Notable Hollywood Traumas and Comebacks Across 1950s News
Hollywood notes reveal Robert Donat battles asthma but returns to film in Lease of Life as a minister with six months to live. Sarah Churchill seeks leave to England to work on marriage. Donald O’Connor faces Las Vegas gossip and a bigger role in Francis Joins the WACS. Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops resumes after Lou’s return to health. Peggy Cummins expects a baby next month. Betty Grable sports a Jean Louis gown as fashion headlines swirl.
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Hollywood
NEA
Robert Donat
Mr.Chips
Charles Laughton
Vegas
Arthur Lubin
Donald
Francis
WACS
Paramount
Bing Crosby
Abbott and Costello
Keystone Kops
Lou
Peggy Cummins
Amber
Hollywood gossip and film industry trends sizzle in late 1950s chatter
A collage of show business notes covers controversial outfits, on screen pairings, and industry moves. Betty’s performance and a peek-a-boo gown draw attention while Groucho Marx and Eden Hartford spark gossip about rekindled romance. Lizabeth Scott leaves Hal Wallis. Jane Russell eyes independent film, and Sally Forrest signs with RKO ending a marriage.
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Groucho Marx
Eden Hartford
Europe
Woody Woodpecker
Winny
Small-Fry
Walter Lantz
Lizabeth Scott
Hal Wallis
TV Schedule Fragments Highlight 1950s Minnesota Cigaret Paper Note
Radio and television listings detail a dense Tuesday schedule across CBS ABC and local nets with programs from News and Sports to Dinah Shore and Superman. A final line notes that most cigarette paper is produced from Minnesota seed flax straw.
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Cbs
Abe
Tennessee Ernie
Cbs News
Beulah
Cha
Abe the Cheraliera
Cbbs
Eddie Fisher
Dinah Shore
Jack Gregson
Abe Spillane
Barrie Craig
Abe Mr. and
Mrs. North
Cbs High Adventure
Abe Johnny Dollar
Peter Chambers
Friend Irma
Abc
Molly
Crossroads
Heart of News
Paris
Dbs News & Music
State of Nation
Mbe
Variety
All Nets
The
United States
Minnesota
Hardening of Present Attitudes Hinders Growth
A sermon warns that clinging to present attainments blocks future growth. Contentment curbs progress like a milkman noting contented cows. The talk urges continual striving and readiness to move beyond today’s gains to new blooms.
Paraphrased prayer note with refrain on mortality
A fragmentary text reflects on death and postpones funerals until age sixty. It addresses Father Thou as the ceaseless Creator and asks for transformation to become a ceaseless creator, asking to break molds and receive new ones in an uncertain prayerful tone.
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Hallmark Playhouse
England
Anthony Beauchamp
Donald O’conner
Las Vegas
Chill Wills
Chill
Alan Wilson
Mama
Imama
Betty Grable
Jean Louis
Marlene Dietrich
Meinhare & Company, Inc
Fourth Ave
New York
Lee W. Boswell
Betty
God
Woody
BBC
Eartha Kitt
Clarence Green
Russell Rouse
Ed Gardner
Duffy's Tavern
Calvert
Myron Forelich
Jane Russell
Bob Waterfield
Waterfield
Jane
King
Joan Bennett
Melinda
Bob Wagner
Jerry Wald
Texas
Sally Forrest
Milo Frank
Sally
RKO
Holywood
Milo
Piedmont Natural Gas
S. Main St
Wfmy-Tv
Douglas Edwards
Joshua James
Kerr Scott
Millie
Douglas Fairbanks
Raymond
the Guiding Light
RFC Piedmont
Garry Moore
Bob Crosby
WBTV
Cecil Campbell
Jo Stafford
Tom Lane
Ozzie and Harriet
Mr. McNutley
Arthur Smith
Wsjs-Tv
George
Isabel
Milton Berle
Circle Theatre
Alvin Wingfield
McCarthy Hearings
Wtob-Tv
John Daly
Japan
Judy Holliday
Peter Lawford
Michael O'Shea
Reidsville
Finch Field
Wiouway
Archdale Esaay
John Wayne
Hondo
Panoe
Refman
Lucille Ball
Ako
Marilyn Monroe
Richard Widmark
Bob Hope
Douglas Speere
Warner Color
Geraldine Page
Greensboro
Robert Susan ‘Mitchum
Hayward
Carson City
Randolph Scott
Technicolor
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Richard Egan
High Point
Thomasville
Midway
Southeast
Beautiful
Virginia
Mayo Dale Robertson
Stephen McNally
Cartoon & Comedy
Elizabeth Taylor
Dana Andrews
Peter Finch
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Wohn
Wayne
Him
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