Broadway Chairs Cut Price Tickets For Hit Show
Mark Barron notes Max Gordon may halve prices for Born Yesterday to fill the long run hit. He cites past examples from Morris Gest and Joe Le Blang of cut rate tickets aiding box office, arguing audiences pay what they can afford even in downturns. A closing remark mentions a 1890 mild winter spurring ice machine development.
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Sceniry Probem
May Gordon
Broadway
Wall Street
Morris Gest
Kate
Gordon
Joe le Bilang
le Blang
Max Gordon
Hollywood Legend Cagney Reflects On Crime Payback
Actor James Cagney discusses returning to a gangster role in Warner Brothers White Heat after years away from mob films. He argues crime still has consequences, praises scientific crime detection, and defends the value of tough but humanized portrayals in cinema.
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NEA
Warner Brothers
Cody Jarrett
Virginia Mayo
Edmond O’brien
U. S. Treasury
G-men
Treasury
Harvey producer Brock Pemberton praised as a nice guy
The article lauds Brock Pemberton, producer of Harvey, calling him a nice guy because he backed the Broadway hit. It notes Harvey’s success with a $7.5 million gross and ticket rights sold for $1 million, plus Pemberton’s plans for Broadway projects with Jimmy Stewart.
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New York
Brock Pemberton
Harvey
Pemberton
Louse
Jimmy Stewart
Broadway
Stewart
It Means Special Dividend Faces Vets Next Year
A NSLI special dividend will pay 16 million World War II veterans early next year from a 2.8 billion dollar fund built over nine years. Checks average 175 dollars, with 200,000 sent daily from January. veterans must apply. VA will distribute forms, vets mail to Washington, and payments begin within six months.
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Washington
National Service Life Insurance
NSLI
Globe
Veterans Administration
U. S
State Department
Veterans
Red Cross
Volcanic Isle Grows In South Pacific Area
New Zealand naval frigate Pukaki reports Matthew Island in the South Pacific has doubled in size. The 30 acre isle gained a 500 foot volcanic peak beside the original. The rock rises steeply from the sea and hosts many sea birds with no human residents.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Matthew Island
Pacific
New Caledonia
Pukaki
Nazi Veterans Receive Army Discharges Now
In Bremen Germany the U S occupied city issues new identity cards to inhabitants. Men must show Wehrmacht discharge papers or receive a new discharge certificate from police. The note mentions a 1850s machine invention.
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Bremen
Germany
U. S
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