Will Two-a-Day Vaudeville Survive at the Palace Theater
The Broadway debate centers on the Palace theater’s future as a deluxe two-a-day vaudeville venue after Judy Garland ended her 19 week run. Critics note TV competition and high prices, while supporters cite Garland’s record crowds and potential for another big-name bill with Betty Hutton and Bea Lillie lined up.
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Jack Gaver
York
Broadway
Palace Theater
Judy Garland
Miss Garland
Judy
Palace
Oldsters
Kaye
New York
Garland
Lauritz Melchior
Ben Blue
Olsen and Johnson
RKO Theaters
Betty Hutton
Miss Hutton
the Palace
Tyro
Betty
Bea Lillie
Hollywood Stars Clash Over Roles and TV Deals
Erskine Johnson reports on Charles Boyer shifting his film persona in The Happy Time to a woodshed father role while praising rising hearts of Tony Curtis Monty Clift and Jeff Chandler. Deter Hayes plans a refresher on punch drunk comedy and Peter Lawford meets Dr Seuss writer Ted Geisel. Lou Costello recalls early MGM carpentry punishment and Joan Crawford denies MCA pricing gossip about 26 TV films while pursuing strong material for Sudden Fear.
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Erskine Johnson
NEA
Charles Boyer
Stanley Kramer
Boyer
Hollywood
Tony Curtis
Monty Clift
Jeff Chandler
Deter Lind Hayes
Callaghan
Red Skelton
Peter
Mary Healy
Dr. T
Ted Geisel
Geisel
Dr. Suess
Gerald McBoing
Boing
Ted
Joas Crawford
Music Corporation of America
Joan
Organ recital by Nancy Zearing at Iowa Theater
Nancy Kay Zearing a 12 year old Lisbon girl presents a week long organ recital at the Iowa theater beginning Wednesday. She performs at 8 45 each evening and 3 on Saturday and Sunday matinees. The Cedar Rapids native recently drew notice from Ted Mack Amateur Hours and won a Golden Opportunity prize on WOC TV. She studies with Eulalia Hauser. The organ interlude accompanies the film program A Girl in Every Port.
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Nancy Kay Zearing
Iowa Theater
Nancy
Ted Mack
Mack
Davenport
Woc-Tv
Cedar Rapids
Eulalia Hauser
Iowa
New Records Review Highlights Monteux and Whiteman
The piece notes Monteux retiring as San Francisco Symphony conductor and praises his recordings with Debussy Images and Gershwin Rhapsody. It covers Paul Whiteman’s Gershwin Rhapsody version and Leonard Pennario’s piano work, plus Midwest LPs by Lawrence Welk and Connee Boswell, Kid Ory, Wally Rose, Jo Stafford and Paul Weston with varied jazz and dance appeal.
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San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Monteux
Boston Symphony
San Francisco
Victor
Iberia
Debussy
Gershwin
Paris
Capitol
Paul Whiteman
Whiteman
Leonard Pennario
Connee Boswell
Connee
Sy Oliver
Good Time
New Oreans
Kid Ory
Ory
St. Louis
Wally Rose
Tom Turpin
Scott Joplin
Joe Public
Organ revival and TV wit brighten Cedar Rapids theaters
The Cedar Rapids Iowa theater scene sees a revival as organ performer Nancy Kay Zearing returns to the Iowa Theater for a week of organ entertainment. A light, humorous look at TV etiquette and FCC delays follows, noting two local stations and a cheeky exchange with a child about Hopalong Cassidy.
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Cedar Rapids
Yesteryear
Woi-Tv
Ames
Paris 90: Cornelia Otis Skinner in One Woman Show
New York critics praise Cornelia Otis Skinner for Paris 90 at the Booth theater. Skinner delivers 14 monologues across three acts with brisk quick-change talent and Parisian ambience that delights audiences despite mixed critical notes on depth.
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Inez Robb
New York
INS
Booth Theater
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Paris
Skinner
Miss Skinner
Horace
Champs Elysees
Boston
London
Yvette Guilbert
Montmartre
Brooks Atkinson
The
New York Times
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Sterling Hayden
Barbara Rush
Times Square
Pessimists
Milton Berle
Martin and Lewis
Jimmy Durante
Bob Hope
Danny Kaye
Beatrice Lillie
Korea
OU Costello
MGM
Lou
Nancy Zearing
Joseph H. Kitchin
Dierre Monteux
Kitchin
Les Zachers
Midwest
Lawrence Welk
Dolores
Mary Lou
Emaline
Jo Stafford
Paul Weston
Columbia
Pittsburgh
Bob Merrill
Guy Mitchell
Eerom Vikan W. S. F
Nadine Subotnik
Andy Talbot
the Iowa
the Gazette
Lisbon
Mame
Washington
FCC
Television Digest
Martin Codel
NTE
Lou DE Klotz
Tom Owens
Big St. “Patricks
Postead
Carrol Baker
Frank Vawkove Fine
Bis Yan
ST. Patrick's Dance
Arthur Murray
Third Avenue SE
Swingtet
Craig
Margo Graham
Y.M.C.A. Camp Fund
Marge Graham
Arthur Murray School of Dancing
YMCA
Donald Oenslager
Garbo
O. 1
America
Ted Weems
Russ Carter
Wmt Rangers
Ken Griffin
Ranch Supper Club
Columbia Records
Unbreakable
Sonny the Bunn Bunny
Peter Cottontail
Funny Little Bunny
Wooden Soldiers
Eggbert
Gene Autry
Rosemary Clooney
Floyd Sherman
William Keene
Harry Babbitt
Bunny
Rainbow Rosemary Clooney
le Champ
Columbia Children’s Records
Unvict
Ist
St. SE
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