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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1949
Page
3
NADINE SUBOTNIK reports Variety notes radio may rebound as TV’s quality disappoints viewers. Trade belief is radio could profit from smart summer programming while big video shows fade, with some sponsors reconsidering AM after short video cycles.
Eastern Iowa's Bourke Hickenlooper appears on KCRG KCRK at 7 30 PM to discuss charges against Atomic Energy Commission chair David Lilienthal. Also announced are Monte Cristo debut on radio at 8 PM Carleton Young stars in a Mayberry style tale and baseball returns with Cubs vs Red Sox at 12 30 PM.
Bobby Driscoll, Cedar Rapids born and Disney contract child actor, discusses his film work and daily routines. He recalls early auditions, sixteenth films, and life on set with four hours filming, one hour meals, and three hours of schooling. He shares plans to visit New York, track ambitions, and admiration for Mr Disney.
Radio schedule listing for KCRK on FM 44.9 or Channel 245 with Sunday afternoon and Monday entries. Programs include Charles Keaton Major Lea Pascbel a Treasure House of oat True Detective Under Arrest Roy Nick Carter and others, plus sports, news and music blocks.
Hollywood stars complain that long shoots under hot lights are exhausting and demanding. Bill Lundigan recounts his wife Rena remarking on his work after a demanding day on Pinky and notes leading men face the same scrutiny from their co stars and crews.
Hollywood veteran Basil Ruysdael, 60, has pursued five careers from Opera singer to voice coach to Broadway star to radio announcer and now a movie character actor. He began at 22 with the Metropolitan Opera, then ran a Hollywood studio, then starred in Coconuts, and later became a radio announcer for twenty years before securing a top role in Pinky with others waiting in three pictures.
Iowa senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper will be the guest on Mutual network’s Meet the Press rebroadcast tonight at 7 30 over KCRG and KCRK. Lawrence Spivak of American Mercury will moderate the program and newspapermen will ask questions.
The article notes Ava Gardner wore outfits in The Great Sinner that require about 20 to 25 pounds of fabric for each ensemble. It emphasizes the imposing scale of wardrobe and the screen star’s sartorial burden during production.
Families across the United States carried an average life insurance protection of 4600 dollars by midyear 1947. The figure reflects widespread coverage as households sought financial security amid postwar economic adjustments.
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