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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1955
Page
7
The production features star Burl Ives and co stars Ben Gaz Zara Mildren Dunnock. The folk singer turned actor leads a cast celebrated for a hit despite crude language drawing some audience criticism.
A scrambled list of programs and times shows a busy local TV schedule featuring Winky Dink This Is The Life Soldier Parade Super Circus Life with Father Reader's Digest The Search Adventure 30 Masquerade Party Onzle and Harriet Jack Benny Strike It Rich RFC Piedmont Love of Life Search for Tomorrow Whats My Name Welcome Travelers Robert Lewis House Party Payott and other listings across the day and night.
Evening lineup features Bernard Boyd at 7, Great Plains at 7:30, Shakespeare at 8, Hands Across Sta at 8:45, American Story at 10 and This I Believe segment after legislation review. A 6:30 film precedes.
A radio style schedule lists programs from 3:00 to 11:00 including Meet the Press Porum Conversation Hourglass Mr. Peepers Comedy Hour Bob Cummings Hour and News segments. Notable entries include Eisenhower on Winchell and Stork Club late night fare.
U S coal production reached 392 million tons in 1954, down 38 percent from the 1947 peak. The drop reflects a long term decline in output since mid-century.
A 44 page illustrated book on arthritis and rheumatism is offered free by The Ball Clinic. The booklet explains causes ill effects and danger of neglect and describes a drugless treatment proven in thousands of cases. Mail request to The Ball Clinic Dept 4612 Excelsior Springs Mo.
The High Point Little Theater begins rehearsals for See How They Run a Philip King farce at Memorial Auditorium High Point College. An American GI is mistaken for a British clergyman and both are tangled with an escaped prisoner in a chaotic vicarage setting featuring a bishop a visiting clergyman and other quirky characters led by Pat Collins as the vicar's wife. Charlie Lockwood also stars in the cast.
Oscar Levant, Hollywood pianist and controversial figure, plans a TV quiz show called Tell it to Oscar serving as emcee and host. After three years away from the public eye and a recent film, he discusses recovery from health scares and his renewed career while dining in a Hollywood cafe.
A London theatre favorite See How They Run, which enjoyed over a year on stage, prepares for its New York showing. The piece features a lively cast and the satire centers on mistaken identities and theatrical farce.
The fragment notes a lively tradition of farce comedies like Brother Rat Room Service and Three Men on a Horse highlighting enduring hits. It references a lineage of onstage humor and theatrical charm from bygone eras.
A Sunday lineup lists Youth Forum, Billy Graham, Nick Carter, Tin Tin, and other shows across the afternoon and evening. Notable segments include a relayed religious feature, a crime drama, Enchanted Concert, Walter Winchell news, and late-night symphonies with local and network pieces.
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