Broadway Missives and Industry Buzz From New York
A mosaic of Broadway gossip covers recent shifts including Walter Winchell’s NY report, David Wayne and Debra Kerr talk, Sir John Gielgud scandal echoes, Howard Hughes rumors, Doris Day mood, Martha Wright milestone, and Sardi’s history. It notes licensing, incomes, raises, and club trends shaping theater and film lore.
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London
John Gielgud
New York
Howard Hughes
Susan Hayward
Gene Lockhart
Deborah Kerr
Hollywood
Broadway
Carnegie Hall
Martha Wright
Pacific
Frank Bacon
Hollywood gossip and TV notes from Frank Sinatra to Jeeves
Hollywood chatter rounds Frank Sinatra Ava Gardner and Bing Crosby Danny Kaye with studio talks on The Glenn Miller Story and future film plans. TV topics include Lux Video Theater Studio One and Wendy Wodehouse Jeeves series with Freddie Bartholomew as the butler and star scheduling details across networks.
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Glenn Miller
Helen
A-l
Glenniller
Hollywood
Glenn
A-I
Lux Video Theater
TV Alley
Studio One
Robert Montgomery Presents
Kristine Miller
Bill Schuyler
Jeeves
Freddie Bartholomew
P. G. Wodehouse
Freddie
Sheriff Test Whisky Evidence In Bootleg Case
Sheriff Dan Bills testified as a witness in a Lamar County bootleg case where 20 pints of whisky were admitted. A defense attorney urged testing each pint for authenticity. the sheriff confirmed it was whisky. The defendant received 365 days in jail and a $200 fine. An aside notes the average American weighs 16 pounds more than prior norms.
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Paris
Tex
Dan Bills
Lamar County
Bills
Ladies and Color Film Skill Shines in Competition
A columnist urges women readers to embrace color photography noting their long use of makeup, interior color choices, and instinctive color pairing. A photographic magazine contest shows women winning first prize and one third of all awards, despite fewer entrants.
Tea and Sympathy on Broadway reviewed with cautious praise
NewYork reviewer notes Robert Anderson emerges as a promising young playwright with Tea and Sympathy to his name. Deborah Kerr and John Kerr excel but Elia Kazan's direction feels slow and the adaptation holds some dull spots. The plot centers on false homosexuality suspicions at a New England school and a fraught marriage.
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New York
Robert Anderson
Playwrights’ Company
New England
Anderson
Deborah Kerr
John Kerr
Elia Kazan
Miss Kerr
Broadway
Kerr
Leif Erickson
Dick York
John McGovern
Jo Mielziner
Woodpecker Helps Martins Move Into Bird House
Winged Carpenter in Memphis tells of a martins move in after sparrows failed to fit. The martins returned last spring with a woodpecker that pecked larger holes allowing entry. Once the job finished, the woodpeckers left and martins settled in.
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Memphis
Tenn
George Grantham
Martins
Grantham
Train Crash Fatality Stuns Stevens Point Resident
In Stevens Point Wisconsin a Soo Line freight collided with a car driven by Stanley Rutta. Rutta said his car stalled on the tracks and he could not flag the train. He awoke at home after the crash and reported no excitement about the event. Police identified the car and found no body at the scene.
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Stevens Point
Wis
Stanley Rutta
Soo Line
Rutta
UNC Music Faculty Pianist To Play Recital At Chapel Hill
Dr. Wilton Mason of the University of North Carolina music faculty will present a piano recital in Hill Music Hall on Tuesday night November 6 at 8 oclock. The program includes Bach fugues Beethoven Romanian Folk Dances Bartok Carnival and Chow. Mason has performed widely with orchestras and singers and recently toured with Alfredo Campoli in the United States. He directed the outdoor drama Horn in the West and contributed the one act opera Kingdom Come. He is a UNC and Juilliard alumnus who studied under James Frin.
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Chapel Hill
Wilton Mason
University of North Carolina Music
Hill Music
Ram
Bach
Mason
Metropolitan Opera House
Alfredo Campoli
England
Carolina Playmakers
University of North Carolina
Juilliard School of Music
James Frin
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Larson
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Chicago Hilton
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Hollywood Today
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the Bell Sisters
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Strom
Little Boy
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