, and Paul Nixon as Count Gill. Musical director Helen Morgan leads scenes from Donizetti Elixir of Love and Puccini Madame Butterfly. tickets available at Pittsfield Community Music School. performance 8 15 Friday.
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Wolf-Ferrari
Berkshire Museum
Charles Kondek
Kondek
Providence
Ell
School of Fine and Applied Arts
Boston University
Sante
Mischa Bartenieff
Russian Imperial Ballet
Pittsfield
Donizetti
Puccini
Aline Drescher
Elizabeth Mihovav
James Morgan
Stuart
E. Whitney Blackstone
Paul Nixon
Helen Morgan
Berkshire Inn to stage fall season theater company
GREAT BARRINGTON Berkshire Inn management announced a fall and winter non Equity theater company to perform weekends in the inn ballroom under Marty Davis. No pay will be offered. three shows will benefit area charities. Cast and crew should mail resumes to Davis and await casting notices. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays with weekday rehearsals from 6:30 to 10:30 pm, opening Oct 19 with The Roaring Twenties presented by the Barrington Players as a benefit for Family and Children Service of Berkshire County.
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Great Barrington
Berkshire Inn
Main Street
Marty Davis
Mr. Davis
Davis
Berkshire Inn Theater
Barrington Players
Berkshire
Service of
Berkshire County
John Ford to film Sean O Keefe life in Ireland next spring
John Ford will film Sean O Caseys autobiography Young Cassidy in Ireland for Metro Goldwyn Mayer next spring with Sean Connery cast as the young O Caseys. John Whiting writes the script while Rob Graff and Benimoto Ginna produced. Ford previously directed The Plough and the Stars with Abbey actors.
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New York
Sean O'Casey
Young Cassidy
Ireland
John Ford
Metro-Goldwyn-May
Warner Brothers
Sean Connery
James Bord
O'Casey
Johny Cassidy
John Whiting
Robert Graff
Robert
the Informer
Ford
The Secret Passion at Capitol Theater Review
Serious film about Sigmund Freud's theories dramatized by John Huston with Montgomery Clift Susannah York and Larry Parks. The production shows high craft in direction and camera work but lacks climactic intensity, aiming for respect over sensationalism and offering solid performances and Bergman like dream sequences.
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Capitol Theater
Sigmund Freut
Charles Kaufman
Wolfgang Reinhardt
John Huston
Sigmund Freud
Siggie
Montgomery Clift
Toulouse Lautrec
Dr. Freud
Susannah York
Buffalo Bills Sing at Pittsfield Parade of Melody
The Buffalo Bills barbershop quartet from New York City will appear at the Pittsfield Chapter SPBSQSA Parade of Melody on November 23 at Pittsfield High School. The Country Cousins perform their first public show with lead Robert C. Thompson, tenor John L. Hawkins, baritone Robert Marty, and bass Silas Eulian. They will compete in the Northeastern District championship in Portland, Maine, November 2.
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New York City
Pittsfield
Spbsqsa
Society For the Preservation of Barbershop Quartet Singing In America
Pittsfields High School
Country Cousins
Robert C. Thompson
The
Clever Chords
John L. Hawkins
Plus Fours
Robert Marty
Movie Timetable Framed by Theaters and Showtimes
Palace shows Terrified at 1 10, 4 20 and 7 35 while Haunted Palace screens at 2 45 5 50 and 9 00 The Secret Passion plays at 12 45 4 40 8 33 and Perfect Furlough at 3 00 and 7 00 Union Square presents Great Escape at 1 35 5 10 8 35 and Wonderful New York at 1 15 4 35 8 15 Berkshire Drive In opens weekends Pilisfield Drive In features Great Escape at 9 30 and Diary of a Madman at 7 40 Sunset Drive In operates on week ends only County timetable on Page 24.
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Union Square
New York
Pilisfield Drive-In
Luck and spots in a bridge hand by Sidney Lenz
Sheinwold on Bridge discusses a story about a man dubbed the luckiest bridge player. It analyzes a rubber hand where a player leads seven trumps to trap the opponent and how watchful play over spots affects notrump outcomes. The column ends with a sample hand and bidding advice: respond with two clubs, plan to raise spades next, and sequence bidding to support spades later.
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Lenz
Notrump
South
Smith College Host Talks on Diction and Acting
Smith College will host a Tuesday Town Play workshop led by a theater and speech professor. The session aims to illustrate Shakepearean readings using card play analogies and strategic moves, with Fitch and Slingerland guiding demonstrations. Public invited to attend at the Workman headquarters 148 Lebanon Ave.
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Smith College
South
Dummy
Dodie i Diamonds
J Slingerland
Ciaishop
Lebanon
Monds
Ave
Hootennany Show at Jug End Resort October 13
SOUTH EGREMONT The American Hootenanny Festival touring folk group performs Sunday October 13 at 3 pm for a three hour program at Jug End Resort. The Greenbriar Boys with John Herald Bob Yellin and Ralph Ringler lead bluegrass acts. The Tanners from St Louis University perform. Joan Meyers is a solo act. Dimitri and Daniel from Paris also perform. Tickets available at Jug End.
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Jug End
Greenbriar Boys
John Herald
Bob Yellin
Ralph Ringler
Joan Baez
The
Tanners
John Boghn
Chuck Irose
Jim Sgumate
St. Louis University
Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy
Midwest
Joan Meyers
Dimitri
Daniel
Paris
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