March of Dimes Radio Drive Launches With Celebrities
The March of Dimes radio push starts this afternoon with Basil OConnor launching at 2 15 PM on ABC. Helen Hayes will join, polio fund raising is urged as last year’s polio year was dire. Eddie Cantor, Irving Berlin and others will headline shows to urge listeners to donate.
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Eddie Cantor
Lanny Ross
Billboard Magazine
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Death Runs Senator Knowland on KCRG Radio
The broadcast lineup includes a Shady lawyer duel with Hopalong Cassidy at 3 pm on KCRG as a rancher is found dead upon Hoppy’s arrival. Senator Knowland, Republican of California, holds a Meet the Press conference at 7:30 pm after a Far East trip and China talks.
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Gazette Radio Programs Offered Free to Stations
The Gazette Radiolog announces the publication of radio programs as a free service to readers, provided to radio stations at no charge. The notice emphasizes accessibility and support for broadcasting partners.
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Big TV and radio lineups spark 1950 broadcast season
Washington hosts a crowded Feb 2 heart campaign plus major shows. ABC covers part of Original Amateur Hour while CBS and Arthur Godfrey sign a long term deal. Fred Allen guests on Jack Benny. CBS tests color TV in Washington for FCC sale. Mutual debuts include Mark Trail and Pursuit, with Jo Stafford from Radio Luxembourg. Veterans of Foreign Wars lauds Harry Wismer. Bond programs, Roy Rogers contest, and Gentlemen of the Press launch on ABC. Bride and Groom plans to marry on air conclude the note.
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Phil Harris
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Dopey Yet Determined Pioneer Brought TV to 1928
ISIDORE GOLDBERG built early TV receivers and staged daily telecasts in 1928 from Coytesville New Jersey. He sold plans and parts, with about 500 kits, and later moved operations to Lawrence Massachusetts.
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Martha Graham to Perform at Franklin High Saturday
Noted dancer Martha Graham and her troupe will appear in the Franklin high school auditorium Saturday evening March 25 under auspices of Coe college.
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Franklin High School
Coe College
Careers Start In Many Ways For Actors In NYC
The article notes Joseph Cotten earned room rent as a model for collars and magazine illustrations while seeking work in New York. It also recalls Edward Arnold began his career forty years earlier with the Ben Greet Shakespearean Players.
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Joseph Cotten
Edward Arnold
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Broadway Celebrities Parade Through New York Socials
The page chronicles elite sightings from Broadway society and New York hotels. Figures include the Maharajah Jam Saheb with a kitten, Lily Pons with a Great Dane, Nehru’s sister's UN role, Morton Downey and Eleanor Flournoy, Milton Berle with Mimi Benzell, Jinx Falkenburg at Rockefeller Center, and Elsa Maxwell hosting events for Gable and Ashley.
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Pandit Nehru
Vijaya Lakshmi
India
Ruban Bleu
Morton Downey
Powersiren
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Versa Television
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Margaret
Jinx Falkenburg
Tex McCrary
Rockefeller Plaza
NBC
It Looks Better Than It Tastes Banquet Scene With Flames
Hollywood report describes Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor at a staged banquet with 16 actors drinking a flaming prop cocktail from a copper caldron. The mixture tasted like coal oil, as prop men explained real brandy wouldn’t photograph well. flame oil blended into coffee worsened the flavor.
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Elizabeth Taylor
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