25 Dec 1958
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Newspaper
California Pasadena Independent
Location
Pasadena, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1958
Page
1
A fragmented TV schedule lists farm reports, cartoons, news, and various programs across channels. Items include farm reports, sports, Christmas films, game shows, soap operas, and musical features with specific time stamps and show names. The grid-like notes reflect a day’s broadcast lineup with multiple stations and program blocks.
The schedule lists multiple films and actors including Call of the Canyon with Gene Autry and George White's Candors with Judy Davis, Tales of Hoffmann with Mirelle Shearer, Gallant Journey with Gary Ford, A Bid for Two Farthings, Daniel Boone Trail Blazer with Ben Bennett, Fablota, A Likely Story, David Harem with Rogers, Tenth Avenue Angel with M O'Brien, The Fountain with B Aherna, Avalanche with B Cabot, Sunset Pass with J Warren, and other titles noted with times, stations, and cast.
Television presents a six minute color adaptation of The Nutcracker at 8 40 p m on Channel 3 Playhouse 8 featuring 53 regulars from the New York City Ballet plus 40 children from Balanchine School of American Ballet with Allegra Kent Arthur Mitchell and Bonnie Bedalia in key roles George Balanchine choreographs with live telecast from New York City Center Symphony Orchestra conducts the festive performance
A Santa tale set in a 1200s Christmas Eve, Mary and Fritz meet a nutcracker turned prince who enlists toy soldiers to fight the Mouse King. Mary travels to a magical castle with dances such as Waltz of the Snowflakes, Dance of the Plum Fairy, and a festival amid ornate furnishings and a foam show for performers.
Tonight at Zane Grey Theater and nearby venues a double bill combines the Douglas Seven League Boots films with a rediscovered papyrus documentary on biblical-era discoveries near the Israel Jordan border. Richard Basehart stars in Medal for Water at the theater, followed by modern Ford Egile's color program for youth.
Ralph Nelgon reveals the one hour Nutcracker on CBS led Playhouse 90 to plan a full scale color version with John Howseman executive producing. Houseman says the longer format and prime time slot plus stereophonic sound should top last year's viewer response.
A critic notes a proposed telecast concept using centered color cameras to capture intimate Broadway performances. The aim is television in the round preserving intensity despite production scale and budget.
A fragmentary passage revels in a dreamlike world of roses, transparent palaces, sugar white beauty, and wondrous sights. It mentions children and readers with sharp eyes who may discover such visions, suggesting a poetic or fairy tale tone.
The note explains that an ex cession likely ties to English currency, specifically a shilling. It mentions reference shifts such as eight and seventy-two as slang or misreadings, and how the phrase “go the whale hog” relates to changing a shilling.
CBS Studio 72 in New York stages a Nutcracker special with a removable ceiling above a 28-foot Christmas tree. The tree grows larger as Mary’s imagination shapes the battle between fox soldiers and mice, aided by motorized arms and visual effects to create a dazzling, expanding scene.
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