Television to aid theaters, predicts Skouras
New York film head Spyros Skouras of Twentieth Century Fox says television will power a theater based network supplying simulcast programs from cinema, opera, sports and current events to 3000 plus theaters. He doubts home first run fee TV but foresees a new era of theater patronage and industry growth despite ups and downs.
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The Practical Joker Fades From The Modern Scene
Hal Boyle notes the era of the practical joker has faded from contemporary life. Once famous for pranks such as phone holds and fake boss notices, practical jokes yielded only isolated laughs and sometimes harmed victims. Today people prefer shared humor over one sided tricks.
The End Of The Practical Joke Era In Modern Life
A reflective piece notes that pranks have lost humor as life becomes practical. A few still prank to see others react, but most face a punch instead. The column imagines an epitaph for the last joker and muses on harmless small life forms like yeasts.
Wants Husband To Return After Forty Two Years
Mrs. Ella Mershon 67 declared she wanted her husband Barkeley Burris 72 to return after 42 years apart. They reunited this week but then separated again over finances. Burris left for Plainview Texas while she asked him to come back. The pair had parted in 1906 and believed each other dead before reuniting recently.
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