Disney Ride Lives in Make Belief World
Ted Sebern, a Cedar Rapids native now an assistant director at Walt Disney Studios, discusses his Hollywood career from set designer to animation supervisor. He notes Disney’s wartime output, the studio’s vast scale, and his work on films like Pinocchio Dumbo Saludos Amigos and The Three Caballeros while detailing creative processes and Disney’s hands on leadership.
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Ted Sebern
Cedar Rapids
Mickey Mouse
Donald Duck
Joe Carioca
Dumbo
Sebern
Walt Disney
Disney Studios
W. P. Sebern
1857
B Avenue NE
Hollywood
Universal
Disney
Coe College
Marshall Bidwell
Iowa
University of Minnesota
University of Iowa
Minnesota
Richard Carlson
Eric Rolf
Arthur Peterson
Deanna Durbin
Alexander de Seversky
der Fuehrer
Fea
Aurora “Miranda
Carmen
Pancho Villa
Walt
Burbank
Contentment and Lighter Moments From Army Life
A snippet montage of military life includes quips about rank inflation and the search for contentment, jokes about GI misadventures, and light ballroom banter. Readers encounter panel-style humor from The Drum and The Communique plus cartoons and captions from Fort Niagara and Camp Livingston, reflecting wartime morale.
Paramount Features at the Modern Theaters
Universal presents Fired Wife with Robert Paige Louis Allbritton and Diana Larrymore and Walter Abel as a love triangle comedy. Paramount plays include Lady in the Dark with Ginger Rogers and Ray Mil land in the lead while Mischa Auer leads the supporting cast.
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Universal
Paramount
Robert Paige
Louis Allbritton
Diana Larrymore
Walter Abel
Ginger Rogers
Ray Milland
Mischa Auer
Tomorrow Star Dickie Tyler Heads Provocative Play
Dickie Tyler 12 years old stars in Tomorrow the World a provocative Broadway hit touring Cedar Rapids May 15. He plays a pint sized German boy in a Nazi role alongside Paul McGrath Edith Atwater and Joan Shepard with Time magazine calling the play one of Broadway’s most provocative yet light and comedic. Tickets remain available at the theater box office or by mail.
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Dickie Tyler
Iowa Theater Stage
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
John Tyler
United States
Dickie
Young Macduff
Maurice Evans
Time Magazine
Paul McGrath
Gertrude Lawrence
Edith Atwater
Ruth Gordon
Miss Lawrence
Ee Woollicott
Joan Shepard
Iown
Cedar Rounds
Detroit
KXEL
Joel Kupperman
Whiz
Ruthie Duskin
Claude Brenner
Betty Swanson
Danver Paul Draper
Broadway quirks and legends from a Walter Winchell tour
A quirky tour of New York City lore from the Winchell column describes Staten Island farms, pricey Nassau Street, coffee roasting on Front Street, a lighthouse at Fort Washington Point, and bizarre details from the city’s streets. It mentions skeleton thefts near a 10th Street cemetery, renamed avenues, and oddities such as Hang Far Low and a cliff-carved 190th Street station.
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York
Staten Island
The
Stock Exchange
Front St
Manhattan
Fort Washington Point
New York
Nassau St
10Th St
Second Ave
Cs Oements
B'way
190Th St
Sheridan Square
Hang Far Low
Battery Park
Wall Street
States
59Th St
Eighth Avenue
Central Park West
Ninth Avenue
Columbus Avenue
Tenth Avenue
Amsterdam Avenue
Eleventh Avenue
West End Avenue
Od York
Dept. of Welfare
Woodlawn Cemetery
Boo
Lexington
47Th
49Th Sts
Radio City
73Rd Street
Riverside Drive
Charlies M. Schwab
190Th Street
NBC
Park Avenue Pent
Bowery
Exchange
Central Park
Zoo
Fire College
West Fourth Street
West Eleventh Street
Pete
East Eighteenth Street
Henry
State Theatre Presents Jack London and Memphis Belle On Screen
The State shows the romantic adventure Jack London with Michael O'Shea and Susan Hayward and the wartime Technicolor tale Memphis Belle about the air war. Also features Rhino and Quiz Kid Joel Kup perman, with a Find the Blackmailer murder mystery as the co feature and a cast including Helen Vinson Arthur Treacher Patric Knowles J Edward Bromberg Minna Gombelle and more.
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Rhino
Joel Kupperman
Joel
Helen Vinson
Helen Broderick
Arthur Treacher
Patric Knowles
J. Edward Bromberg
Ernest Truex
Minna Gombeill
Samuel S. Hinds
Irving Bacon
Inez James
Sidney Miller
Grace Shannon
Bill Crago
Charles Tobias
Lew Brown
Ray Henderson
Jack London
Michael O'Shea
Susan Hayward
Memphis
Notable Radio Hall of Fame guest roster tops today's programs
A star studded lineup led by Tucker and Paul Muni headlines the Radio Hall of Fame show airing 5 to 6 pm on Blue network. Tom Howard George Shelton and others join plus music by Paul Whiteman orchestra. Also notes a 10:05 am CBS WMT program with Lt Sigvart Steen directing The Bluejacket Choir.
