Actors Showcase Their Own Talent Under Equity Library Theater
Richard Kleiner reports the Equity Library Theater ELT a branch of Actors Equity Association earned 21 cents last year and continues its mission to showcase members for Broadway television and film talent buyers. ELT runs Community Theater producing 15 plays per season with six performances each on a $30 budget attracting mainly young actors from Equity rolls. Auditions are open to any Equity member with four weeks of rehearsal. Notable alumni include Betsy Drake Charlton Heston Bethel Leslie Elaine Stitch Lenore Lonergan Wesley Addy and Paula Lawrence. Beverly McFadden star of One Touch of Venus drew attention and offers from summer stock and a Broadway musical after her ELT performance.
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New York
NEA
Equity Library Theater, Inc
ELT
Actors’ Equity Association
Union of Stage Players
Equity
Carmen Mathews
Lyn Ely
Betsy Drake
Charlton Heston
Bethel Leslie
Elaine Stitch
Lenore Lonergan
Wesley Addy
Paula Lawrence
Miss McFadden
Beverly McFadden
Chorus Equity
Actors’ Equity
Chorus People
Red-Head
Pittsburgh
Mary Martin
Finian
Venus
Eddie Dowling Returns to World of Song and Dance
Eddie Dowling, veteran stage figure, returns in Paint Your Wagon after James Barton. Dowling, born Joseph Nelson Goucher in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, explains his poetic name and recalls a career spanning Follies, Shakespeare, and Broadway. He argues modern musicals require strong plays and praises Oklahoma and South Pacific for story as well as song.
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Song-and
John McClain
TEW York
INS
James Barton
Joseph Nelson Goucher
Woonsocket
R. I
Dowling
Goucher
Eddie
Tennessee Williams
William Saroyan
John Vincent Carroll
Eugene O'Neill
Mr. Dowling
Mississippi State colors on UM license plates surprise
In Oxford Mississippi many University of Mississippi routers will display the colors of arch rival Mississippi State College on their automobile license tags provoking reaction among students and staff.
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Oxford, Miss
University of Mississippi
Mississippi State College
Hollywoods TV future saddled with old films and theater fears
A Wall Street Journal note highlights how FCC channel growth could drive up movie vault values yet threaten cinemas. The piece cites bids for old films, color video’s future impact on black and white, studio moves to create video specific films, and Chicago theater closures as cinema battle lines shift.
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Wall Street Journal
Hollywood
FCC
the Journal
Oriental Theater
Chicago
Loop Area
Bach and Sacred Arias Dominate New Records Review
Joseph H. Kitchin reviews Columbia's Bach solo organ set Volume III with E Powers Biggs at Boston Symphony Hall. Includes Tocata and Fugue in D minor and Pas Sacraglia and Fugue in C minor. Eleanor Steber sings sacred arias backed by Max Rudolf and the Columbia Symphony. A second note covers On Your Toes ballet music and RCA Victor two grand tunes with Whittemore and Lowe.
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E. ‘Powers Biggs
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Biggs
Columbia
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Verdure
Haydn
Israel
Mendelssohn
Elijah
Miss Steber
Max Rudolf
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Whittemore
Lowe
RCA Victor
Popular Jazz and Vocal Stars on Mercury and Victor Editions
Aeval of Ellington Basie and Hefti cuts on Mercury alongside Patti Page. Basie’s fiery swing and Neal Hefti originals join Duke Ellington and others. Also notes Boston Pops Victor LP, Kostelanetz with Rodgers and Kern, and Duke Ellington perfumed suite. Patti Page and Dinah Shore appearances noted. Mercury TV pilot with Billy Williams Quartet added.
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Count Basie
Neal Hefti
Mercury
Patti Page
Patti
Dinah Shore
Dinah
Victor
Vaughn Monroe
Monroe
Billy Williams
Azurte
Van Heflin recounts Algiers filming during European trek
Actor Van Heflin recalls six months filming South of Algiers in Europe and North Africa. He describes Bou Saada’s desert heat and a night of no bath or refreshments, the king's death broadcast, riots in Constantine, and Muslim reactions to the English during the Mayflower unit's stay. He highlights Italian cinema vitality, Tunisian unrest, and gratitude for returning home to American movies.
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Peggy Lee
Ciro’s
van Heflin
Algiers
Van
Europe
North Africa
Bou Saada
Algeria
Hollywood
Frances
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Egg surprises husband breakfast in Connecticut
In Greenwick Connecticut Patsy Tiriolo served breakfast to her husband when the egg hatched a second egg inside. A week earlier another housewife reported an egg inside an egg, illustrating odd nesting curiosities.
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Greenwick
Conn
Patsy Tiriolo
Blink Rates Among Humans Vary Widely
Observation notes that human blinking ranges from 25 times per minute to about once per minute. The statement highlights natural variability in ocular reflex frequency.
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Arthur Fiedler
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CA Victor
Duke Ellington
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Cat Anderson
Duke
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