Heifetz Delivers Definitive Mendelssohn Concerto Recording
A 1940s Victor release spotlights Jascha Heifetz in Mendelssohn's E minor Concerto with Sir Thomas Beecham conducting the Philharmonic. Critics praise Heifetz for aristocratic tone and flawless technique, supported by a responsive, balanced recording. The review also admires Dvorak Serenade for Strings and Verdi arias by Jan Peerce with Leinsdorf, plus Kostelanetz’s popular hits and Chopin Mazurkas by Maryla Jonas, noting strong artistry across selections.
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Mendelssohn
Jascha Heifetz
Sir Thomas Beecham
Philharmonic Orchestra
Victor
Heifetz
Sir Thomas
Jazz breaks into the Dixie bandwagon with new Victor sides
A review notes Tommy Dorsey shifts to a true Dixieland approach with a 24 karat group featuring Bobby Hackett and Peanuts Hucko on a couple of hot numbers. Johnny Sparrow and Phil Zito lead other NY and New Orleans sessions with mixed reception and nostalgia finds.
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Dixie
Tommy Dorsey
Ace
Victor
New Orleans
T. D
Bobby Hackett
Peanuts Hucko
Arthur Rollini
Gene Schroeder
Jack Lesberg
Hackett
T.D
Olumbia
Phil Zito
Crescent City
Townsend Reengaged for Protestant Film "Again Pioneers"
Colleen Townsend, who left commercial pictures for religious films, is to star in "Again Pioneers" for the Protestant Film Commission. The story centers on 7,000,000 displaced Americans including migrant workers and the community issues their relocation creates, stressing the church and the American way of life.
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Hollywood
Colleen Townsend
Protestant Film Commission
Evelyn Keyes and Paulette in Hollywood Rivalry and Bond
Evelyn Keyes battles Columbia to break her contract and profits from The Prowl while maintaining a long friendship with Paulette Goddard. The piece recalls Keyes early struggles, wig wars, and efforts to land roles, plus tales of Huston, Jennifer Jones, and a tennis match with Kirk Douglas.
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Erskine Johnson
Byorwom
NEA
Evelyn Keyes
Battle Royal
Columbia Studio
Harry Cohn
Goddard
Evelyn
Paulette
Hollywood
Kit
Caboodle
Columia
Palsrain-Or-Shine
John ‘Huston
Huston
Jennifer Jones
Jennifer
Trilby
Kirk Douglas
England backs new big screen musical venture
Marcel Hellman plans a major Anglo American musical with a 350000 pound budget and an American director Bruce Humberstone. Cast features Vera Ellen Caesar Romero and David Niven with British talent and ABP financing. Miss Ellen jokes about waist size as filming nears.
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Hellman
Bruce Humberstone
Associated British Pictures
Warner Brothers
Miss Ellen
M.G.M
Hollywood Loses Landmark Horror House on Universal Lot
The old Horror House false-front set, built 28 years ago on Universal’s back lot, will be torn down to clear a new street of false fronts. Lon Chaney once performed some of his most grisly cinema murders there.
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Charlie Ventura
Victor
Charlie
Lucille Reed
Mercury
Kay Brown
Station House Seven
Firehouse Five
Miss Brown
Tex Beneke
Ralph Flanagan
Beneke
Mr. Beneke
Tony Martin
Jimmy Wakely
Capitol
Wakely
Grandpa
Joe College
Rudy Vallee
Rudy
Hollywood
Universal
Studio Carpenters
Lon Chaney
Broadway Babbles and Showbiz Tales From Winchell
Walter Winchell’s Broadway column notes eye catching showbiz items from Ray Middleton’s belt level performance to box office lines, mentions Pinza, Sinatra rumors, Greta Garbo backing Swiss Chris, and upcoming films and rosters. It catalogs industry chatter, gossip and brief notices across actors, producers, and venues with quick quips and quick takes.
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Broadway
Ray Middleton
Pinza
J. Benny
CBS
Benny
Luckies
NBC
Chris
Greta Garbo
Sinatra
Col’m
Hollywood
Johnson
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Hese
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Columbia
L. P
Cole Porter
Noel Coward
Richard Rodgers
Rich and Schwartz
Ray Noble
Manurkas
Chopin
Marla Jonas
L.P
Maryla Jonas
Tchaikovsky
Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra
Willem Mengelberg
Berlin Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
Hans von Benda
Capitol-Telefunken
Apstol
Volga
Kitchin
Les Zachers
National
Johnny
Deacon Bird
Zacheis
Leo Pieper
Pieper
Benny Strong
Capitol Record
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Kansas
Second Avenue
Waterloo
D.A.V. Bldg
Cedar Rapids
Hawkeye Downs
Lucky Hell
MMARA
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Foco
Miss Townsend
Gale Storm
Audie Murphy
Texas
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Chicago
Otto Kruger
Miss Kruger
Sam Briskin
Miss Damon
Miss Pythias
Ing Ball
Lafayette Cafe
Sespoi
England
Tondon
Marcel Hellman
Britain
Jesse Matthews
London Town
Joseph A. Bank
United States
Vera Ellen
Caesar Romero
David Niven
Teddy British
Humberstone
Arthur Murray
Arthur Murray’s
Arthur
Murray
Walter Winchell
Ohn Steinbeck
E. Kazan
el Scripto
Richard Widmark
Abbie and Slats
Gen. Eisenhower
Ike’s
M. Todd
Runyon Fund
Madison Avenue
Ingrid
John Gunther
Roosevelt
J. Bushkin
Park- Sheraton Mermaid Room
Music Hall
Todd Duncan
Lumbia
Roy Stevens
Roseland
CBS Wire
Toni Arden
Flagstad
Mgr
Levine
Mengelberg
Amsterdam
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RTHUR
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Abner Kerrickter
Happy Vermin
Pier Angeli
Sardinia
Teresa
Pier
Mama
Priceeats
Russia
Barnee
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Washington
Moscow
Joe Schumacher
D. W. Griffith
Esquire
Frank Lee
Lee Hats
Joe Kamp
Lee
Chablis
Thrush
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T. S. Eliot
U. S
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