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Tucker
Paul Muni
I ‘E
Radio A7
Muni
Wood
Tom Howard
George Shelton
Richard Haydn
Robert Crum
Paul Whiteman
Deems Taylor
Hialmer Hanson
Great Lakes
Sigvart Steen
Blueijacket
Danny O'Neil
CBS
WMT
Radio Schedule Fragment From 1944 War Era
Detailed hour by hour radio programming notes dated May 1 1944 list stations WHO WGN WMT and others. Entries include Church programs World News Farm News Recitations and a morning cattle or farm show with various announcers and times. The fragmentary schedule preserves names and times but lacks complete context.
Fragmented Radio Schedule Snippets in 12 Part Time Blocks
OCR fragments show a dense day of broadcasts with multiple hosts and programs across 12 time slots. Mentions include AXEL R Gross, Shellie WaT com, Mus. Roundur News, WHO News, WGN Organ, and Pirates. Schedule pieces mix news and entertainment in tight intervals.
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Roundur
Grant G
Jack Rch
Axel R. Gross
WHO
Shellie Wat
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Nadine Subotnik
Walt Bisxey
Washington High School
Chicago Art Institute
Eugene Neill
Maxwell Anderson
San Fernandes Valley
Californy
Comete
Durbin
Aen's Publications
Yardbird
T. Ow
G. I
Edward Blumentha
Livingston
the Drum
Fort Niagara
K. P. Humor
G.I
American Legion Magazine
the Armored News
the News Moffett Pieid
Cpl
Armored News
Beacon March Field
G.I. Wolf
Wac
Drum
Niagara
Normandy
Danceland Presents
Billie Rogers
Blackhawk
Vof
Mary Jane Dodd
Jack Milton
Tal
Bob Welty
United Press
Japan
Erst Concentration Camp
United States Army
James Gow
Arnaud d’Usseau
Walter Winchell
Brooklyn Bridge
Sophie Tucker
Radio Hall of Fame
Steen Is
Lather College At
Decorah
Northwestern
WGN
Betty Barzinigian
Michael Fielding
Franklin D. Scott
Northwestern University
Ernest J. King
United States Fleet
Will Slee
New York Philharmonic
Patterson
Jimmy Doolittle
Scott Lucas
Fraser
Shell Oil Company
Army Hour
Wood River
Army Air Corps
Xavier Cugat
Margo
Donna Reed
Walter Pidgeon
Yvette
Comedienne
Eve Arden
Edgar Bergen
Charlie McCarthy
San Diego Naval Air Station
Minerva Pious
Mrs. Nusebaum
Fred Allen
Jack Benny
A.m
Cros
iGuene
John
EL Church of Air
Lutheran
A. Kostelanetz
Lincoln
WGN Kael
WGN Traveler
EXEL
Stee Macers
Irene Rich War Beautry Small
Spks
Wo “Ghats Ogre Raseo
D. Courtner O
Benny E' Pas
Axu
Dore Weow
Pate Stara
Austin
Burling
Morling
Jerry
Zelda
Newt
Maxel War Journal
WMT Bins
Cowboy Paxael News
Wee Rowe
WGN Reveill
Kael
G. Lewis
Edith Webber
Neves Krael
Seongfellows
Mary Miles Dick Baker
Allen Roth
Wut
F. Voelker
Wishing Well
Lady Axel
Sweet River
Ae Kitty of Mus
Jordies
WRO Playhouse
WGN Homemacer
Melodes
A.m. Vie
Sa Wire
Husband
Rael News
Martyn
Davin
Jenn
Eeline
WHO World News
WGN Cathedral
Rev. Crawford
Wifrie
WGN Ling Bee
Eel Kael Lutheran
WGN Ters
WGN News
Heatter
Basin Street
Ann
Oueme
Prune Town
Lovee
Ondwagen
Watt L & Ence
Jones Boe A
Ars
Witter Brown
Portia
Kmarn
Netahbaor
Tri Marrnes
Axel Old
WHO Love & Lea Wgn
Seliere
Ound
Nelson Bue
Terry
Pirates
Feito
Mey
H. FR. Gross
Wer
Vox Boo
WGN Gitin
Neils
WGN F. Oursier
John Charlies Thomas
N.yy
Symphony
al Pearce
NBC Symphony
Family Hour
Green Valley
Mary Small
Hall of Fame
Silver Theater
Gildersleeve
Jack
Melaible
Star and Story
Bob Crosby
Guy Lombardo
Realco
Jack Armstrong
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