Record Reviews By Joseph F. Kitchin
Joseph F Kitchin reviews a 7 year revival of Show Boat highlighting a baritone's strength in Old Man River and artistry in singing. William Warfield praised for Ancient Music of the Church and Ballads of Loewe. David Polaki shown as a promising singer on 45 rpm. Szell leads Weber overtures. jazz picks include Turk Murphy and Firehouse Five.
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Joseph F. Kitchin
Je_ Tome Kern
Columbia
William Warfield
Kar Loewe
Perotin
Monteverde
Schutz
Hammerschmid
David Polaki
Victor
Kid Ory
Lu Watters
Turk Murphy
Pete Daily
Rosy McHargue
Firehouse Five
Spike Jones
Claire Austin
Bessie Smith
Johnny Dodds
Teddy Grace
Popular By Les Zachers On National Billboard
A music column notes Patti Page’s You Belong to Me tops national tunes on Billboard. Predictions include Perry Como My Love and Devotion, Jo Stafford Jambalaya in Columbia, and Jo’s Early Autumn with Johnny Mercer lyrics.
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Les Brown
Lucy Ann Polk
Flip
Milly Bailey
Spike Jones
George Rock
Hank Busse
Patti Page
Mercury
Rusty Draper
Nation
Billboard
Perry Como
Victor
Jo Stafford
Columbia
Johnny Mercer
Symphonette in Varied Concert At Coe Oct 1
The Longines Symphonette conducts a varied program at Coe college auditorium on Wednesday Oct 1 with Mishel Piastro directing. Highlights include Haydn Imperial Symphony in D the Wolf Ferrari Intermezzo Frescobaldi Organ Toccata Barber Adagio and Mendelssohn Finale. The second half features Nussio Rogueries of Scapia Flagello Suite for Amber Ravel Pavanne for a Dead Child Strauss Artist's Life and Gershwin Suite from Porgy and Bess. Amber the Piastros' cocker spaniel sits backstage.
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Longines Symphonette
Coe College
Mishel Piastro
Haydn
Maria Theresa of
Austria
Europe
Wolf- Ferrari
Fresccobaldi
Barber
Mendelssohn
Nussio
Flagello
Ravel
Pavanne
Strauss
Gershwin
Porgy and Bess
American Movies Click in Indo China
American made films tops favorites in Hanoi with French Union forces crowds filling nine movie houses nightly. Admission costs 1 50 dollars, more than a day's pay for soldiers or Vietnamese workers. films are often 10 to 16 years old.
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Hanoi
Indo-China
Hollywood
United States
Ducks De-Feathered at Bruce Park Lake
Five defeathered ducklings were found at Bruce Park lake in Meriden Connecticut. Officials concluded jealous mallards stripped the newcomers to protect territory.
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Meriden, Conn
Park
Bruce Park Lake
Japanese Film Industry's Growth Draws Big Crowds Abroad
Public information officer Jack Lewis reports Japan's movie industry expands rapidly with studios like Toho and Daie producing many features. Tokyo and Kyoto lead centers while stars such as Shirley Yamaguchi and Sessue Hayakawa shape trends. Despite flaws, films attract large audiences despite government backing for imports.
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Marines
Korea
Hollywood
Game
Toho Studios
Daie Studios
Japan
Tokyo
Kyoto
Seagulls over Sorrento opens on Broadway amid mixed reviews
The John Golden stage debut of Seagulls over Sorrento by Hugh Hastings draws a stylish audience as a naval farce set at a Scapa Flow base. Leslie Nielsen and John Randolph lead a rough crew of sailors in a hammy, loquacious comedy that critics call heartful but uneven. Reviews vary from praise for Turner’s bold arc to lukewarm calls labeling the piece routine and talkative.
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New York
INS
New York Theater
Broadway
Sorrento
John Golden Theater
Ebbets Field
Hugh Hastings
Her Majesty’s Navy
Scapa Flow
Erbert
Leslie Nielsen
Bligh
Westport
Conn
Charles Bowden
Philip Langner
Peter Cookson
New York Daily Mirror
Robert Coleman
New York Times
Brooks Atkinson
Sorento
Walter F. Kerr
Herald-Tribune
Finally Success For Dean, Jerry on Menu at Paramount
Hollywood AP reports that the Martin and Lewis duo have a new special named for them in the Paramount commissary. The dish appears in character with lettuce Swiss franks wiener schnitzel two cans of salmon on melba toast.
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Hollywood
Martin and Lewis
Paramount Commissary
Bing Crosby
Farm counts drop from 1935 to 1950 in U.S.
The number of U.S. farms fell from 6,800,000 in 1935 to 5,380,000 in 1950, indicating a continuing consolidation of agricultural holdings and rural workforce shifts over the period.
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U.S
Taurog Brings New Talent to Stardom in Hollywood
By Dorothy Manners. Norman Taurog has launched Mario Lanza Rosemary Clooney and Anna Maria Alberghetti in their first films guiding them through early fame. He praises directing Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis and notes his own family life in Beverly Hills as he nurtures new stars.
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INS
Hollywood
Norman Taurog
MGM
Mario Lanza
Paramount
Norman
Rosemary Clooney
Betty Hutton
Anna Maria Alberghetti
Bing Crosby
Fernando Lamas
Freddie Bartholomew
Jackie Cooper
Baby LeRoy
Virginia Weidler
Mickey Rooney
Dean Martin
Jerry Lewis
Taurog
Beverly Hills
Sue
Taurogs
Lombardo Canadians at Armar Monday Night Show
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians perform at Armar Monday night presenting Sweetest Music This Side of Heaven. The bill features Carmen Lombardo Lebert Victor Kenny Gardner and other Lombardo collaborators with Elaine Lombardo and Eddy Howard joining next Sunday.
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Royal Canadians
Heaven
Armar
Maestro
Carmen, Lebert
Victor
Kenny Gardner
Lombardos
Elaine
Bill Flannigan
Kenny Martin
Cliff Grass
Lombardo
Twin Pianos
Eddy Howard
Slight Promotion for Claire Trevor in gangster role
Hollywood AP reports Claire Trevor, famed for portraying gang molls, declares a promotional push for her current film Stop, You're Killing MeShe states she is now an ex gangster's wife in the production and promotes the role with confidence.
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Hollywood (Ap
Claire Trevor
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