Oscar Derby Forecast Faces Tight Vote This Year
Hollywood insiders weigh the Oscars as voting tightens under a reduced member pool. The Yearling leads for best picture with Gregory Peck favored for best actor and Celia Johnson a likely best actress contender amid British influence and altered campaigning.
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Laurence Olivier
Larry Story
de Peck
James Stewart
Olivia de Havilland
Celia Johnson
Jennifer Jones
Rosalind Russell
Sister Kenny
Jane Wyman
Charles Coburn
Elliot Lawrence Band to Perform at Danceland March 20
Elliot Lawrence, 21, noted maestro, brings his orchestra to Danceland Thursday evening March 20. Lawrence began conducting at age 10 and studied at the University of Pennsylvania. He heads a popular campus circuit and started the Listen to Lawrence network in 1945 with coast to coast broadcasts.
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Elliot Lawrence
Lawrence
University of Pennsylvania
Treasury Department
Radio Notes Preview Moscow Conference Aims Across Networks
Radio notes summarize Monday Moscow conference discussions across CBS NBC Mutual and ABC. Highlights include CBS Prelude to Moscow noon broadcast with Richard Hottelet and other correspondents, plus ABCs Democracy U S A feature with Truman award coverage and several guest performers.
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Germany
Richard Hottelet
WBBM
Mutual
Henry L. Cossitt
Cecil Brown
Leslie Nichols
New York
Arthur Gaeth
Albert L. Warner
Washington
ABC
Raymond Swing
Elmer Davis
Programs Hour by Hour and Local Schedule
A fragmented March 16 1947 newspaper page shows hourly radio and TV style listings with names like Pearson Parsons Ras Es WGN June Baker and a 6:00 pm to 8:15 am sequence. The message reads like a station schedule with times and program titles though many words are garbled.
Blossom Time Comes to Iowa Stage March 18
The long running operetta Blossom Time arrives in Iowa Tuesday evening March 18. Set around the composer Schubert the musical romance has toured 26 years and features Sigmund Rom (Earl Covert) as Schubert and Victoria Sherry as Mitzi with Anthony Blair Edith Herlick and Dennis Carroll in key roles. Tickets are on mail order and box office sales begin Thursday.
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Iowa Theater
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Mitzi
Anthony Blair
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Bellabruna
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Iowa
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Covert
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Eddie Cantor finally has a son in new film Susie
Eddie Cantor rejoices as his on screen son Bobby Driscoll arrives in the movie If You Knew Susie. Cantor plans a softer singing style for Susie and hints his next project may be his life story with Cantor in later scenes. The comic also notes a real birthday party on set and Cantor’s long show business career.
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Cedar Rapids
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Crosby
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Eres Stu
al Jolson
Jolson
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Susie” Crew
Broadway Has Answers About Patrons
York AP. A 50 000 card Broadway audience survey by Theater Inc shows slightly over half of theatergoers come from New York City with about a sixth from the suburbs and a third farther away. Balcony audiences skew NYC 68 74 and 5 8 percent for Joan of Lorraine and Street Scene respectively. Average orchestra patrons attend 2.1 shows monthly while upstairs patrons attend 1.7. Movie attendance averages are 3.5 and 3.2 respectively. Reasons for attending include ads, friends, or critics with quirky responses noted.
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Theater, Inc
New York City
New York
Aoe Se
Joan
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