Record Reviews By Donald Key
Angel records after Capital acquisition uphold high quality with Villa Lobos conducting Bachianas Brasileiras Nos 2 5 6 and 9 featuring Victoria De Los Angeles on No. 5 Leonid Kogan delivers a restrained yet fluid Symphonie Espagnole Paris Conservatory Orchestra under Charles Bruck. Brahms Third Symphony with Klemperer Philharmonia and Tchaikovsky Fourth with Markevitch are praised for vigor. Vanguard Beethoven Pastoral and Szell Schubert Seventh highlight strong brass woodwinds and strings. Orbit includes Mozart selections by Pittsburgh Symphony Steinberg and Ormandy leaders, and noted harpist Wanda Landowska Bach Prokofiev works and pianist Andor Foldes.
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Capitol Records
U.S
Heitor Villa Lobos
Orchestre National de la Radiodifussion Francaise
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Victoria de Los Angeles
Leonid Kogan
Angel
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Paris Conservatory Orchestra
Charles Bruck
Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer
Igor Markevitch
Orchestre National de la Radiodifussion- Television Francaise
Community Theater Grows Guys and Dolls Cast
The Guys and Dolls production at the local community theater expands with 40 actors covering 60 to 70 roles plus backstage duties. Director Don Tescher notes the need for versatile performers while announcing opening night moved to Friday May 23 for a two week run.
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Don Tescher
Tescher
Terrence Carlson
Ruth Webster
Henry Denecke
No Time for Sergeants to Play Cedar Rapids May 14
Broadway comedy about a country boy drafted into the air force comes to Cedar Rapids Memorial Coliseum May 14. Maurice Evans presents with Emmett Rogers. cast includes Charles Hohman Rex Everhart Tucker Ashworth and others. Tour uses an 15-piece transport plane set with integrated sound. tickets from the Coliseum, theater, or by mail.
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Cedar Rapids’ Memorial Coliseum
Maurice Evans
Emmett Rogers
New York
Charles Hohman
Will Stockdale
Rex Everhart
Tucker Ashworth
Ben
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Howard Freeman
Royal Beal
James Millhollin
Cedar Rapids
Paramount Theater
Hollywood makes scene for peanuts on set at city hall
In Hollywood a scene from The Last Hurrah halted as John Ford noticed no pigeons on the ledge. Spencer Tracy, playing the political boss, watched while Prop Man Charlie Granucci scattered peanuts to lure birds. The flock swarmed the ledge and the shot proceeded.
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Hollywood
Spencer Tracy
City Hall
John Ford
Ford
Charlie Granucci
Tipton Couples Plan Broadway Theater Party Next Weekend
A Tipton Iowa group plans a Broadway trip driven by a club jackpot of over 2000 dollars. Fourteen travelers including couples will tour Chicago to New York for Say Darling and The Music Man with visits to New York sights and Sardi's after theater.
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Bissells
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Cedar Falls
South Africa Bans Lady Song from Broadcast
The South African Broadcasting Corporation bans the song With a Little Bit of Luck from airplay. The My Fair Lady album featuring the track goes on sale in South Africa and sells briskly.
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Capetown
South Africa
South African Broadcastiing Corporation
Brophy Helps Star In The Last Hurrah
Hollywood report notes Ed ward Brophy, a veteran character actor, earns his 101st film role as the star's best friend beside Spencer Tracy in The Last Hurrah. Described by Brophy, the actor outlines the requisites for such roles.
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Spencer Tracy
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