New Red Skelton Show and Bold TV Plans
Stage radio notes reveal Red Skelton slated to host The New Red Skelton Show on CBS with new branding. James Elliott coaches a double bill in New Orleans featuring 27 Wagons Full of Cotton and Lord Byron’s Love Letter with libretto by Williams and music by De Panfield. Elliott aims for Broadway after a warm local reception.
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Jackie Gleason Show to be filmed in New York
The next Gleason show will be a half hour and filmed in New York. Art Carney and Audrey Meadows resisted moving west with Gleason while he preferred California. Audrey recalls persuading Carney by stressing family and schooling to keep them in New York.
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World premiere in New Orleans marks boy actor and playwright friendship
A teenage actor Jimmy Elliott met Tennessee Williams on Cape in 13 or 14 years ago and their unlikely bond shapes a New Orleans world premiere on Jan. 17. Williams lent money to Elliott during a summer stage spell, a debt Elliott hopes to see repaid by the present production. Elliott later rose to fame in The Glass Menagerie, while Williams remained a towering figure in American theater.
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Weekend Radio Programs List
Broadcast schedule lists Bandstand USA and other program segments for weekend viewing. Notes include Evening detective drama and “Greatest Story” feature with guest appearances and program times such as 4:30.
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Nick Carter
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Bal moral hotel commissions songwriter in Bal Harbour
Le Ann Meriwether Miss America appears to fulfill her acting ambitions after winning a lead role on NBC TV’s Philco Theater. The Bal moral hotel in Bal Harbour promotes song titles by Alice Simms for a hero’s theme. Jack Paar comments on Ava Gardner’s attitude and attributes favorable longitude.
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Alice Simms
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Philco TV Theater
Nbc-Tv
Jack Paar
Cbs-Tv
Ava Gardner
Hollywood On TV: British Movies Doing Ghastly Thing To United States Video
Hollywood on TV notes actors like Bill Holden miscast for television in a Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz project. Leo Durocher saved a Durocher line in The Caine Mutiny telefilm. Eva Marie Saint Mara McAfee Mara McAfee and others leverage commercials for TV acting. The London studio sale to TV and other casting notes are also mentioned.
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Bill Holden
Lucille Ball
Desi Arnaz
Billee
Leo Durocher
Leo
Eva Marie Saint
Mara McAfee
Mitchum
Mara
Sir Alexander Korda on British film and television import
Sir Alexander Korda warns that importing millions of mediocre American film footage would strangle British television production at birth. He likens this threat to the effect of British cinema on the blossoming TV industry.
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Alexander Korda
America
Disney TV series draws 30 million weekly viewers in ratings race
Walt Disney’s new television series attracts about 30 million viewers per week, ranking sixth in national ratings as Denn is O’Keefe’s telefilm venture nears sponsorship. The series features sample chapters set in Rome and follows O’Keefe to a non European city weekly, with Jack Ben mentioned.
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Aos
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Christopher’s College Press Airs at Six
A Winston-Salem Channel 26 schedule lists Christophers College Press at 6:00 followed by Super Circus and other programs. The lineup includes What’s Your Trouble, Facts Forum, Piarhouse, Flight Number Seven, Future of America, Walter Winchell, Horizons, What’s Going On, Break the Bank, and a 10:30 Sign Off.
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Future of America
Walter Winchell
Horizons
Elvis Jenssen and Tom Andre settle after row on CBS radio
Elvis Jenssen and husband Tom Andre reach a truce after a marital dispute. The piece notes 15 years on CBS radio this month for Gene Autry, who has never missed a show except vacations.
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Ann Sothern
Tom Andre
CBS Radio
Gene Autry
June Havoc and Bill Spier Win On Screen
June Havoc and her husband Bill Spier star in a telefilm project tied to the comedy tag titled Willy. The article notes their collaboration and the project’s place in TV programming.
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Hubby
Bill Spier
Wince
Tien
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Actor Henry Hull Seeks Move From Hollywood After Kentucky Rifle
Henry Hull says he will not stay in Hollywood long after his role in Kentucky Rifle. He criticizes the ease of stardom and notes aging actors risk becoming stale in the industry.
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Henry Hull
Hollywood
There's a Fjord in Your Future
A Hollywood travel agency offering Scandinavian tours promotes a witty slogan There's a Fjord in Your Future. The playful pitch targets travelers seeking Nordic landscapes, culture, and iconic fjords as part of curated itineraries.
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Hollywood
Cooperatives Expand Vastly After 1950 Communist Rise
TOKYO reports supply marketing and consumer cooperatives have grown ninefold since 1950. The article notes 32,265 such groups with a combined membership of 164,385,737.
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Ee Radio
Classical Music Programs Resume on HPHS Station
Classical music grams resume this week over WHPS at High Point Senior High FM. The weekday lineup runs from 1 to 1 30 p m with programs since November totaling seventeen. Featured works include Brahms and Gershwin portraits, Wagner journey, Gotterdammerung excerpts, and Schoenberg style arrangements.
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High Point Senior High
Top Concert Comedienne Anna Russell To Perform At Duke
Durham January 1 Anna Russell internationally famed concert comedienne will appear as the second off the series attraction of the Duke University All-Star Concert Series in Page Auditorium at 8 15 oclock Tickets are available through J Foster Barnes Russell writes composes and arranges all her material London born to a military family she studied music in London and sang at the Grand Coronation Concert for King George VI in England Her New York Town Hall debut was in November 1953 and critics hailed her as a new star with repeat Town Hall performances
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