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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1969
Page
17
Singer John Davidson discusses his fragile appeal to women and mothers, his May 30 prime time ABC series, and his image strategy. He recalls a Broadway start with Foxy and Disney films, notes being influenced by luck, and describes future plans—horses, a sailboat, and a lifelong singing career.
Robert Downing, former Cedar Rapids and Broadway man, named director of the 1969 Denver Opera Foundation production Camelot to be staged July 14 to 20 in the Cheesman Park outdoor theater. Downing is production administrator of Krannert Center at the University of Illinois and recently starred in Murder in the Cathedral at the Center.
New York reports Tim Matheson is signed for NBCs The Virginian to play Jim Horn an itinerant teenage cowboy who arrives at Shiloh ranch with a sidekick and stays as a wrangler His film credits include Yours Mine and Ours Divorce American Style and How to Commit Marriage His TV work spans Twilight Zone My Three Sons Leave It to Beaver and McKeever and the Colonel
Cedar Rapids Community Theater faces a major staging puzzle for The Amorous Flea a 10 by 12 foot garden wall that must pivot unseen to reveal a street scene. Technical Director Francis Brinkman wired a roof anchored pole and a hidden six foot turnstile to spin the scene while volunteers finish two days of welding and assembly for the June 6 opening.
The listings show Charly at Paramount with showings at 1:85 3:40 7:45 9:45 and additional times 3:25 5:25 7:30 9:30. The First Time at Iowa lists showings 2 4:05 6:10 8:14 10 with shares timing 1:20 1 3:35 9:40 7095 9:50.
Monday listings include The Shoes of the Fisherman at 1:80 and 4:20, The Mad Room at PLAZA with 3 and 8 showings, Funny Girl at TIMES and Marion with Uncle Tom's Cabin at 7 and 9:18, The Odd Couple and Barefoot in the Park at COLLINS DRIVEAN, Twixt Town features The Green Berets and The Family Way at 9 and 11.
Murray Kentucky UPI Dr Bill C Malone associate professor of history at Murray State University writes a new book SA US A which surveys country music from its British Isles origins to its commercial rise since 1920 He argues 1920 marked a turning point when radio popularized country as hillbilly music and notes its folk roots in rural east Texas families.
Emil Mossbacher told of being asked by Nixon and Rogers to be chief of protocol. Eisenhower painted two pictures on one canvas, now offered for sale at ten thousand dollars. Lennard Bernstein conducts the New York Philharmonic for the last time before retiring. Bruno Walter’s passing era follows with Bernstein’s rise. Peter Buck’s Madame Liang book choice and Huston’s Kremlin Letter filming announced. Benny Goodman recalls Ellington White House party absence.
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