WOI-TV Ames Pioneer in Educational Broadcasting
A visiting report from Ames highlights WOI-TV as a leading educational and community oriented station. Staff including Charles Guggenheim and Rex Conn discuss programming from networks and local productions while UNESCO and Ford Foundation connections underscore its national significance. The piece notes student involvement, public information roles, and a public reception of televised programming in Des Moines area life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woi-Tv
Ames
Iowa State College
Des Moines
Charles Guggenheim
Iowa State
Ford Foundation
Rex Conn
the Gazette
KCRG
Cedar Rapids
Richard B. Hull
Unesco
Paris
Robert Hudson
Davidson Taylor
NBC
Furniture Crowds Out His Acting
HOLLYWOOD AP George Montgomery laments being a skilled furniture maker as he balances a film career with a $30,000 cabinet shop and six workers. The Montana-born actor built his own house during postwar years and continues to turn out Early American pieces while acting in four films yearly. He now favors rugged outdoors roles such as Cripple Creek and Indian Uprising, believing outdoor pictures kept him in the business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
George Montgomery
George
Montgomery
Montana
Dinah Shore
Air Force
Betty Grable
Tiomkin Sees Gershwin as American Schubert
Hollywood AP reports Dmitri Tiomkin, famed film composer, likens George Gershwin to an American Schubert. He says Gershwin drew inspiration from the machine age and industrial work, much as Schubert did from folk roots, citing I Got Rhythm as folk music shaped by factory tempo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Dmitri Tiomkin
George Gershwin
Schubert
Tiomkin
Gershwin
Coe Chooses Cast for Man and Superman at Centennial Arts
Coe College selects cast for George Bernard Shaw’s Man and Superman to be staged May 14 and 15 as part of the Centennial Fine Arts Festival Director Jeannette Ringland announces David Wood plays Roebuck Ramsden Mildred Grimsel the maid Wallace Warner as Octavius Robinson and James in the cast with two performances at Coe Auditorium free of charge for students and the public on different days
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bernard Shaw
Coe College
Jeannette Ringland
Coe
David Wood
Roebuck Ramsden
Mildred Grimsell
the Maid
Wallace Warner J
Octavius Robinson
James
Don Juan in Hell Set At Cee With Star Cast
Coe College presents first second and fourth acts of the play with Leo Delbridge as assistant director and John Hanna directing settings and lighting. The First Drama Quartet performs Don Juan in Hell on Oct 14 featuring Charles Laughton Sir Cedric Hardwicke Agnes Moorehead and Charles Boyer. Man and Superman revival by Maurice Evans on Broadway 1948 centers on Ann driving Jack Tanner toward marriage and the clash between modernism and romantic idealism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hell
Cee
Charles Laughton
Cedric Hardwicke
Agnes Moorehead
Charles Boyer
Shaw
Maurice Evans
Ann
Jack Tanner
Tanner
Octavius
J Peter Lloyd Wins Hollywood Attention Again
J Peter Lloyd son of Mr and Mrs Carl Oliphant of Alburnett Iowa has pursued radio TV and stage work while awaiting a film break He tested for Columbia and Metro but budget cuts halted projects He later returned to New York TV and modeling and now seeks a movie role in Rome with a Hollywood studio advancement prospects are improving for the versatile actor with a Canadian birth and long Iowa connection
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Alburnett
Hollywood
J. Peter Kaere
Carl Oliphant
Peter
Rome
Canada
Lloyd Oliphant
Iowa
Film Capital
New York
New
Screen Stars Magazine
Columbia
George Godfrey
Metro
Eches
Holly
J. Peter Lloyd
Reviews of New Records by Joseph H. Kitchin in 10 inch LPs
The notices cover Ezio Pinza in operatic arias and Broadway show tunes, film songs, and a second release featuring Ann Mason Stockton with the Hollywood String Quartet performing Debussy and Ravel. Also reviewed are Columbia Don Cossacks on Parade, Mitch Miller linked releases, Mercury artist Patti Page, Eddy Howard, Billy Eckstine, Victor Dennis Day, and Xavier Cugat, with notes on orchestration and vocal emphasis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph H. Kitchin
Ezio Pinza
Broadway
Hollywood
Metropolitan
Pinza
Jerome Kern
Cole Porter
Kate
Arthur Schwartz
Walt Disney
Apstol
Ann Mason Stockton
Hollywood String Quartet
Arthur Greghorn
Mitchell Lurie
Felix Slatkin
Debussy
Ravel
Capitol
Jaroff
Columbia
Don Cossacks
Gretchaninov
Les Zachers
Mercury
Patti Page
Grandma
Eddy Howard Zacheis
Hill
Hollow
Billy Eckstine
Pete Rugulc
Stan Kenton
Brother Eckstine
Richard Conte switches to prairie roles in Riding Kid
Hollywood star Richard Conte shifts from gangland to westerns for The Riding Kid. An executive notes his Jersey City grit making him look like a hard riding hombre. Conte fears being typecast as a western actor and a wardrobe of blue serge awaits if that happens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Richard Conte
Universal- International
Conte
Jersey City
Cowboys Are Here To Stay Autry Says
Gene Autry asserts space opera will not replace horse opera and dismisses department store claims that space suits outsell cowboy outfits. He says the trend is temporary and questions youth adopting futuristic dress for school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Autry
Hollywood
Gene Autry
Gene
Cedar Rapids Concert Association lists 1952 53 artists
The Cedar Rapids Community Concert Association announces the 1952 53 season with Rudolf Firkusny Mack Harrell a Gershwin Festival conducted by Lorin Maazel featuring Carolyn Long and Ted Uppman Sanremo and the Denver Symphony led by Saul Caston Also details drive for new members prices memberships and renewal mailings for support. The 1951 52 season ends April 17 with the Minneapolis Symphony under Antal Dorati and a Memorial Coliseum concert for members with a children’s matinee at 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Community Concert Association
Rudolf Firkusny
Mack Harrell
Lorin Maazel
Sanrema
Carolyn Long
Ted Uppman
Denver Symphony
Wader
Saul Caston
Concert Association
F. I. Kellogg
Fourth Lavenue SE
Cedar Rapids
The
Minneapolis Symphony
Antal Dorati
Memorial Coliseum
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Aggenheim
University of Iowa
Tex McCrary-Jinx Falkenburg
Herb Shriner
WOI
Robert Lewis Shayon
Shayon
Saturday Review
Dick Yoakam
Jim Schwartz
WOITV
Joe Thaler
David Thaler
Bobby Blake
Coliseum
Wendy Oaks
Wendy Oaks Supper Club
Linn County 40 & 8 Society
Man, Superman
Shirle Yamaguchi
Don Taylor
Bette Davis
Paramount
Kresge’s
Pat SS
Keith Killinger
Cou Falls
Tanly
Bill Tobin
Direct From
Chicago
Kitchin
Glinka
Big Wheel
Mitch Miller
Mitch
Lionel Hampton
MGM
Victor
Dennis Day
Arcadians
Richard Hayes
Xavier Cugat
LeRoy Anderson
Carole Hamilton
Machito
C.R
Pdanceland
Aragon Trianon
Les Hartman
Skippy Anderson
Dell Clayton
Lawrence Duchow
Ceder Rapids
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