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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1959
Page
21
In a lively survey of FM growth the piece notes 579 FM stations, 127 new construction permits, and 70 pending apps. It details FM benefits over AM and TV, including multiplex signals, live commercials, and high fidelity radio in Chicago homes.
Ingrid Bergman, back in New York after a decade, prepares for her TV debut on NBC's Ford special to be taped after limited rehearsals. She juggles private life in Paris with three children and a new husband, notes she has no home TV set, and aims to blend theater and film acting for television.
Hollywood actor and WWII Navy flying ace Wayne Morris, 45, died of a heart attack on the bridge of the USS Bonhomme Richard off Monterey California. Morris, guest of Captain David S MacCampbell, served in Squadron 15 and earned four Distinguished Flying Crosses. He later found TV and B movie work after a wartime career that included 57 missions and air raids on Marcus Wake Iwo Jima Okinawa. The New York report notes 1,765 performers joined Equity last year, bringing membership to 10,712.
LATHAM N Y Lee Ann Merriweather Miss America 1955 stars as the lone woman in a 20 person cast in Mr Roberts at Colonie Musical Theater. John Anderson stars in the title role with Frank Aletter as Ensign Pulver. Curtain is 8 40 p m through Friday with two shows Saturday and Sunday at 8 p m and 5 30 p m respectively.
West Side Story ends its extended tour after a run that began September 26, 1957. Box office surge in final weeks convinces producers Robert E. Griffith and Harold Prince to bring the musical back to Broadway, following engagements in Los Angeles San Francisco Denver and Chicago.
Hollywood UPI Michael Callan makes his film debut in They Came to Cordura. He is happy about the debut and the job but hopes his next part is more demanding. In most of the picture he is carted around on a stretcher.
Movie timetable lists showings at Berkshire Drive-In and Sunset Drive-In with titles including The Nun's Story, A Woman Obsessed, Floods of Fear, Miracle of the Hills, The Blue Angel, Hound of the Baskervilles, Gunfight at Dodge City and more. Open hours vary by location. county timetable on page 16.
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