Broadway Season Opens With Oriental Themed Lineup
Orient captains Broadway’s new season with World of Susie Wong and Flower Drum Song among three Far East themed productions. Stars include Helen Hayes, Claudette Colbert, and Rod Steiger as theaters lease up, while J B and Epitaph for George Dillon headline plays alongside The Flower Drum Song musical.
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TV Schedule Graceful Sunday Afternoon Programs
WFMY TV Greensboro lists a Sunday lineup with Lamp Unto Feet Look Up and Live Eye on New York Camera 3 Treasure House News Weather Search Guiding Light and Stu Erwin airing across morning and afternoon blocks through early evening. The schedule presents religious, news, soap opera and entertainment segments for viewership.
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Van Doren Seeks Substantive TV Role After NBC Contract
Charles Van Doren describes himself as a teacher and writer not a personality. He substitutes on Today, plans to teach at Columbia, and hopes NBC news features work next season after a five week Washington stint as a budding reporter. He recalls asking NBC president Robert Kintner for direction and being allowed to pursue solid reporting experience in Washington.
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Whence it Came In Where A Train With Two Engines
A brief note discusses the term double for a locomotive pull with two engines. The author cites a phrase used for such trains and mentions its origin in railway terminology.
Swiss Actress Praises American Men As Best Match
Elizabeth Mueller, a Basel raised actress now in Germany, declares American men best husbands citing training and zest for life. She prefers a partner over 30 who loves animals and children, aims for stability, and dislikes constant parties. She has starred in 13 German films and seeks a suitable American suitor.
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Actors Lose City Parlor in Sun for Damn Yankees Roles
Six New York actors at Warner Bros detoured to sun tanning to shed makeup for baseball parts in the Technicolor Broadway hit Damn Yankees. Co director Stanley Donen ordered no makeup and required the sun sessions daily. The cast includes Jimmie Komack Russ Brown Allen Case Nate Frey and Allen Linville with Tab Hunter Gwen Verdon and Ray Walston co starring.
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Lutheran Bishops Warn Against Intermarriage Across Faiths
Berlin reports Germany's Lutheran bishops issued a strong statement warning against marriages between Catholics and Protestants as an obstacle to spiritual harmony and faith. The declaration says people who marry someone of a different confession shoulder a heavy burden.
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Hollywood Booming Again Shows Strong Show Biz Pulse
AP writer Bob Thomas reports Hollywood entertainment thriving with theaters, stars, and new productions drawing packed crowds. Maurice Chevalier, Danny Kaye, Eve Arden and Gregory Peck headline flourishing venues from the Greek Theater to the Philharmonic.
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The Hunters at ascope and Wind Across the Everglades showings
Sunday to Wednesday listings present The Hunters starring Mitchum Wagner Egan and May Britt in scope. Thursday to Saturday features Wind Across the Everglades in Technicolor with Buri Ives Christopher Plummer Gypsy Rose Lee. Saturday Round-Up Show runs 9 to 12 with Popeye Cartoons Little Rascals Chapter 2 Zorros Fighting Legion and live acts Pecos Pete Jimmy Vinson and His Crazy Cats Don Duncan Glenda Cain.
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Paramount Theater Schedules This Week
Today through Wednesday the feature is Ride a Crooked Trail in Cinemascope and Technicolor starring Audie Murphy. Thursday to Saturday Gun man s Walk in Cinemascope and Technicolor stars Tab Hunter Kathryn Grant and Van Heflin. Late Show Saturday Night China Doll stars Victor Mature.
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Aquatic Intrigue Stages Off Havana For The Old Man And The Sea
Warner Bros film crew shoots off Havana featuring live sea creatures including a swordfish tiger shark 380 pound turtle and a marlin. Director John Sturges guides scenes while star Spencer Tracy awaits his close up for the Hemingway adaptation.
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Early Egyptian Electroplating Evidence Unearthed
Archaeologists report 2000 B C Egyptian silversmiths used primitive wet batteries for electroplating metals. The find suggests early knowledge of electrochemical processes.
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