The Lady's Not for Burning and The Country Girl on Broadway
Broadway openings feature Christopher Fry's The Lady's Not for Burning directed by John Gielgud with Pamela Brown in a witty Fifteenth century tale. Clifford Odets returns with The Country Girl at the Lyceum starring Uta Hagen and Paul Kelly, praised by Brooks Atkinson for its raw emotional power.
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INS
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Geilgud
Miss Brown
George Howe
Eliot Makeham
Nora Nicholson
England
New York
Clifford Odets
Lyceum
Odets
Uta Hagen
Paul Kelly
Brooks Atkinson
The
New York Times
Atkinson
Daily Mirror
Robert Coleman
Sam Bass loot tiny as wild west myth fades
Hollywood report from Columbia studios says the famous outlaw Sam Bass and his gang stole only $1,961 during their hold ups. Sam Bass allegedly took $514.87 for himself, contrary to rugged outlaw lore.
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Columbia Studios
Wild West
Sam Bass
Columbia
Sam
Ex-GIs Claim Willie and Joe Originals Over Film Up Front
Thirty seven veterans contend they inspired Bill Mauldin's Willie and Joe, sending letters to Alexander Hall alleging their WW II experiences as foot soldiers. They offered to share the frontline view for a fee.
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Hollywood
G.I
Bill Mauldin
Willie
Joe
America
Alexander Hall
New Records Review Highlights French Quartets and Debussy
Joseph H. Kitchen surveys Calvet String Quartet Mozart quartets in G major and A major. Also reviews Lily Pons Debussy songs with La Forge, Tales from the Vienna Woods with Kostelanetz, Iturbi duo piano Debussy, and Franck with San Francisco Symphony conducted by Monteux. Offenbach operettas featured by Orchestre des Concerts.
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the Calvet String Quartet
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Lily Pons
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Frank la Forge
Columbia
Vienna Woods
Andre Kostelanetz
Miss Pons
Bishop
Hue
Rachmaninoff
Rossini
Kostelanetz
Franck
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux
Victor
Ffenbach
Wales of
Hoffman
Europe
Capitol
la Vie Parisienne
Offenbach
Orchestre Des Concerts
Paris
Serge
Record Review Highlights New Jazz Bands and Classics
Ralph Flanagan successor Buddy Morrow debuts on Victor with strong two-side release featuring Ich Liebe Dich and I Cant Give You Anything But Love. Jack Sheedy Dixieland sides on Koronet deliver raw How Long Blues and Honky Tonk Town. Charlie Barnet Capitol plates excite the younger set with Claude Williamson piano and Dick Hofer tenor. Capitol’s Woody Herman and Dave Brubeck sets also noted.
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Victor
Flanagan
Tommy Dorsey
Moe Zudekoff
Dorseys
Crosbys
Artie Shaw
Buddy Morrow
Morrow
Edward Grieg
Jack Teagarden
Second Platter
Tommy Mercer
Buddy
Golden Gate
Jack Sheedy
Dixie
Sheedy
Crescent City
Charlie Barnet
Capitol
Claude Reigns
Claude Williamson
Kia Winding
Dick Hofer
Vinnie Vittorio
Frankie Masters to Lead Show at Armar Saturday Night
Frankie Masters and his band perform Saturday at the Armar band stand with emcee and vocalist Masters joined by wife Phyllis Myles and guests Barbara Sims Alan DeWitt and the Masters Voices. The group has set records at the Stevens Hotel Chicago and hosts a daily TV show.
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Stevens Hotel
Chicago
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Maestro
Barbara Sims
Alan DeWitt
the Masters
Butch Jenkins Now A Real Boy At School
Butch Jenkins, famous at 13 as MGM child star, retires from films to attend private school as Jack Wolfe in seventh grade. He avoids interviews, enjoys horses, climbs trees, and lives quietly with his mother, stepfather, pets, and a new suburban home.
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Geilgud
Pamela Brown
Steven Hill
Odets
Ollywood
Butch Jenkins
Butch
MGM
Doris Dudley Wolfe
Jack Wolfe
Metro
How Cooperative Can an Actor Be
Montgomery Clift kept engagement to a future magazine interview, wired from London three days before the date that he would be there on time by plane, then fulfilled the commitment after leaving for England.
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Boston
Montgomery Clift
England
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