Swanson Stars Onstage And Radio Five Times Weekly
Gloria Swanson, famed for Sunset Boulevard, headlines in 20th Century on stage and hosts a regular Mutual radio program. Jose Ferrer co stars and directs Cyrano de Bergerac, with Donald Buka in Howards Vendetta. Thelma Ritter leads The Marriage Broker Story and recalls Miracle on 34th Street among her recent credits.
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Gloria Swanson
Mutual
Jose Ferrer
Thelma Ritter
Hollywood
Miracle On 34Th Street
TV and radio stars headlining summer plans and film notes
NBC producer Ed Herlihy to visit the Netherlands Chamber of Commerce this summer to launch a Children’s Hour on their radio network. Jan Murray's fan club raises funds for wheelchairs for veterans hospitals. Burr Tillstrom gains a $10,000 a week NBC contract for Kukla Fran and Ollie. Lamp Unto My Feet features puppets in a four week religious film series. Faith Domergue stars in Vendetta and Where Danger Lives alongside Robert Mitchum. John Farrow notes clock hands removed to avoid time cues in Where Danger Lives. Groucho Marx moves to the Guild Theatre for better viewing. Samuel Colt in The Mating Season. Kirk Douglas sings in Ace in the Hole.
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NBC
Ed Herlihy
Netherlands Chamber of Commerce
Burr Tillstrom
Faith Domergue
New York
Danger
Robert Mitchum
Groucho Marx
Guild Theatre
Hollywood Blvd
Samuel Colt
Ethel Barrymore
Paramount
Kirk Douglas
Pancake Day gains popularity ahead of Lent across nations
Pre-Lenten Fete grows worldwide with the 2nd International Pancake Race set for February 6. Olney England and Liberal Kansas competed in 1950 with Olney’s Florence Callow winning. Liberal plans to reclaim the silver griddle trophy.
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Florence Callow
Olney
England
United States
Europe
Africa
South America
Canada
Liberal
Kansas
Scotland
French Guiana
Miquelon
South Seas
Dale Warden
Barbershop Prices and 1951 Shave Icons Previewed
A dialogue mocks rising barber prices with a 1951 catalogue promising de luxe shaves and streamliners. It covers financing for haircuts, extra charges for discussing Korea, and humorous commentary on wartime and public affairs. The piece weaves in other clipped items about politics and a noisy yacht gag.
Pancake Day Could Become National Holiday, Tracing Roots
The tradition dating back about a thousand years may boost Pancake Day’s popularity in the country. Observers note it as a pre Lent celebration with international appeal and potential to stand as a symbol of goodwill in light of current times.
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Old
England
Europe
New Orleans
Rio de Janeiro
Francé
Westminster School
London
Abbey
College
Local gas chief extols company good deeds
The gas company president gave a stirring address praising the firm’s work. He quipped about honoring the light and a customer derisively shouted a pun about a charge they made.
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Light Brigade
Captain questions pall bearers in coffin
A business captain famed for visiting projects and trimming crews dies. At his funeral he rises in the coffin and asks how many pall bearers are carrying him. The macabre joke ends with the question reflecting on his life.
Staunton Woman Captures Grand Champion Cooks Title 1950
Julia Pernicka dominates the Illinois State Fair with 54 prizes plus the Grand Champion crown in 1950. A veteran champion since 1933 she credits Fleischmanns Yeast for aiding her bake craft and extols its New Improved Active Dry Yeast for fast dissolving rise and rich results.
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Julia Pernicka
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Inez Gerhard
Gen Swanson
National Board of Review
Sunset Boulevard
Donald Buka
Howard Hughs
Donald
Jan Murray
Salvation Army
Veterans’ Hospitals
Protestant Radio Commission
John Farrow
Shropshire
Jack
Argentina
Tropic
Milford
House of Representatives
Washington
U.N
Kefauver
Miami
Betty
Truman
Freckler
U.S
Calox Tooth Fender
McKesson & Robbing
Staunton
Cooks of Today
Fleischmann
Telom
SANO
Ior
Fleming-Hall Tobacco Co., Inc
Sano Cigarettes
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