Broadway with Walter Winchell on New York's summer allure
The piece surveys New York City as a summer magnet for visitors, from Rockefeller Center to Central Park and the Cloisters. It highlights crowds, views of Manhattan's towers, shopping on Fifth Avenue, theater and movie choices, dining diversity, and iconic spots like the Statue of Liberty and Hayden Planetarium, framing the city as a vast, living spectacle for locals and guests alike.
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Catholic Theater Presents Cheaper by the Dozen Tonight
The Catholic Theater performs Cheaper by the Dozen in Immaculate Conception auditorium tonight through Tuesday at 8 15 directed by Ted Rahe. The play centers on the famed Gilbreth family the basis for the books Cheaper by the Dozen and Belles on Their Toes.
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Dolores Gray Poised For Broadway After London Fame
Dolores Gray arrives at the Mark Hellinger Theatre to star with Bert Lahr in Two on the Aisle. Reports from New Haven and Philadelphia tryouts promise a strong New York debut, with praise noting her American charm and natural stage presence.
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Nelson Family Makes Front Row in Here Come the Nelsons
Hollywood reports the Nelson family with David aged 14 and Rickey aged 10 make their motion picture debut in Universal-International's Here Come the Nelsons. Harriet Nelson says the radio veterans adapted easily to screen acting as Ozzie and the boys joined the cast. This marks the first time an entire acting family worked together on a single film since the Gleasons Higgins Family.
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Edna May Oliver
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Veteran actor William Frawley linked to stars club
Veteran actor William Frawley who plays the Brooklyn manager in Rhubarb is a baseball fan and owns a part of the Hollywood Stars in the Pacific Coast League.
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McGonigle Controls Groucho Marx Cigar Use
Hollywood AP A Scotchman prop man on A Girl in Every Port limits Groucho Marx cigars by measuring partly smoked sticks. He counts three for a dollar, tossing only when a cigar is too short to match the prior shot. The star’s requests collide with the crew’s thrift.
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Show Boat and Cyrano de Bergerac come to Cedar Rapids this week
In Cedar Rapids two classic films arrive this week Show Boat and Cyrano de Bergerac both feted in theaters and history. The column traces their stage and screen journeys from 1929 to 1948 and notes Hollywood stars Katharine Grayson Ava Gardner Howard Keel Joe E Brown and Jose Ferrer among others.
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Jerome Kern
Oklahoma
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Laura LaPlante
Joseph Schildkraut
Irene Dunne
Helen Morgan
Allan Jones
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Kathryn Grayson
Ava Gardner
Howard Keel
Joe E. Brown
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