Irving Berlin Keeps Writing At Age 78
AP profile of composer Irving Berlin age 78 who still writes songs and rejects retirement. He discusses motivation, recent work on Annie Get Your Gun at Lincoln Center, and plans for Say It With Music. Berlin recalls early hits and his view on show business trends. He and his wife split time between a Catskills home and Beckman Place in New York. He notes you must take blessings as they come.
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Provocative Color Special RED CHINA: Year of the Gun
This brief notes a COLOR special titled RED CHINA Year of the Gun airing at 3:00 PM today on Channel 9 KCRG TV.
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Channel 9
Kcrg-Tv
Final Curtain Falls at Paris Bal Tabarin
Paris reporter recalls the Bal Tabarin closing after 13 years of darkness with a charity charity show led by Juliette Gréco and Zizi Jeanmaire. The event featured Folies Bergère can can dancers and drew Marie Pierre Toulouse-Lautrec and other Paris society members. Proceeds aid a stage orphans charity as wreckers prepare to demolish the hall for new development.
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NBC Cleared in Contempt Over A Place in the Sun Broadcast
A California court refused to hold NBC in contempt for inserting 33 commercials during A Place in the Sun. Judge Richard L. Wells said the average viewer is thick skinned about ads and can separate them from surrounding footage. Director George Stevens had sought contempt after an injunction barred emasculating interruptions.
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George Stevens
Beethoven Violin and Piano Boxed Set Review
A multi release overview covers Beethoven violin and piano sonatas by David Oistrakh on Philips, Mozart dances Volume 5 with Willi Boskovsky, Verdi arias sung by Joan Sutherland with major ensembles, Sibelius Second Symphony with Concertgebouw and Szell, jazz by Modern Jazz Ensemble and George Shearing era, piano and cello works by Piatigorsky and Firkušný, and Verve reissues of Billie Holiday era songs.
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Verve Vsp
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Lady Day
All Jazz
AMA to Honor Danny Thomas at Chicago convention
The AMA Laymen's Citation for Distinguished Service will be presented to entertainer Danny Thomas on June 29 in Chicago. The award honors his work for child leukemia victims and his role in founding St. Jude Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. He also leads the American Lebanese Syrian Association Charities.
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American Medical Association
Danny Thomas
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Thomas
Chicago
American Lebanese Syrian Association Charities
St. Jude Research Hospital
Memphis
Tenn
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