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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1973
Page
14
Anne Baxter awarded the Sarah Siddons theater prize to Bette Davis in Chicago Sunday night in a nod to their 1950 All About Eve collaboration. Baxter referenced their screen pairing as she praised Davis’s stage career.
Los Angeles AP reports the writers guild will limit picketing to major studios not yet signing the new contract. The guild withdraws from 153 independent producers controlling over half of prime time series that have signed. No major studio has signed the pact. The Writers Guild board announced its decision to eliminate further escalation.
Elmer Snowden aged 72, a famed jazz banjoist of the 1920s who played with Duke Ellington Fats Waller and Count Basie at times, died Monday in Philadelphia. The passage notes industry strike actions and protest over writers' contracts, with guilds seeking higher pay, better benefits, and control over writing by non writers as part of ongoing negotiations.
Yoko Ono has won permanent custody of Kyoko, but the girl remains missing. Anthony Cox, Kyoko’s father, disappeared with the child in December 1971 after a contempt of court sentence. the permanent order requires Kyoko live with the Lennons if found and in the United States, a challenge given Cox’s immigration status from a 1968 hashish conviction in England.
At Cannes, Wattstax, an American concert film dubbed the black Wood Stock, drew strong reviews as a festival highlight shown outside competition. Luigi Zampa's The White Mafia fared poorly, while The American Night by Francois Truffaut earned rave potential, with critics noting Wattstax as a powerful cultural record of a Los Angeles benefit for MLK.
New York AP reports Rudolph Nureyev strained a calf muscle during Sleeping Beauty at the Metropolitan Opera House on Sunday. The National Ballet of Canada canceled its Kennedy Center opening Tuesday as doctors ordered a week of rest for the dancer.
The Emmy Awards evolved from a 1949 start with Shirley Dinsdale to a nationwide telecast, with separate entertainment and news ceremonies planned. The piece notes early winners, major honorees, and popular shows that never won, illustrating a history of television's changing landscape and enduring omissions.
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