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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1954
Page
6
Doris Day performs a comic scene in Lucky Me, Warner Bros first CinemaScope feature, debuting Wednesday at State and Towne Theatres. The film shares top billing with Walt Disney's Stormy.
The Long Beach theater listings show showings for April 20, 1954 across many venues. Titles include Calamity Jane, Stalag 13, Roman Holiday, High Noon, and The Magician. Start times vary by house with matinees and evening showings listed for Belmont, Crest, Imperial, United Artists and more.
A Monday concert by pianist Leonard Pennario delighted a civic music audience. The program opened with Beethoven in F sharp, followed by Schubert Im Promptu in F minor, Chopin Polonaise in F sharp minor, Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition, Albéniz Tango, Ravel Boat on the Ocean, Liszt Funeral Marches, and Pennario’s own embellished Emperor Waltz. His tone and technique across treble and bass were evident, with his arranging of the Emperor Waltz noted as especially polished.
The Theatre at 30 Termine Ave will stage Detective Story starting April 30 and continuing May 1 2 and May 7 8 9 directed by Pat Brown. Cast includes David Ruderman Joan Scanlon Brank Holt Myrna Iapis Earl Hayes Blaine Nels Simons Eva Raber Arthur Zahler Milt Cooper Sidney Penn Stan Levenson and Clift Medaugh.
Russell W. Davdeath, 55, former Fortune editor and adviser to Wendell Willkie, died of a heart attack at his Manhattan home Monday night. He previously worked on the Spokane campaign for President and coordinated Willkie’s preconvention efforts for the 1940 Republican nomination.
Hollywood star Simone Silva, after seven years under a contract with producer Al Ped, vows to quit cheesecake photos. She recalls France headlines for topless shots with Robert Mitchum, arrives in New York in mink and black underwear, and commits to hard work to prove she can act and be forgotten for past papparazzi moments.
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