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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 07, 1945

Page

17

Chorus Girls Miss Male Escorts Too On Broadway

Chorus girls backstage at Ziegfeld theater in Billy Rose's Seven Lively Arts face a modern hardship due to manpower shortage and waning stage door romance. The ensemble recalls stage door Johnny as myth while wolves seek publicity over romance, noting husbands in the army and a shift toward dinners, limos, and public image.

Inezrobr New York INS Broadway Johnny Ziegfeld Theater Billy Rose Gayle Mellowtt Paddy Ellerton Texas Lone Star State Gayle The Ziegfield Jean Colleran Sissy Smith United States Jean Sissy Temple Texas Susan Hammerstein Paddy Temple Friv

Bob Hope Signs 10 Year Deal With Pepsodent Sponsor

Chicago AP reports Bob Hope, a top radio comedian, has signed a new ten year contract with his sole sponsor the Pepsodent division of Lever Brothers per president Charles Luckman.

Chicago Bob Hope Charles Luckman Lever Brothers’ Company

Broadway Star Dorothy Maynor Leads Afternoon Radio Guests

Radio offerings this afternoon feature Dorothy Maynor and Tommy Dorsey on Music America Loves Best, Rece Saxon on The Eddie Cantor Show, plus Norman Cordon on Metropolitan Opera Presents. AFL's America United debuts at noon on NBC WMAQ with a rotating panel and guest speakers.

Nelson Eddy Family Hour Metropolitan Opera Presents Eddy CBS WMT Rece Saxon Sigmund Romberg Robert Armbruster Music America NBC WMAQ Philip Pearl Jabor Paul Silton Emerson P. Schmidt

Radio Schedule Highlights Jan 3 1945

Daily broadcast lineup from 4 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. features WMT WHO WGN KXEL and others with shows including Mighty Montersingers, Quiz Kids, Star Theater, Eddie Bergen, and Portia's Life. networks list times and program names for stations in Des Moines and surrounding markets.

WMT Ka ¢ Smith Ak Denny WGN KXLL Joe E Browl Heatte WHO MerrygoRour WGN Steel Axll WMT Star Theater Foster Jerry Coope Wall J Picher Phil Baker WMT Melodiers WGN Novelty Shop Kxel Land O'Corn KXEL Sain Family Wito V. Lopez O. Ball KACL Clue Jane Cow E. Winters Owen House Bach KALL Mary Marlin Tena Tim Ma Perkins Life Beautiful the Youngs WGWN Ida Allen Judy Jane Lone Bhong Shop Stella Dallas Johnsons Kxel Ramblers Goldbergs Lorenzo Jones Joyce Jordan Widder Brown Wendell Hall WGN News Portia WGN Smoothies Roundtable Who John Thomas Trees N. Y Ethel Barrymore Army Flour Nelson Eddy Andrews Sisters NBC Symphony Met William Shirer Ozzie and Harriet Tee Fanny Brice Gildersleeve Kate Smith Edgar Bergen Joe E. Brown

Hour by Hour Radio Schedule Highlights for Sunday Jan 7 1948

A dense timetable lists programs across WMT WGN WHO KXEL EXEL and other stations. Entries include religious talks Lutheran Hour Bible Hour and Cantatas alongside music features and news segments.

Kate Smith Judy & Jane WGN Perry Mason Helen Trent Edith Webber Johnny Betts Neab WMT WGN Cathedral KXEL Ralston Eagle WGN Victory EXEL Kaye Exel Lutheran Hr LW Om WMT Srozid News Who Co Thomas Wgn Gubits Exel Vespers

Spotlight Bands to Headline Cedar Rapids Broadcast Night

The Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands will come to Cedar Rapids on Tuesday January 16 with Frankie Masters leading his orchestra. The event salutes Quaker Oats and marks a rare local origin of a major network program. The 8:30 to 9 p.m. coast-to-coast broadcast is sponsored by Coca Cola through its Cedar Rapids bottling branch.

Cedar Rapids Burgess West Coca Cola Company Quaker Oats Frankie Masters Midwest

Porgy and Bess Tickets On Sale At Iowa Theater

Tickets go on sale Tuesday at the Iowa theater box office for the Gershwin DuBose Heyward musical Porgy and Bess. The show comes Tuesday evening January 30 for one performance only. Reserved seats only, mail orders accepted with check or money order.

Iowa Theater Bess Iowa

Russian Ballerina Toumanova Wins Film and Stage Fame

Tamara Toumanova, born in wartime Siberia, rises from ballet to film with Days of Glory and returns to the stage as a guest artist in Chicago. Critics hail her "brilliant" and "seductive" style after major roles, while she solidifies her American citizenship and early Paris discoveries.

Joan S. Robling Chicago Tamara Toumanova Toumanova Casey Robinson The Ballet Theater Leonid Massine Siberia Paris Anna Pavlova Sol Hurok United States Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo

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