New Dramatists Help Grow Broadway Talent
An odd mix of aspiring writers from across the U S participates in the New Dramatists Committee program in New York to cultivate stage writing. Since 1949 the group has aided emerging authors with seminars, readings, and access to rehearsals, producing 23 community theater shows in 1956 and placing several at Broadway.
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William Glover
New York
Broadway
Talladega
Ala
Los Angeles
Sweetbriar
San Antonio
Emporia
Kaw
Seattle
Tea G
Shaw
O'Neill
White Way
New Dramatists Committee
George Hamlin
Paddy Chayetsky
Horton Foote
Robert Anderson
Joseph Kramm
Howard Lindsay
Roger Stevens
Hamlin
Yg Richardson
John McLian
Pat Muldoon
Longer Films Seen In 1957 Crystal Ball
Hollywood pundit Bob Thomas predicts 1957 will feature longer films and a shifting studio system with more outside producers. Elvis Presley faces scrutiny, while major stars remain bankable amid a trend toward TV-ready backlogs and committee-run studios. Notable pictures listed include Raintree County Sayonara South Pacific Andersonville Sleeping Beauty and more.
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Hollywood
Elvis Presley
Presley
Holdens
Coopers
Stewarts
Lancasters
Columbia
Joey
O'Shea Pleads Guilty To Gun Charge In Van Nuys
Actor Michael O'Shea admitted illegally discharging a gun inside city limits. Probation hearing and sentencing were set for January 21. Wife actress Virginia Mayo accompanied him to Municipal Court after he fired a .22 rifle at a tractor near his ranch home.
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Michael O'Shea
van Nuys
Calif
Virginia Mayo
O’shea
Hollywood Organizes To Fight Tax Ruling
Hollywood reacts to a retroactive 1954 personal services tax on corporations, potentially wiping out profits of star driven outfits. Actors producers writers and crew groups unite to oppose the ruling, arguing it could slow U.S. production and push work abroad.
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Hollywood
Bob Thomas
Bollywood
Internal Revenue Boys
Uncle Sam
Burt Lancaster
Frank Sinatra
Kirk Douglas
Bing Crosby
Marilyn Monroe
Desi Arnaz
Lucille Ball
Hollywood United
U. S
Richard Boone switches to Have Gun Will Travel lead role
Hollywood reports Richard Boone leaves Medic to star as a hired gunman in the TV Western Have Gun Will Travel. CBS backing and rising adult Westerns fuel optimism for the pilot, with Boone noting the new character shoots only to solve troubles. He says Medic end and a new cast will carry on elsewhere.
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Richard Boone
Boone
San Franciscan
Hollywood
CBS
West
Robert Cummings
Wally Cox
Gale Storm
Film lawyer argues for tax breaks to boost creativity
A top lawyer urged government favor for artists and writers over oil or timber owners, saying tax breaks would spur creative work and raise movie and TV quality, benefiting many people economically and culturally.
Record Film Tops Year's Success List
Randy Wood built Dot Records from a Gallatin Tennessee shop into a major label that outsold veteran pop brands in 1956. Paramount Pictures reportedly offered three million for the firm. Dot's stars include Pat Boone Gale Storm Johnny Maddox Fontane Sisters Hilltoppers and Tab Hunter. Randy emphasizes sound and national reach over money. He is a Nashville native who shifted from an Army postwar job to music business, starting with a family shop partnership that evolved into Dot Records.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Randy Wood
Gallatin
Tenn
Pop Records
Paramount Pictures
Randy
Tennessee
Dot Records
Pat Boone
Gale Storm
Johnny Maddox
the Fontane Sisters
The
Hilltoppers
Tab Hunter
Sunset and Vine
Nashville
Roz Sets Fashion Pace In Auntie Mame Broadway
Roz Russell stars in Auntie Mame and sets the fashion pace for spring with twenties and thirties inspired styles. Designer Travis Banton says the costumes avoid caricature and translate to contemporary elegance.
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Roz
New York
Rosalind Russell
Travis Banton
Auntie Mame
Theatre Arts Magazine
Banton
Marusia
Auntie Marie
Rosalind
Composer Frederic Elevates Piano in Symphonic Orchestras
Composer Frederic wrote almost entirely for the piano and made it a leading instrument in symphonic orchestras. The text notes his focus on piano as central to orchestral color and form.
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Frederic
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